Question
I already have balance in my account, how can I register a domain name?
Answer
Using the control panel, a domain can be registered or transferred. Let's see how to do it!
Registering a domain name
To register a new domain name can be done by navigating to Domain management > Domain registration (You can access the new domain registration interface here or by clicking on 'Try New Domain Registration' link from old domain registration interface) On the domain check page, you can enter the domain name that you desire.
Old Domain Registration:
New Domain Registration:
If the domain name is available, it can be registered it by clicking in the check box.
Continue to step 2: Click Next on the bottom-right. (If you are using the new domain checker, you will see Add to cart button instead).
Old Domain Registration:
New Domain Registration:
When configuring the domain name for registration you can use the customer handles that you created before. Fill in the owner, administrative contact and technical contact for the domain name and select which nameservers you want to use.
Owner Handle : This means the registrant or the domain owner, and the handle contains the information associated with that particular person/company.
Admin handle: Administrative contact. This can be same or different from the owner handle. Registries might ask for specific requirements with admin handles - depending on the TLD.
Tech Handle: It is the technical contact. This can be same as the owner handle (not necessarily). Some registries might have specific requirements for tech handles - depending on the TLD.
Billing handle: Billing contact handle for the domain.
You can use your own nameservers either by clicking on "No nameserver group" and writing them in the fields or selecting the nameserver group you have created under Nameserver group management (to create a new Nameserver group for your own/custom nameservers, click here). If you want to use our nameservers you can choose "Nameservers of Openprovider" and a zone will be created automatically (DNS records needs to be added to the zone from DNS Management or via API)'.
You can choose to have the other contacts to be Equal to domain owner. This is very useful as you do not need to fill in each field individually with the same information. If you click on the field and start typing another contact's name it will present you with the contact handle you want to select.
Once you have filled in all the necessary fields you can order the domain name by clicking
To step 3: Finish order.
Our system will then attempt to register the domain name for you and will let you know if it worked!
For registrations that are not immediate, you will see the pop-up appear to inform you about the result of your request. Alternatively you can go to the Notification Overview to see the latest messages.
Now that you've learned about increasing your balance, creating customer handles and registering domain names you know the basics. But there is a lot more functionality that can be good to know about when you start working with Openprovider. To see a collection of the best tips and hints, check out Step 5 - Tips and Tricks!
