.COM will go up by 7% and .NET by 10%.

The increase will be passed to registrars (like HAI Hosting) and then, unfortunately, to customers.

So, as of January 15, we will be forced to raise prices for both .COM and .NET domain name registrations and renewals.

If you want to avoid this price increase, at least for a while, renew your domain name now for a year or more. But, you have to let us know before the end of the day on Friday, January 13, 2012.

If you’d like to read the news article that caught my eye, visit Website Magazine’s Web.com Buys Network Solutions or you can check out what Network Solutions has to say at Web.com to Acquire Network Solutions.

Network Solutions was most people’s registrar of choice when High Aspiratios, Inc. was started back in 1999. I remember all too well the hoops I had to jump through in order to prove to NetSol that my clients were indeed the owners of their own domain names and that they wanted to transfer them away to another registrar.

Luckily, this purchase won’t affect majority of our clients as almost all domains we handle for clients on maintenance are with HAI Hosting, our own host using the Wild West Domains/Go Daddy infrastructure, who we’ve found to be cheaper, provide quicker transfers, and better support.

If any of our clients are worried about their domain names, wonder who they are registered with, or want them transfered away from the unknown of a new Network Solutions owner, just let us know and we’ll take care of it.

High Aspirations, Inc. has been using Fax Thru Email for years and we love it. Since it’s sent via email, we just have it sent to an email alias that is forwarded to the both of us. Not only do we save money on a dedicated fax line, a fax machine, and all that paper – do people still use those rolls? – Marilyn and I both get the fax at the same exact time. And, it’s good for the environment. Who would have thought faxing could go green!

One of our clients has it going to their office staff, who review it, and forward it on to the appropriate staff member for handling. As you can see, it can work however you want it to. Even better, you can receive them on any mobile device that can handle PDFs so your faxes can follow you anywhere.

Visit HAI Hosting for more informaiton on the Fax Thru Email plans available or, if you are a client on maintenance, just give let us know and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have and get you setup whenever you’re ready!

But now, Premium DNS is included free with Premium SSL Certificates!

SSL certificates encrypt customer communications and transactions to keep hackers from stealing sensitive information. But what if a hacker redirects visitors to a fake website? With DNSSEC security – included in Premium DNS – you can secure up to 5 domains, so hackers can’t redirect visitors to fake, malicious sites. Protect your site, your customers, and your good name!

If you are a maintenance client and are interested in adding either Premium DNS, an SSL Certificate, or both, to your site, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help get you set up.

Now, Express Email Marketing is your hub for social marketing too! With the new Social Visibility® feature, you can put email campaigns on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace.

Visit HAI Hosting for more information on Express Email Marketing and Social Visibility.

Since Express Email Marketing is easy to use and no knowledge of HTML is required, this is the perfect product for do-it-yourselfers or clients who want to keep their costs down by running their own email marketing campaigns. If you are a maintenance client, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help get you set up.

What’s the difference between WordPress Hosting and the other hosting plans offered at HAI Hosting? Technically speaking, nothing. The WordPress Hosting plans come with WordPress pre-installed making this a great hosting solution for those do-it-yourselfers out there.

Understood around the world as an abbreviation for “Company,” “Corporation” and “Commerce,” .CO is easy to recognize, simple to remember and flexible to use. .CO registration is open to all and even better, first time registrations are now on sale!

Regularly $29.99, from now until the end of July .CO domain names are just $14.99 – that’s a savings of $15! Now is the perfect time to grab that name you’ve been eyeing even if you aren’t ready to set up a web site for it. Don’t forget, HAI Hosting lets you park or forward for free.

Search for your .CO Domain Name now! Or, if you are an High Aspirations, Inc. client, just let us know and we’ll handle it all for you.

Sale expires July 31, 2011!

Features will include:

• Automated daily scan: Searches over 3,000 vulnerabilities (in forms, links, development code, etc.) that could be used to steal information or infect visitors with malware.
• Fix the threat: The dashboard provides recommendations and a security hotline number to address security issues on your site.
• Trusted site seal: Visitors can click with confidence when they see the Website Protection seal with the most recent “pass” scan date.

The Website Protection Site Scanner will give our clients the opportunity to secure their site even more! High Aspirations, Inc.’s maintenance clients have always relied on us to keep their sites up to date to protect against hackers and catch and clean up any hacking that does get through, but the Website Protection Site Scanner now gives us a chance to protect and prevent hacking of web sites even more!

Watch for more information on this new service coming soon.

If you are one of our maintenance clients, just let us know what you are looking for and we’ll take care of setting everything up for you.

Clients whose sites are on HAI Hosting, can use the following instructions for:

• iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
• BlackBerry
• Android

For devices not listed here, follow these general mobile device instructions.

If you aren’t sure if your site is on HAI Hosting, just check your pop and smtp servers. If they include "secureserver" then you are!

All these links have been added to the Client Section’s Email Setup Tutorials page as well so they will be there when you need them.