## Setting Registrar Prices

Prices for domain registration are set per registrar. After you set registrar prices, a TLD is considered as configured for a given registrar and you can select the corresponding plug-in as supporting registry for a TLD in hosting plans.

To set prices for a TLD, select a plug-in, select the Prices tab, and then click on a TLD name or click the New TLD button.

To set the registrar prices:

1. Select registration periods available and set prices:
   1. To allow domain registration period, check the box next to the period name. To mark a period as not supported, clear this box. Only supported registration periods are shown in domain registration hosting plans TLD settings. As you check the box next to a registration period the fields where you can enter prices become activated.
   2. For each supported period, enter a registrar's one-time fee for domain registration into the Registration cost field and enter the registrar's recurring fee into the Renewal cost field.
2. Adjust the domains Transfer Settings. To allow transferring domains registered in the selected TLD and enable the form fields where you can enter your retail price for the transfer, check the Allow domain transfers box. To disallow transfer, clear this box. As you allow transfer, the fields where you can enter transfer prices become activated:
   1. Enter the registrar's one-time fee for domain transfer service into the Transfer cost field.
   2. Transfer includes domain renewal. To renew domain registration under this registrar right after a domain is transferred, select the renewal period from the Period drop-down menu. In case of transfer, your prices set in hosting plan for domain renewal will be applied.
3. Set the domain Renewal Limitations:
   1. If the registrar allows domain renewal at any moment without respect to the time remaining before registration period is over, set the option button to Renewal is allowed at any time.
   2. If the registrar regulates domain renewal time frame, check the relevant box to select the condition:
   - If the registrar allows domain renewal only after a particular time has passed after domain registration, check the not earlier than _ days after domain registration date box and enter the period in days.
   - If the registrar allows domains renewal only when a particular time remains before registration period is over, check the not earlier than _ days before domain registration date box and enter the period in days.
   - If the registrar allows domains renewal after a domain registration period is over only during several days, check the not later than_ days after domain expiration date box and enter the period in days.
4. Specify the DNS zone startup settings:
   1. Create DNS zone before domain registration. This option is required for correct domain registration processing for some registrars, which start checking a customer name servers right after a domain registration request is received. In this case, if a customer have his/her name servers not configured properly by the moment of domain registration order placement, a registrar sends an error response. If this option is enabled (the box is checked) then a zone file is created in Parallels Business Automation - Standard before sending a domain registration request to a registrar. Name servers synchronization process starts automatically and Parallels Business Automation - Standard periodically checks name servers in respect to their readiness to resolve a domain. A zone file is checked several times with a certain period and these settings can be adjusted specially. In case the check fails a corresponding record specifying the number of failed attempt and the period when the next check is to be performed is added to the Action Log. In case a check is successful (i.e., name servers are ready to serve a domain), the registration request is sent to registrar. As soon as you check this box the fields where you can enter DNS startup and check limit become activated.
   2. DNS zone startup time limit. This option limits the overall time that can be used for name servers readiness check. If the time is over and name servers are not ready (zone file is still not created), then domain registration request is sent without respect to a zone file creation. Please enter the time limit in minutes.
   3. The number of attempts to check DNS zone. The overall number of attempts Parallels Business Automation - Standard performs to check the name server readiness. The checks frequency is calculated automatically, in a nonlinear way, taking in account some specific features of the synchronization process.
5. Use your contacts for customer's domains registration. Here you can specify what contact information will be asked during domain registration at a given Registrar in a TLD you have selected. The value of contact data required and its format considerably differs depending on Registrar. Some Registrars require a rather specific data. To simplify domain registration procedure for your customers, you can replace Registrar's contacts form with your own one (a so called base contacts) that have a standard format.

   You can create your contacts (up to 10 for one account name) under Domain Manager > Setup > Contacts tab. All of the contacts created by you are included in the drop-down menus next to contacts' names.

   The number and names of contacts offered here may vary depending on a Registrar. The most typical set is Owner Contact, Administrative Contact, Billing Contact, and Technical Contact.

   To create a new contact, click the Create new button. A new contact will be available for selection for all contact types right after you save it.

   To create a new contact on the basis of an existing one, select a contact you want to base upon from the drop-down menu. The Create copy button activates. Click the Create copy button. The contact form appears. Adjust the contact data in the form and save changes. The new contact will be added with an new name ( the auto-incremented numeric prefix added to the name of contact).

   To hide the contact type from a customer, and thus make this contact a read-only, check the Force box next to the contact type name.

6. To save changes, click the Update button.

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