Passthrough
Gateway SRSIf a Domain Registrar or Reseller is already accredited and has an account on any of the supported registries listed, that service can still be accessed and the domains can be managed directly through Gateway using Passthrough for a small per transaction fee.
The major benefit of Passthrough is a single endpoint for a domain portfolio in terms of codebase and administration.
There are currently a few ZACR, Verisign, Donuts and Registry Africa accredited Registrars making use of Passthrough on Gateway SRS including ICANN Accredited Registrars. We also provide an Escrow Deposit for some of these ICANN Accredited Registrars as part of the service.
Passthrough Setup
You provide your login credentials and the DNS Team will link your Gateway SRS profile. The domains will then be synchronised between the remote registry and the Gateway SRS platform. You can then manage these domains directly in the Gateway SRS Portal, WHMCS module, JSON Api or EPP.
Passthrough Cost
A once off set up fee of $25 will be charged before we start any passthrough set up process. This involves setting up a SSL cert for secure communication with the remote registry, importing the domains and contacts and configuring zone access for passthrough.
After the passthrough service has been set up, there will be an ongoing fee ($0.25) for any transaction taking place through Gateway SRS. It is important to note that you will be billed separately for any Passthrough transactions in Gateway. A transaction can be defined as a renewal or registration (create).
For example, if you renew or create a domain for one year, for e.g. domain.africa or domain.co.za, with your Gateway SRS Account, you will be billed as follows:
Multi-Year Transactions
Should a multi-year create or renewal transaction take place then you will be billed for a Passthrough Fee multiplied by the number of years in the multi-year transaction. For example, a 5 year create will be billed 5 x Gateway passthrough fee + 5 x Registry Fee.
Account Balances
For Passthrough to work seamlessly you will need to maintain at least two or more balances. Balances with each Registry you are currently integrated with and the balance for your Gateway SRS Account.
You will continue receiving your billing invoices and statements from each Registry independently. These transactions are typical domain transactions like creates, renewals, transfers, redemptions, etc. If your balance is insufficient at a Registry, no transactions will be possible via Gateway SRS for any domains with that Registry.
Billing invoices and statements will be available in your Gateway SRS Account for all Passthrough transactions as well as domain transactions for any ccTLDs and gTLDs not set up with Passthrough.
The illustration above indicates the connection via the Gateway SRS to any remote registry we are integrated with.
Passthrough Terms and Conditions
These are specifically covered in the Gateway SRS Standard Terms and Conditions in clauses 6 and 7. Special note should be taken of clause 9.2 which states: "Transactions via Interface. The Customer may only effect Transactions via the Gateway SRS Interface and is specifically prohibited from effecting or attempting to effect Transactions directly with the Registry Operator for the specific Namespace."
It is important to note that we can track domain renewals and creates done on the remote registries which were not performed via the Gateway SRS platform. Should we find users in transgression we can terminate the Passthrough service and user account on Gateway SRS.
To view the Gateway SRS Standard Terms and Conditions, visit the Gateway SRS Integration page in https://portal.gateway.africa and view the 'User Agreement' entry in the "Namespace Activation" subsection.
Watch our YouTube video on Gateway SRS Passthrough:
