by Calvin Korenhof
On September 16th, the annual Day of the Domain Name took place, hosted by the Association of Registrars. As always, the day was action-packed with presentations, panel discussions, and catching up with new and familiar faces.
State of the Industry
The presentations kicked off with the “State of the Industry” provided by the Association’s chairman and Realtime Register’s CEO, Berend van Dalfzen. The presentation provided a YoY overview of the domain industry, and closed with the question: “In this age of AI, will domains evolve or go extinct?”
The .COM domain still dominates the market with 157.9m …
Earlier this year, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud became available through Realtime Register, bringing world-class cyber protection to hosting providers and digital agencies worldwide. We’d like to shine the spotlight once again on why this powerful solution — combined with our unique pay-as-you-go model — continues to be a game-changer.
All-in-One Cyber Protection for your business and clients
With Acronis Cyber Cloud, providers can deliver comprehensive protection that goes far beyond simple backup. The platform unites:
- Backup & Recovery for every workload
- Advanced Security powered by AI to stop ransomware and zero-day threats
- Disaster Recovery to keep businesses online
- Endpoint Protection …
From October 21–23, Realtime Register’s Martijn Kamphuis (Director of Vendor Relations and Strategic Alliances) and Calvin Korenhof (Business Development Manager) will be representing the company at two leading international events in PortAventura, Spain: the Acronis Summit on October 21, followed by MSP Global Barcelona from October 22–23.
With Acronis as the main sponsor of MSP Global, these combined events bring together managed service providers, hosting experts, and technology innovators from across the globe. For Realtime Register, it’s a unique opportunity to:
- Gain first-hand insights into the latest Acronis solutions, new features, and roadmap developments.
- Connect with industry experts …
We’ve expanded our export options to streamline portfolio management. Until now, most listings (domains, SSL certificates, contacts, DNS zones) supported CSV and JSON, while only the Price List offered XLSX.
From now on every listing that supports export is also available in XLSX, so you can open, filter, and analyze your data instantly in Excel.
What’s new at a glance:
- XLSX exports for all listings (Domains, SSL Certificates, Contacts, DNS Zones, and more) — alongside CSV and JSON.
- Row limit: up to 10,000 rows per XLSX export.
- Price List: still available in XLSX (unchanged), now joined by all other …
We’re excited to announce a major update to ADAC (Advanced Domain Availability Checker) with version v2.12.1 of the API, released on September 1, 2025.
In collaboration with Verisign’s NameStudio, ADAC now supports LLM-based domain suggestions. This means you can generate high-quality, AI-powered domain name ideas across all TLDs — unlocking smarter and more relevant options for your customers.
What’s New
- AI Domain Suggestions: New use_ai and choices input hints now available for NameStudio suggestion integration in ADAC
- New Suggest Action: A dedicated ADAC action for generating domain suggestions.
- New REST API Integration: A REST-based access method, ideal …
We have DNS Belgium’s new WHOIS disclosure model in place and active for .be which went into effect on 16 September 2025. The .be WHOIS reflects the registry’s updated Terms & Conditions.
To keep you safe and compliant out of the box, our platform now sets all disclosure fields to OFF by default — and we’ve applied this to all existing .be contacts as well. You can enable disclosure per contact whenever you need.
Key points
- Default = all undisclosed. We explicitly set every disclose flag to off unless you choose otherwise.
- Contact types we support: Registrant and Onsite …
DigiCert has announced an important change in how Domain Control Validation (DCV) via DNS CNAME records must be configured.
Starting October 28, 2025, only the static prefix "_dnsauth" CNAME configuration will be supported.
The current [random_value] prefix CNAME configuration will no longer work after this date. If domains are not validated correctly, DigiCert will not issue certificates.
New Required Configuration (effective October 28, 2025)
* Hostname field: _dnsauth
* Target host field: [random_value].dcv.digicert.com
Deprecated Configuration (no longer valid after October 28, 2025)
* Hostname field: [random_value]
* Target host field: dcv.digicert.com
What this means for you
Resellers using our …
We’re thrilled to offer you a brand-new way to stay connected and up-to-date with our latest news — the Realtime Podcast!
You may wonder: why did we create a podcast from our newsletter? That’s because we know your days are busy and you need information that fits your lifestyle. Whether you’re on a holiday, driving to a meeting with one of your clients, commuting to the office, or traveling to a business event, you can now catch all the latest updates from Realtime Register hands-free and hassle-free.
Stay Informed, Anytime, Anywhere
With the Realtime Podcast, you’ll never miss out on …
London calling – Domain Summit London is here
On September 2nd and 3rd, four dedicated men from our team will represent Realtime Register at the Domain Summit in London. We’re looking forward to meeting fellow industry professionals to discuss news and insights regarding domain services in 2025 and the near future.
If you’re attending the Domain Summit too, take the opportunity to reach out to Berend, Yasin, Ronny or Calvin.
We’ll meet you there!
Dag van de Domeinnaam
On the 16th of September we will join the event Dag van de Domeinnaam (translated: Day of the Domain …
Starting October 1st, the default registration period for .NL domains via our API will change.
From October 1st onwards, all .NL domain registrations requested through the API without a defined period (see example below) will be processed as yearly registrations.
What's changing?
Current situation:
New situation from October 1st:
Why this change?
We're implementing this adjustment to stay aligned with upcoming changes at SIDN (the registry for .nl domains). SIDN will be transitioning to a new platform where only 12-month …