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Livetodot is getting much better
A few months back we had a soft re-launch of the new version of our domain name web site Livetodot.com which we have been operating since we started Fubra. We have corrected a lot of small issues and have continued to work hard towards building and adjusted our pricing model.
New features includes a .it domains ‘in trust’ product that allows customers to buy a domain name via Fubra if they are outside the EU for a small extra fee.
We have also introduced much better contact management which we think will help companies that have a lot of domains to manage. Using our system they can update things in one place and Livetodot will do the rest for them. On most sites you have to update each and every domain name individually if you move office for example. Personally I have found this a common and frustrating problem with most domain web sites.
We now have a DNS management system which has been one of the most requested features by our users. Now our customers to take control of DNS on our redundant enterprise grade DNS servers and perform updates in real time that will be visible on geographically separate systems.
The transfer system has been the most tricky bit though and we expect to have that live next week. Personally I can’t wait for this feature to be ready because transferring in and out domain names is one of the most poorly implemented features on most other sites I have used and the progress on our system so far is looking great.
Finally we have slashed our pricing and introduced registration of .co.uk names and gTLD names to the site. We are planning on launching our official hosting product soon too and once we do that if you host with us we give you access to our cost price domain names for free instead of the £99 per year reseller account fee we charge now.
A few customers have this in beta right now including us 
so if you are interested in hosting please get in touch we have an amazing product and some great packages.
Tags: .it, DNS, Domain Registration, Domains
Hey, are there any new developments happening with Livetodot? I quite like the service, the simplicity, the good pricing and the fact that I’m not paying in USD as with my previous provider. As such I’m moving domainsover as I can but I do have to say I’m not so impressed with the DNS system. I appreciate that this is an additional service which is great to come free with registrations but I do find it a bit annoying to work with as well as being slow. So, just wondering if anything is in the roadmap really
Cheers, apologies for any typos (posting this from my tablet). Mike
Hi Mike,
Thanks for asking we are currently working on launching our new hosting service CatN.com and we do expect to change DNS to be more seamlessly integrated with CatN.com for customers of both services once this is done.
Can I ask what specifically you are comparing the current DNS to and if you can give us more specifics on how you would like to see it improved.
Brendan
Thanks for getting back to me. I’m comparing with basically any other DNS provider I’ve used which would include Namecheap’s free DNS, DNSMadeEasy.com and PointHQ.com. I think Point’s service is the best in terms of the simplicity and interface, they even have a little SPF generator built in.
I’ll try to keep this short and simple for you
I’d like to be able to do the following:
- View and edit all entries together, regardless of the type (A, CNAME etc).
- Set up e-mail forwarding and web forwarding without necessarily having the DNS entries in place yet (on transfers coming in etc). This little check appears to be really slow at times too which can be frustrating as I keep going back to check if the forwarding can be setup yet whilst domains are transferring in and the nameservers changing. Ideally I’d like to just set up the forwarding, put the DNS entries in place and in time as the nameservers switch over, this forwarding should begin working.
- Setup web forwarding on different entries. For example, forwarding just for somehost.domain.com. As it stands, this doesn’t appear to be possible because 1) a check is made before forwarding can be enabled and 2) only one forwarding address can be setup – really it would be nice to set up individual and separate forwarders.
I think that’s it really – improve forwarding and give a better overview of all entries without having to switch between different types.
I certainly don’t expect you guys to jump up and bring in whatever I ask for. I’m happy with Livetodot as a domain provider and would prefer to keep my DNS hosting in the same place for the sake of simplicity. If you at least consider my thoughts for the future, I would appreciate that.
On another note, I’d happily pay a service fee of some kind for a slightly more robust DNS solution built into Livetodot
Cheers. Thanks for your time.
Just one other thing too sorry…
Setting the nameservers is a bit strange here compared to anywhere else I’ve had to do this. Usually I’m just asked to enter the nameserver addresses and that’s that (unless setting glue). Fubra appears to ask for one nameserver then moves onto the next page to type the others in but asks for an IP address for each one? *confusing*
at least for me anyway.
Thanks very much. Mike.