jueves, 24 de mayo de 2012

.JOBS and .AERO domains now available

.JOBS and .AERO domains now available


.JOBS and .AERO domains now available

Posted: 24 May 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Granted, these are a pair of fairly specialized extensions, but for those who wish to offer either .JOBS or .AERO domains, you can now do it through your OpenSRS Reseller account.

Pricing is as follows:

  • .JOBS: USD$125/year
  • .AERO: USD$50/year

As you might expect, there are some additional requirements for registrants of both extensions:

  • .JOBS requires a company website to be provided along with some optional additional data that is outlined in the online help in the Control Panel. More information about .JOBS domains is available here.
  • .AERO domains are available only to members of the aviation community, incorporating airlines, airports, companies, organizations, associations, government agencies and qualified individuals. Registrants will need to provide an Aero ID & password which must be requested from the registry.

We’ve left both extensions turned off by default in the search within the Reseller Web Interface. You can turn either or both on through the “Settings” link next to the “Check Availability” button in the Domain Lookups section of the RWI.

miércoles, 23 de mayo de 2012

Everything you need to know about Ting and OpenSRS Offers

Everything you need to know about Ting and OpenSRS Offers


Everything you need to know about Ting and OpenSRS Offers

Posted: 22 May 2012 01:24 PM PDT

A couple of weeks back we added Ting to OpenSRS Offers. It’s a pretty simple proposition: as a reseller you can generate a unique URL, use it to provide a $50 discount on a device purchase for your customers, and then get a share of the revenue generated for two years.

But there’s obviously much more to Ting, and a lot more for us to tell you about how to go about offering Ting service to your customers.

Free webinar!

Next Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 2:00pm EDT, we’re hosting a free webinar to give you a deeper dive into Ting and the opportunity for OpenSRS Resellers.

It’ll be about an hour long with some time for questions at the end. Our aim is that you’ll have a great sense of what Ting is all about, and you’ll have a really good understanding of how to offer it to your customers using OpenSRS Offers.

Presenting will be Scott Allan, Director, Ting and myself, James Koole, Communications Lead, OpenSRS. Between the two of us, we’ll make sure you have the whole story. Scott knows Ting inside and out and will show you around the Ting site and explain the disruptive approach they have taken in creating Ting. I’ll handle the OpenSRS Offers side and make sure you go away with marketing advice and assets you can use to start offering Ting service right away.

Learn more and register today

You can read more about what we’ll talk about over on the webinar page. Like all of our webinars, it’s free and open to everyone to attend. We’ll record it as well, so if you can’t make it on May 29th, sign up anyways and we’ll be sure to send you the link to the recording as soon as it’s posted.

For those who like instant gratification, you can take my word for it that it’ll be great, and go straight to the sign up page by clicking here.

miércoles, 16 de mayo de 2012

Meet our Reseller: Pickaweb/Merkaweb plus 1 more

Meet our Reseller: Pickaweb/Merkaweb plus 1 more


Meet our Reseller: Pickaweb/Merkaweb

Posted: 16 May 2012 05:42 AM PDT

We’re back with another article in our popular “Meet our Reseller” series. This time around we’re featuring OpenSRS Reseller Pickaweb.co.uk. They’ve been using OpenSRS since 2002 for both their UK-based brand, Pickaweb, as well as their Spanish sister company Merkaweb.com.

The story of Pickaweb is a great one – husband and wife team Tony Messer and Pilar Torres Wahlberg literally started the company in a spare room of their home and have grown steadily since, now serving 20,000 customers in the UK and Spain.

Pickaweb’s approach is simple – take the fear out of the Internet for their customers through a commitment to great customer service combined with a willingness and passion to take the time to explain how anyone can use the web to grow their business.

It’s a great success story! We’re very proud to have Pickaweb as an OpenSRS reseller. Read the full article.

Holiday Hours for Victoria Day, May 21, 2012

Posted: 15 May 2012 08:50 AM PDT

It’s already the May 2-4 weekend coming up here in Canada and that means a day off for most of us on Monday, May 21 to celebrate our beloved Queen Victoria.

She was the Queen of England, Great Britain and Ireland from 1838 until she died in 1901. Why do we care so much about Queen Victoria? She was the Queen when Canada became a country in 1867. Kudos to her for letting us go our own way from the motherland. I think we’ve done pretty well for ourselves, thank you very much.

As we’ve explained in past holiday hours posts, traditionally we celebrate Victoria Day by opening up the cottage, opening up some beers, and blowing up some stuff with fireworks. O Canada!

With the wit out of the way, we’ll move on to official business:

Our Technical Support team continues to be available 24/7 to assist you throughout the holiday weekend.

Please note that during this closure, there will be:

  • No orders or requests processed for the following TLD’s: .at, .ch, .li, .dk, .com.mx
  • No special processing for .ca (registrant transfers, conflicting and municipal registrations) or .eu/.be (redemptions).

Here are the hours by department:

 

Department Dates and Hours
Technical Support Regular hours
Payments Email support: payments@opensrs.org
Compliance Closed May 21st (Monday)
Service Bureau Closed May 21st (Monday)

lunes, 14 de mayo de 2012

CIRA 2012 Board of Directors Election

CIRA 2012 Board of Directors Election


CIRA 2012 Board of Directors Election

Posted: 14 May 2012 05:42 AM PDT

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Nomination Committee is seeking interested individuals from across Canada to apply to fill three open positions for the Nomination Committee Slate of CIRA's Board of Directors Election. Canadians with governance experience and relevant background in industry, technology or the Internet are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be accepted from May 10 to June 8, 2012 at the CIRA website.

.CA Members and Registrants can play a key role in guiding the future of the Internet through their participation in the Nomination Committee Slate. CIRA will be inviting .CA Members and Registrants to participate in this stage of the 2012 CIRA Election.

jueves, 10 de mayo de 2012

Ting is now in OpenSRS Offers

Ting is now in OpenSRS Offers


Ting is now in OpenSRS Offers

Posted: 09 May 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Starting today OpenSRS Resellers can offer phone service from Tucows’ US mobile phone service, Ting.

You’ll find Ting in OpenSRS Offers – log into the new OpenSRS Control Panel and click the Offers Manager tab. Once you agree to the terms and conditions, and you’ll be assigned a unique Ting.com URL that you’ll use to send people to Ting to learn about the service.

What’s the Ting Offer?

  • For your customers: Through OpenSRS Offers, you’ll be able to provide a $50 discount off a device purchase to everyone who you send to Ting.

Ting provides cost-savings and better customer service – the mobile phone service your customers deserve. Businesses (and families) can have unlimited devices on one account and they can pool multiple users together usage for greater savings. You can trust that your customers are in good hands at Ting. We’re quite confident that they’ll thank you for telling them about it.

  • For OpenSRS Resellers: Ting provides an additional source of recurring revenue.

When someone signs up for Ting service using your URL or partner code, you get 25% of net revenue generated by that customer for two years.

More Information

The best place to learn more about Ting and see what makes it different is the Ting website. Try out the savings calculator, look at the plans, and maybe even try the service for yourself. Be sure to check out what people are saying about Ting on the Ting Facebook page and on Twitter.

Here’s an example:

My cell phone bill was so confounding, I'd have a better chance of grasping string theory. Switched to Ting, problem solved. @
@SeanGold3
Sean Gold

Getting Started

To get started with Ting in OpenSRS Offers, you can visit our OpenSRS Offers information page. There are some nice marketing resources for you including banner ads, logos, and email/web copy in the Offers section of our Resource Center. If you have any questions, drop by the OpenSRS Forums and ask away in the Ting area.

martes, 1 de mayo de 2012

ORG, PRO and ASIA Promos

ORG, PRO and ASIA Promos


ORG, PRO and ASIA Promos

Posted: 01 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT

A couple of domain promotions that were scheduled to end today have been extended and we have a great new promo from .ASIA!

Extended Promotions

  • .ORG: Our .ORG promotion will continue through the end of June. Get $2 off the cost of .ORG domains. If you already signed up, we’ll extend the promo for you automatically. If you missed out the first time around, sign up today to start saving.
  • .PRO: The .PRO promotion was also extended through until May 30. Save $1.99 on .PRO domains and introduce your customers to .PRO. As with the .ORG promo, we’ll extend the promo for you automatically. If you missed out the first time around, sign up today to start saving.

.ASIA FreeBs

  • .ASIA: FreeBs from .ASIA! Registrants of .ASIA domains will get FreeBs like headphones, and even Android tablets! That starts today and runs through the end of July. There’s no sign up for this one – all resellers are automatically included. More information.

You can see all current promotions on our Domain Promotions page.

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