Premium Domain Transfers for Donuts and Rightside - Now Supported
HEXONET is pleased to announce that on March 18, 2015, Premium Domain Transfers domains from registry operators Donuts and Rightside have been enabled. Additional other registry operator's Premium Domains will soon be available also. To process Premium Domain Transfers use the Control Panel (displays the Premium Transfer price) or our API.
API COMMAND (CheckDomainTransfer):
command=CheckDomainTransfer
domain= rehab.guru
The API response will provide the Premium Domain Class to initiate the transfer command below.
API COMMAND (TransferDomain):
command=TransferDomain
domain=rehab.guru
auth=top secret
class=PREMIUM_DONUTS_A+
New .PARIS Registration Requirement
As of April 1, 2015, all new .PARIS domain registrations will require acceptance of the Terms of Use for .PARIS. Failure to accept the Terms of Use for .PARIS will prevent the registration and it will NOT be processed.
The API Parameter: X-PARIS-ACCEPT-REGISTRATION-TAC = 1 for new registrations.
AFNIC to Allow MultiYear Registration/Renewals as of April 1, 2015
As of April 1, 2015, AFNIC - the registry operator of .FR (.RE, .PM, .WF, .TF, .YT) will support multiyear registrations and renewals.
.INFO Price Increase - May 1, 2015
Afilias announced an increase to the annual price of .INFO domains starting May 1, 2015.
- .INFO Prices: increasing by 0.96* (net price: 0.81) USD per Domain/Year.
- HEXONET recommends renewing any domains ahead of this price increase. .INFO domains can be renewed now or at any point in the future. Renewals can be for 1 to 9 years. HEXONET will be increasing the price 1:1 and will NOT be adding additional margin.
.ORG Price Increase - August 1, 2015
PIR announced an increase to the annual price of .ORG domains starting August 1, 2015.
- .ORG Prices: increasing by 0.96* (net price: 0.81) USD per Domain/Year.
- HEXONET recommends renewing any domains ahead of this price increase. .ORG domains can be renewed now or at any point in the future. Renewals can be for 1 to 9 years.
.MU Price Increase and Change its Currency - April 1, 2015
Registry Operator of .MU recently notified registrars that they will be changing their currency from EUR to USD as of April 1, 2015 (for .MU, com.MU, net.MU, org.MU, co.MU, or.MU and ac.MU). Due to this currency change, there will be a slight price increase for .MU Domains. As of April 1, 2015, the pricing will be as follows:
- Reseller Price Class: 104.72* (net price: 88.00) USD/Domain/Year
- Premium Price Class: 91.63* (net price: 77.00) USD/Domain/Year
- Platinum Price Class: 81.81* (net price: 68.75) USD/Domain/Year
Restores will no longer be supported for .MU Domains as of April 1, 2015.
.WS (WebSite) Price Increase - May 1, 2015 10:00 UTC
Please note the following price changes for .WS Domains as of May 1, 2015 at 10:00 UTC:
- Reseller Price Class: Annual Price is 27.37* (net price: 23.00) USD/Domain/Year
- Premium Price Class: Annual Price is 25.59* (net price: 21.50) USD/Domain/Year
- PLATINUM Price Class: Annual Price is 23.68* (net price: 19.90) USD/Domain/Year
Please note that the first year registrations will have a negative setup fee of -14.00 USD, which reduce the fees for all new 1 year registrations.
* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.