New Domain and Transaction interface!
Yesterday we rolled out a bunch of improvements to the domain and transaction pages in order to make domain management a bit more pleasant. These changes are the result of the high quality feedback we received from our early adopters since the beginning of our private beta program.
First, we re-implemented the domain overview page from scratch. We started listing all the information we know about a domain and grouping them into 6 different categories:
- Domain information
- Transaction information
- Whois information
- Network information
- Server information
- Site information
For each category we extracted the most important data you are likely to want to see in the domain overview. Then we designed the dashboard, trying to make it less distracting as possible. The information are provided along with a complementary label and tooltip, whenever necessary.
This is the domain overview page before the changes
and here’s the same page after the changes.
A considerable amount of time has been spent trying to make the transaction feature more helpful.
First, we introduced the concept of domain cost. We already track orders and payment associated to each transaction, so it makes sense to let you know the total amount of money spent for the domain over the years. This information might be really useful when you need to decide whether it’s profitable for you to renew the domain or let it expire.
Along with the total cost, we also display the average cost per transaction, the most expensive and the less expensive operations. Of course, you can click on a value to view the corresponding transaction page.
A chart summarizes the domain costs over the years.
This feature requires you to manually enter the details of each order but, for a little effort, you can have RoboDomain generating a bunch of interesting report. We have some exciting features in our roadmap to help you manage your budget and optimize the costs of your domain portfolio.
There are a bunch of new improvements in this release and we are really excited about it. We’ve been really busy trying to make RoboDomain even more usable and the first feedback looks very promising. We also want to thank you all our beta users which contributed sending us ideas, suggestions and even bug report. Finally, thanks to John Topley for being the unofficial RoboDomain’s English proof-reader.
This is a good start but there are a couple of sections that still needs to be improved. We already planned to reorganize the dashboard and the account page. Also, you probably noticed that I mention 6 data categories while the current overview page only shows two sections. This means, a lot of new features coming in the next few weeks.
In the meantime, we hope you like this new RoboDomain version.
