Blog Articles
Rethinking SSL marketing
I’ve talked in the past about starting the sales process for SSL certificates “upstream” – that is, offering the appropriate certificate to your customer after assessing their needs, rather than immediately going to a lower cost domain validated certificate. You can have a look at that post if you missed it, but the basic premise […]
Holiday hours for Labour Day September 3, 2012
Next Monday, September 3, 2012, is Labour Day here in Canada which means some special hours for a few departments here at OpenSRS. Our Technical Support team continues to be available 24/7 to assist you. Hours by department: Department Dates and Hours Reseller Support Regular hours Payments Email support: [email protected] Compliance Closed September 3rd (Monday) […]
On-demand webinar: hosting industry market overview (mid-2012)
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting a webinar for our resellers with Phil Shih from Structure Research. He gave his “state of the hosting industry” presentation and got us all up to date on the trends that are shaping the industry as we pass the mid-point of 2012. Like all of our webinars, […]
Free webinar with Phil Shih from Structure Research
I’ll be hosting a free webinar this Thursday, August 9 at 11:00 A.M. (EDT) with Phil Shih from Structure Research. If you weren’t at this year’s HostingCon conference in Boston, then this is a great opportunity to get informed and educated about the state of the hosting industry as we move through the second half […]
ccTLDs of the week for August
The ccTLD of the Week promotion continues on with great deals. Here’s what we have planned for August. If you’ve been waiting for a particular ccTLD, let us know in the comments and we’ll see what we can do. Upcoming ccTLDs of the week: ccTLD Dates Details Cost/year .CZ Aug 6-Aug 12 Czech Republic $12/year […]
Holiday hours for the civic holiday, August 6, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012, marks the second long weekend of summer here in Ontario, Canada where the OpenSRS offices are located. In some parts of Canada, the first Monday in August is known as the Civic Holiday. However, in beautiful Toronto, we celebrate the Civic Holiday as Simcoe Day, in honour of John Graves Simcoe, […]
Happy 2nd birthday, .CO!
Last week marked the two-year anniversary of the relaunch of the .CO domain extension. It was July 20, 2010, when .CO officially set its sights on becoming the go-to web address for the world’s entrepreneurs, innovators and next great businesses. Although there was some skepticism as to whether the world needed yet another domain extension, […]
HostingCon 2012: profiting from changes "right of the dot"
Given the mainstream media coverage, chances are you’ve heard of the changes coming to the domain name space over the next two years. Thanks to ICANN’s decision to vastly expand the number of domain name extensions available, there’s a good chance we’ll have an entirely new view of how domain names are used as Internet […]
40+ new ccTLDs added to OpenSRS
We’ve added another batch of ccTLDs to OpenSRS today. That brings the total to well over 100 ccTLDs available for you to sell. Some of the more popular extensions in this round: The full list of TLDs along with pricing can be found on the Available TLDs page of our website. If you haven’t looked […]
Get a year of SiteLock free for your site
Last year we partnered with SiteLock to offer our resellers a great wholesale price on their malware scanning product. Since then, many of you have expressed interest (both enthusiasm and doubt) in the service, the features and the benefits to your clients. So like buying a car, we want you to take SiteLock out for a test […]
