Jun 17 2011

New Measures Proposed to Enhance Post-Expiration and Renewal Related Policies and Practices

GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Presents Final Report

The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group has submitted its Final Report

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf [PDF, 998 KB]

to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council today, 14 June 2011.

The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should be able to renew their domain names after they expire. Following review of the comments

https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/9405459/PEDNR+Public+comment+review+tool+-+Final+-+8+June+2011.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1307530348000

received on its proposed Final Report, the Working Group now presents its Final Report, which contains 18 recommendations including the following:

  1. Provide a minimum of 8 days after expiration for renewal by registrant (Recommendation #2)
  2. An expired website must explicitly say that registration has expired and instructions on how to recover the registration (Recommendation #3)
  3. The registration agreement must include information on the fees charged for the post-expiration renewal of a domain name (Recommendation #5)
  4. Clear indication of methods used to deliver pre- and post-expiration notifications must be provided (Recommendation #6)
  5. At least two notices prior to expiration need to be sent at set times and one after expiration (Recommendation #7 & #8)
  6. Notifications must not solely be done by methods which require explicit action by the Registrant (Recommendation #9)
  7. All gTLDs and registrars must offer Redemption Grace Period (RGP), with the exception of sponsored gTLDs (Recommendation #13 & 14)
  8. The transfer of a domain name during the RGP should not be allowed (Rec#15)
  9. ICANN should develop educational materials on how to properly steward a domain name and prevent unintended loss (Recommendation #16)
  10. Best practice recommendations: Post-expiration notifications should be sent to some other contact point than to the email address associated with the expired registration (Recommendation #10), provide notice of where notification emails will be sent from (Recommendation #11), encourage registrants to provide a secondary email point of contact (Recommendation #12)

Further details and background on each of these and the other recommendations can be found in the PEDNR Final Report <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf>  [PDF, 998 KB]. The GNSO Council will now consider these recommendations for adoption.

Background

At the ICANN Meeting in Cairo in November 2008, the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), voted to request an Issues Report on the subject of registrants being able to recover domain names after their formal expiration date. The ALAC request was submitted to ICANN policy staff and the GNSO Council on 20 November 2008. The Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/post-expiration-recovery/report-05dec08.pdf>  [PDF, 422 KB] was submitted to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008. The GNSO Council initiated a PDP <http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200905>  on 7 May 2009 and tasked a Working Group to answer the following charter questions:

  • Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;
  • Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;
  • Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;
  • Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined);
  • Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the RGP.

The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) PDP Working Group started its deliberations in July 2009.

Further Information:

* PEDNR Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf [PDF, 998 KB]

* PEDNR Public Comment Review Tool https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/9405459/PEDNR+Public+comment+review+tool+-+Final+-+8+June+2011.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1307530348000

* PEDNR PDP Proposed Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-proposed-final-report-21feb11-en.pdf [PDF, 972 KB]

* PEDNR PDP Initial Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf [PDF, 1.02 MB]

* PEDNR WG workspace https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/

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May 09 2011

Astutium.com officially ‘best-value’ UK/GBP domain registrar

Latest research has shown that Astutium Ltd domain name registration service at Astutium Domain Name Registrations are the best value UK/GBP ICANN accredited domain registrars.

The research was carried out by Dot and Co, a French based company that publishes news on ICANN domain names and pricing internationally and shows that Astutium was the cheapest registration company on 32 TLD’s – 3 times as many as any other registrar.

Rob Golding, MD of Astutium Ltd is not surprised at these findings. He says “We’ve known for some time that we are the UK’s best value-for-money domain registration company, but it’s great to get independent feedback. And our new monthly featured-TLD program will make that even more-so.”

Astutium provides domain name registration and hosting services from its Docklands based Tier-3 London data-centre.

The company provides a range of tools to aid customers in migrating their domains to Astutium. “Our domain name registration service gives registrants total control through our online client portal. We make it simple to manage your domains whether you have just 1 or 10,000”, Rob continues. “Astutium’s bulk migration tools make it easy for organisations to transfer their domains to us and benefit from our competitive pricing and integrated DNS services.”

Astutium are committed to excellence in the domain registration arena and are active participants in ICANN meetings and working-groups, helping to shape the future of the Internet, one policy at a time.

Dot-And-Co UK/GBP Registrars 07/May/2011
Captured from http://www.dotandco.net/ressources/icann_registrars/prices.en

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/05/othellonames-net-officially-best-value-domain-registrar/

Apr 29 2011

Astutium Ltd Acquires Midnight Software

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK web hosting and internet services for over 15 years, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the domain, web hosting and cloud/vps clients from Midnight Software – UK based hosts specialising in small business hosting and virtual servers.

“The integration of MidnightSoftware clients further grows our existing linux CPanel and windows HELM hosting services. I’m also very excited to welcome several hundred more domain registrants to the ever expanding Astutium.com ICANN accredited registrar.” reports Rob Golding, MD.

After careful planning the company migrated the former Midnight Software customers to new servers in the Astutium Tier-3 DataCentre in Docklands, London, so clients would be able to benefit from the fully redundant high-performance AS29527 network, in-house dedicated support teams and gain an immediate SEO boost from being on ultra-fast UK IP addresses.

The completed integration grants users access to ‘Unified’ – the online Astutium Client Portal – allowing for realtime management of web hosting accounts, domain registrations, virtual, cloud and dedicated servers from one single location. All clients now have the assurance that their website will be online at a host with a 15 year proven track record of uptime and quality support.

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/04/astutium-ltd-acquires-midnight-software/

Jan 02 2011

VAT Change Special Offer – 20.0% off Domain Registrations

Jan 2011, UK VAT increases to 20.0% (from the previous rate of 17.5%)

To ease the pain for domain registrants for the whole of January, Astutium Ltd Domain Registration Service will effectively pay the VAT on your new domain registrations with our special 20.0% discount on all our registration prices with money-off coupon VAT2011

Take advantage of the lowest pricing of any UK based, ICANN accredited domain name registrar today at Astutium.com – .uk domains as low as £2.28/year (exc. VAT)!

* Search for an available domain at Astutium Domain Name Checker
* Follow the simple online order process
* Enter VAT2011 in the money-off voucher box and click validate voucher
* Save 20.0% on your new domain name

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2011/01/vat-change-special-offer-20-0-off-domain-registrations/

Sep 30 2010

Astutium Ltd Acquires Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd

Astutium Ltd ( www.astutium.com ), an established leader in UK managed server colocation and dedicated server rental for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of Chorver Internet Technologies Ltd – a host specialising in providing dedicated server hosting and rackspace for UK business.

“Merging in Chorver Internet brings over several thousand local SMEs and Entrepreneurs, and expands our existing colocation and rackspace services. I’m very excited to welcome all these new clients to the ever growing Astutium family.” reports Rob Golding, MD.

After careful planning the company integrated the existing Chorver network directly onto the Astutium London Docklands network, so clients gained the benefit of fully redundant high-performance connections and critically the immediate availability of IPv6 connectivity.

The completed integration grants users access to ‘Unified’ – the online Astutium Client Portal – allowing for realtime management of web hosting accounts, domain registrations, vps, dedicated servers and colocation from one single location.

All clients now have the assurance that their emails and websites are online at a host with a 14+ year proven track record of uptime and quality in-house support.

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2010/09/astutium-ltd-acquires-chorver-internet-technologies-ltd/

Mar 26 2010

Mobius Web Services has been acquired by Astutium Ltd.

Astutium Ltd, an established leader in UK web hosting and internet services for over a decade, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the domain and web hosting clients from Mobius Web Services and sister firm Lavender Web Services – boutique hosts specialising in small business web design and hosting of ecommerce systems on Windows/DotNetPanel.

“The integration of Mobius customers brings over some great clients and their beautiful websites, extending our existing DotNetPanel hosting services. I’m very excited to welcome several hundred more businesses to the ever growing Othello family.” reports Rob Golding, MD.

After careful planning the company migrated the Mobus and Lavender customers to new servers in their DataCentre in Docklands, London, so clients would be able to benefit from the fully redundant high-performance AS29527 network, in-house dedicated support teams and gain an immediate SEO boost from being on ultra-fast UK IP addresses.

The completed integration grants users access to ‘Unified’ – the online Astutium Client Portal – allowing for realtime management of web hosting accounts, domain registrations, vps and dedicated servers from one single location. Mobius clients now have the assurance that their website will be online at a host with a 10 year proven track record of uptime and quality support.

Anyone looking to sell their domain registration, web hosting or UK based dedicated server companies are welcome to visit our specific site at Host Acquisitions
Rob Golding

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2010/03/mobius-web-services-has-been-acquired-by-astutium-ltd/

Jan 05 2010

New .CN Registrations Suspended Indefinitely

It is with regret that we have to announce that CNNIC has imposed an immediate and indefinite suspension of all .CN registrations from overseas Registrars.

As a result of this action by CNNIC, we have no choice but to stop accepting new .CN registrations through OthelloNames.net and OthelloReg.net with immediate effect from today.

Please note that currently renewals will continue to be supported.

Availability checks for .CN domains via the Client Portal, OthelloNames.net Web Interface and API will be changed to return Not Available for .CN domains. Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2010/01/new-cn-registrations-suspended-indefinitely/

Jan 01 2010

VAT FREE! Domain Name Registrations

Jan 1st 2010, UK VAT returned to 17.5% (from the temporary discount to 15%)

To ease the pain for domain registrants for the whole of January, Othello Technology Systems Ltd Domain Registration Service will effectively pay the VAT on your new domain registrations with our special 17.5% discount on all our registration prices with money-off coupon VAT175

Take advantage of the lowest pricing of any UK based, ICANN accredited domain name registrar today at OthelloNames.net – .uk domains as low as £2.53/year (exc. VAT)!

  • Search for an available domain
  • Follow the simple online order process
  • Enter VAT175 in the money-off voucher box and click validate voucher
  • Save 17.5% on your new domain name

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2010/01/vat-free-domain-name-registrations/

Nov 04 2009

Nominet Registrar Day today at Lords MCC

Nominet Registrar Day today at Lords MCC.

To celebrate we’re offering you the chance to get your own .UK domain during the conference for just £2.95/2yrs (saving £3)

Use promocode “LORDSCRICKET” when registering a new domain at OthelloNames .UK Domain Registration

Promotion Terms & Conditions: one domain per customer, new and existing clients allowed

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2009/11/nominet-registrar-day-today-at-lords-mcc/

Oct 22 2009

Astutium Ltd Acquires Designer Hosting

Astutium Ltd, a London based Business Internet Service Provider, announced today the completed acquisition and integration of the web hosting service DesignerHosting.co.uk

“The acquisition of Designer Hosting brings over another large number of Plesk and Ensim based resellers and hostees plus domain registrants, complementing our existing Business Web Hosting offerings. I’m very pleased to welcome another brand to the growing Astutium family.” reports Rob Golding, MD.

After careful planning the company migrated the Designer Hosting servers to the Astutium DataCentre in Docklands, London, so clients would be able to immediately benefit from the fully redundant high-performance AS29527 network and in-house dedicated support teams.

The completed service integration grants users access to the Astutium Client Portal allowing for realtime management of hosting accounts plus domain registration in over 100 extensions, and offers the clients the assurance that depite tough financial times, their website will be online at a host with a 13 year proven track record of uptime and support.

Anyone looking to sell their domain registration, web hosting or UK based dedicated server companies are welcome to visit our special site at Host Acquisitions
Rob Golding

Permanent link to this article: https://blog.astutium.com/2009/10/astutium-ltd-acquires-designer-hosting/

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