Do I need it:

If you are using whmcs or awbs or a billing application that has a whoislookup file AND If you sell . EU / .ES then yes you do.

How do I fix it:

Drop an email into support [at] netearthone.com, subject of : “WHOIS EU and ES” with your Reseller ID (Number), 2 numbers from your PIN, your servers IP address and the request for access to our lookup script and we will enable you to do it and reply with the modifications needed.

Why should I:

It would appear that some billing applications like whmcs, do not use a proper method for lookup of .ES domain names as the ES registry does not offer an end user port 43 service, and thus it allows for registration of prohibited domains, these are then registered with the LB platform and you are charged.  The Spanish registry then deletes these prohibited registrations without any refund.  We have also seen a reseller using .EU have their whmcs checking ability abused and EURID have blocked their IP address for 90 days.

Ultimately it is up to you if you do this or not

As advised by email and by control panel today:

Further to our announcement on November 2nd that the registry is increasing its pricing, this announcement is to remind you that effective 14th January 2012, the new pricing for .COM and .NET domains will be made applicable.

If you have yet to make the necessary changes to your website and/or Control Panel, we ask that you get them updated as quickly as possible.

If you use the API, and complete all your billing through a third party application, please update those prices too if you need too.

We shall be increasing the Registration, Renewal and Transfer-In pricing for .COM and .NET domain names on January 14th, 2012 at 14:00 UTC, our prior announcement stated it would be 23:55 UTC which has now changed to 14:00 UTC, however the platform provider has stated a cross platform update will also happen at this time which is necessary to protect against any loss to you through pending orders (please see bullet points below)

Important Note:

• If you have specific pricing assigned on the .COM and .NET tlds, we will be increasing it by $0.51 and $0.46 respecitvly.
• All pending .COM and.NET Registration and Renewal orders that have not been paid for or executed will be deleted on the 14th. This is to ensure that you don’t incur any losses through pending orders.
• Pending orders on Transfer-Ins will not be affected. However, if you need to delete these orders yourself, you can find it here:Control Panel > Customers > Billing > Pending Invoices and Debit Notes

Please find enclosed SPF information :

“v=spf1 ip4:67.15.47.0/24 ip4:67.15.35.0/24
ip4:67.15.254.0/24 ip4:67.15.253.0/24 ip4:67.15.246.0/24 ip4:67.15.238.0/24
ip4:67.15.184.0/24 67.15.98.0/24 mx ?all”

Those that may have registered a gb.com domain through NetEarth One with the registry CentralNIC have probably seen a connection issue to your domain today, a statement from CentralNIC follows and we will keep you updated :

Unfortunately, the service CentralNic has been providing for domains ending .gb.com has been interrupted. We are currently taking legal advice about this and are taking urgent steps to restore the service.

This interruption relates to a longstanding legal dispute regarding the domain name gb.com, dating back to when the current shareholders acquired the business in 2004. We  can confirm, with absolute certainty, that no other CentralNic domain extensions are subject to any such disputes.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our team at info@centralnic.com.

Tier 1 – $ 9.90

Tier 2 – $ 9.40

Tier 3 – $ 9.10

Tier 4 – $ 8.99

Tier 5 – $ 8.79

Logicboxes informed us that they were going to remove the above gateway, however, after many days of discussions with LB, they are not removing it but changing the way in which they communicate with PayPal.

The below information should be read and acted upon if you use the gateway.

If you are currently using the PayPal Direct Payment API Gateway to collect payments from your Customers/Resellers, you are required to make the changes listed below, before 22nd December, 2010 to avoid disruption of services:

1.    Generate your PayPal API Credentials:
http://manage.netearthone.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq775.html#api

2.    Authorize your API Username to make API calls through your Reseller Account:
http://manage.netearthone.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq775.html#apikey

3.    Configure both the above-mentioned details in your Reseller Account:
http://manage.netearthone.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq775.html#setup

If you are currently not using the PayPal Direct Payment API Gateway and are interested in using the same, then we would request you to integrate this Gateway with your Registrar Account post 10.30 am UTC on 22nd of December, 2010 as it will not function before that time.

The Afilias Registry is increasing its pricing as above, we will let you know closer to the time of the new pricing, it will probably be in line with COM pricing.

Web Services, which includes the new Website Builder and Custom Plans for Hosting and Website Builder, will be launched on the 30th of September, 2010. Yes we know, another date…  Our fingers are crossed

SuperSite Transalation:

For Resellers that need to translate the SuperSite Content into another language.

You can translate the content on these pages and replace the modified content through the SuperSite Admin Area once these changes go live on 30th September, 2010. You can take a look at the pages which will contain modifications, at the bottpn of this post.

Website Builder:

The current Website Builder will be deprecated on 30th September, 2010.

LB will email which Customers will be not be able to manage existing packages through your Control Panel. They will have to Login to a Separate Interface to do so.

New Website Builder:

With the new Website Builder also being launched on the 30th, you can take a look at a few of its features, as follows:

• Real Time Visual Editor
• Over 175 themes and counting
• 100% Customizable page layouts
• Favicon Customization
• PayPal and eBay Components
• Social Network Integration
• Blog Portability

You will be able to access a Demo for the new Website Builder post the 30th of September.

Next Big Launch!

LB will be enhancing the Free Email Service we currently offer with every Domain Name. You will soon be able to specify the Number of Free Email Accounts with every Domain.

Website Hosting, Website Builder and Email Hosting.

Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010 EDT (Sunday, March 28, 2010 UTC)

Time: 2100 hrs – 2145 hrs EDT (0100 hrs – 0145 hrs UTC)

Duration: 45 Minutes

Purpose: Routine Maintenance