Tucows has entered the domain name registry business. Earlier today the Toronto based domain name registrar announced that it was acquiring Frank Schilling's UNR which was his backend registry business. The transaction announced today appears to be solely for the backend services and not any domain extensions. Schilling had previously sold off his registrar and … [Read more...] about Tucows Enters Domain Registry Market
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Daily Stormer Switches to Dark Web; Tucows Pulls Whois Privacy
The Daily Stormer was knocked offline for a few hours when Google pulled the domain from the DNS. However they've now switched to the "dark web" and are using a .onion domain. In order to access the site you would need to use a Tor browser, though there are several services out there that will convert .onion web addresses to work with the "normal" web. The site is now … [Read more...] about Daily Stormer Switches to Dark Web; Tucows Pulls Whois Privacy
Tucows Acquires Epag
Tucows have announced the acquisition of German registrar Epag: EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over 400,000 domains under management and is notable for offering over 200 Top Level Domains (TLDs). Tucows plans to continue serving EPAG customers and resellers via existing EPAG tools and will also integrate EPAG’s domain services into its own … [Read more...] about Tucows Acquires Epag
OpenSRS Celebrates 10 Years
It's sometimes easy to forget that the domain industry is a relatively new sector.Elliot Noss, CEO of Tucows, sent an open letter to all of OpenSRS' resellers yesterday celebrating their ten years in business:Hello,With great pride I note that January marks the 10th anniversary of the first domain name registered through OpenSRS.Back in the spring and summer of 1999, we started … [Read more...] about OpenSRS Celebrates 10 Years
Tucows Announces Solid Financials
Tucows released their Q2 figures a couple of days ago, and they are impressive.$20 million revenue is not a figure to be snorted at.Full breakdown here and transcript of the conference call with investors here … [Read more...] about Tucows Announces Solid Financials
Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
Tucows is taking over the 33 thousand odd domains that were under the accreditation of Parava.The full announcement of the transfer on the ICANN site includes contact details and more. Unfortunately the deaccredited registrar did not transfer billing data, so registrants will need to contact Tucows (under their Hover.com brand) to renew their domains.More information on the … [Read more...] about Tucows Takes Over Parava’s Domains
OpenSRS Culls Expired Domains Program
OpenSRS will be withdrawing its "Expired Domains Program" early next year.The program which allowed resellers to monetise expired domains under their account is to be withdrawn on January 6th 2009 due to a cited decrease in revenues from ad networks.The "Parked Pages Program" will not be affected … [Read more...] about OpenSRS Culls Expired Domains Program
Tucows (OpenSRS) Launch New Storefront For Resellers
Tucows, via their OpenSRS brand, are launching a new service option for their resellers - the storefront.In a move which brings their reseller offering into line with that offered by the likes of eNom and Directi, the Canadian based registrar is rolling out a "full ecommerce" solution for its reseller base.The company's blog has more details including screencasts of the … [Read more...] about Tucows (OpenSRS) Launch New Storefront For Resellers
Tucows Launch New Status Site
Image via WikipediaWhile the news from Tucows earlier this week may not have been that positive for their staff, clients will be able to make use of their new status site and twitter service (They've also setup a page on Facebook) … [Read more...] about Tucows Launch New Status Site
Tucows Sells Shares In Afilias
According to an announcement made earlier today, Tucows has sold back its equity stake in Afilias … [Read more...] about Tucows Sells Shares In Afilias