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

Realtime Register hosts night.TALKs at WHD.global 2015!

Posted on 16 March 2015

At this year’s event the WHD organization introduces a whole new evening program as an addition to the famous parties. This new event called night.TALK, is a new interactive forum at WHD.global where controversial opinions are expressed and debated in a relaxed, inviting atmosphere.

„New TLDs, survival of the fittest?“
Have a drink and join the discussion about the future of the TLD landscape with experts from the domain registries, registrars and backend providers. Hear what they expect to be critical factors for TLDs to survive in the battle for online presence. We’re looking forward to an entertaining discussion with …

Google gives .tel an “Awesome” rating

Posted on 21 November 2014

I thought that I would share with you some information from Google. Over the next few weeks, Google will be appending a “mobile friendly” label to mobile search results to make it easier for mobile searchers to determine if the content will render well on their mobile device.

.tel meets criteria

A page is eligible for the “mobile-friendly” label if it meets the following criteria as detected by Google’s Googlebot:

  • Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, like Flash
  • Uses text that is readable without zooming
  • Sizes content to the screen so users don’t have to scroll horizontally …

Get ready for Realtime Register 2.1

Posted on 11 September 2014

September 10th the new Realtime Register 2.1 system has been released to the OT&E environment. Realtime Register 2.1 ensures compliance with the RAA 2013. We are planning to release version 2.1 to the production environment on Monday September 22th.

We have compiled an extensive Reseller Preparations Guide ICANN RAA 2013 for planning and reference. Make sure to download the Guide, get started with the required actions and forward the information to the appropriate staff members in your organization.

Things you need to take care of:

  1. Check your technical integration
  2. Check your handle management
  3. Check the postal code formats used
  4. Set …

News about the ICANN RAA 2013 #3

Posted on 30 July 2014

Realtime Register has made good progress with the preparations for the new ICANN RAA 2013. Below is a summary of important issues to consider. Please note the information sent earlier and available on our blog is still valid. We expect the new contract to be effective at the end of this quarter.

Update registrant information in time
Verification for updates of the registrant is demanded under the new contract. For contacts that are not up to date, we strongly advise you to update these before the ICANN RAA 2013 is effective. Please do so to avoid additional verifications.

Privacy protect …

Changes in policy gTLD´s continued

Posted on 13 June 2014

This is a follow-up on last February´s newsletter about the impact of earlier announced ICANN requirements

Preparations for ICANN RAA2013

A. DNSSEC available
In the Realtime Register Domain Manager DNSSEC options are available for supported TLDs. You might want to test this feature In the Realtime Register (OT&E) environment first. Please note; at this time we support customer maintained name servers only.

B.  Validation of registrants for gTLD’s
The new ICANN policy requires the registered domain name holder (registrant) to validate its details like e-mail address etcetera in order to increase WHOIS accuracy.

Realtime Register will provide a fully brandable …

Newsletter February 19th 2014

Posted on 26 February 2014

Realtime Register is preparing to sign the new ICANN contract. This contract is also referred to as the “ICANN 2013 RAA”. This e-mail highlights the upcoming changes.

A.  Validation of registered domain name holders for gTLD’s
Realtime Register is required to validate the registered domain name holder in the following instances:

•  after domain name registration
•  before domain transfer
•  before a contact update.

This will lead to a higher accuracy level of WHOIS data and will be done through automatic verification e-mails to your customers that will be send in your name and under your brand.

B.  Brandable …

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