#### About Nominet Plug-in

The Nominet plug-in provided in HSPcomplete is an e-mail gateway between HSPcomplete domain objects and the Nominet UK domain registry. The key issue and general difference from other domain plug-ins is offline communication with registrar. It means that we cannot register, transfer or modify domain and receive result immediately - first HSPcomplete generates a request message with and sends it to Nominet Automation system. Depending on the type of action, HSPcomplete waits for answer or not.

Domain registration

When domain registration is requested for the Provider Account, an e-mail message to Nominet will be sent by the plug-in immediately, so the corresponding domain name appears in the domains list and has the Registering or Pending status.

When an e-mail confirming the successful domain registration arrives from Nominet - the domain status becomes Registered.

For domains which are ordered from your online store (or registration is requested from Provider Control Center for one of your customer accounts) the registration procedure is almost the same, however the e-mail domain request to Nominet will be sent only after the corresponding order is paid.

If there were any errors in request, a domain status becomes Error. In this case, you can look for the corresponding record in the Action Log, which will help you to analyze the source of problem.

Domain transfer

Domain transfer option is available from the HSPcomplete online store and from Provider Control Center.

The typical scenario for domain transfer from the HSPcomplete online store is the following:

1. In your online store a customer orders a hosting plan and on the domain registration step selects the 'Transfer domain' option.
2. When the customer order is paid, both the domain and the 'Domain Registration' subscription appear in HSPcomplete. The domain is in the 'Transferring' (or 'Pending') state and the subscription in in the 'Pending' state as well.
3. The next step is up to a customer - he (or she) should request his (or her) current registrar to move the domain under the Provider's tag at Nominet (ips-key) and specify the callback e-mail address (usually nominet_callback_gw@<MN_server_name> where the <MN_server_name> must be replaced with the actual hostname of the node or server where the HSPcomplete software is installed, i.e., the HSPcomplete Management Node).
4. When the tag is changed in the Nominet registry it will sent to the specified e-mail address (nominet_callback_gw@...) the message with the subject 'Tag Change Notification' and Nominet plug-in will automatically set the appropriate expiration dates for domain and subscription and activate them.

Domains transfer to Nominet from Provider Control Center is performed according to the regular transfer procedure. For information refer to the Transferring Domain section of the HSPc Provider's Guide.

Domain Modification

Modification requests are single-directional. This means that Nominet plug-in does not check that such a request was completed successfully. For the current HSPcomplete automation level a customer can only modify domain nameserver records. Registrant contact changes will be implemented in HSPcomplete future releases.

Domain Renewal

The Nominet plug-in supports automated domain registration renewals. Depending on the subscription renewal options, this operation can be performed automatically or manually with appropriate button in Domain subscription properties. Note that renewal queries will be accepted by Nominet only if domain registration period expires in six month.

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