What is ICANN’s new gTLD (generic Top Level Domain) Program? It signals the beginning of the largest-ever expansion of the Domain Name System (DNS); a change that promises to promote global innovation, competition and consumer choice in the last decade. On 23 October 2013, first new gTLDs from ICANN’s New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were into the Internet’s Root Zone, the authoritative database for the Internet. Below are the gTLDs or strings…
In our previous post talking about the 2013 ICANN RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement), we described the changes mandated for the public WHOIS format. Now, let’s take a look at another critical requirement from the RAA, which stems from the Whois Data Accuracy Specification. The requirements from this specification will have a considerable impact on customers and domain holders, and we are about to make certain changes in the system to fulfill them. Verifying the Registrant’s…
As part of CNNIC’s Christmas Contest Lucky Draw, your customers could win one of the following prizes when they register .CN/.中国 Domains: 1st Prize: A trip to Beijing and a tour of CNNIC’s office worth CNY 20,000 ($3,300 approx) 2ND Prize: 9 years free renewal for all .CN Domain registered with us before 31st December, 2013 3rd Prize: 4years free renewal all .CN Domain registered with us before 31st December, 2013 Contest Rules If the…
At ResellerClub, we offer a variety of options to power your hosting business: If you wish to have a completely customized storefront without getting into the technical nitty-gritties of an API integration, you should consider using WHMCS. Read on to know more. Integrate your ResellerClub Account with WHMCS WHMCS is an all-in-one client management, billing & support solution. Its powerful features and ease of integration make it the preferred interface by leading hosting providers…
At the end of October 2013, ResellerClub became a US based entity and this move resulted in a change in the legal jurisdiction applicable to us. As a result of this change, we are no longer able to support partners and clients from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. These include Resellers, Sub Resellers and Customers. If any of the following actions are performed by users from OFAC Countries, the respective domain/hosting package will…
The ResellerClub Hosting Summit has a bunch of speakers that will impart important industry knowledge and recognise growing trends. Here’s the lineup of speakers that are known to deliver some really compelling presentations relating to the Web Services industry.
Day 1
Bhavin Turakia – Directi and ResellerClub
Over 12 years of technology experience and over 9 years of Market knowledge and is today chiefly responsible for the entire Vision, Strategy, and Service Offerings of the ResellerClub group. He also opened last year’s conference with an amazing keynote session on the India Story and opportunity for Web Hosts in India. You can watch it here.
Manish Dalal – Verisign Asia
Manish Dalal is the VP & Head of Verisign Asia, which is the authoritative registry for the DotCOM, DotNET, TLDs. Mr. Dalal has over 20 years of experience in the Internet and Mobile domains in both corporate and management consulting environments. He also spoke at the opening keynote at the ResellerClub Hosting Summit last year. He spoke about the Indian market and the opportunities it offers to the Web Hosting Industry. You can watch his entire Opening Keynote session here.
Kuek Yu-Chuang – ICANN
Kuek Yu-Chuang is ICANN‘s vice president for global stakeholder engagement for the Asia Region and managing director of its Singapore hub office.
Before joining ICANN in August 2013, Kuek served as a Senior Director for Yahoo! Inc., where he led the company’s public policy efforts in the Asia Pacific and Latin American regions.
Kartik Taneja – Google
Kartik Taneja is the head of Channel Sales and SMB Partnerships at Google. Mr. Taneja and his team at Google are helping SME’s in India use the power and potential of the digital medium to grow their business. He held an enlightening speaker session at the first ResellerClub Hosting Summit. You can watch the session on “SME in India: Think Digital with Google” here.
David Snead – I2 Coalition
David Snead is the co founder of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (I2 Coalition). The company supports those who build the nuts and bolts of the Internet and seeks to foster growth within the Internet infrastructure industry by driving others to harness the Internet’s full potential. Mr. Snead is an attorney with a general practice – focused exclusively on Internet based companies and issues. He has practiced in this area for over 10 years, both in-house and as outside counsel.
Anand Vora – .ORG
Anand Vora is a Channel Manager at Public Interest Registry with a focus on Asia Pacific. He has been a part of Public Interest Registry since mid 2009 and has been instrumental in growing .ORG registrations and brand awareness outside of North America and Europe.His experience includes account management, business development, channel management, market research and competitive analysis.He has previously worked in the real estate development business and computer networking field. He holds a degree in electrical engineering and a MBA in International Business and Marketing from George Washington University. Mr. Vora will be talking about ‘Staying Relevant in the New Domain Name Space’.
John Fearon – Dropmysite
Dropmysite was founded in 2011 by John Fearon, after his website crashed but he found that there were no solutions available to prevent it from happening again. Dropmysite is a free service that lets you backup your websites automatically and easily. Mr. Fearon, armed with his years of experience as an Online Marketing Professional will be discussing ‘The Future of Marketing Cloud’ during his session.
Day 2
Edmon Chung – DotAsia
Edmon Chung is the CEO at DotAsia whose core mandate is to promote Internet development and adoption in Asia. Since the launch of the “DotAsia” TLD through 2007 and 2008, DotAsia has contributed funds and support to many different Community Projects around Asia. IDN and its implications for small businesses in India. Edmon is an inventor of patents underlying technologies for internationalized domain names (IDN) and email addresses on the Internet.
Arkadiusz Szczurowski – SSLGuru
Arkadiusz Szczurowski is the CEO & and Founder of SSLGuru. Service SSLGURU.com has been created for all Internet users who want to create higher level of on-line security. SSLGuru provides all types of SSL certificates. You can find SSL technology to secure domain names (one or more), e-mails, files etc. You can watch his speaker session on ‘Safe Data Transmission’ from RCHS 2012 here.
Shridhar Luthria – ResellerClub
Shridhar is ResellerClub’s business head and leads all business activities and initiatives. He has been steering the team since inception and has helped the company grow from a start-up to the world’s most popular platform for domain names.
A strong believer in leading from the front, Shridhar’s hands-on-approach has given him a keen insight into the Web Services industry. An entrepreneur at heart, Shridhar is passionate about marketing strategy & mass media.
Domain name renewal is a very fundamental part of running an online business. A domain name is not only the intellectual property of the company but also the virtual store front. Having your home page redirect to a domain parking page could mean losing out on a lot of potential clients. The recent Yatra.com domain expiry fiasco has brought a lot of attention to how companies should micromanage their domains’ renewal. Yatra.com Yatra.com is an…
We recently attended the hosting industry’s annual conference, HostingCon 2013 (Read our blog roundup here). The conference was held recently in Austin, Texas from the 17th to the 19th of June 2013. We had the opportunity to meet and interact with a bunch of our clients and resellers. We caught up with Anand Vora from PIR, the .ORG Registry who shared his thoughts about HostingCon and his experience working with ResellerClub. Watch the interview here:…
HostingCon 2013 ResellerClub was at the hosting industry’s landmark annual event, HostingCon 2013, which took place at the heart of Austin, Texas this June from the 17th to the 19th. HostingCon gave us the opportunity to meet and interact with the eclectic mix that makes up the hosting community. This year’s HostingCon brought together the hosting industry’s thought leaders, best technology solutions, services and practices in one giant congregation. It felt great to be a…
As I write this post, there is an on going and highly distributed, global attack on wordpress installations to crack open admin accounts and inject various malicious scripts. To give you a little history, we recently heard from a major law enforcement agency about a massive attack on US financial institutions originating from our servers. We did a detailed analysis of the attack pattern and found out that most of the attack was originating from…