Blog Articles
Ting offers: Updated for BYOSD
Great news! We’ve updated the backend of Ting Offers to now include customers who bring their own Sprint device to Ting; including phones purchased through Glyde. Previously customers who chose those options didn’t receive an account credit and the resellers who referred them didn’t receive credit for the account. As of Monday, we’ve updated the […]
The platform: Key to the toasting sector’s future
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in a series of guest posts by Phil Shih, founder of Structure Research. The hosting business is young and has a bright future ahead of it. But the market is getting tougher and big names like Amazon, Google and Microsoft are circling the sector. What can hosters do to […]
Beware of DNS services "invoices"
A company by the name of DNS Services Corporation is apparently sending out letters to domain registrants that look very much like an invoice for DNS services. They are likely scraping public WHOIS records to get the names and addresses of registrants to do this. Like the Domain Registry of America (DROA) and Domain Registry […]
Q1 2013 domain promotions
2013 is here, and that means new domain promotions to tell you about. We’re streamlining our promotions program this year to make things easier for you. We’ll be announcing promotions quarterly, and each promotion will usually run the duration of that quarter. We’ll do our best to get the word out about upcoming promotions a […]
A review of 2012 at OpenSRS
It has been a busy year at OpenSRS, so I thought I’d take the time to look back at some of the highlights. ccTLDs We bought epag in 2011, helping us add over 100 new second and third-level extensions to our portfolio. But doing so took plenty of development and time incorporating them into OpenSRS, making […]
Making reseller support better
We’re working on making Reseller Support better. That’s pretty easy to say, right? I know I’ve said it to resellers myself when I’ve talked to some of you at trade shows, or on the phone. It’s also pretty easy for you to respond with, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” or something similar. That’s […]
goMobi v1.8 to be released on December 17, 2012
On December 17, 2012, goMobi plans to release v.18 of the goMobi mobile website service. Like all goMobi releases, there’s nothing you need to do as a reseller or goMobi customer. New features will automatically show up for all users on the release date as goMobi updates the application on its servers. New features Version […]
Announcing taste of Ting
One of the biggest requests we’ve heard from potential Ting resellers is an interest in trying out Ting before recommending it to clients. We think that’s a great idea! We now have 35 HTC EVO 4G LTE phones to ship out for a 30-day trial. We’re even including a $25 service credit to help you […]
Verisign and the US Department of Commerce – our take
This morning, it was announced that Verisign and the US Department of Commerce had come to an agreement that allows Verisign to continue to operate the .com domain for another six years. What was missing from that contract was the hot topic of conversation this morning – Verisign no longer has the right to four […]
New webmail transition update
It’s been about three weeks since all users of OpenSRS Email Service were moved to the latest version of our webmail application. Since the switchover, we’ve heard some great feedback from you and your customers. We know from experience that users are generally resistant to change, so we always go into these webmail upgrades with […]
