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With AscioNIC as your registration engine, you will never have to
disappoint a customer who makes a special request.

AscioNIC is a unique domain registration system that offers standardised registration and management procedures for more than 250 TLDs. New TLDs are continuously introduced - most recently the .eu TLD. At Ascio we undertake registration even in the most exotic TLDs. AscioNIC is the ideal registration engine for companies wishing to go beyond a very narrow range of TLDs and position themselves as advanced providers.The features of AscioNIC make such a positioning possible.

Ascio Domain Portfolio Management architecture »
Modular Architecture »
AscioNIC Features »
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AscioNIC versus proprietary systems »
What our Partners say... »
Ascio Domain Portfolio Management architecture

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Modular Architecture

Ascio's modules can be customized to fit your business needs as modules work seamlessly together, but can be chosen independently. AscioNIC can be further customized by choosing among the available interfaces. This gives you complete discretion over your make-or-buy decisions both at the module level and at the system level.

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AscioNIC Features

With connections to more than 250 TLDs, we offer high quality and
timely processing of even the most exotic ccTLD transactions.

AscioNIC is the ideal registration system for companies wishing to go beyond a very narrow range of TLDs and position themselves as advanced providers. The features of AscioNIC make such a positioning possible.

  • Reliable and trustworthy
    AscioNIC is both reliable and trustworthy, so you can trust us with your customers domains without ever having to worry. AscioNIC has features such as autorenewal to prevent human errors from happening.

  • Advanced products
    We want to provide our partners with the latest and most advanced products. In addition to the extensive breadth of the TLD offerings, we continuously improve our systems and create new products including queues for new TLDs.

  • Simplicity
    We want to keep it simple. Despite the advanced product features, domain registration and management is easy due to a standardised transaction set, a consolidated domain portfolio and a powerful management system.

  • Customised interfaces
    Our modules work seamlessly together but the advantage is that you can choose them independently so that it fits your needs. AscioNIC can be customised by choosing among available interfaces, ranging from email templates to an XML protocol.

  • Automated processes
    Ascio offers fully automated processing of orders from all major TLDs. We constantly strive to optimise processing time as well as the quality of transactions. We have automated and optimised the processing of ccTLDs more than any other registrar in the market. More than 80% of all transactions submitted to us are handled automatically.

  • TLD Portal
    Ascios TLD portal offers comprehensive coverage on data requirements, documentation requirements, legal issues, validation rules, processing times, processing automation and other information you need for your domain business. It is a fully searchable database that will enable you to service your customers in a fast and proactive manner.

  • Online order tracking
    A structured and traceable workflow that gives you full knowledge of the orders you have placed. Here you will be able to follow the progress of the domain you have requested. You can access this information online 24/7.
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Local Presence

Ascio offers the ability to register a domain name despite a requirement of local presence by providing a local address as administrative contact or as registrant. This allows your clients to register their names in countries where they would otherwise be blocked from registration. Read more here

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AscioNIC versus proprietary systems
Proprietary systems vs. AscioNIC
To register top-20 TLDs you need to implement 14 different interfaces. vs. With AscioNIC you only need one interface for registration.
Building your own system takes months. vs. With AscioNIC you can start registrations within a week.
Implementing direct NIC links means handling significant variations in definition and availability of domain operations. vs. AscioNIC has a standardised set of transactions across all TLDs.
You need to build a new business logic for each new domain product. vs. With AscioNIC, the products are prepared and integrated with our existing registration system.
It is necessary to get the proper registration agreements and accreditations, a task that takes months and costs thousands of euros. vs. With AscioNIC you get access to our knowledge, our products and our expertise. With us you only need one contract to get access to 250+ registries.
The cost of building and running a proprietary system presents a larger upfront fixed cost. vs. With AscioNIC you have a much lower upfront investment and hence much lower risk.
Inordinate amounts of time are spent on issues that are not customeroriented. vs.  With AscioNIC you can focus your energies on finding and serving customers well. 
Building your own proprietary systems inevitably means making all the basic mistakes at your customers expense.
vs.    With AscioNIC you have all the TLD information at hand through our online TLD Portal before you start registration and thus can avoid pitfalls. You will have our 7 years of domain experience to draw on.  
You will receive several bills from all the different NICs.  vs.    With AscioNIC you are offered support in several different European languages and you will only receive one bill in one currency. 
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What our Partners say...

"We chose AscioNIC as the back end for our domain registrations because it effectively delivers the products demanded by our customers. Ascio was a logical choice as a domain technology partner
because they have sufficient geographical coverage to service our organisation, yet remain able to service and support us so we indeed feel like a partner."

Annette Moll, Hostmaster
Cable & Wireless
Telecommunication GmbH

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