Additional Weblog Provider - Blogsky.com

IraNIC has just added weblog provider blogsky.com to the list of automated weblog provider settings. Customers who uses blogsky.com , now then can simply select that instead of setting the name servers. 

If there is any question, do not hesitate to contact our support team. 

IraNIC Support Group

New Feature : 4 name servers per domain

Until now IraNIC was using two names servers for each .ir domain.

We have just launched the ability of defining up to Four name servers per domain. This will allow multi location companies to set more name servers from each of their domains.

Questions or comments ? send us an email .
Iran Support Group

Payment Gateway Issue . Resolved

Starting 8 PM Tehran Times on Tuesday, the Saman Bank Payment gateway is experiencing a downtime. This is affecting real-time new domain registration and domain renewal. We are working on the issue but this is not much we can do as the problem is sourced by Saman Bank Gateway. Hopefully the problem will be solved very soon.

We will update this post as we get more information.

Update : The issue has been resolved early morning around 10 AM by the saman gateway.

Iranic Support Team

Stats of Iran .ir ccTLD Domains - September 2012

Below is the .ir ccTLD domain status for each day of september 2012. The domain increase stays over 2% per month which is incredible.

September  2012 :

Domain Increase : 5952 domains.
Domain Increase Rate :  % 2.1  Monthly

2012-09-01, 283223 
2012-09-02, 282506 
2012-09-03, 282889 
2012-09-04, 283155 
2012-09-05, 283557 
2012-09-06, 284100 
2012-09-07, 284347 
2012-09-08, 284031 
2012-09-09, 284155 
2012-09-10, 284483 
2012-09-11, 284670 
2012-09-12, 284959 
2012-09-13, 285334 
2012-09-14, 285711 
2012-09-15, 285226 
2012-09-16, 285499 
2012-09-17, 285764 
2012-09-18, 285764 
2012-09-19, 286152 
2012-09-20, 286735 
2012-09-21, 286948 
2012-09-22, 286842 
2012-09-23, 287388 
2012-09-24, 287579 
2012-09-25, 288004 
2012-09-26, 288313 
2012-09-27, 288836 
2012-09-28, 289155 
2012-09-29, 288854 
2012-09-30, 289175 

Failure in Domain Registration and Renewal - Resolved

Today Oct 7th 2012, Iranic is experiencing an issue with new domain registration orders and renewal. Iranic is working on the issue and it will be solved in the next 24 hours. Other services of Iran like domain management has no issue. This post will be updated once the issue is resolved.

The issue has been resolved on Oct 10 2012, 10 AM

Updated Iran .ir ccTLD Domain Graph for 2012

Total Domain graph for year 2012 until End of August 2012

8 Month Domain Gain : 54,572 Domains
Average Monthly Domain Gain : 6822 Domains

Its almost 3% domain gain per month or around 25% domain increase only in 8 month ! This is a remarkble success for .ir domain ccTLD. Part of this success could come from the lower price of .IR domains comparing to gTLD domains. Currently .ir domains are being sold for around 50,000 IRR  to Iranians citizens as comparing to over 300,000 IRR for gTLD domains. Because of currency fluctuation, many people now prefer .ir domains over gTLD domains.

Stats of Iran .ir ccTLD Domains - August 2012

Below is the daily chart of total .ir domains during the month of Aug 2012.  As we see at end of July 2012 the total number of ir domains was 275,113 and on last day of August 2012 the total number of .ir domains has been increased to 282,836 . That means over 257 .ir domain gain per day which is remarkable.

August 2012 :

Domain Increase : 7723 domains.
Domain Increase Rate :  % 2.8  Monthly

2012-07-31, 275113
2012-08-01, 275327
2012-08-02, 275774
2012-08-03, 276212
2012-08-04, 275822
2012-08-05, 276170
2012-08-06, 276477
2012-08-07, 276706
2012-08-09, 277549
2012-08-10, 277791
2012-08-11, 277630
2012-08-12, 277992
2012-08-13, 278255
2012-08-14, 278599
2012-08-15, 278708
2012-08-16, 279240
2012-08-17, 279714
2012-08-18, 279408
2012-08-19, 279666
2012-08-20, 279995
2012-08-21, 279569
2012-08-22, 279975
2012-08-23, 280322
2012-08-24, 280916
2012-08-25, 280682
2012-08-26, 281046
2012-08-27, 281301
2012-08-28, 281858
2012-08-29, 282403
2012-08-31, 282836

.ir ccTLD Whois Change : Showing expiry date

Starting July 22, 2012, whois policy for .ir domains will be changed and it will show the current expiry date of a domain. So far this information was only available for owner and reseller of the domain but now it will be similar to other gTLD whois and expiry date will be a public information on whois.

To get the whois information of a .ir domain, you may use whois.iranic.com . 

List of most recent .ir expired domains.

NIC.ir the back end registry for .ir domain have the up-to-date list of all recent expired and released domains. These domains are ready to be registered and reserved by the new owner. If you are in domain trade business, checking this list is very valuable.

Up to date list of expired and release .ir domains :

https://www.nic.ir/Just_Released

Reselling .ir ccTLD Domains

IraNIC is one of the main wholesalers of .ir domains and because of that we are ready to partner with other domain providers so we provide the .ir domains in bulk pricing.

IraNIC retail price for .ir domain registration and renewal is $25.00

The reseller price is based on the quantity of the domains you commit to purchase per year. If you are currently selling other ccTLD domains and interested to add .ir to your profile,  please contact us so we provide the better pricing based on your current sales of other ccTLDs. 

.IR domain ownership transfer trough IraNIC

We have just added the functionality of domain ownership transfer for .IR domains. Domain ownership transfer costs half of the domain registration price. Currently at $12.50 .

Steps in Transfering an ownership of a .IR domain : 

Step 1 : (Seller) 
Seller needs to find out the PIN information of the domain and unlock the domain. If the domain is registered in iranic.com, seller can login to account, select the domain name and on the bottom of the page, he can ask for PIN information. The pin can take up to 12 hours to be emailed to the seller. Seller email this PIN to buyer. 

Step 2 : (Buyer)
Buyer needs to login to their iranic.com account, create a NIC handle (or use a currently used handle), then come to this Transfer page and enter the domain information + PIN information and also make the transfer fee payment. 

Step 3 : (Seller)
Seller receives an email from NIC.IR in 12 hours, to confirm the transfer. 

Step 4 : (Seller) 
Seller will receive an email asking for documentaion of the domain, seller should scan/email or fax the form agreeing to the transfer and should include the personal ID, if the domain under a personal name or the company ID, if the domain is currently under a company name. 

Transferring a domain to IraNIC and pay for renewals with common credit cards.

Common Question :

Can I renew a domain with IraNIC and pay online with common credit cards, even if they have registered it somewhere else ?

Yes you can.

These are the steps you have to make :

1- get the whois information of your domain and check who is the holder handle for the domain. You can the the who is at whois.iranic.com . generally the handles are in XY123-irnic format.

2- You should have the login information of your domain to NIC.IR main portal at www.nic.ir . After you login, you search for your domain. then select "Change Contacts"

3- You should change the reseller contact or billing contact of the domain to Iranic handle : ra50-irnic

4- Almost done .. then you should create a new account at www.iranic.com , enter your email address and select your country : iranic.com/signup

5- Once you enter your information go to "Domain Transfer" page and in the top box, enter your domain name.

6- In 'My Domains' Page you can click on your domain and continue to renew the domain using credit cards.



Notes :

• We suggest domain renewal of 5 years because its a greate saving and you will be protected and worry free for the longer period. 
• If the domain holder address is an Iranian address, you should select Iran as your country when you sign up a new Iranic account. You can still pay using common credit cards. 

Completion of DNS Zone Manager for .IR domains

As an add-on service. All IraNIC customers can use the DNS zone manager for their domain. Use our robust DNS servers and take control of DNS and change your DNS records on the fly.

Records you can manage with IraNIC DNS manager :

NS
A
CNAME
TXT
MX

All the records will be updated in our name servers immediately. You can also set DNS zone 'Refresh Rate', 'Retry Time', 'Expire Time' and 'TTL'

Completion of URL Forwarding and Under Construction Page

As an add-on service. All IraNIC customers can enjoy the free URL Forwarding for their domain. With this service you can easily forward your .IR domain to your main domain.

The URL forwarding page can work in Masked mode or redirect mode. In mask mode the URL will stay in the browser but the customer will be forwarded to your website inside an invisible frame. In Redirect mode the .ir domain will be redirected to the URL you specify and the customer notice the change of URL in the browser address bar.