02 Sep 10 Integrating the Storefront features with your website
If you already have a website entertaining your existing clients, Gossimer even allows you to integrate the essential Storefront features with your website, enabling your Customers and Sub-resellers to access all your products and services via your website.
All you have to do is copy the script for the feature that you wish to integrate, and paste it to your site. The major features that you would wish to integrate are listed here.
You can integrate Customer Login as well as Reseller Login with your website. You need to put in the following code to integrate the Login with your Website –
action=_quot;https://www.foundationapi.com/servlet/AuthenticationServlet_quot; name=”LoginForm”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”redirectpage” value=”null”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”currenturl” value=”http://<Your Branded URL>“>
<input type=”hidden” name=”pid” value=”<Your Reseller Id>“>
<input type=”text” name=”username” value=”" size=”30″>
<input type=”password” name=”password” size=”30″>
<input type=”hidden” name=”role” value=”<role>“>
<input type=”submit” value=”Login” class=”submit”> </form>
<Your Reseller Id> - You can get your Reseller Id from your Control Panel by going to Settings -> Personal Information -> Primary Profile. Here the first field is the Reseller Id, the value of which you need to put in here.
<role> - If you are integrating Reseller Login, then you need to put in role as Reseller and if you want Customer Login, then put the role as Customer.
Integrating New Domain Purchase [Check Availability] Tool with your website
The steps for buying a New Domain Name are as follows:
1. Checking Domain Availability
2. Filling the Domain Order Form
3. Payment Process
4. Actual Registration
Of these steps, you can choose to have the Check Availability box at your end on your website or on the Reseller Storefront Server.
In order to directly link to the Check Availability page use the link below -
http://<#YOUR BRANDED URL#>/servlet/CheckAvailabilityServlet?actionkey=add
Replace <#YOUR BRANDED URL#> in the above URL with your Branded URL, which you can find at Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL, in your Reseller Control Panel. This will bring up the Check Availability box from where any of your Customers can start placing an Order for a Domain Name.
If, however, you wish to have the Check Availability box on your server as a part of your website, you can use either of the Check Availability form codes given below.
<form name=”ChkAvailForm” action=_quot;http://<#YOUR BRANDED URL#>/servlet/CheckAvailabilityServlet” method=”get”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”suggestalternatives” value=”true”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”validatenow” value=”true”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”actionkey” value=_quot;add_quot;_gt;_lt;br_gt;
<p align=”center”>www.<input name=”domainname” value=”" size=”20″><br>
<select name=”tld”><br>
<option value=”.biz”>.biz</option><br>
<option value=”.info”>.info</option><br>
<option value=”.com” selected>.com</option><br>
<option value=”.net”>.net</option><br>
<option value=”.org”>.org</option><br>
<option value=”.us”>.us</option><br>
<option value=”.name”>.name</option><br>
<option value=”.in”>.in</option><br>
<option value=”.co.in”>.co.in</option><br>
<option value=”.net.in”>.net.in</option><br>
<option value=”.org.in”>.org.in</option><br>
<option value=”.firm.in”>.firm.in</option><br>
<option value=”.gen.in”>.gen.in</option><br>
<option value=”.ind.in”>.ind.in</option><br>
</select><br>
<br><br>
<input type=”submit” value=”Check”><br>
</form>
OR
<form name=”ChkAvailForm” action=_quot;http://<#YOUR BRANDED URL#>/servlet/CheckAvailabilityServlet” method=”post”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”suggestalternatives” value=”true”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”validatenow” value=”true”><br>
<input type=hidden name=”actionkey” value=_quot;add_quot;_gt;_lt;br_gt;
<p align=”center”>www.<input name=”domainname” value=”" size=”20″><br>
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”com”>.com
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”net”>.net
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”org”>.org
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”info”>.info
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”biz”>.biz
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”us”>.us
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”name”>.name
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”.in”>.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”co.in”>.co.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”net.in”>.net.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”org.in”>.org.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”firm.in”>.firm.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”gen.in”>.gen.in
<input type=checkbox name=”tld” value=”ind.in”>.ind.in
<br><br>
<input type=”submit” value=”Check”><br>
</form>
Integrating the Domain Name Transfer Link with your website
If any Customer of yours wishes to Transfer their Domain Name from their Current Registrar to us, you can simply point them to the below link or you can have this link on your Website. Replace <#YOUR BRANDED URL#> WITH Your Branded URL [in your Reseller Control Panel go to Settings -> Branding -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL]:
http://<#YOUR BRANDED URL#>/servlet/CheckAvailabilityServlet?&actionkey=transfer.
Integrating the Whois Lookup tool on your website
You can integrate the Whois Lookup into your website in two ways:
In order to directly link to the Whois Lookup page use the link below. Replace <#YOUR BRANDED URL#> WITH Your Branded URL, available at Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL, in your Reseller Control Panel.
http://<#YOUR BRANDED URL#>/whois?
If however you wish to have the Whois Lookup box on your server as a part of your website, you can use the Whois Form code given below. Substitute <#YOUR BRANDED URL#> with your Branded URL.
<form name=”WhoisForm” action=_quot; http:// <#your BRANDED URL#>/servlet/WhoisServlet” method=”get”>
<input name=”domainname” value=”">
<br>
<input type=”submit” value=”Whois Lookup”>
</form>
The StoreFront is now DEPRECATED and will be removed shortly. All Resellers are encouraged to stop using the Storefront and begin using the new powerful SuperSite and PartnerSite.
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02 Sep 10 Add / Modify 2Checkout version 1 and/or version 2 Credit Card Gateway
Integration of 2Checkout version 1 and version 2 Credit Card Payment Gateway with your Reseller Account is identical. The Integration process does not involve ANY code writing, and all you need to do is fill up a form specifying your Account Details and Payment Collection preferences.
Before you Start
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You need to ensure that you are an 2Checkout Merchant. You can signup for a Merchant Account from – https://www2.2checkout.com/2co/signup
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Setup the Return URL within your 2Checkout Merchant Account
a. Login into your 2Checkout Merchant Account
b. Click on the 7. Setting Up Your Site. link
c. Scroll down to the Optional Parameters section and click on the link under Click here
d. Set both your Pending and Approved URLs as:http://<Your_Control Panel_Branded_URL>/reseller/paymentgateway/generic/PostFormGateway.jsp?PGNAME=2checkout
* You need to replace <Your_Control Panel_Branded_URL> with the URL you have set within your Reseller Control Panel under Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL.
e. Click on the Save Changes button to submit these changes.
Submit your Account Details and Preferences to us
1. Login into your Reseller Control Panel from
2. Click on the Settings -> Finance & Billing -> Payment Gateway -> List / Add
3. Click on the Add Payment Gateway button and then on either the Add a 2Checkout Credit Card Gateway or Add a 2Checkout Version 2 Credit Card Gateway link, depending upon the version of your 2Checkout Merchant Account.
4. Enter the following 2Checkout Details and save your changes by clicking on the Submit button
Gateway Name - This Gateway Name would be shown to your Customers / Sub-Resellers, when they are about to make Payment. You can use something like “Credit Card Payment” or “Visa/Master Card” etc.
Vendor Id - The Vendor Serial Number assigned by 2Checkout when you create a Merchant account with them.
Secret Word - The security code (word) for your Merchant Account with 2Checkout.
Currency – Currently we allow 2Checkout to charge your Customers / Sub-Resellers only in US Dollar (USD).
Currency Exchange Rate – If the Currency you selected in the previous option varies from your Selling Currency, we will have to convert the Invoice Value to the 2Checkout Currency, BEFORE we send your Customer to 2Checkout. For this purpose the system needs a exchange rate between the two.
You may choose to maintain this exchange rate yourselves or let us maintain it for you. We download forex rates on a daily basis from a recognized source and update exchange rates for you. If however you wish to update the rates yourselves then you may do so by selecting the I would like to Maintain the currency exchange rate myself checkbox AND entering your own conversion rates.
Select the types of CREDIT CARD that your Merchant Account Supports: You need to select the types of Credit Card that are supported by your 2Checkout Merchant Account. The credit card types available are – Visa, Master, Amex, Discover, Diners Card and JCB. You can also decide the sequence in which you want your Customers / Sub-Resellers to view these Card types.
Payment Gateway Access Level for Customers and Sub-Resellers – Click here to know more about Payment Gateway Transaction types and Access Levels for your Customers and Sub-Resellers >>
Deciding whether a Sub-Reseller and Customer is Credited with the Gross Amount or Net – Your Bank and 2Checkout deducts a fee on a per transaction basis. There are two types of Transactions that can pass through your 2Checkout integration – Invoice/Debit Note Payment, and Add Funds. Click here to know more about Payment Gateway Transaction types and Access Levels for your Customers and Sub-Resellers >>
In case of an Add Funds Transaction, you have the option of crediting your Customers/Sub-Resellers with the NET Amount that 2Checkout credits you with, or choose to credit them with the gross funds and bear the charges yourselves. The NET Amount is calculated by subtracting the per transaction charges from the Transaction Amount. The per transaction charges are calculated by adding the Total Fixed fee charged per transaction and the Total Variable fee charged per transaction.
Total Fixed fee charged per transaction for your merchant account (Per Transaction Fixed Fee charged by your Bank + Per Transaction Fixed Fee charged by the 2Checkout Credit Card Gateway) - Enter the total fixed fee that is charged per transaction in the given textbox. This information is primarily used to calculate the Net Amount that your merchant account is credited with, if you choose to credit your customer / sub-reseller with the Net Amount in an Add funds Transaction. Your bank and/or your gateway may be charging you a different amount of fixed fee per transaction for different credit card types e.g. a certain fixed fee per transaction for Visa cards and a different fixed fee for American Express cards. In case, the amount of fixed fee is different per credit card type, then enter the highest amount of fixed fees charged per transaction to your account e.g. if the total fixed fee for Visa Cards is 25 cents per transaction and the total fixed fee for American Express cards is 30 cents per transaction, then enter 0.30 in the textbox. If there is no fixed fee charged per transaction then enter 0.
Total Variable fee charged per transaction for your merchant account - Enter the total variable fee that is charged per transaction in the given textbox. This information is primarily used to calculate the Net Amount that your merchant account is credited with, if you choose to credit your customer / sub-reseller with the Net Amount in an Add funds Transaction. Your bank and/or your gateway may be charging you a different amount of variable fee per transaction for different credit card types e.g. a certain variable fee per transaction for Visa cards and a different variable fee for American Express cards. In case, the amount of variable fee is different per credit card type, then enter the highest amount of variable fees charged per transaction to your account e.g. if the total variable fee for Visa Cards is 2.50% per transaction and the total variable fee for American Express cards is 3.00% per transaction, then enter 3.00 in the textbox. If there is no variable fee charged per transaction then enter 0.
IMPORTANT
If you have selected to credit a Customer/Sub-Reseller with the Net Amount in an Add Funds transaction, then you must submit either a Fixed Transaction fee (greater than 0) or a Variable Transaction fee (greater than 0).
Send me a Reminder if a transaction is pending for more than x days – In case you have not yet accepted a payment sent to you via the 2Checkout Payment Gateway, you can get e-mail reminders sent across to you from our system, after every x number of days, until you either Approve or Decline these payments. Click here to know how to Approve / Decline Payment Gateway transactions >>
Display Position – If you plan on adding Multiple Gateways you can select the position in which you wish to display this Gateway on your Payment Page.
IMPORTANT
The SuperSite contains information about the various Payment options you offer to your Customers and also presents these options at the time of purchasing Products and Services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite Server. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Payment Preferences. Click here to know what is SuperSite >>
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02 Sep 10 Login Details for Company Users
Your Company Users can login into their respective Control Panels from your Branding URL, followed by their Role [Support/Billing/Sales], as explained below:
Support User Login URL – http://<YOUR_BRANDED_URL>/support
Billing User Login URL – http://<YOUR_BRANDED_URL>/billing
Sales User Login URL – http://<YOUR_BRANDED_URL>/sales
You can retrieve your Branded URL from your Reseller Admin Control Panel -> Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL. Please read to learn more about managing your Branded URL.
Tags: Admin Control Panel, Amp, http, Login Details, Lt, Storefront, Url
02 Sep 10 Adding Sub-Resellers
Both the procedures are explained below -
I. Your Sub-Reseller visits your Storefront and can go to Resellers -> Signup and fills the Sub-Reseller Signup form.
II. You can also signup on behalf of your Sub-Reseller from your Reseller Control Panel by going to, Sub-Resellers -> Add.
Tags: Reseller Account, Reseller Control Panel, Reseller Signup, Resellers, Storefront
01 Sep 10 Adding a Customer
For any Customer to be operational under your Reseller Account. You would have to first get the Customer to signup under you. You can either have Customers signup themselves from your Storefront page or you can even explicitly Add customers to your Reseller Account. Please go through other Answers in this kb to know more about Customers.
Both the procedures are explained below -
I. Your Customer visits your SuperSite and clicks on Link for Customers Signup and fills the Customer Signup form.
II. You can also signup on behalf of your Customer from your Reseller Control Panel by going to, Customers -> Add.
Tags: Customer Signup, Reseller Account, Reseller Control Panel, Storefront, Supersite
20 Aug 10 Can I display the ICANN logo on my Storefront/ website?
The term ICANN Accredited Registrar and the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo, are trademarks owned solely by the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers [ICANN]. The use of these marks is permitted to only its accredited Registrars.
You can not use these Trademarks as well as any term, phrase, or design which is confusingly similar to the Trademarks or any portion of the Trademarks, without the explicit approval of ICANN.
Violation of the above will be considered as a breach of the Terms of Usage of OrderBox under the Reseller Master Agreement you have signed with Gossimer.
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20 Aug 10 Integrate your Website’s Login Form with the Control Panel
If you want to display a login box on your website from where your Customers and Sub-Resellers can login into their respective Control Panels, then you may integrate the following form on your website:
<form method=”POST”
action=_quot;https://www.foundationapi.com/servlet/AuthenticationServlet_quot; name=”LoginForm”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”redirectpage” value=”null”>
<input type=”hidden” name=”currenturl” value=”http://<Your Control Panel Branded URL>“>
<input type=”hidden” name=”pid” value=”<Your Reseller Id>“>
<input type=”text” name=”username” value=”" size=”30″>
<input type=”password” name=”password” size=”30″>
<input type=”hidden” name=”role” value=”<role>“>
<input type=”submit” value=”Login” class=”submit”>
</form>
<Your Control Panel Branded URL> – Here you need to put your Branded URL, you can check the same from your Reseller Control Panel by going to Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL. Here you can either use the Partially Branded URL or the Fully Branded URL. Click here to learn how to Brand your Control Panel URL >>
<Your Reseller Id> - You can get your Reseller Id from your Control Panel by going to Settings -> Personal Information -> Primary Profile. Here the first field is the Reseller Id. You need to put this number in place of <Your Reseller Id>.
<role> - If you are integrating Sub-Reseller Login, then you need to put in role as “reseller” and if you want to integrate your Customer Login box, then put the role as “customer”.
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20 Aug 10 How can I customize the URL for my Storefront and Control Panels?
IMPORTANT
The Storefront is now DEPRECATED and will be removed shortly. All Resellers are encouraged to stop using the Storefront and begin using the new powerful SuperSite and PartnerSite. This guide should ideally be used for branding your Control Panel URLs only. Click here to review the SuperSite and PartnerSite Guide >>
Gossimer allows you to have Branded URLs for your Storefront and Control Panels. You may either use Partially Branded or Fully Branded URLs to develop your Reseller business with us. Fully Branded URLs allow you to have complete anonymity from Gossimer.
IMPORTANT
The fully branded URL of your Storefront and Control Panels can not be the same, as that of your SuperSite or PartnerSite. You must create different branded URLs for these interfaces, in order to have the SuperSite, PartnerSite as well as your Storefront and Control Panels functional at all times.
Partially Branded Storefront and Control Panel URLs
Upon signing up as a Reseller of Gossimer, our system automatically generates Partially Branded URLs for your Storefront and Sub-Reseller and Customer Control Panels. Your Partially Branded URLs are of the form – http://prefix.myorderbox.com. The prefix can be modified to your liking as long as it is not being used by another Reseller in our system. Ideally, this prefix should be your Company Name or your Brand Name.
Once you have decided on your prefix, you would have to submit the same within your Reseller account, by following the below mentioned steps:
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Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller
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Click on Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL.
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Click on Set your Partially Branded URL Prefix
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Here enter your chosen prefix. On clicking on Update, the prefix would be assigned to you. In case this prefix is not available, you would have to select another prefix.
IMPORTANT
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If upon changing your prefix, you wish to revert to the same, you may do so by following the process outlined above. However, this modification is only possible within 30 days of making the change.
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Even after your Partially branded prefix is changed, the old prefix cannot be used by anyone else except you for a period of 30 days. After 30 days, however, the prefix would become available for anyone to utilize.
Fully Branded Storefront and Control Panel URLs
Besides Partially Branded URLs, you can point your own domain name to our servers and use those as your Fully Branded Storefront and Control Panel URLs. Gossimer allows you to have as many Fully Branded URLs as you wish. However, you would have to create an Address Record for each of the URL you select. However, please be aware that your selected Fully Branded URL cannot be of the form mybrandname.com/font/index.html>
Thus, if you have the Partially Branded URL in the form http://mybrandname.myorderbox.com and you want the Fully Branded URL as http://www.mybrandname.com, then you would have to create an Address Record for www.mybrandname.com pointing to 67.15.47.4.
Besides creating individual Address Records for each Fully Branded URL, you would have to submit the same within your Reseller account as well. Follow the steps mentioned below to accomplish this:
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Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
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Click on Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> URL.
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Click on Storefront URL.
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Here mention your primary Fully Branded Storefront URL besides Storefront Fully Branded URL and click on Update. This URL would automatically be used by our system within emails sent to your Customers and Sub-Resellers.
You may also submit Additional URLs in the text box underneath.
IMPORTANT
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Upon submission of your Fully Branded Storefront URL, you will notice that under Control Panel URLs section, your Fully Branded Control Panel URLs for your Sub-Resellers and Customers, are automatically generated and displayed.
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Even though you have created your Fully Branded Storefront and Control Panel URLs, your Partially Branded URLs would continue to function. You may always rely on these, in case your Fully Branded Storefront and Control Panel URLs develop any issue.
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Without creating appropriate Address Records for your Fully Branded Storefront URLs, your branded URLs will not function, even though you may have submitted them within your Reseller account.
Tags: Amp, Anonymity, Brand Name, Customer Control, Gossimer, Liking, Reseller Account, Reseller Business, Reseller Control Panel, Resellers, Storefront, Supersite, www.mybrandname.com
19 Aug 10 Specifying your Sign Out URL
As an addition to the Branding provided by Gossimer, you would now be able to specify the Sign Out Page for your Customers and Sub-Resellers. Your Customers and Sub-Resellers would be re-directed to this particular page when they Sign Out from their Control Panel.
Follow the steps mentioned below to specify your Sign Out URL for your Customers and Sub-Resellers -
1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from .
2. Go to Settings -> Storefront & Control Panel -> Sign Out URL.
3. Here you can specify separate Sign Out URLs for your Customers and Sub-Resellers.
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17 Aug 10 How do I change the URLs of my SuperSite and PartnerSite?
Gossimer provides you with Partially Branded URLs for your SuperSite and PartnerSite. You can choose to direct visitors to your SuperSite to this URL. Alternatively, you can maintain complete anonymity from Gossimer, by setting up a fully branded URL.
The fully branded URL of your SuperSite can not be the same as that of your PartnerSite, or your Storefront. You must create different branded URLs for these interfaces, in order to have the SuperSite, PartnerSite as well as your Storefront functional at all times.
Follow the process mentioned below to set your branded URLs:
Partially Branded URLs
By default, you have a Partially Branded URL of the form – http://<prefix>.supersite.myorderbox.com. Now, you can select the prefix of your choice. Ideally it should be your Company Name or your Brand Name. You would then have to submit your selected prefix from your Control Panel. Follow the process outlined below to change the prefix:
- Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
- In the Control Panel you need to go to Settings -> SuperSite and PartnerSite -> URL
- Scroll down to the Partially Branded URL Settings section. Here, you need to enter your selected prefix. On submitting the same, the prefix would be assigned to you, and would be common to all your partially branded URLs, i.e. SuperSite URL, PartnerSite URL, Control Panel URL, etc.In case this prefix is not available, you would have to select another.
- Even after your partially branded prefix is changed, the old prefix cannot be used by anyone else except you for a period of 30 days. After 30 days, however, the prefix would become available for anyone to utilize.
- If upon changing your prefix, you wish to revert to the same (within this 30 day period), you may do so by following the process outlined above.
Fully Branded URLs
Besides partially Branded URLs, you can point your own URLs to our servers and use those as your Fully Branded URLs. Gossimer allows you to have as many Fully Branded URLs as you wish; however, you would have to create the relevant DNS Record for each of the URL you select.
Setting up your Fully Branded SuperSite URL
This involves the following two steps -
Adding relevant DNS record If you have the partially Branded SuperSite URL in the form http://mybrandname.supersite.myorderbox.com and wish to set your fully Branded SuperSite URL as http://products.mybrandname.com, you need to create a CNAME record for products.mybrandname.com to point to partially Branded SuperSite URL mybrandname.supersite.myorderbox.com. The CNAME record would be products.mybrandname.com IN CNAME mybrandname.supersite.myorderbox.com Click here to read how to create a CNAME record >> However, if you wish to point mybrandname.com also to your SuperSite, the process would be slightly different. You need to buy Domain Forwarding for mybrandname.com and point it to products.mybrandname.com, with the URL Masking option enabled. Click here to read about Domain Forwarding service >> This is because if you create a CNAME record for mybrandname.com, you would not be able to use mybrandname.com for email purposes. In other words, it is not possible to have a CNAME record for mybrandname.com and at the same, use mybrandname.com for email purposes. If you wish to have your fully Branded SuperSite URL as http://mybrandname.com and would also like to create email addresses of the type example@mybrandname.com, you need to use the Domain Forwarding option instead of a CNAME record.
- Setting the URL within the Control Panel Follow the process outlined below to enter your fully Branded SuperSite URLs through the Control Panel -
- Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
- In the Control Panel you need to go to Settings -> SuperSite and PartnerSite -> URL.
- Click on SuperSite URL.
- Here, you will be prompted to enter the fully Branded URL which you intend to use for your SuperSite.
- Next, you may specify any additional URLs you wish to point to your SuperSite. However, for each of these you would have to create a separate CNAME record pointing to Gossimer Servers as created for the Primary SuperSite URL.
- Click on Update.
Setting up your Fully Branded PartnerSite URL
This involves the following two steps -
- Adding relevant DNS record If you have the partially Branded URL in the form http://mybrandname.myorderbox.com and wish to set your fully Branded PartnerSite URL as http://some-name.mybrandname.com, you need to create an A record for some-name.mybrandname.com to point to 67.15.184.29. The A record would be -some-name.mybrandname.com IN A 67.15.184.29
IMPORTANT67.15.184.29 is the actual IP address to which the A record for the fully Branded PartnerSite URL needs to be mapped.
- Setting the URL within the Control Panel Follow the process outlined below to enter your fully Branded PartnerSite URLs through the Control Panel -
- Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
- In the Control Panel you need to go to Settings -> SuperSite and PartnerSite -> URL.
- Click on PartnerSite URL.
- Here, you will be prompted to enter the fully Branded URL which you intend to use for your PartnerSite.
- Next, you may specify any additional URLs you wish to point to your PartnerSite. However, for each of these you would have to create a separate A record pointing to Gossimer Servers as created for the Primary PartnerSite URL.
- Click on Update.
IMPORTANTThe SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about your Partially/Fully Branded SuperSite and PartnerSite URLs. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and stored on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Therefore, after making any change to the SuperSite or PartnerSite URLs, you would need to refresh cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite & PartnerSite Reseller Branding.
Tags: Anonymity, Biz, Brand Name, DNS, Domain Forwarding, Gossimer, http, Lt, Prefix, Reseller Control Panel, Servers, Storefront, Supersite, Tho, Urls
15 Aug 10 What is the Storefront?
The StoreFront is now DEPRECATED and will be removed shortly. All Resellers are encouraged to stop using the Storefront and begin using the new powerful SuperSite and PartnerSite. Click here to review the SuperSite and PartnerSite Guide >>
Gossimer provides you a complete Storefront with your Reseller account, from where your Customers may order various Services that you sell. The Storefront is completely customizable. You can modify the look and feel, point your own URL to and modify content of the Storefront.
All you have to do now is link to the Storefront from your website and start selling.
The above image shows you how your sample Storefront would look like. You can customise almost every area of this Storefront as shown above. You simply need to direct your Customers and Sub-Resellers to your Storefront. Your Customers and Sub-Resellers can access various functionalities of the Storefront and their respective Control Panels from here.
Tags: Functionalities, Gossimer, Look And Feel, Reseller Account, Resellers, Storefront, Supersite
13 Aug 10 Transferring your .UK Domain Name
Before proceeding with the Transfer of your .UK Domain Name, you are advised to first confirm if your Domain Name can be Transferred. Click here to read more >>
- Inter-Registrar Transfer of a .UK Domain Name does not include one year Renewal.
- Transfer of a .UK Domain Name from another Registrar to Gossimer is a non-billable action.
The process of Transferring a .UK Domain Name from another Registrar is slightly different compared to the process for Domain Names under other extensions. In case of a .UK Domain Name, the inbound Transfer needs to be initiated at the Current Registrar’s end.
Once you have determined whether your .UK Domain Name can be Transferred, you need to follow the process mentioned below:
- Initiate the Transfer at the Current Registrar with whom you are managing your .UK Domain Name.
You need to provide a Tag in order to initiate the Transfer. Contact our Technical Support Team at support@gossimer.com to know the Tag.
- A notification will be sent to the Registrant Email Address once Gossimer receives a notification about the Transfer from the .UK Registry.
- This email will contain a Security Key associated with the Domain Name that you have Transferred.
IMPORTANT
- The Security Key needs to be kept confidential.
- In case the Registrant has not received any notification containing the Security Key, you can contact support@gossimer.com and request for the Security Key to be re-sent.
- In case the Registrant has received multiple notifications related to the Transfer, the Security Key listed in the latest email needs to be used.
- Transfer Request for .UK Domain Names cannot be placed from the Storefront/within the Control Panel. Hence, it is advised that you re-direct all purchase related links from within your, your company user’s and your Customer’s Control Panel to your SuperSite URL or your Custom URL (if you have integrated with our platform using our API).
Reference:
Click here to know what is SuperSite >>
Click here to read about API Integration >>
Click here to read how to integrate your Website and Shopping Cart with your Customer Control Panel >>
- The Security Key needs to be kept confidential.
- Login to your Control Panel – Customers – http://manage.gossimer.biz/customer
Resellers – http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller
- In the Control Panel, Customers – go to Domains -> Domain Registration -> Transfer
Resellers – go to Products -> Domain Registration -> Transfer<#end reseller#>Now, enter your .UK Domain Name. You also need to provide the Security Key, which was sent to the Registrant Email Address.
IMPORTANTHere, you will be initiating the final step related to the Transfer of your .UK Domain Name to Gossimer and not a fresh Transfer.
On the next page, you need to provide the Customer Username (Email Address) under whom the Domain Name needs to be placed.
- Submit the details.
You will receive a notification via email from Gossimer, once the Domain Name has been activated under your Control Panel.
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12 Aug 10 Create / Edit a Shop Page
Page Manager allows you to create an entire Ecommerce Shopping Page complete with Shopping Carts and integrated Payment Gateways.
1. Search for the domain name and go to Order Details view to manage your Website Builder package. Click here to learn how >>
2. In the Order Details View, click on the Build Site button to begin designing your website.
3. To create a Shop Page (Storefront), just select the Shop Page radio button in the Choose the type of webpage page, and click Submit. Click here to read in detail about how to change the web page type >>
4. When you begin to create a shop for the very first time, you will automatically be taken to the Shop Settings page, to set the basic details about your shop, before you actually start creating your shop page using the Page Manager.
Shop Settings
The Shop Settings page allows you to set the Payment Gateway details, the Shipping Options, Freight Rates and Tax option for your online shop. When you begin to create a shop for the first time, you will be automatically prompted to enter this information before you actually start creating your shop page using the Page Editor.
Current Payment Gateway & Shipping Fee Option
This section provides the current payment gateway and shipping fee option that has been previously selected by you. This is for your reference only and you may continue with the same settings or modify them as you prefer.
Mode of Receiving Payment
You need to select one of the available payment gateways for receiving online payments from your customers. The available online payment gateway options include Authorize.NET, 2Checkout, Verisign, Paypal or through Email.
Depending on your service provider, some of these options may not be available to you. Your service provider will choose the gateways that they support in their environment. Please contact your service provider for additional details.
Depending on your choice of payment gateway, you will be asked to enter the relevant payment gateway parameters in the subsequent page.
If you choose 2CheckOut, then you will be prompted to enter your 2Checkout Account Number. If you choose Authorize.NET, then you will prompted to enter your Login ID, Transaction Key and your choice of currency. If you choose Paypal, you will be prompted to enter your Paypal Email Address and your choice of Currency. In case you choose Verisign, you will be prompted to enter your Verisign Login Name and the Partner Name. You may also choose to receive your payment offline via email by choosing Email as your Mode of receiving payment.
Shipping Details
You need to select one of the shipment methods from the drop down menu for calculation of shipping charges. The options provided are Flat Fee, Flat fee and Weight Fee, Percentage Total Order, Total Weight, etc.. You can select the No Shipping Charges option also if you decide not to charge any shipping fee.
Unit of Weight
You need to enter the unit of weight for your product like pounds, kilograms etc..
Currency
You need to enter the currency to be used for your shop (USD, Euro, etc.).
Tax Calculation
Enabling this feature ‘Apply Tax’ allows you to levy tax on items that are purchased from the shopping page. Disabling the same turns off the option to levy tax on any of the products purchased.
Once you fill in the above details and submit, the following page loads prompting you to enter the Shipping Fee Details. This is where you enter the actual fee for calculating the shipping charges for your customers.
Once the shipping fee details are submitted, if the ‘Tax Calculation’ option is enabled then this page loads prompting you to enter percentage of tax to be added. This can be fixed at a flat rate or the same can be customized to vary based on State or Status.
IMPORTANTOnly one option can be selected here.
Once you submit this detail, your shop would be all set and ready for you to create the actual online Storefront, which your customers would be visiting. You can visit the Shop Settings page at any time in future to change your fee, currency and freight options.
5. Once you have provided the basic Shop Settings, you can now proceed to create the shop page.
Just click on the shop page layout that is most appropriate to the kind of shop that you want to set up. Once you click, the following page is displayed.
This above page allows you to start adding the details of each of your products that you want to sell online. All the mandatory fields are marked by a *. You need to fill in the details for each product that you want to display on your Storefront, separately.
If a particular product has variations (like size, style, color, weight, flavors, etc.), then you can just fill in the main details for the actual main product and the many product variations thereof as category options for your customer. You can do this by filling in the Field Name, Field Type and No. of Options fields provided at the bottom of the main product details. You can choose between a check box, pull-down menu (or) even a radio button as appropriate for your product. In the No. of Options field, you need to enter the number of variations available for each product field.
This allows your customer to indicate his/her preference by choosing one of pre-defined options that you have set. Example: Suppose you sell shirts, you would fill in the details of Cotton Shirts as one of your main products. And within cotton shirts, you would create Fields (or categories) such as Size, Sleeve, Color, etc. Once you submit all the required information about your product on this page, the following Edit Field Properties page is displayed which allows you to add the predefined value options for each of the field names (categories) that you have chosen.
The values that you enter here will appear as choice options for your online customers when they visit your web page. Once you enter the details, you can preview your product along with the details and options, as it will appear on your final online shop page. If you are satisfied with the design template you can then proceed to either add more products or publish the shop page right away.
Importing data using a CSV file
You will also be able to import data directly from a CSV (comma separated values) file, instead of manually typing in the individual data for each product. To do this, just click on the Import CSV file link available on the top of the Add Product to Shop Page, select and upload the particular CSV spreadsheet file which contains the shop data.
Setting as a Product Catalog page
You will also be able to set your shop page as a product catalog page by checking the Make this a Product Catalog page option available on the top of the Add Product to Shop Page. This option creates a simple catalog page where your users can only view and browse the items in your shop but will not be able to add to cart or purchase the item.
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04 Aug 10 How do I check the Whois for my Domain Name?
After you have registered your Domain Name, you can check the Whois of the same to confirm its Registration, check the Contact Details and Name Servers of the Domain Name. You can use either of the 3 methods mentioned below, to view the Whois of your Domain Name:
I. From the Storefront -
Visit your Storefront at http://manage.gossimer.biz and there go to Domain Names -> Whois
OR
you can simply click here – http://manage.gossimer.biz/whois.jsp.
Here, you would find 2 text boxes. In the first, you would have to, enter the Domain Name in the form domain.com or mydomain.info etc. and not www.domain.com, and in the second box, enter the Security Key, which appears in the image alongside. On submitting this, you can check the Whois of the Domain Name.
II. From your Control Panel -
- Follow the steps mentioned below to view the Whois from your Control Panel -
- Login to your Control Panel:Resellers, do so from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller;
Customers, do so from http://manage.gossimer.biz/customer.
- Customers: Go to Domains -> Domain Registration -> Whois Lookup.Resellers: Go to Products -> Domain Registration -> Whois Lookup.
- Here, you would find 2 text boxes. In the first, you would have to, enter the Domain Name in the form domain.com or mydomain.info etc. and not www.domain.com, and in the second box, enter the Security Key, which appears in the image alongside. On submitting this, you can check the Whois of the Domain Name.
III. From a reliable 3rd party Whois Provider -
When using any third party Whois websites, you need to ensure that you understand the following:
- When verifying the registration details of .com/.net domain names, no 3rd party Whois site will be able to display accurate Whois Details until up to 24 hours after registration. This is so because other Providers need to first query the concerned Registry’s Whois Servers, to acquire the Whois Server URL of the Sponsoring Registrar [before querying the Registrar's Whois Server for complete Whois Details] and the Registry’s Whois Server itself updates its records in that much time.
- When verifying the registration details of any other domain name extension [like .info, .org, .biz, .in, .us], the Registry itself stores all the Registration Details and any 3rd party Whois directly queries the concerned Registry’s Whois Server for such details. Ideally, the Registry’s Whois Server should publish/update this data in every 5 to 10 minutes.
- Most 3rd party Whois sites cache results from previous results of the queried domain names and may misguide you. We would advise you to instead use http://www.drwhois.com, when you wish to have a 3rd opinion of a particular domain name’s registration details.
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