IDN.ASIA – Go LIVE Date – Announced!

HEXONET has just recieved notice from the .ASIA Registry that the Go Live Date for .IDN.AISA is Saturday, June 23, 2012.

Go-Live Info:

• Go-Live: Saturday June 23, 2012
• Time: TBD
• Allocated on a First-come-First-Served basis
• Characters: Min. 1, Max. 63, letters, numbers, hyphens (”-”) – however hyphens at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD will not be accepted
• Registration Periods: 1 – 10 Years
• Domain Name Registration Policies: View
• Go-Live Pricing:
  • Reseller:  $18.09* (net: 15.20) USD per Domain/Year
  • Premium: $16.90* (net: 14.20) USD per Domain/Year
  • Platinum: $15.23* (net: 12.80) USD per Domain/Year

Pre-registration Billing: (IMPORTANT)

HEXONET will start withdrawing DEPOSITS for Go LIVE starting June 11, 2012.  These deposit deductions are only to reserve funds in case all your Pre-registrations are successful. Deposits will automatically be returned back to your reseller account if any Pre-registrations are not successful or if you delete it prior to the submission to the registry (for Go-Live 24 hours prior to the actual launch).

Go-Live applications deleted more than 24 hours prior launch are automatically refunded back to your reseller account. Please note, that Go-Live deletions are not permitted in the last 24 hours prior launch.

Pre-registration via API (Go-Live)

command = AddDomainApplication
class = ASIA_IDN_GOLIVE
domain = xn--5gq0bvk968l.asia
x-idn-language = ZH | JA | KO
period = 1Y | 2Y | 3Y | 4Y | 5Y | 6Y | 7Y | 8Y | 9Y | 10Y
ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver2 = (NAMESERVER)

Pre-registration via Control Panel

Pre-registrations can be submitted through the Control Panel by logging into your account and navigating to “Manage Products > Domains” and clicking the “Pre-reg Admin” link in the left side menu. From here one can list existing or submit new Pre-registrations. Users can modify or delete any Pre-registrations without charge up to 24 hours prior to the launch date.

Should you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact us at support@hexonet.net.

* The GROSS price includes Germany’s 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.

Super Saver Volume Promotion for .ASIA Domains – STARTS January 1, 2012!

The more you register the cheaper it gets!

• Promo Start: January 1, 2012 11:00 UTC
• Promotional Pricing Ends: March 31, 2012 at 10:00 UTC
• Everyday Promo Price: 8.21* (net price: 6.90) USD per Domain/Year
• Volume Pricing on 6th – 9th registration on the same day: 7.02* (net price: 5.90) USD per Domain/Year
• SUPER SPECIAL Volume Price for the 10th or more registration on the same day: 5.36* (net price: 4.50) USD per domain/year.
• Promotional price only applies to new one year registrations
• Promotional price also applies to the first year of a new multi-year registration
• Transfers and renewals are NOT eligible at promotional pricing

Top Reasons to Register .ASIA!

1. .ASIA is a natural fit for web content / audience related to Asia and is already adopted by businesses, celebrities and brands. Consider using .ASIA when your website, your brand or your market has anything to do with Asia. It is a natural web extension that echoes your content and speaks directly to your target audience. A .Asia domain name instantly turns your brand into an Asia-friendly name.

2. Secure, reliable and easy to register without government restrictions or complex registration process compared to some ccTLDs within the region.

3. Improve search ability and visibility for searches relevant to the Asian market.  Keyword domains make a difference in search result rankings. The term “Asia” is a frequently searched keyword. Making use of a .Asia domain may improves SEO organically for searches related to Asia

4. Save on cost without having to register multiple country-code-top-level-domains within the region

HEXONET’s DotAsia backordering technology is one of the first, if not the first, backorderingservices for .ASIA domains – thousands of domains soon to expire on DotAsia’s anniversary.

Vancouver, Canada March 3, 2010 — HEXONET (www.hexonet.net) announced today one of the domain industry’s first, if not the first, backordering services for DotAsia domain names. Utilizing HEXONET’s revolutionary domain backordering search engine and service platform, starting today, for the first time, anyone will be able to search for expiring .ASIA domains as well as backorder them even before they expire. Again, only at HEXONET, can .ASIA domain backorders be placed using this new technology.

“With DotAsia’s Landrush anniversary fast approaching, HEXONET was determined to launch the DotAsia backordering service as quickly as possible,” said Robert Birkner, Chief Strategy Officer of HEXONET. Birkner also went on to say, “On February 20th, thousands of domains, if not tens of thousands, first went into redemption (expiration) resulting from DotAsia’s massive launch two years ago. Many fantastic domains are going to be up for grabs towards the end of March and only HEXONET customers will have the newest technology to take advantage of the opportunity.”

Edmon Chung, Chief Executive Officer of the DotAsia registry, has been quoted as saying, “We are excited to see technological innovations built around DotAsia domains. With the implementation of the Asian Free Trade Area between China and 10 South East Asian nations earlier this year, the usage and demand of DotAsia domains will continue to grow, not only for new domains, but also for domains that have been previously registered as businesses expand to the regional Asian marketplace.”

Individuals, businesses, and organizations can sign up for free at HEXONET and immediately start backordering .ASIA domains. Backordering for other domain extensions–such as .DE, .INFO, .BIZ, .ORG, and more–is also available.

About HEXONET
Since 1999, HEXONET has been a leading developer and service provider of reseller technologies for the domain industry. Thousands of resellers, startups and service providers from across the world trust HEXONET as their domain platform provider. And today, HEXONET manages over six hundred thousand domains for its clients.