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.

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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.

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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.

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Sales promotion for .INFO
Starting February 4, the prices for .info creates are reduced for our reselling customers. Make use of this great sales opportunity; create your own offer for your customers and increase your sales. This special Realtime Register price reduction for .info ends on June 30th 2014.

The .info TLD is a valuable cross sell option; in most cases your customer’s desired domain name is still available for .info.

Please note; the price reduction is for new domain creates only, renewals and transfers are at your regular price.

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As we are growing in domain registrations, so we are growing in programming staff.

Currently we are hiring additional programmers for Our Dutch office. In the office, we speak mainly Dutch. Don’t let this hold you back to respond if your native tongue is English or another language.

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Specifically we want to hire Senior Java Developers. Are you interested in the developments of the domain name industry; you might want to check out the job specifics. You can find them here:  https://www.realtimeregister.com/careers

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