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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 […]

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 […]

SiteLock and TRUSTe join the Trust Service lineup
Starting today, OpenSRS resellers can sell two new Trust Service products, SiteLock and TRUSTe. SiteLock Website Security SiteLock Website Security provides website security scanning that identifies vulnerabilities and protects sites against threats. SiteLock is offered at three different levels of service – SiteLock Basic, Premium and SMB Enterprise. Similar to other Trust services like SSL […]

Tucows’ employee Lucas Cochran and his Discovery Channel debut
If you’re a fan of the Discovery Channel, you may have seen our very own Lucas Cochran during Daily Planet’s, “Future Tech” a segment that covers Tech, Gaming and Social Media. Lucas is no stranger to the camera. In 2009, he had his own show called “Pimp My PC” on Butterscotch TV, where he helped viewers […]

.XXX launch updates and webinar archive
If you missed our .XXX launch webinar last week, we have the archived version available now for on-demand viewing. Patrick Donaldson, Registrar Liaison for ICM Registry and Adam Eisner, Director of OpenSRS Product Management, shared some good information to help you make the most of the launch of this new domain extension. Win-Win-WIn Patrick talked […]

Another Trustwave incentive winner!
We have another winner to announce in our Trustwave SSL incentive program. Joe Wolff won a $50 Amazon gift card simply by selling a Trustwave SSL certificate in August. Customers who buy from eRacks.com are now nicely protected with 256-bit encryption thanks to a Trustwave Premium SSL with Wildcard cert. Remember that this incentive program […]

Wake up to .XXX sunrise
The folks at ICM Registry who run the new .XXX domain extension have put together a really nice video that helps explain why you and your customers should be paying attention to the launch of .XXX. The video is embedded below (and you should feel free to embed it in your own site or blog […]