We have some exciting news and we wanted you to be the first to know! It’s safe to say 2020 has been a bit rocky but we are determined to end it on a positive which is why we are excited to announce a few changes to Octopoly. Our Octo friend has decided to move […]
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Focussed Feature: IP Whitelisting
A while ago we introduced a new feature for our domain accounts. We thought it is worthwhile giving this feature some extra attention via a special blog post. So here we go, the feature we want to highlight today is: IP address Whitelisting IP Whitelisting is a security feature. Like our Two-Step Authentication process, which […]
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Choosing between CO.NZ and NZ
The “.co.nz vs .nz” discussion remains popular. While existing businesses prefer to stay with .co.nz, many new businesses decide to use .nz for their website with its .co.nz twin domain redirecting to it. About 5 years ago in October 2013, InternetNZ decided to allow registrations directly under the Top Level Domain .nz. New Zealand is […]
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To WWW, or not to WWW that is the question.
The origins of www Before we address the question, let’t have a look where the www comes from. The www or “world-wide-web” URL prefix or sub domain, is a relic of the beginnings of the Internet. It used to be standard practise to name internet hosts according to the services they provide. Initially www was […]
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What is the difference between .nz and .kiwi
We have been asked on several occasions what the difference is between the .nz and the .kiwi extension. We thought this would be an interesting answer for all customers. .NZ is the official country code extension (also called Top Level Domain – TLD) of New Zealand and has been introduced in 1987 with .CO.NZ. Each […]
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