This newsletter was sent Wednesday, April 26, 2016

At Realtime Register we constantly challenge ourselves to find new ways for adding even more value to your domain business. Innovation is an integral part of this objective. Curious which new improvements we’re currently working on? Check out the latest news below.

Domain Transfer Service

Transferring large amounts of domains manually can be quite a hassle. And with the updated Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP-C) approaching, this process will be bound to even more rules and technical requirements. Instead of devoting all of your time figuring out which rules do and …

So Amazon wants to add the following to their contract for .MOI

And as such things go, when a Registry operator wants to change or add a contract section, the Registrar Stakeholder Group gets to review it and is then able to post a comment. Personally, I had some issues with the above amendment due to the fact it was not clear what this authentication platform entails.

Sure such authentication platforms are not new. Like when you apply for a .BANK domain name you have to go through a vetting process, as only registered banks can order a domain name …

You might have heard some horror stories about the upcoming change of registrant policy, effective starting this August.
Some of these stories tell a tale about certain hotel California Registrars, easy to check in your domain names, but you will never be able to transfer them out.

Hotel California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Now as a member of the ICANN group, IRTP-C IRT, who actually spend a lot of time drafting this policy, let me be the first to debunk some myths regarding this policy.

Transfers will not be impossible, but they will be harder if the current email address is …

Last Thursday, March 31, the .ME registry informed us they passed the one million milestone. Congratulations from all of us at Realtime Register! To celebrate this success with the  .ME registry we have a great offer for .me, until June 30 2016 new registrations are only6,99 EUR!

Read more about the background of  .ME in this infographic.