Domain transfers between registrars and registrants happen thousands of times every day. You would think that such an ubiquitous process works well, like a well-oiled machine. Unfortunately, ICANN and the ICANN community do not share this view. ICANN has recently concluded a lengthy review process of all the policies that govern domain transfers in the […]
Tucows Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the international wholesale domain reseller channel of Melbourne IT Limited. The acquisition will add hundreds of resellers and approximately 1.6 million domains under management to Tucows’ OpenSRS wholesale domain business. Tucows will not acquire any of Melbourne IT’s operations and the transaction […]
It’s no surprise that people like to shop online. Each year, more and more people choose the convenience of buying and receiving items from the comfort of their own homes. For increased spending seasons like the holidays, this has meant greater opportunity for retailers — from large corporations to independent shops — to be in the […]
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 […]
