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Domain Name registrations and renewals are a very important part of Web
hosting. We have outlined below a review of our registration and renewal
services and how they work with your reseller account.
Ways to register domains:
A) NetFronts Domain
Reseller Accounts:
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Participation:
Reseller must first sign up at
http://reseller.netfronts.com/domain/ . A non-refundable deposit of
$100 is required, but will be used toward future purchases.
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Prices:
Registrations,
renewals, and transfers start at $9.95/yr or less depending on quantity.
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Administration:
Reseller
may administer all domain names within Domain Reseller Account.
Domain Reseller
Account refers to a Web-based interface which facilitates registration,
renewals, transfers, etc. The domain administration functionality is
available with a specific ID and password, which is assigned upon
registration into the Domain Reseller program.
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How to Register:
Reseller registers domain from within the Domain Reseller Account.
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Renewals:
Expiration notices
are
emailed to the reseller and also to the administrative contact. The
expiration notices are sent to the domain’s administrative contact and
appear to be from the reseller’s email address and can reference a Web
site address that the reseller manages for domain renewals. NetFronts is
not mentioned in the email notices. The reseller is responsible for
purchasing a renewal through the Domain Reseller Account, billing the
client, and collecting the client’s payment. For an additional fee, a
reseller may arrange for NetFronts to anonymously bill a client for the
domain renewal.
B) Reseller allows
clients to register domain names through hosting account:
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Participation:
Within reseller hosting control panel, reseller must enable ‘Domain
Registration’ option for each hosting plan that the reseller offers.
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Prices:
$9.95/yr for registration only. The domain will renew at NetFronts’
standard renewal rates unless domain is moved/pushed into reseller’s
Domain Reseller Account, which must be requested by the reseller in
advance.
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How to Register:
Reseller
or customer selects “New Domain Registration” while signing up for a new
hosting account.
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Administrative
Password:
Is initially set to the same as the client’s Control Panel password.
Client can administer the domain themselves at
http://mydomain.hosting-advantage.com . Reseller may also setup a
CNAME Alias to point mydomain.your-reseller-domain.com to
mydomain.hosting-advantage.com.
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Important Note:
Unless the
reseller requests to have a domain ‘pushed’ into a Domain Reseller
Account, the domain will renew at NetFronts’ standard renewal rates
starting at $15/yr. The administrative contact will be notified directly
by NetFronts about the renewal. To request the domain be pushed into a
Domain Reseller Account, contact NetFronts support and request a domain
push, indicate the domain name, and provide the Domain Reseller Account
ID.
C) Domain registered
through NetFronts’ domain order page:
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Participation:
Anyone may register at any time on the
NetFronts Web site.
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Prices:
$15/yr or less for multiple years.
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Administrative
Password:
Confirmation of domain registration with a password
is sent to customer after ordering. Customer can administer the domain
themselves at
http://mydomain.hosting-advantage.com .
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Note:
The domain will remain
with NetFronts and renew at NetFronts’ standard renewal rates, unless
a reseller requests to have this domain ‘pushed’ into a Domain Reseller
Account. The administrative contact will be notified directly by
NetFronts about the renewal.
D) Domain registered
with outside registrar:
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Domains may be
transferred to NetFronts directly or to a Domain Reseller Account.
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NetFronts may
initiate a transfer, which will potentially move a domain name from
another registrar to NetFronts. The administrative contact information
in the domain record must be current for the transfer to be
successful. As the potential gaining registrar, NetFronts can only
initiate the transfer. The authorization and completion of the
transfer must be done by the administrative contact and the current
registrar. To transfer to NetFronts directly, use
http://transfer.netfronts.com.
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Domain resellers may
initiate transfers through a Domain Reseller Account, which will
potentially move a domain name from another registrar to the
resellers’ Domain Reseller Account. To initiate a transfer from
another registrar to a Domain Reseller account, log into the Domain
Reseller Account and initiate a transfer through > Domain Names >
Transfer.
The administrative
contact information in the domain record must be current for the
transfer to be successful. As the potential gaining registrar, the
reseller can only initiate the transfer. The authorization and
completion of the transfer must be done by the administrative contact
and the current registrar. The reseller will need to determine a
protocol for clients to request transfers
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