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Preorders for .XXX now available
General Availability (GA) for .XXX is on December 6th and we’re now taking your .XXX GA pre-orders through OpenSRS. You can get more information on how our pre-order queue works at our .XXX launch information page. On December 6th at 16:00 UTC the .XXX registry opens up registrations to anyone, just like any other domain […]
Trustwave MadLocks game update available
An updated version of the very fun and quite popular MadLocks game from Trustwave is available beginning today. You can search for it in the iTunes App Store or use the handy link below to go right there in your browser. MadLocks was originally introduced at HostingCon 2011 and very quickly became a must-have game […]
A Movember that would make Magnum P.I. proud
November is Movember month, an annual fundraising event where participants grow moustaches to raise awareness and funds that will help to eventually bring an end to prostate cancer, the #1 cancer affecting men around the globe. For the youngsters not familiar with Magnum P.I., the actor known as Tom Selleck has played a more recent role as […]
.XXX Landrush starts today
Today the Landrush phase of the .XXX domain extension launch begins. Landrush is a limited-time opportunity for those who didn’t qualify for Sunrise A, but want to secure a valued .XXX domain name and avoid the first-come, first-served risks associated with General Availability. The Landrush period runs for 18 days, starting on November 8, 2011. […]
Take advantage of .ME’s momentum
.ME is on a roll lately. More and more .ME domains are being registered and used around the Internet, including some very high-profile and very visible sites. There are now more than 550,000 .ME domains registered, and hundreds of .ME domains are found on the Alexa Top 100,000 Sites list. With stats like that, it’s […]
.XXX Sunrise extended
Word has leaked out today that the Sunrise A/B phase of the launch of the .XXX domain extension has been unofficially extended beyond today’s original deadline. ICM Registry notified OpenSRS and other registrars of this extension earlier this week but asked that we not officially announce the extension. Instead, they suggested that we should simply […]
Even more choice in SSL with Comodo SSL domain validated certificates
We’ve just added two great new Comodo SSL products to the already extensive lineup of SSL and trust products available through your OpenSRS Reseller account. These two new Comodo SSL Digital Certificates — Comodo SSL and Comodo SSL Wildcard — are exclusive to OpenSRS at launch. Both new products are available today through the Trust […]
A winner in our Trustwave SSL incentive program
We have a grand prize winner to announce in our Trustwave SSL incentive program. Congratulations to Jeff Layton of Tech One Computer Solutions in Pennsylvania, USA. Jeff sold a Trustwave SSL certificate during the promotional period and was the lucky winner of an Apple iPad 2 when we did the drawing earlier this week. Like […]
Holiday hours for Canadian Thanksgiving, October 10
Monday, October 10th, 2011 is Canadian Thanksgiving, which means that our headquarters in Toronto will be operating on holiday hours. Typical Canadians – Always trying to be different For trivia buffs, there’s a really good reason why Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October while Americans wait until November (and no, it’s not because we’ll be snowed […]
OpenSRS WHMCS module now available
Note: a new, updated set of plugins for WHMCS are available through our website. Visit: https://opensrs.com/site/integration/tools/whmcs for more information. We’re happy to announce a new officially supported module that integrates OpenSRS into the popular hosting control panel WHMCS. This module is developed by OpenSRS for use by our resellers. This first public release of the […]