NIC.UA and Service Online: 2009 Performance Results

In 2009, NIC.UA improved its position in the domain name registration market, launched registrations in several new zones, and offered its users a range of new services. The year proved successful for NIC.UA and its clients, who trusted the company with their domain names and websites.

- new domain zones

In January, NIC.UAlaunchedRegistration in the new domain zones .OD.UA; .MOBI; .IN. Users now have the opportunity to transfer their OD.UA and ODESSA.UA domains to NIC.UA free of charge and renew them at the best price for next year. This promotion coincides with the introduction of payment for the regional domain of Odessa.

In March, NIC.UA appearedopportunity Registration of free domain names in the .PP.UA zone. SMS confirmation was used for registration for the first time in Ukraine. In the first month since the launch of registration in this domain zone,registeredMore than 6,000 domain names. By the end of the year, the PP.UA domain already had almost 30,000 domain names.

Immediately after the appearance of the new .TEL domain zone, NIC.UA clients receivedopportunityRegister your domain here. This top-level domain is a business card website, relevant for any internet user.

In November, NIC.UA entered into an agreementagreementabout cooperation with one of the leading Registrars in Russia – REG.RU and the beginningaccepting applicationsfor registration of domain names in the .РФ domain zone.

- new services and technical improvements

In August, NIC.UAlaunchedThird name server. NIC.UA's name servers are currently located in three major, independent data centers. They have direct links to most major providers, such as Datagroup, Ukrtelecom, Utel, Lekos, and Wnet, as well as to major traffic exchange networks: UA-IX, level(3), REAL TIME NETWORK, Global Crossing, TeliaSonera, and others.

At the beginning of the new business season, in September, the company "Service-Online"launchednew service - contextual advertising agencyContext.uaThe agency handles advertising placement on the most popular search engines: Google, Yandex, Rambler, Begun, and Meta, as well as on numerous partner sites.

- promotions for clients

NIC.UA clients received numerous bonuses and participated in various promotions and prize draws this year.

In January, the company's users received a bonus for every transfer or registration of any domain name on NIC.UA.was rewardeda bonus of 100 thousand banner impressions on the networkABNThis promotion lasted until the end of the year.

In February, the company's clientsreceived a discountto use the professional website support service "Supasup!"

In May, the company's clientsreceivedfavorable exchange rate for the dollar against the hryvnia.

By the beginning of April, on its second anniversary, NIC.UApresenteda whole range of discounts and promotions for its clients.

In November, the companies NIC.UA and HOSTED.UAlaunchednew pricing packages for our clients, including reduced hosting costs and gift certificates.

In honor of the New Year, the company held anothersharefor its customers. This promotion is still ongoing, and the winner will have a chance to win a Lenovo netbook.

- NIC.UA achievements

As of early May, the registrar NIC.UA (ua.drs)tookNIC.UA ranks second among Ukrainian domain name registrars in domain registration. As of May 5, 2009, NIC.UA had over 35,000 clients. By the end of the year, the number of clients had increased to 47,000. Thus, in just seven months, the subscriber base grew by 34% (an increase of 12,000 users).

In June, NIC.UA celebrated its second anniversary. Over the course of its first year, the company's subscriber base grew by 250%, and the number of clients increased by 20,000.

- conferences

In September, a delegation from NIC.UAtook partAt the second international conference of administrators and registrars of national top-level domains from the CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, the company's director, Andrey Khvetkevich, presented a report entitled "User Identification Using SMS Service."

In November, employees of the NIC.UA companytook partat the conference of developers of high-load systems.

So, 2009 was a busy and productive year for NIC.UA. Next year, NIC.UA plans to continue growing at the same pace and offer the very best to its clients.