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Verisign celebrates 15 million .net registrations
Congratulations are in order as Verisign announced .net has surpassed 15 million registrations, putting it in fourth place behind .com. With more than 110 million .com domains registered, .net is proving itself to be a great alternative that works on a global scale. 15 Facts about .net:

Trustwave premium EV SSL on sale for July
For the month of July, we’re dropping the price on Trustwave’s Premium EV SSL to just $90 per year (from $135). Making it the best-priced EV certificate available from OpenSRS. The reduced price is already reflected in your account. All you have to do is extend a discount to your customers to get more of […]

New OpenSRS status site launches on July 2
We are planning to cutover to the newly updated OpenSRS Status website on Tuesday, July 2. It will be at the same URL as the current site – http://opensrsstatus.com. The new site looks and works better (especially on mobile devices), providing more descriptive updates. You can read about all the improvements and changes in this […]

Q3 domain promotions
Seasons change and so do our quarterly promotions. A bunch of our Q2 promotions wrap up at the end of June, while a couple stick around to join a pair of great new promos starting a two or three-month run. Q3 2013 Promotions .INFO, .MOBI, .TV, .CO and .ME are coming back for Q3 with […]

Announcing the new pick your own ccTLD promotion
Starting today you can choose a special discounted price for new registrations on a ccTLD of your choice for the remainder of the year. Pass the savings on to your customers, enjoy the extra margin or choose something in between. We’ve assembled a list of 22 ccTLDs from all over the world so you’re sure […]

Why your clients need to know about the Trademark Clearinghouse
You’ve heard us talk about new TLDs quite a bit in the recent past, and we promise that there’s even more to come. While the launch of the first new extension is probably still a few months away, there is one thing you should start talking about to your customers now – the Trademark Clearinghouse […]

A new OpenSRS status site is coming soon
Within the next month or two, we’ll be re-launching OpenSRS Status with a new look and a bit of a different way of doing things. Since we launched the site in 2008, our aim with OpenSRS Status has been to provide a one-stop site offering real-time information about the status of the various systems and […]

Meet our reseller: HostingSolutions.it
We’re back with another reseller profile. This time we take a look at one of Italy’s leading hosts, Hosting Solutions. They’ve offered a range of hosting services in the Italian market since 1999. Like many OpenSRS resellers, they provide top-notch customer support combined with quality hosting, all at a fair price. It’s a solid formula […]

An update on new TLDs
Earlier this year, we set up an informational page detailing our position and outlook on the topic of new TLDs. Since then, and particularly since the conclusion of ICANN’s 46th international meeting last month in Beijing, we have received many inquiries from resellers about our plans for this exciting development. As a result, I thought […]

Ting first customer bonus
If you’ve been thinking about promoting Ting to your customers, now is a great time to start because we’ve added a new bonus. When you sign up your first customer to Ting using your Offers referral URL code, your OpenSRS account will be credited a bonus $50. But I know some of you are thinking, […]