Blog Articles

EPP .IT registrations coming to OpenSRS in January
In late January 2011, we will be transitioning .IT domain registration services in OpenSRS to the Extensible Provisioning Platform (EPP) that the .IT Registry provides. Once that transition is complete, .IT domain registrations will be fully automated in OpenSRS and completed in real-time. No more manual processing or signed documentation will be required. As a […]

Meet the Resellers: Heart Internet
UK-based hosting provider Heart Internet, OpenSRS reseller since 2004, relies on OpenSRS to provide backend solutions for domain name registrations, SSL certificates and new services like goMobi that will help the company maintain the impressive growth rate that places it at the top of the heap in the UK. Co-founders Jonathan Brealey and Tim Beresford […]

goMobi is here try it out for 30 days free
Update: goMobi v1.2 was released in early December. You can find out more about the v1.2 release here. Starting today, you’re able to sell goMobi through OpenSRS. It’s a new service from dotMobi that provides your customers with a simple, inexpensive way to build and host a mobile-ready website that works along with their existing […]

CIRA contest looking for .CA websites making a difference
A few OpenSRSers are at the meshmarketing event held right here in our hometown of Toronto. One of the presenters is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) who are the keepers of the .CA domain extension. Over the past few years, CIRA has doing a ton of work to promote the .CA extension and to […]

Locking .CA domain names
The transition to the new EPP-based registry platform for .CA domains went very smoothly. The last of a couple of minor bugs have now been fixed and everything is back to the new normal for .CA domains. We thank all of our Resellers for their help and patience throughout the transition process. The result is […]

New features and enhancements for OpenSRS email service
We’re just putting the finishing touches on a Fall Release for OpenSRS Email Service. Your users should see these new features and enhancements starting on October 28th, 2010. Here’s what’s happening: Expect to see the new release in the Production Test Environment (PTE) starting on October 21st, 2010. A week later, on October 28th, 2010, […]

CIRA registry transition is underway
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has begun the transition to its new registry platform as of this morning at 9am EDT. We’re keeping a close eye on things over at CIRA and we’re in regular communication with the registry throughout the transition. The CIRA registry is unavailable throughout the 24 hour transition period. That […]

.CA transition update
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is transitioning to a new Registry platform for .CA domains beginning on October 12, 2010. OpenSRS is ready to go, and we expect a successful transition to the new platform along with CIRA. Test environment updated Resellers with API integrations for .CA domains are encouraged to test them using […]

OpenSRS in New York for Web 2.0 Expo
A bunch of us OpenSRS’ers are in the Big Apple this week for the New York edition of the Web 2.0 Expo. We’re bringing the OpenSRS story to New York over the next couple of days. Drop by and say ‘hi’ if you are in the sponsor pavilion – we’re in booth 210. You can’t […]

.AU Domains Now Available through OpenSRS
As of today, you can add .au domains to the ever-growing list of ccTLDs available through OpenSRS. We thought about doing a typical blog post full of Australian references to things we think go on “Down Under” – like putting another shrimp on the barbie, Paul Hogan (aka Crocodile Dundee), lots of happy kangaroos and […]