Offer domain names, email, TSL/SSL, and website security
Quick Start
Getting started with Tucows OpenSRS
Hit the ground running with step-by-step guides or chat with a reseller specialist for personalized onboarding support.
What’s included in your OpenSRS account
Offer domains, email, TLS/SSL. Start in the Reseller Control Panel (RCP) to fund your account, then manage your way — stick with RCP, use Storefront, plug into our API, or connect third-party tools.
Reseller Control Panel
Register and manage our full product suite on behalf of your customers.
No coding required
Register and manage on your customers’ behalf
Storefront
Sell right from your website with an on-brand domain search and checkout.
Offer domain names
No coding required
Let customers register and self-manage through their own account and log in on their behalf
API
Automate it all with a seamless connection between your systems and ours.
Offer domain names, email, TSL/SSL, and website security
Dedicated integration support
Customers register and manage from your sign-up flow and UI
Third-party tools
Connect OpenSRS to the tools you already use for billing and automation.
Offer domain names, email, TSL/SSL, and website security
Integration work required
Customers manage through the third‑party tool
Reseller Control Panel
Even if you plan to leverage Storefront or our API, you’ll want to start with the Reseller Control Panel (RCP). It’s the central hub where you’ll fund your account, customize your end-user messaging, and configure other important account settings. From here, you can also register and manage all OpenSRS services for your customers.
RCP Overview Video
Account setup
To keep your services running smoothly and deliver a seamless customer experience, you’ll need to set up three areas of your account: settings, funds, and messaging. If you plan on using our API or third-party tools, you’ll also need to retrieve your API key.
These videos will walk you through each step:
Update your account
Add funds
Configure messages
Retrieve your API key
You can also follow our RCP Setup Guide, which walks you through account setup, start to finish.
OpenSRS Storefront
With Storefront, you can start selling domains directly from your website in minutes—no code required. It’s free with your OpenSRS account and includes an on-brand search and checkout, an admin portal for you, and a customer portal where they can self-manage.
To get started, follow four simple setup steps:
Connect Stripe
Set your pricing
Apply your branding
Go live
Link your Storefront on your website and let customers know they can start buying or transferring domains.
Tips to keep in mind
- To process Storefront orders, you’ll need sufficient funds in your Reseller Control Panel.
- Storefront sends out on-brand customer emails (like order confirmations) for you. But to maintain a cohesive customer experience, there are a few policy-related emails you’ll need to configure in the Messaging tab of the RCP:
- Registrant verification message to registered domain holder
- WHOIS Data reminder policy
- Our RCP Messaging Guide covers how to customize these.
Integrate with OpenSRS
API
With our APIs, you can plug OpenSRS directly into your own platform. Allow your customers to register and manage domains, email, and TLS/SSL certificates right from your platform or control panel.
Third-party tools
OpenSRS easily connects with popular billing and automation solutions, so you can continue using the tools you already know and trust.
More resources to get you started quickly
Video tutorials
Prefer to learn from videos? Our helpful tutorials cover the key functions and features of our platform.
Help Center
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Support
Our in-house support team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week! They can be reached via our live chat or webform.