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| 2010-06-29 | Are .US Domain Names Undervalued? |
| 2010-06-29 | Important Registry News Bulletin |
| 2010-06-29 | Technical Recommendation - High Performance Proxy |
| 2010-06-29 | Exciting New Promotions |
| 2010-06-29 | Counting down to .CO "Go-Live" - Don't Miss Out! |
| 2010-06-29 | Ongoing Promotions |
| 2010-06-02 | .ME and .IN Domain Backordering Now Available |
| 2010-06-02 | .TEL IDN - Ready, Set, Go Live! |
| 2010-06-02 | .CO Landrush - The Final Countdown! |
| 2010-06-02 | New June Promotions |
| 2010-06-02 | On-going Promotions |
| 2010-06-02 | NOTIFICATION: Scheduled System Maintenance |
| 2010-05-11 | Backorder .CC & .TV Domains! Now with RATING SYSTEM ! |
| 2010-05-11 | Exciting Pre-Registrations - .CO & .TEL IDNs |
| 2010-05-11 | Registry Bulletin |
| 2010-05-11 | Reminder: Billing of Internal gTLD Transfers |
| 2010-05-11 | Promotion Reminders - Dates to Remember |
| 2010-05-11 | VeriSign SSL Certificates Special Pricing |
Are .US Domain Names Undervalued?
Knowing the Market
With the increasing valuations of country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) recently, there has been lots of market hype. This buzz is no surprise to HEXONET, as we have long touted the intrinsic value of ccTLDs and is the very reason why ccTLDs have been core to our business years earlier. As a result, HEXONET today has one of the widest selections of ccTLDs anywhere including many real-time features and support not available elsewhere.
A perfect example of HEXONET’s focus on ccTLDs is in the field of domain backordering. Though there are many established backordering service companies in the market, these currently don´t have ccTLDs available in their service sets. ccTLD procurement requires specialized expertise and many years of operational knowledge to get it done correctly. Because HEXONET has been on the forefront of ccTLDs for years, this is why we can today offer 14 different TLDs to backorder, many of which are ccTLDs.
The Potential of .US Domains
Having first hand knowledge and expertise on ccTLDs, one ccTLD that is of interest to HEXONET is .US. A key metric that we consider in determining the potential upside of a ccTLD is the ratio of registrations to the overall population of the respective country. For instance, for Germany this ratio is 16% (13.5M/83M). The UK the ratio is 13.9% (8.5M/61M). And for the Netherlands the ratio is 22.6% (3.8M/16.8M). The interesting part for .US is that this ratio is extremely low at 1.5M registered .US domains with 310 inhabitants (0.5%). Even after one considers the effect of .COM being the preferred TLD for most Americans, this ratio is still significantly low.
Over time and with recent efforts from the Registry to delivery new services like a Registry Lock Service or provide a .US URL Shortener Service, awareness will grow and the upside is potential huge. The following facts about the .US ccTLD and the United States in general are very compelling:
- Many desirable Internet addresses are still available
- Businesses use .US domain names to promote themselves as American companies to inspire consumer confidence and to encourage consumers to “buy American.”
- .US enables domestic and international firms of every size and industry classification to protect their trademarks and establish their corporate identities online in the United States
- Recently, .US has been positioned as US, a social community based domain with presence here in the United States and around the world
- Most of the .US domains (86%) are registered and used in USA as expected
- Business related domains provide a strong registration base – 25.9% of .US domains fall into the Business category
The .US Promotion
Don't miss our .US PROMOTION currently running at HEXONET ... details
Important Registry News Bulletin
.TEL IDNs are "Live"
HEXONET is proud to announce that the first .TEL IDN registered was "ärzte.tel" - doctors.tel and that HEXONET (1API GmbH) was the registrar behind this domain, which was secured for our customer. We proudly achieved a > 90% success rate for all pre-registered .TEL IDNs through HEXONET for our clients. This success is due to HEXONET's newly developed "Go-Live" registration platform, which has been tuned and engineered specifically for "Go-Live" pre-registrations. Most future "Go-Live" pre-registrations with HEXONET will be using this new system. Please remember that successful pre-registrations aquired by HEXONET are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis, so please don't hesitate place your pre-registrations as soon as possible.
Note: All .TEL IDN pre-registrations that were succesfully registered are now active.
.NZ Price Reduction Announcement - Reminder!
Recently, InternetNZ, the official operator of the country code Top-Level-Domain of New Zealand, announced a major price drop for .NZ domains. Effective July 1, 2010, .NZ domains will drop 3.00 NZD per Domain/Year. HEXONET is happy to directly pass these savings on to our customers. Therefore, as of July 1, 2010 the new price for .NZ domains:
- Reseller: Reduced from 42.60* (net price: 35.80) NZD to 39.03* (net price: 32.80) NZD per Domain/Year
- Premium: Reduced from 37.25* (net price: 31.30) NZD to 33.68* (net price: 28.30) NZD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Reduced from 28.56* (net price: 24.00) NZD to 24.99* (net price: 21.00) NZD per Domain/Year
* The GROSS price include Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
VeriSign Inc. to increase .COM and .NET Prices - Reminder!
VeriSign Inc., the official gTLD Registry of .COM and .NET, has announced price increases for .COM by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD and .NET by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD in July of 2010.
.COM - July 1, 2010 - HEXONET Prices
- Reseller: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 12.35* (net price: 10.38) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 11.16* (net price: 9.38) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 9.85* (net price: 8.28) USD per Domain/Year
.NET - July 1, 2010 - HEXONET Prices
- Reseller: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 10.73* (net price: 9.02) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 9.31* (net price: 7.82) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 7.76* (net price: 6.52) USD per Domain/Year
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
IMPORTANT: As of July 1, 2010, .COM and .NET prices will automatically be adjusted for all customers and all price classes.
New VeriSign Authorization Code Requirements for .NAME
VeriSign, the official registry provider for .NAME, will soon be upgrading the security of their authorization code (auth code) and transfer system that will effect all registrars and registrants. This update will require all auth codes, for existing and future domains, to consist of the following to be valid:
- at least eight (8) characters,
- having at least one (1) numeric,
- one (1) alphabetic, and
- one (1) special character
HEXONET Customers:
- System updates will take effect on Saturday, August 14th, 2010
- New registrations without auth code will automatically be assigned auth codes that comply with the new registry requirements
- Existing domains must have their auth codes updated according to the new regulation after system upgrade.
- For API connected clients, the OT&E is already compliant with the new regulations and can be used to test immediately.
Large HEXONET Customers - Automatic Auth Code Updating Service:
- If you have a large domain portfolio or simply would like HEXONET to automatically update the authcode for all your .NAME domains, please send an email to support@hexonet.net and we will be more than happy to update your domains free of charge.
Notice for Registrants to confirm their .CN Domain Name Registration Information
According to the policy in Article 28th of "China Internet Domain Name Regulations": applicant for domain name shall submit true, accurate and complete domain name registration information and sign a registrant agreement with domain name registrar. Upon completion of domain name registration, applicant of domain name will become a registered domain name holder (registrant).
Domain name holder’s true, accurate and complete domain name registration information is a certificate of rights for domain name transfer and information change. In order to protect registrant rights of being domain name holder, CNNIC required all domain name holders to confirm the registration information from today via CNNIC new launched online system which will be sent directly to registrants.
Technical Recommendation - High Performance Proxy
For those resellers who are located in a country far from Germany, network latency may be an issue. To greatly increase response times and performance, HEXONET highly recommends the use of persistent connections to our API servers. Use of this technique will reduce connection overhead and thus increase performance.
Step 1: Required Apache2 Packages and Modules
- Apache version 2.2.9 or higher is required.
- The following Apache2 modules must be installed and activated:
proxy.conf
proxy.load
proxy_http.load
ssl.conf # for HTTPs connection to our API server
ssl.load # for HTTPs connection to our API server
Step 2: Apache Configuration
- Apache configuration with binding to localhost.
- The following Apache2 modules must be installed and activated:
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerSignature Off
SSLProxyEngine on
ProxyPass /api/call.cgi https://api.ispapi.net/api/call.cgi min=1 max=2
<Proxy *>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from none
Allow from all
</Proxy>
</VirtualHost> - After saving your configuration changes please restart the Apache webserver.
Step 3: Use the proxy on localhost as API socket
- If your current API socket URL probably looks like this:
https://api.ispapi.net/api/call.cgi?s_entity=ENTITY&s_login=LOGIN&s_pw=PASSWORD - Please change this to:
http://127.0.0.1/api/call.cgi?s_entity=ENTITY&s_login=LOGIN&s_pw=PASSWORD
Questions or additional help with the High Performance Proxy setup can be sent to technical Support at support@hexonet.net
Exciting New Promotions
NEW: .MOBI Promotion - Save upto 52%
Starting July 1st through to September 30th, all new one (1) year .MOBI registrations will be 9.40* (net price: 7.90) USD per Domain/Year.
Rules:
- End Date September 30, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new one (1) year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Price promotion applies to all price classes equally
NEW: .CN.COM Promotion - Super Saving upto 80%
CentralNic announced a price promotion for .CN.COM domains that HEXONET is happy to extend to our customers. Starting July 1st through December 31st, all new one (1) year registrations of .CN.COM will be at the amazing price of 9.40* (net price: 7.90) USD.
Rules:
- Effective until December 31, 2010
- Only applies for one (1) year new .CN.COM registrations
- Excluded from the promotion are .CN.COM domain renewals and transfers
- This price reductions are offered at the sole discretion of HEXONET
- This price promotion applies to all price classes equally
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
Counting down to .CO "Go-Live" - Don't Miss Out!
The .CO "Go-Live" countdown has begun! All Landrush domains have been submitted to the registry and any new Landrush applications can be submitted for registration until July 13, 2010. Now is the time to pre-register .CO domains for "Go-Live":
Dates, Pricing and Information:
- Pre-Registrations for "Go Live": Until July 19, 2010, 09:00 UTC
- Go-Live: July 20, 2010
- Registration Fees: Only charged upon successful registration
- "Go Live" Prices:
o Reseller: 33.32 (net price: 28.00) USD per Domain/Year
o Premium: 31.54 (net price: 26.50) USD per Domain/Year
o Platinum: 29.51 (net price: 24.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Who can register ?
o Anyone in the world is able to register
o No domicile or burdensome documentation
To read more on .CO pre-registrations, please visit our Pre-registration page. Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Support at support@hexonet.net.
Ongoing Promotions
.ME Super-Saver Promotion - Extended!
Based on the tremendous success of our .ME promo, HEXONET is pleased to announce the promotion is extended until September 30th, 2010 with adjusted pricing. With HEXONET's low 5.83* (net price: 4.90) EUR promotion, we are seeing a flood of .ME domain registrations. Get your .ME domain while promotional pricing lasts.
- Price: 5.83* (net price: 4.90) EUR per Domain/Year
- End Date: September 30, 2010
- Only new 1 year registrations are eligible
- Excluded are transfers and renewals
Latest News on .ME:
The dot ME Registry just announced that in "Just two years after the world first heard of Montenegro’s top-level domain, .ME, more than 400,000 .ME domains have been registered. Several by some of the biggest names on the Internet -- including Facebook, Yahoo, WordPress, Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. These companies have snapped up .ME domains to draw attention to their online products and services."
To read the official Press Release please visit the .ME News section.
If it Moves, it Belongs on a .TV Domain - HOT PROMO!
Running through August 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering an amazing promotion on new one (1) Year .TV domain registrations. The amazing promotion price is nearly 50% off. Promotional pricing for all new one (1) year .TV domain registrations are 13.57 (net: 11.40) USD per Domain Year. if you been waiting for the right time to get a TV domain, now is the time to get one!
Please note: Domain renewals, multiyear registrations and transfers are not eligible at the promotional price.
.CC Special - TIERED DISCOUNT PROMO
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special tiered discounts on all new one (1) year .CC domain registrations.
Pricing Levels:
- Everyday Promo Price: 14.04* (net price: 11.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Volume Pricing on 6th – 10th registration on the same day: 13.69* (net price: 11.50) USD per Domain/Year
- SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day: 12.97* (net price: 10.90) USD per domain/year.
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new one (1) year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Tiered pricing discounts are based on registrations over a 24 hour cycle; Pricing resets to the special everyday rate at the end of each day (0:00 UTC)
- IDNs are included in this promotion
- Daily 24 hour volume promotion was modeled using feedback from resellers and domainers to prevent abuse
Save on new .SC Domains
Starting June 1, 2010 through to October 31, 2010, everyone saves $20 USD on the first year's registration fee for new .SC domain registrations. The promotional first year registration fee for .SC domains is 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD. Please note that this discount ONLY applies to new .SC Second-Level one (1) year registrations. Third-Level .SC Domain registrations are NOT eligible.
.BIZ – The TLD for Businesses – TIERED DISCOUNT PROMO
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special tiered discounts on all new 1 year .BIZ domain registrations.
Pricing Levels:
- Everyday Promo Price: 9.28* (net price: 7.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Volume Pricing on 6th – 10th registration on the same day: 9.04* (net price: 7.60) USD per Domain/Year
- SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day: 8.81* (net price: 7.40) USD per domain/year.
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new one (1) year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Tiered pricing discounts are based on registrations over a 24 hour cycle; Pricing resets to the special everyday rate at the end of each day (0:00 UTC)
- IDNs are included in this promotion
- Daily 24 hour volume promotion was modeled using feedback from resellers and domainers to prevent abuse
.US – Celebrate 4th of July with the TLD for the United States of America
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special discounts on .US domains for single and multi-year registrations, as well as, transfers and domain renewals.
Prices:
- 7.97* (net price: 6.70) USD per Domain/Year for ALL price classes
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Multiyear registrations eligible
- Transfers and Renewals eligible
- IDNs eligible
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
.ME and .IN Domain Backordering Now Available
HEXONET’s advanced backordering technology, now totals fourteen (14) TLDs, with the addition of .IN and .ME domains. With over fourteen (14) TLDs, including some rare TLDs, HEXONET legitimately has the domain industry’s most comprehensive and advanced backordering service anywhere.
June 1, 2010 – HEXONET (www.hexonet.net) announced today the availability of more backorderable TLDs (Top-Level-Domains), including .ME, to its growing and expansive list of domains to be backordered – snapping up high-value domain names as they expire. The additional TLDs, especially .ME, elevates HEXONET’s Backordering Service into a class of its own, arguably making it the most comprehensive industry wide.
Since the .ME registry opened on July 16th, 2008, .ME domains have been extremely popular. Some of the most identifiable domain names in the domain industry are being registered or purchased through auction, including domains like fits.me, trade.me, and date.me. According to Robert Birkner, Chief Startegy Officer of HEXONET, “the appeal of .ME is its ability to create personalized or call-to-action domain names ever so naturally. Also, as social media continues to grow and the Web becomes more personal, .ME domains will undoubtedly be more important and be more valuable.”
Predrag Lesic, Chief Executive Officer of dotME Registry said, "though there are countless great .ME domains open for registration by anyone, we are excited to see technological innovations like .ME backordering making it possible for people to acquire .ME domains in non-traditional ways. Honestly, backordering is probably the best way to possibly obtain some of the most prized .ME domain names that have already been registered. ”
Individuals, businesses, and organizations can signup for free at HEXONET and immediately start backordering .ME domains. Backordering for other domain extensions, such as .DE, .INFO, .BIZ, .ORG, .ASIA, .IN and more are also available. Please note that .IN backorders can include Third-Level .IN domains, such as .co.in, .net.in, .org.in, .firm.in, .ind.in and .gen.in.
Backorder Prices:
- .ME at 58.31* (net: 49.00) EUR - NEW!
- .IN at 3,213.00* (net: 2,700.00) INR - NEW!
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
For more information on HEXONET's Backordering Services, please visit Backorder Information or contact our Sales Team at sales@hexonet.net.
.TEL IDN - Ready, Set, Go Live!
Are all your important .TEL IDN pre-registration secured? If not, right NOW is time to pre-register your domains! The .TEL IDN launch is just around the corner and this may be your last opportunity to secure the domains you want.
Dates and Information:
- Availability: June 15, 2010
- Time: 3:00 p.m. BST, 02:00 p.m. UTC
- Characters: Valid IDN characters will be those necessary for Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish
- Pre-Registration Fee: FREE
- Registration Fee: Prices only charged upon successful registration. Prices will remain at our regular .TEL prices
IMPORTANT - Pre-Registration Billing
As of June 7, 2010, HEXONET will attempt to withdraw the total cost of all your .TEL IDN pre-registrations from your reseller account balance. This deduction is only to reserve funds in case all your pre-registrations are successful. Reserved funds are immediately returned into your account if any pre-registrations are not successful or if you delete a pre-registration 24 hours prior to the launch date.
Please note, that 24 hours prior to the actual "Go Live", HEXONET will stop accepting pre-registrations. Additional domain requests will be queued up and submitted to the registry once our main batch-queue has been submitted successfully. As always, if any pre-registrations should fail, refunds will automatically be applied to your reseller account.
Pre-registration via API
command = AddDomainApplication
class = TEL_IDN_GOLIVE
x-idn-language = zh|dk|fi|de|hu|is|jp|kr|lv|lt|no|pl|pt|ru|es|se
domain = xn--mller-kva.tel
period = 1
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver2 = (NAMESERVER)
PLEASE NOTE, that for each IDN application, the respective language has to be CLEARLY stated in order to validate the domain name upon registration.
Pre-Registrations via Control Panel
Pre-registrations can be submitted through the Control Panel by logging into your account and navigating to "Manage Products > Domains" and clicking the "Pre-reg Admin" link in the left side menu. From here one can list existing or submit new pre-registrations. Users can modify or delete any pre-registrations without charge up to 24 hours prior to the launch date.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Support at support@hexonet.net.
.CO Landrush - The Final Countdown!
.CO Landrush
With .CO Lanrush only a few days away, right now is the time to act. Don't miss out!
Dates, Pricing and Information:
- Pre-Registration: Until June 20, 2010, 09:00 UTC
- LandRush: June 21, 2010 to July 13, 2010
- GoLive: July 20, 2010
- Pre-registration Fee: A non-refundable application fee of 9.52 (net: 8.00) USD per Domain will be charged during Landrush. Please note that this fee is NOT refundable.
- "Landrush Prices": The prices for "Landrush" will differ from "Go Live".
o Reseller: 279.65 (net price: 235.00) USD per Domain/Year
o Premium: 270.13 (net price: 227.00) USD per Domain/Year
o Platinum: 265.37 (net price: 223.00) USD per Domain/Year
- Registration Fees: Only charged upon successful registration
- "Go Live" Prices:
o Reseller: 33.32 (net price: 28.00) USD per Domain/Year
o Premium: 31.54 (net price: 26.50) USD per Domain/Year
o Platinum: 29.51 (net price: 24.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Who can register ?
o Anyone in the world is able to register
o No domicile or burdensome documentation
To read more on .CO pre-registrations, please visit our Pre-registration page.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Support at support@hexonet.net.
New June Promotions
If it Moves, it Belongs on a .TV Domain - NEW & HOT!
Starting June 1, 2010 and running through to August 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering an amazing promotion on new one (1) Year .TV domain registrations. This is an amazing promotion price of nearly 50% off. Promotional pricing for all new one (1) year .TV domain registrations are 13.57 (net: 11.40) USD per Domain Year. if you been waiting for the right time to get a TV domain, now is the time to get one!
Please note: Domain renewals, multiyear registrations and transfers are not eligible at the promotional price.
.CC Special TIERED DISCOUNT PROMO - NEW!
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special tiered discounts on all new one (1) year .CC domain registrations.
Pricing Levels:
- Everyday Promo Price: 14.04* (net price: 11.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Volume Pricing on 6th – 10th registration on the same day 13.69* (net price: 11.50) USD per Domain/Year
- SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day 12.97* (net 10.90) USD per domain/year.
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new one (1) year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Tiered pricing discounts are based on registrations over a 24 hour cycle; Pricing resets to the special everyday rate at the end of each day (0:00 UTC)
- IDNs are included in this promotion
- Daily 24 hour volume promotion was modeled using feedback from resellers and domainers to prevent abuse
Why .CC:
Works just like .com or any other top-level domain (TLD) but with a greater range of uses. For instance, about half of registered .CC domain names use languages other than English. And many use .CC in such creative ways as:
- Chinese Company
- Country Club
- Consulting Company
- Chat Community
- Church Community
- Community Center
- Chamber of Commerce
- Community College
Save Big on .SC Domains - NEW!
Starting June 1, 2010 through to October 31, 2010, everyone saves $20 USD on the first year's registration fee for new .SC domain registrations. The promotional first year registration fee for .SC domains is 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD. Please note that this discount ONLY applies to new .SC Second-Level one (1) year registrations. Third-Level .SC Domain registrations are NOT eligible.
Uses for dot SC Domains:
- SCience
- South Carolina
- SCotland
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
On-going Promotions
.BIZ – The TLD for Businesses – TIERED DISCOUNT PROMO
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special tiered discounts on all new 1 year .BIZ domain registrations.
Pricing Levels:
- Everyday Promo Price: 9.28* (net price: 7.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Volume Pricing on 6th – 10th registration on the same day 9.04* (net price: 7.60) USD per Domain/Year
- SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day: 8.81* (net 7.40) USD per domain/year.
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new one (1) year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Tiered pricing discounts are based on registrations over a 24 hour cycle; Pricing resets to the special everyday rate at the end of each day (0:00 UTC)
- IDNs are included in this promotion
- Daily 24 hour volume promotion was modeled using feedback from resellers and domainers to prevent abuse
.US – The ccTLD of the United States of America
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special discounts on .US domains for single and multi-year registrations, as well as, transfers and domain renewals.
Prices:
- 7.97* (net price: 6.70) USD per Domain/Year for ALL price classes
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Multiyear registrations eligible
- Transfers and Renewals eligible
- IDNs eligible
.IN Promo Savings Only to June 30, 2010
Now until the end of June you can save big on .IN Domains including third-level registrations such as exampledomain.co.in. New one year .IN registrations are now 416.50* (net price: 350.00) INR for all price classes. Also, now that HEXONET offers .IN backordering, if your desired domain is already taken, why not place a free backorder on it? Nothing to lose and only a domain to win!
.ME Still HOT and SELLING Fast - June 30, 2010
Our .ME promo is probably the hottest promotion we have had for a long time. With HEXONET's low 4.76* (net price: 4.00) EUR promotion, we are seeing a flood of .ME domain registrations. Get your .ME domain while promotional pricing lasts.
- Price: 4.76* (net price: 4.00) EUR per Domain/Year
- End Date: June 30, 2010
- Only new 1 year registrations are eligible
- Excluded are transfers and renewals
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
NOTIFICATION: Scheduled System Maintenance
Please be advised that HEXONET is performing maintenance, as well as, enhancing our systems on June 27th, 2010 for at least an hour. Please read the details.
Date: Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Time: 00:00 to 04:00 UTC
Service Impact: Minimum 1 hour
Service Operation: Immediate notification via email when systems fully operational (if you have arranged for notification through the Manage Account > My Settings > Notification Settings > Maintenance Notifications in the Control Panel)
HEXONET would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have concerns or need help in preparing for this maintenance window, please feel free to contact our support.
Backorder .CC & .TV Domains! Now with RATING SYSTEM !
Hot dot CC and dot TV Backorders
As of May 11, 2010, HEXONET is accepting Backorders for .TV and .CC domains. These new TLDs are in addition to the ten (10) other extensions offered by HEXONET's Backordering Service:
gTLDs:
- .COM at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .NET at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .ORG at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .INFO at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .BIZ at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .MOBI at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
- .ASIA at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
ccTLDs:
- .CC at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD - NEW!
- .DE at 58.31 (net: 49.00) EUR
- .TV at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD - NEW!
- .SE at 595.00 (net: 500.00) SEK
- .US at 70.21 (net: 59.00) USD
Backorders successfully obtained by HEXONET, on behalf of resellers or customers, are allocated in one of two ways. Backorders with one bid via HEXONET will immediately be pushed onto the winning reseller's or customer's account. Backorders with multiple bids through HEXONET will be equitabily allocated via an auction, in accordance to our Terms and Conditions.
Domain Backorder Rating System!
Also on May 11, 2010, HEXONET is releasing its DOMAIN BACKORDER RATING SYSTEM, a proprietary computerized algorithm that takes into account various numeric inputs to produce a mathematical gauge of a domain’s utility (historically how and how much it has been used). Factors that go into the rating may include domain class, historical traffic, link associations, etc.
Please note, that due to this new service, we have added the following paragraph to our general Terms fo Use:
DISCLAIMER - BACKORDER DOMAIN RATING SYSTEM
IN NO EVENT WILL HEXONET BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THE DOMAIN BACKORDER RATING SYSTEM RELATING TO DOMAIN BACKORDERING, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DOMAIN VALUE OR OTHER MONETARY EFFECT, EVEN IF HEXONET IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
DOMAN BACKORDER RATING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION ON BACKORDERING IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE DOMAN BACKORDER RATING SYSTEM SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A PROMISE OR GUARANTEE OF FUTURE DOMAIN MONETARY VALUE. CUSTOMERS AND RESELLERS USING THE DOMAN BACKORDER RATING SYSTEM OF A BACKORDER DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK AND SHOULD SEEK QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL AND INDEPENDENT ADVICE AS TO THE VALUE OF A DOMAIN NAME.
THIS DISCLAIMER IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME, EFFECTIVE UPON NOTICE.
If you have any questions or concerns about HEXONET's Backorder Service, please do not hesitate to contact us at support@hexonet.net.
Exciting Pre-Registrations - .CO & .TEL IDNs
Now accepting pre-registrations for .TEL IDNs
On April 29, 2010, HEXONET started accepting pre-registrations for .TEL IDNs. Since the launch date, HEXONET has been seing a strong and steady demand for these pre-registrations. Don't miss out!
Dates and Information
- Availability: June 15, 2010
- Time: 3:00 p.m. BST, 02:00 p.m. UTC
- Characters: Valid IDN characters will be those necessary for Chinese, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish
- Pre-Registration Fee: FREE
- Registration Fee: Prices only charged upon successful registration. Prices will remain at our regular .TEL prices
IMPORTANT - Pre-Registration Billing
As of June 7, 2010, HEXONET will attempt to withdraw the total cost of all your .TEL IDN pre-registrations from your reseller account. This deduction is only to reserve funds in case all your pre-registrations are successful. Reserved funds will be returned back to your account if any pre-registrations are not successful or if you delete a pre-registration 24 hours prior to the launch date.
Please note, that 24 hours prior to the actual "Go Live", HEXONET will stop accepting pre-registrations. Additional domain requests will be queued up and submitted to the registry once our main batch-queue has been submitted successfully. As always, if any pre-registrations should fail, refunds will automatically be applied to your reseller account.
Pre-registration via API
command = AddDomainApplication
class = TEL_IDN_GOLIVE
x-idn-language = zh|dk|fi|de|hu|is|jp|kr|lv|lt|no|pl|pt|ru|es|se
domain = xn--mller-kva.tel
period = 1
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver2 = (NAMESERVER)
PLEASE NOTE, that for each IDN application, the respective language has to be CLEARLY stated in order to validate the domain name upon registration.
Pre-Registrations via Control Panel
Pre-registrations can be submitted through the Control Panel by logging into your account and navigating to "Manage Products > Domains" and clicking the "Pre-reg Admin" link in the left side menu. From here one can list existing or submit new pre-registrations. Users can modify or delete any pre-registrations without charge up to 24 hours prior to the launch date.
.CO Pre-Registrations are still going strong
.CO is going strong and is likely to be a very popular alternative to .COM. Be sure to take advantage of the TLD's popularity and place your .CO pre-registration CO today!
Dates, Pricing and Information
- Pre-Registration: Until June 20, 2010, 09:00 UTC
- LandRush: June 21, 2010 to July 13, 2010
- GoLive: July 20, 2010
- Pre-registration Fee: A non-refundable application fee of 9.52 (net: 8.00) USD per Domain will be charged during Landrush. Please note that this fee is NOT refundable.
- "Landrush Prices": The prices for "Landrush" will differ from "Go Live".
- Reseller: 279.65 (net price: 235.00) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: 270.13 (net price: 227.00) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: 265.37 (net price: 223.00) USD per Domain/Year
- Registration Fees: Only charged upon successful registration
- "Go Live" Prices:
- Reseller: 33.32 (net price: 28.00) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: 31.54 (net price: 26.50) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: 29.51 (net price: 24.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Who can register ?
- Anyone in the world is able to register
- No domicile or burdensome documentation
To read more on .CO pre-registrations, please visit our Pre-registration page.
Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Support at support@hexonet.net.
Registry Bulletin
Price Reductions for Third-Level .CM Domains
HEXONET is pleased to annouce Third-Level .CM Domain (.com.CM, .co.CM and .net.CM) price reductions, which are already in effect for all reseller classes.
- Reseller: Orginal price of 40.46* (net price: 34.00) EUR, LOWERED to 19.04* (net price: 16.00) EUR per Domain/Year
- Premium: Orginal price of 38.68* (net price: 32.50) EUR, LOWERED to 16.07* (net price: 13.50) EUR per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Orginal price of 35.58* (net price: 29.90) EUR, LOWERED to 12.14* (net price: 10.20) EUR per Domain/Year
* The GROSS price include Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
REMINDER: VeriSign Inc. to increase .COM and .NET Prices - Renew Today and Save
VeriSign Inc., the official gTLD Registry of .COM and .NET, has announced price increases for .COM by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD and .NET by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD in July of 2010. With this announcement, now is the perfect time to renew COM/NET domains. HEXONET highly recommends and encourages all resellers to inform their clients ahead of time, giving them the opportunity to save big by renewing for one, two, or even nine years now, before price increases take effect. The new prices as of Jul 1, are as follows:
.COM - July 1, 2010 - HEXONET Prices
- Reseller: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 12.35* (net price: 10.38) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 11.16* (net price: 9.38) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Increasing by 0.57* (net: 0.48) USD to 9.85* (net price: 8.28) USD per Domain/Year
.NET - July 1, 2010 - HEXONET Prices
- Reseller: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 10.73* (net price: 9.02) USD per Domain/Year
- Premium: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 9.31* (net price: 7.82) USD per Domain/Year
- Platinum: Increasing by 0.50* (net: 0.42) USD to 7.76* (net price: 6.52) USD per Domain/Year
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
Reminder: Billing of Internal gTLD Transfers
EFFECTIVE SOON: Billing of internal gTLD Transfers
Kindly remember that as of June 1, 2010, HEXONET will be billing internal transfers for gTLDs COM, NET, ORG, BIZ, INFO, NAME, MOBI, TEL & ASIA exactly the same way we bill for regular transfers. As a result, when an internal transfer is initiated by a reseller (with authorization code), the reseller will be immediately charged the renewal fee for the respective domain, when applicable. As always, if a transfer fails, like regular transfers, all fees are automatically refunded. Conversely, if the transfers succeeds, this will trigger an explicit renewal (when applicable) for the domain at the respective registry.
Please Note: For those resellers who have their own sub-resellers, "assigning domains & objects" amongst one's own sub-resellers can be performed at a reseller's sole discretion without effect from this new policy.
Promotion Reminders - Dates to Remember
.BIZ – The TLD for Businesses – NEW TIERED DISCOUNT PROMO
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special tiered discounts on all new 1 year .BIZ domain registrations.
Pricing Levels:
- Everyday Promo Price: 9.28* (net price: 7.80) USD per Domain/Year
- Volume Pricing on 6th – 10th registration on the same day 9.04* (net price: 7.60) USD per Domain/Year
- SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day: 8.81* (net 7.40) USD per domain/year.
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Promotional Price only applies to new 1 year registrations
- Multiyear registrations, transfers and renewals are NOT eligible
- Tiered pricing discounts are based on registrations over a 24 hour cycle; Pricing resets to the special everyday rate at the end of each day (0:00 UTC)
- IDNs are included in this promotion
- Daily 24 hour volume promotion was modeled using feedback from resellers and domainers to prevent abuse
.US – The ccTLD of the United States of America – NEW
Until July 31, 2010, HEXONET is offering special discounts on .US domains for single and multi-year registrations, as well as, transfers and domain renewals.
Prices:
- 7.97* (net price: 6.70) USD per Domain/Year for ALL price classes
Rules:
- End Date July 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Multiyear registrations eligible
- Transfers and Renewals eligible
- IDNs eligible
.AG - Price Promo runs until May 31, 2010 - Ongoing
NIC.AG, the official ccTLD of Antigua and Barbuda, is celebrating its 10 YEAR Anniversary. HEXONET is offering special prices on .AG Domains May 31, 2010.
Prices:
- 65.45* (net price: 55.00) USD per Domain/Year for all price classes.
Rules:
- End Date May 31, 2010 at 08:00 UTC
- Eligible Domains: .AG
- Only applied to new one (1) year registrations
- Renewals and Transfers are excluded
.CN.COM Promo - Extended to May 31, 2010 - ongoing
Until May 31, 2010, all new registrations of .CN.COM are priced at 9.40* (net price: 7.90) USD. This promotion only applies to new one (1) year registrations and does not apply to domain transfers or domain renewals.
Rules:
- Effective until April 30, 2010
- Only applies for one (1) year new .CN.COM registrations
- Excluded from the promotion are .CN.COM domain renewals and transfers
- This price reductions are offered at the sole discretion of HEXONET
.IN Promo Savings Only to June 30, 2010
Save big on all new one year .IN domain registrations until June 30, 2010, including third-level registrations such as exampledomain.co.in. New one year .IN registrations are now 416.50* (net price: 350.00) INR for all price classes.
.ME Still HOT and SELLING Fast - June 30, 2010
With HEXONET's low 4.76* (net price: 4.00) EUR promotion, we are seeing a huge increase in registrations. With this low price and .ME domains increasing in popularity (the perfect personal or call to action domain name - ideal for blogs, other social sites and as a call-to-action domains) demand is surging!
- Price: 4.76* (net price: 4.00) EUR per Domain/Year
- Start Date: April 1, 2010, 09:00 UTC
- End Date: June 30, 2010
- Only new 1 year registrations are eligible
- Excluded are transfers and renewals
Registry News and Info
- The success story of .ME at blog.hexonet.net
- Read the fantastic one on one interview with Predrag Lesic, CEO of .ME
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.
VeriSign SSL Certificates Special Pricing
VERISIGN SSL Certificate Sale - Save up to 21%
For the entire month of May, HEXONET is celebrating the 25th anniversary of ".com" with special pricing on all Verisign SSL Certificates. If you already sell SSL certificates, now is the perfect time to generate renewals, as well as, acquire higher profits from new SSL sales! Resellers who haven't been selling SSL certificates, now is the perfect time to begin!
