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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, EURid, […]

A great domain for freelancers and entrepreneurs? Try .ME
Today, personal websites function as a calling card that can help your customers showcase an online portfolio, house their resume or blog, and find creative ways to establish their personal brand. .ME is a great option for entrepreneurs, hobbyists, and professionals looking to do any of the above. And as more and more of these […]

Flazio’s white label CMS, SiteBuilderBuilder
Today, we’re highlighting one of our partners, Flazio, an Italian CMS provider that serves customers around the globe. They focus on providing innovative tools and straightforward user experience to enable anyone to create just about any type of website, with specialized templates and tools for a huge scope of end-user niches. Most recently, they launched […]

Bandzoogle: website builder for musicians
The OpenSRS team has enough musically inclined members to form at least two in-house rock bands, so we’re geeking out pretty hard about highlighting Bandzoogle on our blog. The Montreal-based SaaS company calls itself the easiest all-in-one professional website platform for musicians and bands. They target a unique vertical, one that their team is hugely […]

Avoiding COVID-19 cyberattacks with security best-practices
Most of us that work in Tech are familiar with security best practices, but for many people, including your customers, being thrust into working remotely and conducting more daily activity online can bring with it security risks. Now is a great time to support your customers with tips on how to stay secure online and […]

Tucows approaches to COVID related domain registration
From an early point in the current global crisis, it was clear to Tucows that we were going to need to do something new and different in how we responded to COVID-19 related domain registrations. Many of these domains are registered for good, helpful purposes, such as community organization, dissemination of healthcare information, and recording […]

Make money selling .ORG
Missed our .ORG webinar? We’ve got you covered. Below you’ll find a recording of the live presentation as well as links to the downloadable .ORG toolkit and webinar PDF. Watch the .ORG webinar Download your .ORG resources Download the PDF presentation Download the .ORG toolkit

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 […]

Privacy and lawful access to personal data at Tucows
Tucows provides reasonable, lawful access to non-public registration data; this means constantly working to balance the privacy rights of registrants against the rights of third parties, most of which, in our experience, are related to intellectual property rights (90% of all requests). In addition to the usual statistics, this update also includes a deep dive […]

OpenSRS in its early days
OpenSRS turns 20 this month, and we’re lucky enough to have a number of Tucows lifers on staff who built and shaped the brand when it was just a startup, which was before the term startup had really entered the vernacular. They share a lot of nostalgia for this era; though Tucows has grown to […]