Skip to main content

Blog Articles

Symantec and google avert SSL meltdown

Google shook up the SSL industry back in March of this year when they released a proposal addressing “a series of failures by Symantec Corporation to properly validate certificates.” The outlined restrictions would effectively withdraw the Chrome browser’s trust in all certificates issued by Symantec. They notably included the removal of the green browser address […]

Read More

Uniregistry price increases

Uniregistry has announced a number of TLD price increases, taking effect on September 8th, 2017. Our main concern with this type of increase is that it has the potential to undermine consumer trust in the new gTLD program. Here’s everything you need to know, and what action we suggest you take: What’s Changing at OpenSRS? […]

Read More

Introducing Encryption Everywhere

Internet security and safety have never been more crucial. It’s rare to see an individual not connected to the web via phone, tablet or computer. Unless of course, they are living in a dark, isolated cave, located in North Antarctica, surrounded by nothing but breezes of loneliness. The point is, it’s imperative that all Internet […]

Read More

SSL marketing 101

Offering SSL certificates is a sure way to grow your margin, spice up your product line and make a positive dent in the web security space. But where do you start? Unfortunately, it’s not as straightforward as marketing domains. It requires preparation, patience and practice. The extra layer of complexity combined with numerous options causes […]

Read More

Tucows to acquire Enom from Rightside

We issued a press release today announcing that Tucows has agreed to acquire eNom from Rightside. By bringing together OpenSRS and eNom under one roof, we are definitively forming the largest wholesale registrar (since we had each been making that claim independently for several years already!) and we are forming the second-largest registrar in the world […]

Read More
September 2016・Product Updates

250,000 new gTLDs and counting

A while back, I wrote about things we have learned from selling 100,000 new gTLDs. Today, we hit another significant milestone: 250,000 new gTLDs sold. It feels appropriate to do another assessment, to take the pulse, to see if anything has changed. Adoption is now steady The adoption curve shows a steady growth. As I […]

Read More

ICANN’s new transfer policy will impact your business and your customers

Domain transfers between registrars and registrants happen thousands of times every day. You would think that such an ubiquitous process works well, like a well-oiled machine. Unfortunately, ICANN and the ICANN community do not share this view. ICANN has recently concluded a lengthy review process of all the policies that govern domain transfers in the […]

Read More

Our new messaging platform is here

OpenSRS sends thousands of messages daily on behalf of our resellers. We’re excited to announce the launch of a new messaging platform, a feature-rich system that gives you greater control over look and feel, language and source code of all the messages that OpenSRS sends on your behalf such as renewals notices, registrant verification emails, […]

Read More
April 2016・Better your business

PIN verification system

OpenSRS is happy to announce the arrival of the new PIN code verification system. After contacting support, you may be asked to authorize your request by confirming the PIN code found on the dashboard tab of the new reseller control panel.   This new system is designed to quickly and easily validate support requests where […]

Read More