[Openprovider] Newsletter 6th of October 2015

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Dear reader,

Allow us to start this newsletter with a small technical note: for those who rely on specific characteristics of our contact handles (in the form of AB012345-NL), please be aware that due to running out of 6-digit numbers for some initials, you may receive contact handles that are a bit longer, e.g. AB0123456-NL.

In this newsletter we also inform you about the following topics:

Alternative validation methods for Symantec SSL DV
Blog post: Universal Acceptance
Extended IDN support for .global
Upcoming industry events
Overview of active promotions
Latest updates on the new gTLDs

Alternative validation methods for Symantec SSL DV

An essential part of the validation process for any SSL certificate order is the domain validation: completely automated, the certificate authority checks if the SSL order indeed originates from the domain responsible. Normally this validation is done by sending an e-mail to a domain-bound contact, requiring an affirmative response. Openprovider has now extended the validation options.

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Blog post: Universal Acceptance

Early on this year, being in the middle of our regular ICANN contractual compliance audit, we received an e-mail from ICANN: “New gTLD registrations – quote requested”. Was this some kind of trick to secretly perform some audit tasks, for example on registrar pricing? No, on the contrary! ICANN had selected Openprovider for support in their Universal Acceptance studies.

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Extended IDN support for .global

.global has announced that from November 1st they will extend their IDN support. To this day .global supports German, Swedish, Polish and Spanish. However from November 1st the registry will support registrations on the second level for many more Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs).

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Upcoming industry events

September was filled with events and we sure had a lot of fun at the WHD in Frankfurt and the HostingCon in Amsterdam, amongst others. October will also bring excellent opportunities to keep growing our networks and our businesses. Here you can find a list of the events that are scheduled for October. Let us know if you will be attending to any of these events. We will be happy to meet you!

CENTR Registrar Day. 07-10-2015 Brussels, Belgium
Open-Xchange Summit. 08-10-2015 / 09-10-2015 Berlin, Germany
ICANN 54, Dublin. 18-10-2015 / 22-10-2015 Dublin, Ireland
EURid Registrar Dinner. 21-10-2015 Dublin, Ireland

An overview of all industry events is available on our website.

Overview of active promotions

Please note that these promotions are currently active. Take advantage of the opportunities of these extensions and forward them to your customers!

The promotional prices are valid only for new 1-year registrations and do not apply to multi-year registrations, transfers and renewals. The price in grey in the table is the regular price based on tier 1.

Latest updates on the new gTLDs

Sunrises:

8 October: .trading
15 October: .broker, .forex and .八卦 ('gossip' in Chinese)

General Availabilities:

6 October: .film
7 October: .game
12 October: .网店 ('webshop' in Chinese)
14 October: .study
19 October: .law and .abogado ('lawyer' in Spanish)
26 October: .srl
27 October: .健康 ('healthy' in Chinese)

Early Access Programs:
All Donuts and Rightside General Availability have an Early Access Program (EAP) of 7 days. The EAP helps registrants immediately secure the domain names they’ve always wanted. Likewise, brand owners have an opportunity to obtain non-trademark domain names to help promote and protect brands, or register terms that dominate a market or industry.

12 October: .law and .abogado ('lawyer' in Spanish)
21 October: .live and .studio

More information about the EAP and why you should use it can be found in the blog.

Do you want to register your domains at cost price from now on? Check the Flat Fee packages pages in your Openprovider control panel!

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