Don’t worry, update your WHMCS!

Posted on 29 July 2015

WHMCS continues to improve their services, with your business’s wellbeing in mind. Still, many WHMCS users keep working with an older version of WHMCS. This may have several reasons.

Goodbye self-built extensions?

logo-whmcsYou may have built your own extensions around WHMCS. This usually works fine, as WHMCS was designed to allow custom-built extensions and plug-ins. Some fear, however, that their cherished programming masterpieces go down the drain once they update WHMCS. Or that it at least would cause communication problems between the module and their extensions, rendering the whole combination useless. That would of course be bad for your business. …

When pigs can fly…

Posted on 20 July 2015

Ever wondered why the mascot of .CO is a piggy with wings?

.CO is more than just an ending for your URLIt all started in 2009, when the Colombian government issued a bid for the country code domain extension .CO. Juan Diego Calle, co founder, and former CEO of .CO Internet SAS, realized how hard it became to get a good short dot com domain name. Remember, it was 2009, and all the new TLDs were not even a blip on the internet radar. He had a ‘light bulb moment’ realizing that Colombia’s ccTLD could also mean “company”.

This was the base of their successful entry strategy, positioning …

New gTLDS: Changing the Online Landscape?

Posted on 18 June 2015

Since its opening for the general audience in the 1990s, the internet has overturned commercial markets worldwide. Every self-respecting business now has at least one website. But how can you stand out from those other millions of names, many of whom are even in same industry, and might even have a similar name? After all, most clever, memorable, and suitable traditional extensions have already been taken.

New gTLDs are your answer. They might even become a prominent part of your marketing strategy. Their introduction could incur a new domain rush, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1990s. …

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Posted on 4 June 2015
This newsletter was sent Friday, May 29, 2015

Your success is our success
Congratulations! You’re on the winning team! Realtime Register has entered the top 50 of ICANN registrars. Quite a feat, considering there are over 1,000 others worldwide. This opens a world of possibilities for you, including interesting discounts. For example, check out our new Domain Growth Program.

Exclusive Entry into Russia

russian-office-realtime-registerIt took us quite some patience, but we are now officially .RU accredited! This means we are one of only 31 registrars in the world with exclusive access to nearly 146 million Russian internet users! We have already set up shop in …

How to keep your domains renewed

Posted on 28 May 2015

As your registrar, we want to help you keep your domains registered and renewed. Therefore you need to maintain a sufficient account balance. We provide several tools and options to keep you up and running.

Manage your balance
Of course you need enough balance in your account at renewal date. To do so, we provide several payment methods to make this convenient.

Watermarks
You may set customizable balance watermarks at several amounts in your account. When your account balance hits these watermarks, they trigger an email notification, asking you to review and replenish your balance. Set your watermarks here. …

Your brand information in .nl whois

Posted on 27 May 2015

From June 10, your reseller company name and address will be listed in the .nl whois for new registrations. In the near future, all existing .nl registrations will be updated with this information. This will improve your company’s visibility. You may choose to opt out completely, but only for compelling reasons. Please send us your opt-out application by email before June 5.

Brand information
Realtime Register is accredited  SIDN registrarYou can use multiple brands for your account, and define per contact which brand should be listed. Perhaps now is a good time to check and update your brand information in the Domain Manager.

If …

Your Gateway into Russia

Posted on 27 May 2015
A map of countries where Russian is widely spoken.
Countries where Russian is widely spoken. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It is the ninth most populous country in the world, and its vast, unequalled landmass has boggled minds for centuries. Russia has always been a force to be reckoned with, and offers an interesting entrepreneurial potential. Yet only a handful of registrars worldwide has access to over 146 million potential Russian internet users. Therefore, we are quite proud to announce that we now meet all the requirements, and may call ourselves your official .RU registrar!

This limitedness is hardly surprising, considering the .RU registry’s strict demands. If you want to access …

whd-global-success-story

Posted on 29 April 2015
This newsletter was sent Tue, Apr 28, 2015

3ff89c39-65db-4552-bd4f-0907cda615ebBesides receiving 200 new signups, one of our WHD.global highlights was hosting the first ever Realtime Register night.TALK. A panel of leading registries discussed the future of e5e66f25-89b7-4f49-a4ab-5fbd59cd00a4 (1)gTLDs. You may find a video of the event here.

If you missed us at the WHD.global, we’d love to meet you at the more personal WHD.local in Amsterdam, on 3 September 2015.

 

Start saving with our Domain Growth Program

Do you want to register .com domains at an amazing USD 5.99 and .org at USD 4.99? If you want a healthy domain portfolio, …

Upcoming release 2.1.3

Posted on 29 April 2015
The newsletter below was sent Fri, Apr 24, 2015

Next week Realtime Register will release version 2.1.3 of the Realtime Register registration platform to the production environment. The actual date and time is not available yet, however will be announced shortly in advance by e-mail. The release will cause just a short interruption of services.

This release is already deployed to the OT&E environment. Besides some minor bug fixes, release 2.1.3 contains the following:

  • Improved user authentication
  • .DK dkhostmaster
  • .BE dnsBE
  • Trademark Clearing House
  • API X-Process-ID
  • API Input sanitation
  • DNS templates

Improved user authentication

We added two ways to improve …

„New TLDs, survival of the fittest?“

Posted on 14 April 2015

night.TALK at WHD.global 2015 hosted by Realtime Register; an entertaining discussion

Many thanks to the panel members for sharing their insights about the viability of the new extensions:
Crystal Peterson @clynnpete, Director of Neustar
Neha Naik @neha_naik, Director Channel Partnerships Radix
Vern Jurovich @jurovich, Chief Operating Officer Uniregistry
Daniel Federer @SIDN, Key Account Manager SIDN
Ulrich Retzlaff @uliretzlaff, Director of Channel Management PIR

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