Registry Case Studyon

The Situation• Late 2009: .CO decides to open up. .CO Internet SAS

appointed as the new Registry Operator

• Partnered with Neustar for a new EPP-based Registry System

• Needed to take over 20,000 existing .CO Domain Names (from previous Registry Manager)

The Problem

“How can we migrate 20,000 domain names quickly and easily?”

“Which platform do we migrate the existing .CO domains names?”

The Solution

Managing the Transition• What they wanted– Automated Migration

• What we gave– Custom Script for bulk import– Zero effort transfer process. Nothing required

from their side

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Minimal Customer Displacement: 20,000 existing

customers should be transitioned smoothly

• What we gave– Automated Customer Communication– Priority Support for Registry

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Reliability

• What we gave– Tried and tested platform that powers• 4 Million Domain Names• 100+ Registrars from 20+ Countries• 1000’s of Resellers worldwide

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Localization• Primary Language = Latin American Spanish• Currency = Pesos• Popular Local Payment Gateways

• What we gave– Fully Translatable Interfaces– Multiple Currency Support– Custom Payment Gateway Integration – Offline Payment Support

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Flexibility: example – all .gov.co domain orders

need manual verification

• What we gave– Support for custom Registration processes

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Quick Setup & Easy Management

• What we gave– Ready-made Interfaces– Took 2 weeks to go LIVE!– Dedicated Account Manager– Priority Support HelpDesk

Managing the Transition• What they wanted – Cost-effectiveness

• What we gave– Nominal Per Transaction Cost– Over 80% cheaper than building from scratch

Today there are

.CO Domain Names

499,000

& counting!

Incredibly tight timelines & a significant amount of custom development work meant finding the right partner would be critical.

We evaluated various other options, including building a platform in-house. But LogicBoxes was perfect. It was very reassuring to have an experienced partner for a safe, orderly data migration

Nicolai BezsonoffCOO, .CO Internet SAS