.XXX Landrush Starts Today

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.XXX Landrush Starts Today Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PST Today the Landrush phase of the .XXX domain extension launch begins. Landrush is a limited-time opportunity for those who didn’t qualify for Sunrise A, but want to secure a valued .XXX domain name and avoid the first come, first served risks associated with General Availability. The Landrush period runs for 18 days, starting on November 8, 2011. During this time, only applicants who are members of the adult Sponsored Community can apply for .XXX domain names. Apart from being a member of the adult Sponsored Community, there are no trademark or pre-ownership rights requirements during this phase of the launch. There is no first come, first served ranking during Landrush. Once Landrush ends, any .XXX domain names with a single applicant will be automatically allocated. Those .XXX domain names with more than one applicant will proceed to a closed mini-auction between the competing parties only. For Members of the Sponsored Community Landrush is designed specifically for members of the adult Sponsored Community who wish to secure premium .XXX domain names. It guarantees members the chance to purchase premium .XXX domain names or be involved in a closed auction to bid for .XXX domain names. OpenSRS is fully supporting the Landrush phase, along with all other phases of the launch of the .XXX domain extension. We’ll begin accepting Landrush orders via the Reseller Web Interface or the OpenSRS API as soon as the registry opens. More information about .XXX can be found on our .XXX Launch information page. The launch continues with General Availability for .XXX on December 6, 2011.

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Take Advantage of .ME’s Momentum

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Take Advantage of .ME’s Momentum Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:47 AM PDT .ME is on a roll lately. More and more .ME domains are being registered and used around the Internet, including some very high profile and very visible sites. There are now more than 550,000 .ME domains registered, and hundreds of .ME domains are found on the Alexa Top 100,000 Sites list. With stats like that, it’s clear that even the most casual of web surfers will run into a .ME domain in their travels around the net. How .ME Domains are Being Used The .ME domain extension is a TLD with some obvious and compelling use cases. Here’s just a few examples in different verticals: .ME for vanity shorteners: WordPress.com has WP.ME for blog posts, Time Magazine is using TI.ME, and Facebook is using FB.ME (and there are many more examples). Personal profile services: .ME is an obvious choice for a site that provides a personal landing page. You might have seen About.ME, and Flavors.ME which both offer customized personal homepages at .ME domains. Users of either service can also purchase their own .ME domain for an even more personalized experience. New web services: There are more .ME domains available than in other extensions, so .ME is getting a lot of love with new web services. You might have seen formspring.ME, join.ME, connect.ME and jetpack.ME among others. Blogs and personal websites: .ME has always been a great choice for a personal site. More and more high profile bloggers and celebrities are choosing .ME domains. Omis.ME, Zee.ME, thecranberries.me and dannybrown.ME are some great examples. The long and short of it is this: if you aren’t offering .ME domains to your customers, then you aren’t providing them with a great option that will help them find their perfect domain name. Without that perfect domain name, they won’t be looking for additional services like hosting, SSL and email. On Sale Now! More information and marketing help to get you started is available here. And remember that we have a great $7.99 promotion on .ME domains that runs through the end of the year.

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.XXX Sunrise Extended

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.XXX Sunrise Extended Posted: 28 Oct 2011 11:23 AM PDT Word has leaked out today that the Sunrise A/B phase of the launch of the .XXX domain extension has been unofficially extended beyond today’s original deadline. ICM Registry notified OpenSRS and other registrars of this extension earlier this week but asked that we not officially announce the extension. Instead, they suggested that we should simply continue to accept applications until the new closing date of Monday, October 31, 2011. Now that some other registrars are announcing the extension, we do want to assure you that OpenSRS is also accepting Sunrise applications until Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 16:00 UTC. While we’re on the subject of .XXX, the Landrush phase of the launch begins on November 8th, 2011. Landrush allows members of the Sponsored Community to apply to secure domains prior to the General Availability phase which happens in early December. More information is available on our .XXX launch Information page. If you have any questions about the launch of .XXX, don’t hesitate to contact Reseller Support.

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Meet our Reseller: Fastline

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Meet our Reseller: Fastline Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:56 AM PDT Thanks to David Lie, CEO of Fastline for taking part in our latest Meet our Resellers feature. Fastline is based in Haugesund, Norway and offers hosting and other Internet services to clients located primarily in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. David and I talked about the business climate in Norway which, like many other countries, is quite competitive. Fastline is doing well, despite the challenges, by offering great technology alongside excellent customer support — a common theme amongst our most successful resellers. You can read more about Fastline here. Fastline is representative of the thousands of OpenSRS Resellers in over one hundred countries around the world who look to OpenSRS to provide reliable domain registrations, trust products, email and other services with support and technology they can depend on. Thanks again to David for telling us about his business.

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Even More Choice in SSL with Comodo SSL Domain Validated Certificates

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Even More Choice in SSL with Comodo SSL Domain Validated Certificates Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:50 AM PDT We’ve just added two great new Comodo SSL products to the already extensive lineup of SSL and trust products available through your OpenSRS Reseller account. These two new Comodo SSL Digital Certificates — Comodo SSL and Comodo SSL Wildcard — are exclusive to OpenSRS at launch. Both new products are available today through the Trust Manager tab in OpenSRS Control Panel and via the OpenSRS API. Full pricing and product details for these and the rest of the Comodo SSL product line is available on our website. Powerful, Affordable Protection Comodo SSL provides powerful, cost-effective security to e-commerce sites. Comodo SSL provides all the same features as the rest of the Comodo SSL line, including 256-bit encryption along with the widely recognized Comodo site seal. Comodo SSL Wildcard adds wildcard support allowing purchasers to protect unlimited sub-domains with a single SSL certificate. More Choice These two new SSL products from Comodo further expand the OpenSRS Trust Service product line-up. With even more choice in brands and products across a range of price points, our Resellers have the ability to satisfy the varied security needs of their customers, from individuals to small businesses and right up to the largest enterprise customers.

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A Winner in our Trustwave SSL Incentive Program

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A Winner in our Trustwave SSL Incentive Program Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:51 AM PDT We have a grand prize winner to announce in our Trustwave SSL Incentive Program. Congratulations to Jeff Layton of Tech One Computer Solutions in Pennsylvania, USA. Jeff sold a Trustwave SSL certificate during the promotional period and was the lucky winner of an Apple iPad 2 when we did the drawing earlier this week. Like many OpenSRS Resellers, Jeff runs a computer and web consulting business in his part of the world, providing services to small businesses in his community. Congratulations to Jeff, and thanks to all of you who participated. Thanks also to Trustwave for providing the prize.

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Holiday Hours for Canadian Thanksgiving, October 10 plus 1 more

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Holiday Hours for Canadian Thanksgiving, October 10 Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:11 AM PDT Shopping for pumpkins in Ottawa (courtesy Wikipedia) Monday, October 10th, 2011 is Canadian Thanksgiving, which means that our headquarters in Toronto will be operating on holiday hours. Typical Canadians – Always Trying to Be Different For trivia buffs, there’s a really good reason why Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October while Americans wait until November (and no, it’s not because we’ll be snowed in – har, har). A quick check of the Book of Knowledge (aka Wikipedia) reveals the following: “By the end of the 19th Century, Thanksgiving Day was normally celebrated on November 6. However, when World War I ended, the Armistice Day holiday was usually held during the same week. To prevent the two holidays from clashing with one another, in 1957 the Canadian Parliament proclaimed Thanksgiving to be observed on its present date on the second Monday of October.” So there you have it – we’re just trying to avoid conflict in our usual Canadian way. Holiday Hours Now on to the official business: Our Technical Support team continues to be available 24/7 to assist you. 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 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 October 10th (Monday) Service Bureau Closed October 10th (Monday) Our normal hours will resume on Tuesday, October 11. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

OpenSRS WHMCS Module Now Available Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:55 AM PDT We’re happy to announce a new officially supported module that integrates OpenSRS into the popular hosting control panel WHMCS. This module is developed by OpenSRS for use by our Resellers. This first public release of the WHMCS Plugin for OpenSRS includes: Improved support for ccTLDs Name Suggestion Tool lookups Full DNS Management (using the OpenSRS DNS Service) EPP Lookup support Domain renewal support Nameserver registration Improved Administration Interface Whois Privacy support including the ability enable and disable WHOIS Privacy Tech contact locking Registrant username and password bypass Increased security Better authentication error handling/messaging Available for Download Now Download the current release (v4.5) in .ZIP format: WHMCS OpenSRS Module v4.5 (574KB). We’ll continue to refine and improve the plugin and we’d love to hear your feedback on how things work so far. The best place for that is in the OpenSRS Forums, specifically in the Developers/API area. We have an active thread going and we encourage you to try the module out and provide any feedback you might have. Other 3rd Party Tools This new WHMCS plugin gives our Resellers more ways to integrate with OpenSRS. We are also working on official plugins for Parallels including PBA, PBAS and Parallels Plesk as we announced at HostingCon 2011. For a full listing of third-party hosting panels and billing systems that feature OpenSRS support, visit our our 3rd Party Plugins page.

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