Leap Day Domain Registrations Explained

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Leap Day Domain Registrations Explained Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:19 AM PST Tomorrow is a leap day – February 29 – an extra day that shows up in February ever four years (well, sort of. Years that are evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years, unless they are also evenly divisible by 400, in which case they are leap years). That has some implications for domain registrations. Sadly, it does not mean you get four years for the price of one. Rather, most registries have policies defined to account for registrations that happen on leap days. In most cases, domains registered on February 29 will expire the following year on February 28. A few registries use March 1 instead. That begs the question – is it possible for a domain to expire on February 29? The answer is yes. But only for a limited number of domain extensions. For example, if you register a .COM domain on February 29, 2012 for a four year term, you’d expect the domain to expire on February 29, 2016. However, the registry policy states that .COM domains registered on February 29 will always expire on February 28. If you think about it, that means that there will be no expiring .COM domains tomorrow! The same logic applies to most TLDs. You can consult documentation for a list of which registry uses which dates for expiry. Check page 72 of the Reseller’s Guide to Domain Name Registration and Management. You’ll note that .BZ, .IN and .WS do in fact allow four year registrations done on leap days to expire on leap days (assuming there is one four years after the registration). The good news? OpenSRS has all the logic built in to properly account for and handle leap year registrations for all TLDs and services. Enjoy the extra day!

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Bulk Tools Now Live in New OpenSRS Control Panel

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Bulk Tools Now Live in New OpenSRS Control Panel Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:27 AM PST If you’ve logged in to the new OpenSRS Control panel in the last couple of days, you've likely noticed a big change. There's now a "bulk action" menu in the top right corner of the panel that allows you to easily perform bulk changes and modifications to the domains in your reseller account. If you're familiar with the bulk domain name tools we already offer through the existing Reseller Web Interface (RWI), some of the features will be familiar to you. Simply select the names you wish to modify, then select the action, and you can perform all the changes currently available today through the existing RWI. There are, however, some great changes and upgrades: Ability to modify domains based on search parameters One of the big changes we made when we launched the new control panel was to add powerful search and filter tools. You can now use these tools to select the names you wish to modify. For example, if you want to renew all expired names in your account, you can now do this by searching for expired names, selecting them in the result set. Real-time progress bar You can now easily follow the progress of your bulk change request using the control panel's real-time progress bar. From this screen, you'll be able to track progress of a job, view the estimated time to completion, and even start/stop existing jobs. It makes managing and tracking the progress of a bulk change simple. Handy export tool for most services We've also introduced a new tool that allows you to export any result set to .CSV format. Simply run a search, select the results and click "export to .CSV". You'll then be able to download the results of your search in file format. The export tool is now available for Domains, Trust Service, Publishing and Offers. We hope you take a moment to check these new features out, and hope you find them useful!

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OpenSRS Joins Parallels Domain Name Network

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OpenSRS Joins Parallels Domain Name Network Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:05 AM PST This morning at the Parallels Summit in Orlando, we announced that we’re joining the Parallels Domain Name Network (DNN). This means that service providers who use Parallels can now easily sign up to become an OpenSRS Reseller and start selling domain names, SSL certificates and more through Parallels products. If you are at Parallels Summit, drop by our booth in the expo hall and we can tell you more. Here’s the full text of the release: TORONTO and ORLANDO, FL, Feb. 15, 2012 – Tucows Inc. (NYSE: TCX) (AMEX: TCX) (TSX: TC), a global Internet services company dedicated to making simple useful services that unlock the power of the Internet, today announced that its OpenSRS wholesale services division has joined the Parallels Domain Name Network (DNN), allowing Parallels partners to quickly and easily signup to sell OpenSRS services. Service providers using Parallels Automation, Parallels Business Automation Standard and Parallels Plesk Billing can now become OpenSRS resellers through the Parallels DNN at no charge. OpenSRS has now been integrated into Parallels billing applications with new, fully-supported plugins that enable resellers to sell and manage over 100 different domain name extensions, SSL digital certificates from five leading brands, and mobile websites. “Joining the Parallels DNN is the logical extension of the work we’ve done over the last few months to integrate OpenSRS across Parallels software portfolio,” said Dave Woroch, EVP Sales, Tucows. “We’re excited that service providers using Parallels can now quickly become OpenSRS Resellers and take advantage of our industry-leading customer service and extensive lineup of products and services.” The announcement was made at Parallels Summit 2012, the leading global annual gathering of the hosting and cloud industry. OpenSRS is a Gold Sponsor. Visit OpenSRS at booth #300 on the show floor to learn more about the full range of OpenSRS wholesale Internet services, and to see Parallels plugins for Parallels Business Automation, Parallels Business Automation Standard, and Parallels Plesk Billing in action. Learn more at http://parallels.com/dnn About Tucows Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS (http://opensrs.com) manages over eleven million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 12,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover (http://hover.com) is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. Ting (http://ting.com) is a mobile phone service provider dedicated to bringing clarity and control to US mobile phone users. YummyNames (http://yummynames.com) owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. More information can be found on Tucows’ corporate website (http://tucows.com). Tucows, OpenSRS, Hover, and YummyNames are registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. For further information: Le Quan Truong Director of Marketing, OpenSRS (416) 538-5450 ltruong@tucows.com

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Holiday Hours for Family Day, Monday February 20

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Holiday Hours for Family Day, Monday February 20 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:21 AM PST Our Toronto office will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2012, for the Province of Ontario's Family Day holiday. Family day is a fairly new holiday in Ontario – we first celebrated it in 2008. It’s designed to give us all a break in February, and a day off work and school to spend time doing stuff as a family. Most of us will be doing just that, but some staff will still be in the office to help you out if you need it. As usual, Reseller Support continues to be available 24/7 to assist you. Here are the hours by department: Department Dates and Hours Technical Support Regular hours Payments Email support: payments@opensrs.org Compliance Closed Feb. 20 Service Bureau Closed Feb. 20 Please note that during this closure, there will be no orders or requests processed for the following TLD’s: (.at, .fr, .ch, .li, .dk, .com.mx).

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.XXX Failed Sunrise Domains Will Be Made Available Feb. 14

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.XXX Failed Sunrise Domains Will Be Made Available Feb. 14 Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:01 AM PST The ICM Registry, operator of the .XXX domain extension, has let us know that on February 14th, 2012, all failed Sunrise A and B applications will start to become available for registration starting at 16:00 UTC. If you have customers who applied for domains during either Sunrise A or B that failed validation, you might wish to let them know in case they are still interested in obtaining any of those domain(s) for registration. These domains would simple show as available after 16:00 UTC, and will be available for registration on a first-come, first-serve basis like any other unregistered .XXX domain is now. ICM Registry says they will not provide a list of the names that are being made available.

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The Ting mobile reseller opportunity

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The Ting mobile reseller opportunity Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:38 AM PST We announced some exciting news today, the public launch of Ting, our US mobile service. We have talked about Ting in the past, both here and other places so if you have no idea what I am talking about maybe take a quick look here first. I wanted to let you know some more about this and especially about how this fits in with OpenSRS and resellers. Tucows has always been, at its core, focused on being the best supplier of Internet services to service providers around the world. We have approached Ting with that thinking in mind. We have just completed a closed beta with a couple hundred participants. Over 80% of them were resellers. The closed beta was a great success in that we all learned a lot and there was a great spirit in the group with resellers bringing themselves to the beta as customers BUT keeping well aware that they may be offering the service to their customers one day. This made for a really productive process. Over the next couple of months, we are going to continue refine the retail Ting experience – from purchase path to fulfillment to customer support. Meanwhile, we would like to start speaking with you now about the reseller opportunity. We would like you to help us design the best wholesale offering possible. We are also looking for a handful of you to participate in a reseller beta and be the first to offer Ting to your customers. It is worth noting that the primary reason that Sprint has been so supportive of us in bringing this to market is that they share our view that you guys are fantastic distribution partners and together we bring an approach to the market that recognizes that mobile has moved from a phone and voice business to being about small computers connecting to a mobile data network. Some of you have heard me say that this looks and smells to me just like the early days of the ISP business, which many of us lived through. And that means opportunity. We have set up a simple form on the site for you to fill out if you are interested in partnering with us on Ting. We will follow up shortly with more information. Please also indicate if you might be interested in a special discount on Ting for yourselves or your employees. We figure the best way to get you and your team excited about offering this to your customers is to get you to experience the service yourselves. It is also a great way to thank you for all the rest of the business you do with OpenSRS. It is a big day for us here. We well know that Ting will not succeed to the extent it can without your partnership.

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