.CO General Availability Launch Update

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:13 AM PDT

At 18:00 UTC (2:PM EDT), the .CO registry began accepting domain name registrations from approved registrars. If you have queued .CO domain names, these orders are being sent to the registry as quickly as possible.

Registrant details will use Tucows details temporarily

The .CO registry permits a set number of active connections per registrar, so our development team has streamlined the process as much as possible to make the most efficient use of these connections in order to register as many names as possible, in the fastest possible manner.

One of the ways we’re optimizing the queue and to maximize the number of successful General Availability orders, we will be attempting to secure the name first, and then, if we are successful, we’ll assign the proper contact information. The temporary contact will use Tucows contact information. DO NOT PANIC if you or your customers see Tucows listed as the registrant – be patient, and the proper information will be added to the record soon after.

Resellers using Storefront

If you’re a reseller using Storefront, .CO will be enabled shortly. You will need to enable it and setup pricing first before your customers will have it as a registration option however. See the section on ‘Enabling or Disabling TLDs’ in the Storefront Reseller User Guide for more information.

A reminder on pricing

Wholesale pricing can be found on our Domain Service page, under pricing, but here’s a quick reminder about .CO pricing:

2nd level registrations (ie. example.co) are $25 per year,
3rd level registrations (ie. example.com.co) $13 per year.

Status updates for .CO

We maintain a System Status tool for all services we offer and the .CO registry has been added to the ccTLD section. You can access these status updates via web, email subscription and RSS. For any performance and availability related incidents we experience during the queued registration period, or afterward, this status page is your best resource for realtime information monitoring of all OpenSRS services.

If you’re a Twitter user, you can also find our updates at: @OpenSRSStatus

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miércoles, 21 de julio de 2010