NASK.PL Registry & Registrars www.dns.pl email: partner@dns.pl
AGENDA.PL REGISTRAR PROGRAM before and now Registration process Prices and discounts for Registrars IDNs States of the domain Services only for Registrars - Domain Name Tasting - Waiting List Service Results
NASK is.pl Registry since 1994 INTRODUCTION Registry Registrar model was accepted in the beginning of 2002 In March 2003 started.pl Registry system with totally automatic EPP communication up to 10 Registrars - only from Poland about 150 000 domains 100% served by NASK 100% direct registration.pl REGISTRAR PROGRAM is directed to the companies with experience in domain names business. NASK gives Partners (Registrars) possibility to register and maintain domain names fully automatically using EPP communication.
.PL REGISTRAR PROGRAM NASK. PL Registry offers professional service for Registrars Dedicated Key Account Manager Technical support via e-mail, phone Technical documentation on-line (log in for Registrars only) NASK Registrar Programme website contains: - general information and preconditions - price list - paying by credit card possibility - the list of Partners - statistics - list of deleted from DNS domain names (updated 3 times a day) - Registry system availability and DNS updates (RSS) - information about transfers - customer rights
Domain registrations devided by NASK & Partners (yearly) 500 000 450 000 400 000 350 000 300 000 250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 - July NASK Partners Since the moment of introducing the Partnership Program, we have been observing permanent increase of the number of registrations. In whole 2007 we noticed over 340 000 registered domains but in first 7 months 2008 over 450 000! Actually 96% of the registered domains are handled by Partners. There is 0.16 % direct registration.
Registration process Direct registration in NASK: - on our website customer should read and accept.pl Domain Names Rules - enter the domain name she/he wants to register - fill in the electronic form (domain name, 2 name servers, reason, personal data) - print submitted form, sign legibly and send it together with registry documents (only companies) by fax to NASK Registration by Registrars: - registration process in most cases is done electronically, fast and easy (customer checks availability and accepts both NASK s & Registrar s Rules, giving personal data) - Registrars offer package of services, domain service is usually connected with other services, e.g. hosting, e-mail account, www, - promotions, what makes the price very attractive e.g.: ~ 0.27 (90 gr) for a new registration
PRICES and DISCOUNTS BASIC PRICE for direct service = domains served by NASK (net value of prices) for.pl ~ 60 (200 pln) for functional domain name ~ 45 (150 pln) for regional domain name ~ 15 (50 pln ) DISCOUNTS for Registrars: NASK offers for Partners high discounts from the basic price. Discount model was changed once a year, always to Registrars favour based on number of domains served based on number of domains registered Promotions are once or few times a year, for all Registrars it s refer only for domains (including IDNs), not dedicated to other services (Options, DNTs) price (PLN) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 before Dec-02.pl domain price changing for Partners Dec-02 Mar-08 Jul-03 Feb-04 Jan-05 Dec-05 Jan-06 Mar-08 max. price by the min. discount for.pl domain min. price by the max. discount for.pl domain min. price by the max. discount for regional domain Nov-06 Mar-08 Jul-07 Sep-07 Jan-08 Apr-08 Jul-08 In 2008.PL Registry offers 95% discount for all.pl new registration with one year period, e.g. for.pl ~ 3 (10 pln ).
.PL domains registered in different zones. functional 27% regional 7%.pl 66% Possibility to register under 2nd level names ZONES: -.pl - functional (.com.pl,.org.pl,.info.pl, net.pl, ) - regional (.warszawa.pl,.wroc.pl,.szczecin.pl, )
.PL supports Internationalized Domain Name IDNs in Poland: registration by NASK and by Registrars registered in all.pl zones (.pl, functional, regional) included in standard registrar Agreement invoiced together with other domains September 2003 NASK released domain names registration with Polish characters (Polish subscript allows: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, Ŝ) In the end of 2003 NASK released German diacritics, Latin 1 supplement and Latin Extended A, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic characters February 2004 NASK released Cyrillic characters (абвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюяёђѓєѕіїјљњћќѐўџґͼ) listed in sets (detailed information available on the www.dns.pl/idn)
Example of IDN translation Unicode form of IDN: www.ŝółty.pl After translation to ASCII form (called as well ACE form): www.xn--ty-4ja03asj.pl The rules are based on the idea that the Registry registers the ACE label version of the IDN instead of IDN's Unicode form. The technical form begins with "xn--" prefix followed by a string of Latin characters. Combining characters from 2 different languages into one IDN is not allowed. Registration of look-alike domain names is not allowed.
Number of registered IDNs (quarterly) 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 10-2003 01-2004 From September to December 2007-95% promotional discount for IDN registration. As a result we have been observing increase of number of IDNs at the end of 2007. From July to December 2008 NASK offers 95% discount for one year renewals of IDN what gives further increase of the number of registered IDNs. At the moment the number of registered IDN it s over 19 000. 04-2004 07-2004 10-2004 01-2005 04-2005 07-2005 10-2005 01-2006 04-2006 07-2006 10-2006 01-2007 04-2007 07-2007 10-2007 01-2008 04-2008 07-2008
DOMAINS PERIODS: standard registration period is 1 year, possibility to register domain name for 2, 3.. up to 10 years RENEWALS: ones a year, 2, 3.. up to 10 years Done by Registrar once a period Invoiced together with registrations once a month Other operations like transfer or update are free of charge STATES of the domain: REGISTERED RESERVED BOOK_BLOCKED BLOCKED DELETE_BLOCKED TASTED TASTED_BLOCKED
Tasted START Reserved 14 days DNS Registered DNS NDNS Tasted_Blocked NDNS 1-10 years 14 days Blocked (every Registrar) 3 days Delete_Blocked NDNS 5 days 15 days NDNS Book_Blocked NDNS DNS Exported to DNS NDNS Not exported to DNS Available for registration 5 days
SERVICES only for Registrars These services were introduced to support secondary market in Poland Domain Name Tasting DNT Thanks to this service customer can check profits and possibilities which an own domain gives as well to test the traffic before registration. DNT is valid for 14 days period. To provide this service a special agreement is required but it constitutes an integrated part of registrar agreement. Waiting List Service called Option Customer acquires the ability to be the first in a queue to the registration of the domain name after the current registrant cancels renewal or deletes the domain. There is a possibility only of one option per registered domain name. This service can be provided for one period which runs 3 years. WLS is included in standard registrar Agreement..PL registry offers for Registrars also ENUM service and free IPv6 support
Number of DNT registration vs registration of domains as a result of DNT 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Sep. 2007 Oct. 2007 Nov. 2007 Dec. 2007 Jan. 2008 Feb. 2008 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Registrations of DNT Registrations of domains as a result of DNT DNT under.pl started in September 2007. In first month we have noticed over 17 000 registrations. Fee for registration of a DNT is ~ 0.30 (1 pln) for 14 days. There is increase of the number of domain s registrations as a result of DNT.
30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 Number of Options registration vs Options realized 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 number of Options registration number of Options what have been realized WLS started in June 2004 with the price ~ 45 (150 pln) / for 3 years The number of Options registrations between June 2004 - January 2008 was about 1300 From February 2008 the price is ~ 9 (30 pln) / for 3 years The number of Options registrations from January till July 2008 is over 27000 Number of realized Options from January 2008 till the end of July 2008: over 7600
Number of Registrars 100 80 60 40 20 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 At present NASK concluded the agreement with 96 Partners: 58 from Poland and 38 foreigners. Accreditation process is easy and short. It consists of signing the Agreement, paying security payment and passing EPP communication tests.
On 6th May 2008 NASK.PL registry passed 1 MILLION registered domain names! Currently, we have over 1 150 000 registered domain names. 1 200 000 1 000 000 800 000 600 000 400 000 200 000 Number of registered domain names served by Partners & NASK 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 - July
.pl Registrar Programme http://www.dns.pl email: partner@dns.pl THANK YOU! Katarzyna Sobczyk skype: katarzyna.sobczyk1 email: katarzynas@nask.pl