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The top 25 new gTLDs for the month of November
.XYZ has taken the number one spot on the top 25 new gTLDs chart for the month of November. This truly generic domain name was followed by consistent performers such as .LINK, .CLUB and .WEBSITE. In addition, November was a great month for geographic based domain extensions – 5 of the top 10 are geographic gTLDs, […]

Protect your brand and enhance your business with new industry-and function-specific gTLDs
This past year, businesses started getting the opportunity to register a variety of domain extensions that relate to specific industries or business functions (such as: .BUSINESS, .EMAIL and .SERVICES to name a few.) This new virtual real estate presents important and exciting opportunities for companies with an online presence. With this ever-growing universe of domain […]

Tips for successfully marketing new gTLDs
As a reseller, you have the opportunity to be on the front lines of marketing new gTLDs when they become available. With so many unique extensions, it can be confusing and overwhelming to try to market all of them effectively. To help you overcome these challenges, we have compiled this list of best practices to […]

User management and permission profiles
The OpenSRS Control Panel now allows you to manage user accounts as well as permission profiles, which gives you full control over the functions your users are able to access. The functionality comes out of the box with 6 profiles we have created for you (presets) but you can easily copy and modify existing ones […]

The top 25 new gTLDs for the month of October
This month, .ROCKS takes the number one spot for the best selling new gTLD for the month of October. View last months results

.SOY offers another alternative to personal domains
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 […]

Are you eligible? gTLDs with special requirements
To ensure your customers are eligible for the names they want, we have composed a list of gTLDs containing special requirements. These special requirements may vary from extension to extension and must be fulfilled by the applicant. Ex. Only residents of New York City can purchase a .NYC extension. We highly encourage you to familiarize […]

Q4 promotions now live
Every quarter, we launch numerous promotions to help resellers save money. We work with different registries to create special pricing on various domain extensions. Depending on which promotion you decide to participate in, sign-up may be required. Feel free to pick and choose a promotion that best fits your business. Available to all resellers, no sign-up required gTLD […]

The top 25 new gTLDs for the month of September
To give our resellers more insight on what’s happening within the new gTLD landscape at OpenSRS, we have compiled a list of our top 25 performing extensions for the month of September.

Do you own yourbrand.host?
From November 18, 2014 until April 30, 2015 when you register your .HOST domain you’ll get it for $39 (regular price is $85). yourbrand.host sounds about perfect, right? If you’re a web hosting company, it sure does. If you own or run any kind of web or cloud hosting, this is a great opportunity to […]