Sherry Hildebrand's articles Operations .GIVING Launched on January 20, 2023 and is Off to a Strong Start .GIVING, a top-level domain (TLD) that will streamline the online fundraising and donating experience for mission-driven organizations and philanthropic-minded individuals, is now available to any mission-driven entity—regardless of non-profit status. All registrars who have a signed RRA with PIR Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Thank You for Your Feedback Thank you to all registrars who completed the 2022 Registrar Survey. Registrars are welcome to provide feedback at any time and can reach out to the Channel Services team, channel@pir.org, or the Operations team, ops@pir.org. Registrar feedback helps PIR shape our strategic goals and lets us know wh Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Registrars – Include IANA ID on Payments for Prompt Funding To make sure your operations run smoothly, please include IANA ID on all payments submitted to PIR. Including the IANA ID ensures your funds are correctly applied to your account. Thank you for your cooperation. Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Thank You for Your Feedback Thank you to all registrars who completed the 2022 Registrar Survey. Your feedback helps Public Interest Registry (PIR) know what we are doing well and what we need to improve. We look forward to analyzing the feedback received and sharing the results with you in the new year. Registrars are able to Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations .GIVING Launch Phase Update; TLD Available to all PIR Accredited Registrars Sunrise Phase The .GIVING Sunrise phase ended on 13 December 2022. Registrars that submitted applications during the Sunrise phase should have seen the domains allocated to them and placed them in their registrar’s account on 14 December 2022. Landrush Period The .GIVING Landrush period will b Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Public Interest Registry Offers 10 TLDs Registrars accredited with PIR are able to offer the ten Public Interest Registry (PIR) sponsored TLDs. With the current launch of .GIVING, PIR’s sponsored TLDs are: With the updated Registry Registrar Agreement (RRA) PIR released in May 2022, PIR moved to a single RRA that encompasses all PIR spo Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Managing Abuse Domains & Court Order Domains With the recent platform upgrade that took place on 1 June 2022, Public Interest Registry implemented a change in how abuse domains and domains placed under a court order are managed. PIR held a promotion from 1 June 2022 to 30 August 2022 which refunded registrars the renewal fee for domains Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations PIR Adds Additional TLD to the Family of .ORG Domains PIR is launching .GIVING, a dedicated space where both for-profit and non-profit entities can showcase their fundraising efforts and other ways they are giving back and supporting their communities, with Sunrise starting on October 13, 2022. There will be three phases for .GIVING: Sunrise: October 1 Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations PIR Wants to Hear from You! As the well-recognized and trustworthy provider of the .ORG top-level domain (TLD), PIR continues in our efforts to expand Internet access and help make the Internet a better place for all. Because registrars are an integral part of that mission, we strive to provide excellent customer experie Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations serverDeleteProhibited Status Being Removed from Domains Locked for DNS Abuse PIR has removed serverDeleteProhibited from domains PIR has determined to have been locked for DNS Abuse. This will allow registrars to delete the domains before they renew or during the auto-renew grace period so that registrars will not be charged for renewals of the domains. Registrars who do not Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Accessing Invoices on the Platform Upgrade All registrar reports, including Registrar Financial Statements and Monthly Activity Reports, are available through the Registrar Web Portal. Access to these reports is restricted to allow Registrars the ability to view the reports for their own Registrar organization and no other Registrar. R Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Operations Setting Up Account Thresholds; Managing Email Notifications Through the Registrar Web Portal, Registrars can view and manage their Account Thresholds.The Account Thresholds include: final threshold, restricted threshold, and notification threshold. These tools are available to help registrars maintain their account balance with PIR. Type Restrictions Notific Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Operations .GIVING Launched on January 20, 2023 and is Off to a Strong Start .GIVING, a top-level domain (TLD) that will streamline the online fundraising and donating experience for mission-driven organizations and philanthropic-minded individuals, is now available to any mission-driven entity—regardless of non-profit status. All registrars who have a signed RRA with PIR Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Thank You for Your Feedback Thank you to all registrars who completed the 2022 Registrar Survey. Registrars are welcome to provide feedback at any time and can reach out to the Channel Services team, channel@pir.org, or the Operations team, ops@pir.org. Registrar feedback helps PIR shape our strategic goals and lets us know wh Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Registrars – Include IANA ID on Payments for Prompt Funding To make sure your operations run smoothly, please include IANA ID on all payments submitted to PIR. Including the IANA ID ensures your funds are correctly applied to your account. Thank you for your cooperation. Written by Sherry Hildebrand February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Thank You for Your Feedback Thank you to all registrars who completed the 2022 Registrar Survey. Your feedback helps Public Interest Registry (PIR) know what we are doing well and what we need to improve. We look forward to analyzing the feedback received and sharing the results with you in the new year. Registrars are able to Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations .GIVING Launch Phase Update; TLD Available to all PIR Accredited Registrars Sunrise Phase The .GIVING Sunrise phase ended on 13 December 2022. Registrars that submitted applications during the Sunrise phase should have seen the domains allocated to them and placed them in their registrar’s account on 14 December 2022. Landrush Period The .GIVING Landrush period will b Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Public Interest Registry Offers 10 TLDs Registrars accredited with PIR are able to offer the ten Public Interest Registry (PIR) sponsored TLDs. With the current launch of .GIVING, PIR’s sponsored TLDs are: With the updated Registry Registrar Agreement (RRA) PIR released in May 2022, PIR moved to a single RRA that encompasses all PIR spo Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Managing Abuse Domains & Court Order Domains With the recent platform upgrade that took place on 1 June 2022, Public Interest Registry implemented a change in how abuse domains and domains placed under a court order are managed. PIR held a promotion from 1 June 2022 to 30 August 2022 which refunded registrars the renewal fee for domains Written by Sherry Hildebrand December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations PIR Adds Additional TLD to the Family of .ORG Domains PIR is launching .GIVING, a dedicated space where both for-profit and non-profit entities can showcase their fundraising efforts and other ways they are giving back and supporting their communities, with Sunrise starting on October 13, 2022. There will be three phases for .GIVING: Sunrise: October 1 Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations PIR Wants to Hear from You! As the well-recognized and trustworthy provider of the .ORG top-level domain (TLD), PIR continues in our efforts to expand Internet access and help make the Internet a better place for all. Because registrars are an integral part of that mission, we strive to provide excellent customer experie Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations serverDeleteProhibited Status Being Removed from Domains Locked for DNS Abuse PIR has removed serverDeleteProhibited from domains PIR has determined to have been locked for DNS Abuse. This will allow registrars to delete the domains before they renew or during the auto-renew grace period so that registrars will not be charged for renewals of the domains. Registrars who do not Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Accessing Invoices on the Platform Upgrade All registrar reports, including Registrar Financial Statements and Monthly Activity Reports, are available through the Registrar Web Portal. Access to these reports is restricted to allow Registrars the ability to view the reports for their own Registrar organization and no other Registrar. R Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Operations Setting Up Account Thresholds; Managing Email Notifications Through the Registrar Web Portal, Registrars can view and manage their Account Thresholds.The Account Thresholds include: final threshold, restricted threshold, and notification threshold. These tools are available to help registrars maintain their account balance with PIR. Type Restrictions Notific Written by Sherry Hildebrand September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked