In the mid 1990s the internet was a very different place. There was no Google. There was no Facebook and “app stores” did not exist. If you wanted to find software to do something you’d often end up on shareware download sites like TUCOWS – The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software. A lot of us… Continue reading Tucows Puts Download Site Out to Pasture
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Tucows Acquires Ascio
Tucows has acquired Ascio, a Denmark based registrar. Ascio is a good fit for Tucows, as it is a 100% reseller focussed business which offers a broad range of both ccTLD domains and gTLDs. The company offers a range of tools to help resellers easily see which policies apply to the various domain extensions, as… Continue reading Tucows Acquires Ascio
ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral
As I predicted ICANN is pursuing its case against EPAG. They’re now not only appealing the case to a higher court in Germany, but are also trying to get the entire thing referred to the European Court of Justice. In an announcement late last night ICANN made it very clear what their intentions are. While… Continue reading ICANN vs EPAG: ICANN Seeks Appeal Plus Pushes for ECJ Referral
ICANN vs Epag / Tucows: German Court Rules Against ICANN
Last Friday ICANN took German registrar EPAG to court in Germany. German courts seem to be pretty fast, so instead of having to wait weeks or months to see how they’d rule, we’ve already got the answer. The German court in Bonn has ruled that EPAG (Tucows) is not obliged to collect extra contacts beyond… Continue reading ICANN vs Epag / Tucows: German Court Rules Against ICANN
ICANN Sues German Registrar Over GDPR
ICANN announced Friday that it is pursuing legal action in Germany against Epag. Epag is owned by Tucows, who are one of the largest registrars in the world. So what is going on? Why is ICANN taking legal action against a registrar? According to the announcement from ICANN the action is “to preserve whois data”.… Continue reading ICANN Sues German Registrar Over GDPR
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… Continue reading 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.… Continue reading 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
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.… Continue reading 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