Domains

LBM can sell domain registration, transfer and renewal alongside your plans. It works through a registrar module: a connection to a registrar account that registers the names for you.

The pieces #

Registrars #

The registrar modules in this release are Namecheap, Enom and ResellerClub. Open Settings > Registrars, switch one on and enter its account details (an API user and key; the module shows what it needs). Use Test connection. Each registrar has a test (sandbox) and a live mode.

You can also keep a manual registrar: LBM takes the order and the money, and staff register the name by hand.

Domain lookup #

The lookup is the check a visitor runs on the order form. By default it uses LaikaWhois, a lookup module that needs no account. You can choose another lookup, or none: with none, the search is switched off.

TLD pricing #

For each TLD you set the registration, renewal, transfer and restore prices, and the years allowed. You can import a registrar's price list and see when its costs change, so you know when your margin changes. A client's currency follows the usual rule: type a price for a currency, or let it convert from the default.

Renewals and the grace period #

LBM raises renewal invoices ahead of expiry (set how far ahead in Settings > Domains). After a domain expires there is a grace period you choose before it is treated as lost.

Selling domains with a plan #

A product can ask for a domain at checkout: register a new one, transfer an existing one or use one the customer already owns. Bundles can include a domain.

What a client can do #

In the client area a client sees their domains, and can change nameservers, manage DNS records (where the registrar supports it), turn on privacy, and renew.