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Registering Domain Names in Bulk

You can order multiple domain names at a time, through the Bulk Register tool in your Control Panel.

Exceptions 

Note

Bulk Registration feature is not supported for domain names under the following TLDs (extensions):

  • .ASIA

  • .AU

  • .CA

  • .CN

  • .CO

  • .COOP

  • .DE

  • .ES

  • .EU

  • .ME

  • .NL

  • .NZ

  • .RU

  • .TEL

  • .UK

Instructions for Customers

  1. Login to your Customer Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, point to Manage Orders -> Bulk Tools and then click Bulk Register.

  3. Mention the domain names in the format requested, select the number of years you want to register these domain names for and click the Next Step button.

  4. Enter values in their respective fields as explained below and click the Confirm Registration button to place the Bulk Registration action:

    Note

    Once a Bulk Registration action is placed, your Debit Account will be immediately debited for the Cost of the Registrations. If there are insufficient funds in your Debit Account, then the system would fail the Bulk Registration action.

    • Contact Information: By default, the Default Contact set for the specified Customer is picked as the Registrant Contact. You may choose a different Registrant Contact by clicking the Edit link.

      The Contact chosen as the Registrant Contact will be used for the Administrative, Technical and Billing Contacts.

      Contacts Archival 

      Note

      Unused Contacts (except Default Contacts) that were created more than six months ago are archived. Archived Contacts will not appear in the List of Contacts, would not be searchable and will not be available for selection during bulk domain name registration.

      Additional Information

      Default Contacts

    • Name Server Information: Mention at least 2 valid Name Servers for these domain names.

    • Product Agreement(s): It is compulsory for you to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s) by selecting the
      check-box.

Instructions for Resellers

  1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, point to Products -> Bulk Tools and then click Bulk Register.

  3. Enter the Customer Email Address for which you wish to register these domain names.

  4. Mention the domain names in the format requested, select the number of years you want to register these domain names for and click the Next Step button.

  5. Enter values in their respective fields as explained below and click the Confirm Registration button:

    • Contact Information: By default, the Default Contact set for the specified Customer is picked as the Registrant Contact. You may choose a different Registrant Contact by clicking the Edit link.

      The Contact chosen as the Registrant Contact will be used for the Administrative, Technical and Billing Contacts.

      Contacts Archival 

      Note

      Unused Contacts (except Default Contacts) that were created more than six months ago are archived. Archived Contacts will not appear in the List of Contacts, would not be searchable and will not be available for selection during bulk domain name registration.

      Additional Information

      Default Contacts

    • Name Server Information: Mention at least 2 valid Name Servers for these domain names.

    • Payment Options: Decide how you wish to Pay for the Registration of the Orders by selecting one of the Payment Options mentioned below:

      • Option 1: Register the Orders and the Invoices will be kept Pending for the Customer. This way, the Customer can pay for the Invoices later.

      • Option 2: Register the domain names using the Current Debit Account Balance of the Customer. This option would immediately debit your Customer's Debit Account for the Cost of the Registrations. If there are insufficient funds in the Customer's Debit Account, then the system would fail the Bulk Registration action.

      • Option 3: Register the Orders without raising any Invoices for the Customer.

    • Product Agreement(s): It is compulsory for you to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s) by selecting the
      check-box.

Bulk Actions Limit, Processing and Domain Name Extension Specific Conditions 

Note
  • At any point of time, you can add upto 2 Bulk Actions. This implies that you would not be able to add another Bulk Registration / Transfer / Renewal / Suspend or Unsuspend / Lock or Unlock / Name Servers Modification / Theft Protection / Privacy Protection Action, if 2 Bulk Actions are already running. You will encounter the below error message in case you try to do so:

    Attention

    You already have the maximum allowed number of Bulk Operations running. Please wait for at least one to complete before starting another.

  • You will be able to add another Bulk Action once one of the earlier actions has been processed completely.

  • Once you have placed the Bulk Registration action, the requisite Amount to process the Order will be Locked.

    Additional Information

    Information about Locked Funds

    However, if your Debit Account does not have sufficient funds to pay for some of the Orders, the system would eliminate the Orders belonging to the
    TLDs (domain name extensions) having the least number of domain names within the Bulk Registration request.

    Example:

    If you place a Bulk Registration for 8 domain names out of which say 5 are .COM domain names and 3 are .NET domain names and you have funds only to register 4, then the system would
    register the domain names from larger batches. Since there are only 2 batches here, 4 .COM domain names would be considered while the second batch would be ignored.

  • When the Order is executed successfully, you will receive a confirmation for the same via an e-mail from and the
    Locked Funds will be deducted accordingly from your Debit Account. Also, if the Order fails, you will receive a notification from and the Locked Funds would be released back into your Debit Account.

  • In case you are registering .US domain names, then for every unique Contact that you have selected as the Registrant Contact, you need to mention
    their Nexus Category and Application Purpose. This can be accomplished by following the underlying process:

    1. Login to the Customer Control Panel. See details

    2. In the Menu, point to Settings -> Domain Specific and then click Contacts Management.

    3. Search for the Contact whose Nexus Category and Application Purpose you need to state.

    4. Click the Modify Nexus Information button. Now, select the Application Purpose and Nexus Category for the Contact,
      as appropriate.

Understanding the Status of a Domain Name Transfer

Upon successfully executing a Transfer for a domain name, your domain name's Transfer action will initiate. You may easily track the status of your domain name's Transfer by following these steps:

  1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  2. Search for the domain name for which a Transfer request has been placed and proceed to the Order Information
    view. See details

  3. Note the Action Requested and the Status of the Action. There may only be the following statuses of a domain name, that has
    not yet been Transferred to :

    • Trying to fetch Admin Contact Email Address (Anchor: fetch):
      In order to ensure that an authorized person is placing this Transfer request, we send an email to the Administrative Contact of the domain name for approving the Transfer. Our
      system automatically fetches the Admin Contact Email Address by contacting the Whois server of the Current Registrar. However, sometimes the Current Registrar's
      Whois server does not respond to our request.

      would attempt to contact the Current Registrar's Whois server for the Administrative Contact details every hour for upto 24, and then even try to manually fetch the same. In almost all cases, we will be able to send an email to the Administrative Contact within 48 hours.

    • Transfer waiting for Admin Contact Approval
      (Anchor: waiting): Upon initiating a Transfer, our system sends an email to the Admin Contact of the domain name as
      appearing in the Whois server of the Current Registrar. You can verify the email address we fetched from their Whois server at the time you initiated the Transfer, within the
      Order Information view itself.

      In case the Admin Contact does not receive the authorization email after placing a Transfer, you may resend it by clicking the Resend Transfer Authorization
      Email

      link.

      Note

      There might be instances where the Admin Contact email address was changed after the Transfer request was placed. In such a case, click the Resend Transfer
      Authorization Email
      link. This would cause our system to:

      • invalidate the previous request,

      • query the Current Registrar's Whois server again for the Administrative Contact email address, and

      • mail him/her a fresh authorization request.

      Each time the Resend Transfer Authorization Email link is clicked, the system would repeat the above mentioned process.

      Sometimes, it may be possible that the Admin Contact has still not received an email sent by our system, due to any of several problems including network blockages, spam filters, etc.. To
      circumvent such a situation, you may click the Send Transfer Approval Via Fax link (from within the Customer Control Panel) and follow the instruction
      therein, to send us your consent to Transfer your domain name to .

      Note

      The system waits for 5 days for the Administrative Contact to approve the Transfer. If the Administrative Contact remains silent (neither approves or disapproves the Transfer),
      it is assumed that the Administrative Contact does not wish to Transfer his domain name and we delete this Order in our system.

    • Action waiting for domain to be unlocked
      (Anchor: unlocked): After receiving approval from the Admin Contact, our system checks whether any lock
      exists on the domain name. If the domain name is locked, the Transfer request displays Action waiting for domain to be unlocked status. This may happen due to
      either:

      • a 60-day Transfer lock post Registration or previous Transfer, or

      • a lock placed at the Current Registrar.

      In case of a 60-day Transfer lock, you will have to cancel the Transfer and wait for the lock period to elapse. In the latter case, you need to have the domain name unlocked with the
      Current Registrar.

      The system automatically checks every hour if the domain name has been unlocked, and processes the Transfer (once the domain name is unlocked).

      While the domain name displays this status, you may click either the:

      • Retry button: if you have unlocked your domain name and immediately want the Transfer to proceed, or

      • Cancel Order link: if you choose to fail this Transfer.

      Note

      The Transfer order would automatically fail if the domain name is not unlocked within 7 days (from the moment its corresponding Invoice is settled).

    • Transfer waiting for Losing Registrar Approval
      (Anchor: approval): You may see this status when the Administrative Contact has approved the Transfer request sent by
      and now the Transfer is awaiting the Current Registrar's approval. Ideally, your domain name should Transfer in 5 days,
      from the time this status is displayed.

Cancelling a Domain Name Transfer

Depending on the Transfer status, following are the methods to cancel the Transfer Order (except for a .EU domain name):

If the Order status is: Transfer waiting for Admin Contact Approval

You can cancel the Transfer by visiting the Cancel Transfer Link listed in the email that you receive from .

Note

If you have not got the email for authorization, you can have it resent to the Admin Email Address, by following the procedure given below:

  1. Login to your Control
    Panel
    . See details

  2. Search for the domain name for which you placed the Transfer request and proceed to the Order Details
    view. See details

  3. In the Order Details view, click the Resend Transfer Authorization Email link. This would re-send the email to the Admin contact.

    Note

    If you still do not receive the email for authorization, you would have to contact our Support Team at .

If the Order status is: Transfer waiting for Losing Registrar Approval

Note

In this status, you have already approved the email from the . However, you have not received/responded to the
email from the Current Registrar.

Following are the steps to cancel the Transfer:

  1. Login to your Control
    Panel
    . See details

  2. Search for the domain name for which you placed the Transfer request and proceed to the Order Details
    view. See details

  3. In the Order Details view, click the Current Actions button under the Actions drop-down menu.

  4. In this list, click the action whose Status displays Transfer waiting for Losing Registrar Approval and then click Cancel.

Note
  • On cancelling the Transfer from the Control Panel, the funds for the same would be available back in your Debit Account. In case you do not receive the funds, contact our
    Support Team at .

  • The Transfer of a .EU domain name can only be cancelled through the option provided in the email sent to the Registrant by the Registry.

Transferring a Domain Name to Another Registrar

To Transfer your domain name away from to another Registrar

  1. Before proceeding with the Transfer, you are advised to first check if your domain name can be
    transferred. See details

    Domain Name Extension Specific Caveats 

    Note

    To Transfer away your .RU domain name to Registrar RU-Center or any of their Partner, you need your current
    NIC-D Handle and
    Password. See details

    Once a .TEL domain name is transferred, a new .TEL Hosting Control panel will be allocated by the New/Gaining Registrar. This results in deletion of the .TEL Hosting Control Panel with
    .

    Hence, before initiating the Transfer of a .TEL domain name, you need to create a backup of the data under the .TEL Hosting Control Panel with
    and download it to your local computer. Once the domain name has been transferred, you can restore the data from within the .TEL
    Hosting Control Panel provided by the New/Gaining Registrar.

  2. Once you have determined whether a domain name can be transferred, you will need to apply for the Transfer at the Registrar of your choice. Refer to the New/Gaining Registrar's Transfer process
    to transfer your domain name under their management.

    Note

    You may require a Domain (Transfer) Secret/Authorization Code to complete the Transfer
    process. See details

  3. Once you have confirmed the Transfer with the New/Gaining Registrar, we would receive an intimation about this Transfer.
    would then
    be sending an email to the Registrant Contact of the domain name, informing them that a request for Transfer of this
    domain name has been placed with the New/Gaining Registrar.

    Domain Transfer Authorization 

    Note
    • If you do not wish to Transfer your domain name to this New/Gaining Registrar, click the Cancel Transfer Link listed in the email within
      5 days, from the date the email was sent.

    • Upon placing a Transfer request for a .AU domain name, would be emailing the Registrant Contact
      for his approval.

    • Upon placing a Transfer request for your .ES domain name with the New/Gaining Registrar, the .ES Registry will email the Admin Contact listed in
      the Whois of the domain name. The Admin Contact must click the approval link within 10 days to confirm the Transfer. If the approval link is not clicked or
      the decline link is clicked, the domain name will continue being registered with .

    • Transfer of a .EU domain name does not involve approval by the Registrant Contact through email/FAX. Once a Transfer request is initiated, the .EU Registry authenticates the Transfer
      through the provided Authorization Code and completes the Transfer instantly.

    • Transfer of a .NZ domain name does not involve approval by the Registrant Contact through email/FAX. Once a Transfer request is initiated, the .NZ Registry authenticates the Transfer
      through the provided Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI) and completes the Transfer instantly.

    • Upon confirming a Transfer to the New/Gaining Registrar/RU-Center/Partner, would
      not be emailing you any confirmation message.

  4. The domain name will get transferred to the New/Gaining Registrar, at the expiry of 5 days from you having approved the Transfer at the New Registrar, provided the Registrant Contact
    does not cancel the Transfer.