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Storefront: what it is and who it’s for

We just launched Storefront, a turnkey solution that lets you sell domains right from your website and give customers a means to self-manage their accounts. It’s now available for free to all OpenSRS reseller partners—no integration work required. Storefront was designed to meet the needs of agencies, hosting companies, and digital solutions providers who want […]

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Tucows’ response to Log4j vulnerability

Updated – Dec 15, 2021 Last Friday, a critical system vulnerability with Log4j was uncovered that has the potential to result in remote code execution against applications. Since this announcement, Tucows’ Security, Engineering, and Quality Assurance teams have been working around the clock to identify all applications using Log4j and mitigate the identified vulnerability; critical […]

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Tucows’ Director of Domains announces candidacy for inaugural Nominet Registry Advisory Council

Today, Ashley La Bolle, Director of Domains at Tucows, announced her candidacy for the Nominet Registry Advisory Council (RAC). The newly launched RAC was designed to advocate on behalf of Nominet members, giving them a voice in how the .UK TLD registry is run. The council will include six elected Nominet members, with two representatives […]

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What Brexit means for .EU registrants

Last updated: June 2, 2021   On February 1, 2020, the United Kingdom officially withdrew from the European Union, with a transition period that will extend until December 31, 2020. One of the consequences of Brexit is that many UK-based, .EU domain owners will no longer meet the .EU eligibility requirements. On November 20, 2020, […]

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OpenSRS’ response to COVID-19

The health and safety of our customers, partners, and employees are of the highest priority to OpenSRS. With the heightened concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) and the unpredictable nature of the virus, we have taken precautionary steps to reduce its potential impact across our offices globally. We want to assure you […]

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Reaffirming our commitment to combatting DNS abuse

Abuse is a significant problem on the Internet today and, as a provider of Internet infrastructure services, we constantly consider what role we should play in combatting this issue. We actively investigate and respond to reports of abuse, but like other registrars and registries, we’ve been alone in developing our approach—until now. Abuse has been […]

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Meet the new .ORG

.ORG has a new look! It’s the same trusted domain you know and love, but with a new, bold visual identity. We sat down with PIR, the registry behind the .ORG TLD, to learn a little more about their rebrand and how they’re gearing up to make .ORG even more impactful. There are quite a […]

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We’ve refreshed our webmail

As our hosted email service grows, we’re working to continually improve the platform while maintaining high availability. One essential component of our white-label email solution is our Webmail, which resellers can customize and brand as their own. So today, we’re excited to share that we’re launching a new Webmail, with improved workflows and a clean, […]

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Tucows acquires wholesale domain registrar Ascio Technologies

Earlier this morning, our parent company, Tucows Inc. released some exciting news: we’ve officially acquired Ascio Technologies, another wholesale domain registrar that, like OpenSRS, is dedicated to supporting a growing reseller network. OpenSRS and our sister brands, Enom and EPAG, are thrilled to welcome Ascio to the Tucows family. The venture further solidifies Tucows’ position […]

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