1. Gandi at Web Summit 2015
One of tech's biggest get-togethers is happening next month in Dublin and we are super excited, not least of all because Gandi will be there! Web Summit 2015 promises to be at least as awesome as in years past. We're looking forward to the impressively comprehensive roster of speakers (check out Web Summit's site for the list) and of course the pub crawls.
If you're already longing for the Emerald Isle, register a .irish domain before you come to Dublin next month; they're avaiable for just 14.00€ per year until November 10th.
In any case, this is one of the tech events of the year. It's a time not just for fun and meeting up, but a time to think about the future of the web, and to learn about the innovation on the net happening every single day. So, if you're going to Web Summit next month, come look us up and have a drink. If not, why not?! Sign up now!
2. Changes to invoices
Speaking of innovation, we have a couple of our own to announce this month. The first is that we have reinvented our invoicing. Okay, so maybe it doesn't qualify as «disruptive,» more like «way convenient,» in that you'll soon be able to group invoices by month; choose, in your notifications settings, who the invoice should be sent to (like your accounts payable for example), and furthermore, you'll no longer need to be logged on Gandi when following the link to the invoice (again, great for if your accounts payable need that invoice but don't necessarily need access to your domains). Maybe not **The Revolution** in invoicing, but a small revolution nonetheless.
3. Now accepting Bitcoin
And more exciting in the stereotypically dry area of accounting, we wanted to also let you know that Gandi will this week be accepting — in addition to credit cards, wire transfers and PayPal—Bitcoin. Bitcoin is, of course, the cryptocurrency we've been watching for a while now, waiting for the right moment to integrate into our payment system. Now we're happy and proud to say we finally can.
4. Register your credit card with Gandi?
Of course, if your assets are all tied up in traditional, fiat currency, for better or for worse, one of the easiest ways to pay your Gandi orders is with a credit card. Normally, Gandi does not store your card on file and so for every order paid by credit card, you would need to re-enter your card information. But we're here to tell you: there's something else.
Namely, you can register your credit card with Gandi to make automatic payments to your prepaid account. This automatic payment is triggered by any order in progress that cannot be paid from your prepaid account. By default, the amount due will be debited, but you can also set your card to be debited a certain amount. You can also set a security threshold, and if your prepaid account drops below that amount, we can debit your card as well.
You can register a card for this service in the “Billing” section, under “Prepaid account.” From this page, just click on the “Credit” tab, then scroll down to the bottom of the page where it says “Automatic crediting from your credit/debit card”.
5. October New gTLD Calendar
Friday October 2nd:
.miami (GoLive)
Tuesday October 6th:
.film (GoLive)
Thursday October 8th:
.corsica (Landrush)
Wednesday October 14th:
.study (GoLive)
Thursday October 15th:
.broker (sunrise)
.forex (sunrise)
Friday October 16th:
.law (Landrush)
.abogado (Landrush)
Monday October 19th:
.law (GoLive)
.abogado (GoLive)
Sunday October 25th:
.live (3-day Landrush)
.studio (3-day Landrush)
Monday October 26th:
.srl (GoLive)
Tuesday October 27th:
.healthy in Chinese (or .xn--nyqy26a in punycode) (GoLive)
Wednesday October 28th:
.live (GoLive)
.studio (GoLive)
October Promo Round-up
.xyz
If you missed out on the .xyz promo that just ended, we've got good
news: a promo has now started for .xyz domains until December 31st,
2015, during which you can register a new .xyz for one year for just
5,00€.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-10-01/5744-five-dollar_promotion_on_.xyz/
.press
A TLD specifically for the news media, .press is on sale as of October
1st until January 15th, 2016 for just 20,00€ at A rates.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-10-01/5678-another_great_promotion_for_.press_and_.host/
.host
Just like the .press promotion, domains in this extension is also on
sale from October 1st until January 15th, but for an even more enticing
price of 18,00€.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-10-01/5678-another_great_promotion_for_.press_and_.host/
.site
Starting October 1st until October 31st, .site domains are available for
just 2,00€ per year.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-10-01/5681-on-sale_this_october_.site/
.irish
Just in time for Web Summit, .irish is now on sale for 14,00€ per year
until November 10th.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-10-05/5780-.irish_are_on_sale_this_fall/
.co.com
If .com is a big crowded city with people packed into ludicrously tiny
matchbox apartments, .co.com is the 'burbs, where the air is a little
fresher and there's a little more space to breath. Until October 31st at
4:59 PM PDT, .co.com domains, the namespace just a little less crowded,
will be available for 14,99€ per year.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-07-31/4943-huge_promotion_on_single-year_or_multi-year_registrations_in_.co.com/
.tech
The sale on .tech domains has been extended until the end of the year,
so you can continue to enjoy these domains at 9,99€ per year until
December 31st.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-09-14/5495-.tech_sale_extended/
.news
Only some days left to take advantage of the 50%-off first-year creation
promotion on .news domains, ending October 31st.
www.gandi.net/news/en/2015-09-03/5360-extra_.news_takes_50_off_registrations/
