Blog Articles
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 […]
Welcome to the ‘new’ OpenSRS
After months in development, we are excited to have finally launched our new website. Thanks to endless pots of coffee and the collaboration of talented individuals, the transition from our old website to the new one, was a success. Everything was redesigned from the ground up with these goals in mind: To provide our customers […]
.UK data quality policy
Nominet, the .UK registry, has introduced a new Data Quality Policy. This policy requires that both the registrant name and address be verified against a third-party data source. For each domain registration or update, Nominet will try to validate the registrant name and address using their own data sources. If Nominet is not able to complete this […]
