Monday 26 November 2007
(2/6) Our hosting will be flexible
By Ryan on Monday 26 November 2007, 11:28 - Gandi
Flexibility, this is the capacity to adapt to a given situation. And this is how we have designed our hosting service.
Thursday 22 November 2007
(1/6) Launching of Gandi Hosting
By Ryan on Thursday 22 November 2007, 12:24 - Gandi
From Santa Claus's sack we are getting ready to pull out a revolutionary from of web hosting. In other words, we are doing everything that we can to assure that a public Beta version of a product that we have been working on for some time now will be ready by Christmas. :D
Tuesday 13 November 2007
Yet another "Nu" extension!
By Sam on Tuesday 13 November 2007, 12:59 - General
Yes, Gandi has a little "nu" born in its growing family of TLD's: .NU!
Thursday 18 October 2007
Launch of .TV and .CC domains
By Ryan on Thursday 18 October 2007, 10:14
In the continuation of our drive to bring you ever more extensions, this week is dedicated to .TV, which many of you have been waiting for, and to .CC an extension managed by the same registry, Verisign.
You can read about the .TV extension at the following address:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/tv/info
The rates for .TV domains may be seen here:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/tv/
You can read about the .CC extension at the following address:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/cc/info
The rates for .CC domains may be seen here:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/cc/
You can read about the .TV extension at the following address:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/tv/info
The rates for .TV domains may be seen here:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/tv/
You can read about the .CC extension at the following address:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/cc/info
The rates for .CC domains may be seen here:
http://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/cc/
Wednesday 10 October 2007
The registries are raising rates!!!
By Ryan on Wednesday 10 October 2007, 13:43
(reminder: Gandi is a registrar - not a registry)
The new "negotiated" ICANN contract that began in 2006 authorizes registries to raise their rates by 10% per year, and I will remind you that they have the possibility of doing so four times over a period of 6 years. This will take affect on October 15th, when the price that the registries charge Gandi for .com, .net, .org, .info, and .biz domains will increase by an average of 6%.
Gandi has decided (and the current value of the dollar has helped us in this), to not pass on this rate increase to you, our customers. This is true, no matter what rate group you are in. We have even decided to benefit from this, in response to the launching of our Gandi Mail service, to lower our A rates for incoming transfers on all TLDs beginning from the 15th to 19th of October.
Now here's the bad news. Since we cannot anticipate future changes in the value of the dollar, and knowing that the registries can still increase their rates by an additional 30% over the next three years, il will probably not be possible for Gandi to maintain its rates in 2009. If you are able to, and if you wish, we therefore recommend that you renew your domains for more than one year. For these gTLD (extensions), renewal is possible for up to a total of 10 years.
The new "negotiated" ICANN contract that began in 2006 authorizes registries to raise their rates by 10% per year, and I will remind you that they have the possibility of doing so four times over a period of 6 years. This will take affect on October 15th, when the price that the registries charge Gandi for .com, .net, .org, .info, and .biz domains will increase by an average of 6%.
Gandi has decided (and the current value of the dollar has helped us in this), to not pass on this rate increase to you, our customers. This is true, no matter what rate group you are in. We have even decided to benefit from this, in response to the launching of our Gandi Mail service, to lower our A rates for incoming transfers on all TLDs beginning from the 15th to 19th of October.
Now here's the bad news. Since we cannot anticipate future changes in the value of the dollar, and knowing that the registries can still increase their rates by an additional 30% over the next three years, il will probably not be possible for Gandi to maintain its rates in 2009. If you are able to, and if you wish, we therefore recommend that you renew your domains for more than one year. For these gTLD (extensions), renewal is possible for up to a total of 10 years.
Wednesday 3 October 2007
Gandi Mail Launch!
By Ryan on Wednesday 3 October 2007, 17:43 - Gandi
Following a beta test phase, we are very proud to announce the official release of Gandi Mail. More than 6,000 persons have assisted us in the testing of this new product.
Several improvements accompany this launch :
If you have other ideas/requests concerning the Gandi Mail service, please remember that we are listening to you
Several improvements accompany this launch :
- Included in the purchase of your domain name, you now have 5 email addresses with 1GB of disk space divided as you wish amongst your different accounts.
- You can also now subscribe to Gandi Mail Pack which allows you to create up to 1,000 email accounts in connection with your domain. Pack rates start at €1 (VAT excluded). Payment is based upon the amount of disk space desired. No minimum engagement is required - you can cancel at any time, and be refunded for the time not used!
- new functions that will be available with the pack:
- the auto reply function: you have the possibility of having an automatic reply when you are gone
- the 'like' alias: a system that is unique to Gandi. This allows you to create dynamic aliases for your e-mail mailbox (for example, an alias 'begin with jo' will allow you to receive e-mails at jo@domain, jojo@domain, jonathan@domain, johnny.boy@domain, etc.)
- The installation of a sieve on the platform will allow us, in the coming weeks, to add the following functions:
- the possibility of changing one's password by webmail
- the possibility of managing the level of antispam of your e-mail
- the possibility of managing a blacklist/whitelist of e-mail addresses
- the possibility of managing a blacklist/whitelist of words in e-mails
- the possibility of excluding certain codes, in order to reduce spam
If you have other ideas/requests concerning the Gandi Mail service, please remember that we are listening to you
Monday 17 September 2007
Launch of .CO.UK!
By Ryan on Monday 17 September 2007, 13:17 - Gandi
In our journey to bring you all the European ccTLDs, we have the pleasure of adding one of the most highly-requested extensions: .CO.UK!
Registration of this ccTLD is open to all; it is not necessary that you live in the United Kingdom. The registration period is a minimum of 2 years. For those that are interested, please remember that you need to 'push' your domain to our TAG (GANDI) before launching the transfer request.
Details of this ccTLD are available here
The rates for .CO.UK domains can be found here
At the same time, we are pleased to announce the release of.org.uk domains!
Details of this ccTLD are available here
The rates for .ORG.UK domains can be found here
Registration of this ccTLD is open to all; it is not necessary that you live in the United Kingdom. The registration period is a minimum of 2 years. For those that are interested, please remember that you need to 'push' your domain to our TAG (GANDI) before launching the transfer request.
Details of this ccTLD are available here
The rates for .CO.UK domains can be found here
At the same time, we are pleased to announce the release of.org.uk domains!
Details of this ccTLD are available here
The rates for .ORG.UK domains can be found here
Wednesday 12 September 2007
Launch of .ch and .li domains
By Ryan on Wednesday 12 September 2007, 12:59
Gandi now gives you the possibility of registering domain names with the .ch ccTLD, the official extension of the Swiss Confederation (yes, Switzerland). The .ch ccTLD is celebrating its millionth active domain and is now in sixth place in the european union in the ranking of the most-sold ccTLD (after .de, .uk, .eu, .nl, and .it).
The extension it open to all, and does not require proof of residency in Switzerland.
Details of this ccTLD are available here.
The rates for .ch domains can be found here.
At the same time, we are pleased to announce the release of .li domains (Liechtenstein), managed by the Swiss registry.
Details of this ccTLD are available here.
The rates for . domains can be found here.
The extension it open to all, and does not require proof of residency in Switzerland.
Details of this ccTLD are available here.
The rates for .ch domains can be found here.
At the same time, we are pleased to announce the release of .li domains (Liechtenstein), managed by the Swiss registry.
Details of this ccTLD are available here.
The rates for . domains can be found here.
Tuesday 28 August 2007
.mobi Release!
By Nicolas on Tuesday 28 August 2007, 13:45 - Gandi
Following the release of .re domains in July, we are pleased to announce
the possibility of buying and managing .mobi domains.
Gandi has been an accredited mTLD registrar since April 2007.
The .mobi tld is a generic extension for mobile platforms. There are no registration restrictions.
The details of this extension are available at :
http://www.gandi.net/domain/mobi/info
The rate list can be found at :
https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/mobi/
There are many more extensions in preparation that will be released by the end of the year.
The .mobi tld is a generic extension for mobile platforms. There are no registration restrictions.
The details of this extension are available at :
http://www.gandi.net/domain/mobi/info
The rate list can be found at :
https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/mobi/
There are many more extensions in preparation that will be released by the end of the year.
Friday 13 July 2007
Gandi Blog Updates
By Angela on Friday 13 July 2007, 16:31
We know that some of you were getting concerned with the lack of advancement as of late. So, please find the latest Gandi Blog updates:
- The control panel has changed and is a bit more legible.
- The former spam filter has been replaced with a new one allowing you put IP addresses on a black or white list. It also allows you to choose the filters that you want to apply in the order that you desire. Note that Akismet is not activated by default, but we do recommend that you activate it as it is highly useuful.
- A new URL for the XML-RPC interface that should now work with a greater number of tools. You will find this URL in your blog configuration. * Comments management has been touched up and should render certain operations easier than before.
- An internal search engine. (entries and comments).
- A large number of small bugs have been corrected and the security problem has been resolved.
More improvements to come very soon!
Important: It is probable that you will not be able to login. We are aware of the problem, but have not been able to reproduce it here. (therefore a bit difficult to correct) Deleting the cookies in your browser, however, does solve the problem. If you do not know how to do this, please visit the blog forum.
Tuesday 10 July 2007
What's up - Week 28 ?
By Angela on Tuesday 10 July 2007, 15:49
In an effort to warm our spirits, we have just actived the Réunion ccTLD (.RE) !
The registry in charge of these domains is AFNIC (as for .FRs.) Registration is not available to 'individuals' and is limited to companies and coporate entities or trademark holders within the Réunion territory.
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For more information : https://www.gandi.net/domaine/re/info
For those of you already feeling the summer heat (we know you're out there!) we are delighted to inform you that our T-shirts can now be delivered to the following countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco, Germany, Italy, England, Spain
And for everyone : we added/corrected/modified the following :
- Addition of an interface to retrieve the Afnic 'clé titulaire'(for those wishing to transfer to Gandi),
- Improvement of accented domain name (IDN) management,
- Gandi mail corrections (based on your feedback)
Our teams have been hard at work and Gandi projects are advancing at a very rapid pace right now...The next few weeks will bring: new TLDs, version 1.0 of API XML and the final version of Gandi Mail.
Angela.
For those of you already feeling the summer heat (we know you're out there!) we are delighted to inform you that our T-shirts can now be delivered to the following countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco, Germany, Italy, England, Spain
And for everyone : we added/corrected/modified the following :
- Addition of an interface to retrieve the Afnic 'clé titulaire'(for those wishing to transfer to Gandi),
- Improvement of accented domain name (IDN) management,
- Gandi mail corrections (based on your feedback)
Our teams have been hard at work and Gandi projects are advancing at a very rapid pace right now...The next few weeks will bring: new TLDs, version 1.0 of API XML and the final version of Gandi Mail.
Angela.
Monday 18 June 2007
GandiMail Beta Launch !
By Angela on Monday 18 June 2007, 14:36
We are proud to present GandiMail : a free email service included with each domain name. Many of you are already familiar with this service. However, for those of you who have not heard about it, here are the stats :
* one mailbox with 1Go disc space
* 1000 email forwards and unlimited alias mail
* antispam and antivirus protection
* Gandi WebMail so that you can check your messages from anywhere
* a POP and IMAP account so that you can configure your favorite email software
* one mailbox with 1Go disc space
* 1000 email forwards and unlimited alias mail
* antispam and antivirus protection
* Gandi WebMail so that you can check your messages from anywhere
* a POP and IMAP account so that you can configure your favorite email software
Wednesday 13 June 2007
So, What's up with GandiMail?
By Angela on Wednesday 13 June 2007, 17:42
Here is some Front Office news :
- We are currently testing both Gandi Mail and Gandi Webmail.
- It is the latter that is giving us more work than anticipated, but the result should be worth the wait - especially in terms of ergonomics (kind of important for web mail!^^),- The beta release is planned for next week if all goes according to plan. In any event, we know that we are going to have to face your judgement someday. :x
- Until then, we will provide those willing with links to assist us in our testing. (many thanks to those who already participate).
Keep in mind that Gandi Mail and our WebMail will be released in beta. This means that they will be launched for everyone but with there will be a follow-up as always taking into account your opinions and tips. (Unfortunately, we cannot exclude the possibility of bugs...)
More news on this topic will be announced very soon. We are very proud of the hard work that our team has put into this release and we greatly appreciate your patience. It will be compensated! ;D
Wednesday 6 June 2007
Prepaid accounts and automatic domain name renewal now available for everyone!
By Angela on Wednesday 6 June 2007, 11:30 - Gandi
The summer holidays are quickly approaching as are the expiration dates of .FR's.
Here at Gandi, we have noticed that a large number of our users forget to renew their domains on time. It certainly is a shame to have to pay the cost of restoring a domain (when possible) instead of the standard renewal.
Here at Gandi, we have noticed that a large number of our users forget to renew their domains on time. It certainly is a shame to have to pay the cost of restoring a domain (when possible) instead of the standard renewal.
Friday 1 June 2007
What's up - week 21
By Ryan on Friday 1 June 2007, 14:47
Here are the changes made to Gandi from 25/04 to 24/05
- Improvement of the DNS modification interface
- Domain names containing accents (IDN) are now displayed in ASCII in your Control Panel
- Reminder emails are now sent for orders in progress (cheque, prepaid, error...)
- Important changes to l'API-XML :
- changed: operation_details now returns the domain name and contact handle in the 'param' field
- changed: operation_details now has a 'param_type' field in 'param', describing the object (may be 'domain' or 'contact')
- fixed: operation_details now has proper iso8601 date_create and date_update fields
- fixed: various bugs with third level registrations (.asso.fr, first.last.name etc.)
- fixed: various bugs with accentuated names
- fixed: bugs when a domain had 0 or 1 nameserver
- fixed: domain_ns_set not working with .FR and undeclared nameservers
- fixed: domain_ns_set not working with .BEs and .EUs
- fixed: contact_update not working for some registries
- fixed: contact_info not returning the public body name
- improvement: validation now checks if a web redirection already exist before creating it
- improvement: new tld_list method, listing which TLDs are supported
- improvement: internal transfers are now supported
- improvement: now returns a 'comment' field, containing the error message on failed operations.
- improvement: added support for multicall (bulk operations)
- improvement: numerous database/network speed ups...
Thursday 31 May 2007
Top Spammer Put Behind Bars
By Ryan on Thursday 31 May 2007, 16:38 - Internet
As you can read in the Spamhaus News, Robert Soloway, one of the world's most prolific spammers, was arrested yesterday by United States federal agents after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of identity theft, money laundering, and mail, wire, and e-mail fraud.
For those that follow the latest developments in the tug-of-war between spammers and anti-spammers, the announcement of Robert Soloway's arrest is welcome news. The putting behind bars of Mr. Soloway will definitely reduce the amount of spam received, and will serve as an example to other spammers, that such activity does not go unnoticed and unpunished.
Spam does not come out of the blue - indeed, there is a person behind each and every e-mail that is sent out, and these people are not beyond the arm of the law.
While Spamhaus and Gandi are working together in this fight against spam and providing the very information that law enforcement needs to protect your inbox and identity, you can also play a role.
By complaining to the registrars and web hosts that allow their services to be used by these criminals, and by contacting your local political representatives to encourage them to take action against spam and spammers, you too can be responsible for reducing the amount of unsolicited junk mail in the world.
I don't know about you, but having the absolute need for anti-spam filters on my e-mail accounts to putting iron bars over the windows of my house. Wouldn't it be nice if when "you got mail", it was actually from someone you hoped to hear from?
For those that follow the latest developments in the tug-of-war between spammers and anti-spammers, the announcement of Robert Soloway's arrest is welcome news. The putting behind bars of Mr. Soloway will definitely reduce the amount of spam received, and will serve as an example to other spammers, that such activity does not go unnoticed and unpunished.
Spam does not come out of the blue - indeed, there is a person behind each and every e-mail that is sent out, and these people are not beyond the arm of the law.
While Spamhaus and Gandi are working together in this fight against spam and providing the very information that law enforcement needs to protect your inbox and identity, you can also play a role.
By complaining to the registrars and web hosts that allow their services to be used by these criminals, and by contacting your local political representatives to encourage them to take action against spam and spammers, you too can be responsible for reducing the amount of unsolicited junk mail in the world.
I don't know about you, but having the absolute need for anti-spam filters on my e-mail accounts to putting iron bars over the windows of my house. Wouldn't it be nice if when "you got mail", it was actually from someone you hoped to hear from?
Thursday 3 May 2007
USA! USA! USA!
By Ryan on Thursday 3 May 2007, 16:55 - Gandi
Finally!
Many of our American customers have been anxiously waiting for the day when they could see how much they are actually spending at Gandi.net (sure, multiplying by 1.3-something-or-other could get you there, but how annoying is that...)
Well...those days are over! In line with our perpetual drive to provide you with new services, as of this afternoon you can now pay for your operations at Gandi in US Dollars!
Not only that, but in recognition of the wonderful support that we have been receiving from our American customers (they make up the second-largest country in terms of sales, and the American media such as CNET.com, miconian.com, or inta.org like to comment on our integrity, customer-friendliness, and technical know-how...), we are now selling .US domains!
We really can't say it enough, so we'll say it again...thank you, all of you! It really warms our hearts to feel your support from across the Atlantic Ocean!
Many of our American customers have been anxiously waiting for the day when they could see how much they are actually spending at Gandi.net (sure, multiplying by 1.3-something-or-other could get you there, but how annoying is that...)
Well...those days are over! In line with our perpetual drive to provide you with new services, as of this afternoon you can now pay for your operations at Gandi in US Dollars!
Not only that, but in recognition of the wonderful support that we have been receiving from our American customers (they make up the second-largest country in terms of sales, and the American media such as CNET.com, miconian.com, or inta.org like to comment on our integrity, customer-friendliness, and technical know-how...), we are now selling .US domains!
We really can't say it enough, so we'll say it again...thank you, all of you! It really warms our hearts to feel your support from across the Atlantic Ocean!
Tuesday 24 April 2007
Here are the changes made to Gandi from 03/04 to 02/04
By Ryan on Tuesday 24 April 2007, 18:33 - Gandi
- Online ownership change for .be domain names
- Addition of an sending of e-mails warnings for orders that are blocked
- Saving of your preferred number of domains to be viewed per page in your control panel
- Ordering of domains by expiration date (the closest on top)
- Possibility of renewing up to 500 domains at once
Friday 13 April 2007
Gandi support wants you!
By Ryan on Friday 13 April 2007, 13:49 - Gandi
In light of our wonderful expansion (thank you!) and our goal to
continue to you to provide the best customer support available,
we are actively seeking two enthusiastic people who would like
to join or Customer Care team!
We are seeking two profiles in particular: a native English speaker (or truly bilingual), and someone with experience in domain names, nameservers, BIND syntax...
We are seeking two profiles in particular: a native English speaker (or truly bilingual), and someone with experience in domain names, nameservers, BIND syntax...
Thursday 12 April 2007
Gandi is gaining weight! We now support payment in Pounds Sterling!
By Armelle on Thursday 12 April 2007, 11:37 - Gandi
One of the things that our customers have come to love about us is our constant drive to add new products and services...
We are, therefore, pleased to announce that as of this week we are allowing our customers to register domain names in Pounds Sterling!
This service is available to all members of the Gandi community wishing to pay with a currency other than Euros, but should especially please our British friends. We are delighted to be able to finally offer you this valuable service.
As we all know, good news can only be followed by more good news. So keep your eyes open for even more services that will help you have a presence on the internet!
Something tells me that more payment possibilities are on the horizon...
Monday 2 April 2007
What's up - week 14
By Ryan on Monday 2 April 2007, 18:14
Here are the changes made to Gandi from 14/03 to 02/04
- Online ownership change available for .eu domains
- Correction of a bug with incoming .fr transfers for individuals
- Removal of the automatic -GANDI added to the ends of the handle in the log-in box
- Correction of a bug for customers with over 500 domains
- Improvement of the reseller interface
- Activation of the automatic renewal option for the prepaid reseller accounts.
- Our super customer care staff, not content to leave their response time in under a work day, now work on Saturday
Wednesday 28 March 2007
Missing Gandi Customer Care Replies
By Ryan on Wednesday 28 March 2007, 16:46 - Gandi
This may just very well be the first blog entry that the support staff (Angela, Carole, Françoise, Jana, Nadine, Ryan, Sam, and Soraya) has addressed to you all via a
special blog entry, and this, on a the matter that is the most important to all of
us: customer satisfaction at Gandi!
Let me begin by thanking all of our customers (you!) for the wonderful, sometimes humorous and occasionally heated support e-mails that we receive each day from around the world via our online support form. It is really nice to be in contact with you and to see who make up the Gandi community.
Let me begin by thanking all of our customers (you!) for the wonderful, sometimes humorous and occasionally heated support e-mails that we receive each day from around the world via our online support form. It is really nice to be in contact with you and to see who make up the Gandi community.
Database problem
By Ryan on Wednesday 28 March 2007, 10:23
Hello,
Today has started out with a corrupt database table and an estimated time to a return to normal in one or two hours. We will keep you informed of what is happening, as we do each time there is a problem.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we are working to get the situation restored to normal as fast as possible.
UPDATE: incident closed at 10:16 GMT Thank you for your patience
Today has started out with a corrupt database table and an estimated time to a return to normal in one or two hours. We will keep you informed of what is happening, as we do each time there is a problem.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you, and we are working to get the situation restored to normal as fast as possible.
UPDATE: incident closed at 10:16 GMT Thank you for your patience
Wednesday 14 March 2007
What's up? - week 11
By Arti on Wednesday 14 March 2007, 14:04 - Gandi
Here are the changed made to Gandi from 07/02 to 13/03
- Online transfers for .fr domains for individuals
- Handling of IDN for transfers
- Online restoration possible for .eu domains
- Improvement in the management of the Orders in Progress page for our resellers using a prepaid account
- New layout for the login page, and elimination of the automatic filling-in of '-GANDI'.
- Addition of a 'WARNING' section in the Gandi news
- Contextual links to the 'Show-me' Guide when using the FAQ search engine
- Possibility of your resellers to choose a single owner for the same order session
- Addition of a domain name search option for the Orders in Progress page
- Addition of a pager in the domain name search
Thursday 8 March 2007
Technical problem
By Arti on Thursday 8 March 2007, 10:34 - Gandi
A major problem affected our forwarding service this morning in addition to our connection with the registries that are responsible for domains in .com, .net, .eu. and .be.
This problem began at around 8:00 AM (GMT+1) and is currently resolved. Our technical staff are working to identify the origins of the problem so that it does not reoccur.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused, and we will keep you informed of any further developments.
UPDATE (10:17 AM GMT+1) the web forwarding has worked since 9:47 AM GMT+1...if it is still not working for you, it is probably because your web browser's cache needs to be refreshed.
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