Tucows/OpenSRS CEO Elliot Noss has posted a passionate plea that ICANN choose its next CEO based on what he considers three very important criteria:
We believe that choosing someone with these qualities will best reflect our Resellers’ interests. Read the full article and then let us know your thoughts.
Tucows/OpenSRS CEO Elliot Noss has posted a passionate plea that ICANN choose its next CEO based on what he considers three very important criteria:
We believe that choosing someone with these qualities will best reflect our Resellers’ interests. Read the full article and then let us know your thoughts.
By: OpenSRS Team on March 25th, 2009
Posted in: OpenSRS Services
Tags: .TEL, Domains Service
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General availability of .TEL domains went live yesterday and response so far has been overwhelming! The registry has done a great job promoting .TEL and has created this very entertaining video aimed at consumers. It illustrates just one way in which a .TEL domain might be useful for an individual. In a further savvy move by the registry, they are developing an iPhone application that will allow a user to access .TEL domains and edit information directly from an iPhone.
If, as a Reseller, you’re still a little unclear about the opportunities .TEL offers, have a look at Telnic’s page with videos of several media appearances, including CNN, Bloomberg Business News, CNBC and the BBC.
These are early days, and as with all new TLDs, there is no time like the present to encourage customers to obtain their desired domain name.
P.S. Here’s a link to the unbranded video if you’d like to use it on your own site.
By: Adam Eisner on March 23rd, 2009
Posted in: OpenSRS Services
Tags: .TEL, Domains Service
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Since late last year, we’ve been talking about .TEL, the newest Global Top-level Domain (gTLD). Over the past few months, .TEL has gone from the Sunrise period to Landrush. During those times, trademark holders and then anyone who wished to register .TEL domains at a premium price could apply to own .TEL domains.
Now, we’re just a couple of days away from General Availability (GA) when the floodgates will be opened and everyone will be able to register their .TEL domain for the usual yearly registration fee of $8/domain year, plus the ICANN Fee of $0.20 and your OpenSRS Management Fee.
General Availability for .TEL begins officially on March 24th, 2009 at 15:00 GMT/UTC and as with the other two launch events, domains will be awarded on a first come, first served basis. .TEL Registrations will be available via the RWI and API at that time. Please note that there is a 15-hour blackout period between the closing of Landrush at 23:59 UTC/GMT on March 23rd, 2009 and the opening of the Registry for GA.
Resellers using OpenSRS Storefront may also want to sell .TEL domains and .TEL will be available in Storefront, although it will be disabled by default. You’ll need to enable it within the Storefront Manager.
Keep in mind that as Resellers, you are responsible for supporting your customers for .TEL domains and TelHosting. If you have any questions about how TelHosting works, Telnic provides quite a bit of information about the platform at their website. We suggest that you make yourself aware of how the platform and the
technology work.
A great way to learn about .TEL is to register your own .TEL domain and try it out. This can also provide a showcase for your customers that will demonstrate the benefits of .TEL and what it offers.
You may also wish to view the archive of the webinar that we held along with Telnic representatives a few months back. And, as usual, more information on .TEL can be found in our documentation.
You should be telling your customers about .TEL and explaining how it works. Here’s some reasons why everyone should purchase .TEL domains:
The launch of .TEL has been interesting to watch, and now as GA approaches, we’re seeing lots of momentum around this new gTLD. Make sure you are a part of it.
Day two is pretty much a wrap. Things are calming down in the exhibit hall, and WebhostingDay 2009 is rapidly coming to a close. We spent a great couple of days here meeting with some great people and having some good fun as well.
This was my first trip to Europe, and I found it very enlightening to see the some of the differences between North American and European cultures. One of the most interesting things for me was hearing a bunch of different languages spoken around the show floor. At any moment, we could have customers coming to the booth and interacting with Marco Zuliani, our EMEA Sales Director, or Luigi Lagonigro, one of our EMEA Account Managers, in Italian, German, French, Spanish or English.
Often times someone would come to the booth and start with English or German before realizing that one of our people was fluent in their language. Immediately the mood would change and the conversation would shift and things would become more casual.
Having the ability to explain what OpenSRS is all about in the language most comfortable to the person visiting was exceptionally valuable.
As well, at some of the trade shows I’ve attended in the past, there was a clear line between business and pleasure. It was pretty much all business during the day, and all fun in the evenings. At WebhostingDay, that line is blurred – one minute you might be talking to a prospective customer at the booth, the next you find yourself strapped into a wild ride or playing Wii games in the booth on the other side of the hall.
All in all, we found it to be a great conference and well worth the trip. To our hosts at Phantasialand and to the organizers of WebhostingDay 2009, we say thank you, merci, danke, grazie and gracias.
