If the Registrar or Reseller is already accredited and has an account with domains on any of the supported registries (ZARC, Registry Africa), that service can still be accessed and the domains can be managed directly through Gateway SRS 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.
Passthrough Setup
You provide your ZARC credentials and the DNS Team will link your Gateway SRS profile. The domains will then be synchronised between the remote registry and Gateway SRS. You can then manage these domains online with Web-Rar in the Gateway SRS Portal, WHMCS module, JSON Api or EPP xml using your Gateway SRS account.
Passthrough Costs
There is a fee ($0.25) for any passthrough transaction taking place through Gateway SRS. It is important to note that you will be billed separately for any Passthrough transactions in Gateway SRS.
For example, if you renew or create a domain for one year, for e.g. domain.net.za, with your Gateway SRS Account, you will be billed as follows:
Passthrough Transaction Fee on Gateway SRS + Remote Registry Domain fee (create / renew / transfer / etc.)
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 SRS 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 integrated with.
The illustration above indicates the connection via Gateway to a remote registry we support. Use your existing accreditation with ZARC (username and password) or Registry Africa to manage your domain portfolio. We have existing ICANN Accredited Registrars making use of our Passthrough service on Gateway SRS.
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Posted by Louis Ferreira
