Dynadot 2024 Updates - Quarter 3 Roundup
As we approach the end of 2024, we’ve been hard at work expanding our features and tools to enhance the experience for our users. This quarter, there has been a focus on user experience optimizations, quality of life adjustments, and new innovative ways for Dynadot customers to acquire domain names. Building on our Q2 update blog post, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of changes we've implemented in Q3 of 2024 below. As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to share any suggestions or requests through our feature requests page, which is accessible under 'Support' in our website navigation.
Updated Sales Page
If you’re interested in keeping up to date with Dynadot sales, we've made adjustments to our domain sales page that make it easier to monitor our on-going promotions. Through this update, we've highlighted our featured sales and coupons so our largest, most popular sales are visible. Before this update, our coupon codes weren’t displayed, but now you can easily discover any publically available coupon codes to apply them to your cart. We’ve also updated the sorting options on the full sales list, allowing you to sort by popularity of the sales, by the largest percent off, or by alphabetical order of our TLD list. If you're looking for a specific TLD sale, you can always make a search in the box provided above the sales list as well.
Domain Match and Bundles
We’ve introduced two new exciting ways to acquire domains at a discount this quarter: our domain match and domain bundle promotions!
Unser domain match promotions allows users to register a domain(s) either for free or at a heavy discount based on domains already in your Dynadot account. If you own one domain under a specific TLD, you can get a matching domain under a separate TLD that is tied to specific match promotions. For example, if we have a domain match promotion for .cyou domains if you own .xyz domains, you could acquire discounted .cyou domains that match any .xyz domains you have in your account (so long as those .cyou domain matches are available for registration). More specifically, if you owned dynadot.xyz and this promotion was running, you could get dynadot.cyou at a lower price—or even occasionally for free! These promotions won't always be available, but you can discover any domain matches available on your account control panel on the ‘Summary’ page, so keep an eye out!
Unser domain bundle promotions allows users to get bundle deals for multiple domain names under separate TLDs. This lets users acquire domain names for deep discounts for a group set of TLDs, making it a valuable method of building a portfolio or expanding a brand’s TLD repertoire. These domain bundles can also be found in your account control panel in the ‘Summary’ area, or be found when searching for a domain under a TLD included in a bundle.
Note: There may be times where there are no domain matches or bundles available. Check your account control panel for more information.
Website Builder Updates
This quarter we’ve made numerous updates to our Website-Builder tools to expand on existing functionality while making user interface adjustments to improve overall user experience.
Website Builder Calendar Tool
Our website builder now has an integrated calendar tool that allows you to add an interactive calendar to your website. This tool allows users to create events to display on a calendar or even allow website visitors to schedule appointments. This can help your audience keep track of important upcoming dates you want to highlight or let users engage with your business to set up meeting times. This tool is available for Pro plan users, and you can find information on how to set up a calendar here.
Automatic Checkpoints for Pro Sitebuilder
While we do offer manual backups for our website builder, occasionally users have requested the ability to restore their website after deleting content. Previously, automatic backups didn’t exist but now our pro plan includes automated backups on a daily basis, allowing users to restore their website within certain timeframes if required.
Sitebuilder Language Options
Users can now toggle the website builder editor’s language at the bottom of our website builder editor, making it easier for users fluent in other languages to user our tools.
Unsplash and Pexel Stock Image Integration
If you’re constantly sourcing new images for your website using your existing library, it’s always helpful to expand your search for new options. With this update, we’ve connected with Unsplash and Pexel to allow you to access their free stock image library. This can be incredibly helpful when trying to source great images to fit directly with your website and design. You can access these stock image libraries from the ‘Image’ tool in our website builder tool library.
Sharable Preview Page
Lastly, we’ve added a way for users to share their website builder preview when assembling their website. This can be helpful when you’re collaborating with a team and you want to share the progress of development or get someone else's thoughts on your website while adjustments are being made.
Other Changes
Along with the larger changes listed above, we’re always looks to make smaller quality-of-life adjustments to our existing services. Here are some highlights of these adjustments from the Q3 of 2024.
Site Speed Test Toolbar
To help our users gauge website performance and improve their user experience, we’ve added a tool that allows Dynadot users to do a health scan on any of their domains. This tool will evaluate the load time on their domain name, giving an indication of its performance at a glance.
Include / Exclude Filter for Name Servers
We’ve implemented a new filtering option to include and exclude domains in your account based on Name Server settings. You can find these options under ‘Filters’ on your ‘Manage Domains’ page.
Renewal Upon Transfer Status
Not all domain transfers are alike! While most domains offer a 1-year renewal upon transfer, some don’t provide any renewal. While this information is available on our domain transfer page, to make this more transparent, we’ve added this information to our individual top-level domain pages in the ‘Domain Information’ section. This way you’ll know what’s you’ll receive upon renewal.
TLD-specific Default Contract Records
Upon request, we’ve added new functionality to allow for TLD-specific contract records to be set. This means that when a domain is registered under certain domain extensions, you’ll be able to set their default contract records automatically, rather than having to manually switch them after the registration has been complete. You can find these settings under the ‘My Domains’ -> ‘Domain Defaults’ section of the user control panel.
Bankwire New Currencies (EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD)
For users that use bankwire payouts, we’ve added four new currencies that can be used when doing a sales payout or account balance payout: EUR, GBP, CAD, and AUD.
That conclude the larger list of updates from Q3 of 2024! As mentioned, if you have any requests you’d like to see us make on our platform, reach out to our team by submitting a feature request found under the 'Support' dropdown menu on our website. Our team is always monitoring submitted suggestions!