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May 2019 Issue
Welcome
We're entering May with an exciting new service announcement and registry updates to keep you at the forefront of the industry. Enjoy!

Introducing Backorder Lite
Meet HEXONET's new Backorder Lite service, our discounted and simple flat-fee solution for your backorders. Placed on a first-come-first served basis, Backorder Lite currently supports .COM, .NET, .ORG, .BIZ and .INFO domains. Note, our regular Backorder service overrides and takes precedence over Backorder Lite orders.
Start placing your Backorder Lite orders today!
Resellers, add Backorder Lite to your services.

TLDs Added to Backorder
That's right, .NL and .NAME are the most recent TLDs to be added to HEXONET's impressive list of available TLDs for backordering!
View the entire list here

CloudFest 2019
Our Director of Sales, Dennis Nizard, and our CEO, Jens Wagner, attended CloudFest 2019 in Germany this past month. They had a great time speaking with new and existing customers, meeting with partners, and seeing what others are working on. It's great to bring these insights back to HEXONET and continue to drive the domain industry forward.
Promotions
From .DESIGN to .WORK, make sure to check out all of our current promotions with over 200 TLDs on sale!*
See All Ongoing Promotions
*No new promotion launches this month.
Registry / Registrar Bulletin
 
.UK Rights of Registration Deadline
June 25, 2019
 
In 2014, Nominet introduced .UK to complement existing options such as .CO.UK and .ORG.UK.
If you have a .UK related domain name that was registered before 23:59hrs UTC on October 28, 2013 you have the rights to the equivalent .UK domain until June 25, 2019 - providing there is no other corresponding .CO.UK, .ORG.UK, .ME.UK, .LTD.UK, .PLC.UK or .NET.UK registered. For example, the owner of sampledomain.co.uk would have the right to sampledomain.uk. The deadline to take advantage of this right of registration is June 25, 2019. Nominet has published a helpful tool to determine if you have the right of registration.
Click here for more details or login to your HEXONET account to search your .UK domains.

Price Decrease for .BIBLE Domains
May 1, 2019
 
The .BIBLE Registry will be decreasing their pricing for standard domains effective May 1, 2019.
  • Reseller Price Class: Decreasing from $166.60* (net price: $140.00) to $62.83* (net price: $52.80) USD/Domain/Year
  • Premium Price Class: Decreasing from $154.70* (net price: $130.00) to $55.34* (net price: $46.50) USD/Domain/Year
  • Platinum Price Class: Decreasing from $104.72* (net price: $119.00) to $49.39* (net price: $41.50) USD/Domain/Year
  • Restore Fee for All Price Classes: Decreasing from $214.20* (net price: $180.00) to $130.90* (net price: $110.00) USD/Domain/Year

.ART Premium Domains
May 14, 2019
 
We will be offering .ART premium domains on May 14, 2019. There will be a total of 9 premium tiers. Premium registration price / reduced premium renewal.

.NYC Premium Domains
May 20, 2019
 
Neustar will be adding two new premium tiers for .NYC on May 20, 2019. Premium registration price / standard renewal.

Price Increase for .CLUB
July 1, 2019
 
The .CLUB Registry has recently sent notification of three price increases over the next three (3) years. The first of such price increases will be July 1, 2019, when the price for .CLUB will be increased to:
  • Reseller Price Class: Increasing from $19.64* (net price: $16.50) to $20.83* (net price: $17.50) USD/Domain/Year
  • Premium Price Class: Increasing from $17.26* (net price: $14.50) to $18.45* (net price: $15.50) USD/Domain/Year
  • Platinum Price Class: Increasing from $15.35* (net price: $12.90) to $16.54* (net price: $13.90) USD/Domain/Year
Customers that have existing .CLUB registrations should consider renewing prior to this increase.

Price Updates and New Premium Tiers for .BEST
August 5, 2019
 
The .BEST Registry will be decreasing their pricing for standard domains effective August 5, 2019.
  • Reseller Price Class: Decreasing from $130.90* (net price: $110.00) to $28.56* (net price: $24.00) USD/Domain/Year
  • Premium Price Class: Decreasing from $117.81* (net price: $99.00) to $24.99* (net price: $21.00) USD/Domain/Year
  • Platinum Price Class: Decreasing from $104.72* (net price: $88.00) to $22.49* (net price: $18.90) USD/Domain/Year
  • Restore Fee for All Price Classes: Decreasing from $178.50* (net price: $150.00) to $107.10* (net price: $90.00) USD/Domain/Year
Please note that domains registered up to August 1, 2019 will be moved to a new Premium tier and continue to renew at their more expensive pricing. Domains registered between August 1-4, 2019 will be charged the existing standard pricing but then renew at the new lower standard pricing mentioned above.
There will be a total of 5 new premium tiers introduced. You will be able to view pricing details in your account on August 5, 2019

Price Increase for .TIROL
September 1, 2019
 
NIC.AT will be increasing the pricing for .TIROL domains effective September 1, 2019.
  • Reseller Price Class: Increasing from 33.92* (net price: 28.50) to 41.06* (net price: 34.50) EUR/Domain/Year
  • Premium Price Class: Increasing from 30.35* (net price: 25.50) to 37.49* (net price: 31.50) EUR/Domain/Year
  • Platinum Price Class: Increasing from 27.25* (net price: 22.90) to 34.39* (net price: 28.90) EUR/Domain/Year
  • Restore Fee for All Price Classes: Increasing from 83.30* (net price: 70.00) to 95.20* (net price: 80.00) EUR/Domain/Year

Price Increase for Donuts TLDs
October 1, 2019
 
As an advanced notice, Donuts will be increasing pricing on standard domains for 225 TLDs in their portfolio on October 1, 2019. This will impact both available and registered standard price domain names. There will be no impact to premium domain tiers at this time. Customers that have existing registrations should consider renewing their domains prior to the increase. Watch this space for a summary of the overall price changes once we near the deadline.

Customer Service Holiday Coverage
 
Our Canadian office will be closed for Victoria Day on Monday, May 20th during our regular hours between 16:00 UTC to 2:00 UTC. The office will reopen on Monday, May 22nd at 16:00 UTC. All customer inquiries will be handled by our German office during this time.
Our German office will be closed for Labour Day on Wednesday, May 1st during our regular hours between 7:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC. The office will reopen on Thursday, May 2nd at 7:00 UTC. The office will also be closed for Ascension Day on Thursday, May 30th from 7:00 UTC to 15:00 UTC and will reopen on Friday, May 31st at 7:00 UTC. All customer inquiries will be processed through our Canadian office during this time.
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