In an effort to give our global resellers more insight into the top-performing domain extensions, for the past year we have been publishing our monthly top 25 new gTLDs results. One year later, we have compiled all the results to see if there are common trends. Here’s what we found in 2015: Consistent performers -.XYZ, […]
You may have heard that many high-profile domain registrars are being targeted by a massive phishing attack against domain owners. We have received reports that some of those attacks are using Tucows branded emails to target some of our resellers and possibly end users all over the world. The fraudulent emails claim that a particular […]
**This post was updated on August 12, 2015 at 12:30 PM EST.** On August 4, 2015 our security team identified and stopped unauthorized access to one of our systems. As a result, we reset all reseller Control Panel and Reseller Web Interface (RWI) passwords. Since then, we have worked 24/7 to complete an extensive investigation […]
One of the benefits of being a reseller is that your registrar takes on the task of working within the domain name regulatory environment for you. Occasionally, however, pertinent issues arise and it is our job to inform and engage you. Currently, there is a working group within ICANN responsible for building a regime to […]
About a year ago we announced that OpenSRS resellers would be able to offer domain names listed on the SedoMLS network. We are now expanding the scope of this partnership and, as of today, OpenSRS is a member of the SedoMLS Premium Partner Network, which means that domain owners can also list domains that they […]
13 months ago, we sold our first new gTLD. Early this morning we hit 100,000. It has been a very interesting journey full of important learnings. I’d be lying if I said we had very clear expectations about performance. We also had no idea about what would perform well. .PHOTOGRAPHY seemed too long to be […]
TRUSTe is discontinuing its service. Effective Feb. 26, 2015, we will be discontinuing TRUSTe Privacy Service and TRUSTe Privacy Service with Seal products. After this date, you will no longer be able to manage, purchase or renew any of these products. In addition, all users will be required to remove any reference to TRUSTe after […]
We all know how much end users like personal domains. Over the years we have seen great success around .ME but .ME is only appealing to English-speaking users. Personalizing the online presence is an appealing idea regardless of what language your customers speak. If you market to Spanish-speaking end users, .SOY is a domain name […]
Google has announced that they have started using HTTPS as a ranking signal. It means that websites that use secure, encrypted connections (SSL) will get a boost in search results. Google’s commitment to making the Internet safer is well known so the change did not come as a surprise to anyone. Google says that they […]
Tucows President and CEO Elliot Noss talks to Antony Van Couvering about new gTLDs, trends, speculation, brand protection and internet governance. View Video Here
