For digital agencies, domains are often the silent backbone of their client services. They might not be as visible as design work, SEO, or marketing campaigns, but without reliable domain management, none of those services can function. Unfortunately, many agencies still manage domains across multiple registrars and providers. At first, this might seem like a ...
Introduction More and more sophisticated cyber attacks are rising in parallel with the evolution of the AI industry, and email security remains as one major concern for businesses. In fact, email remains one of the most targeted entry points for cybercriminals: phishing, spoofing, or impersonation are some of the most known tactics that can harm ...
Juggling too many registrars? Losing time and money?Discover the true cost of not consolidating your domain portfolio in our exclusive infographic. What you’ll learn: Packed with insights from InterNetX, Splunk, and our own Openprovider data, this free infographic is a must-have for domain resellers and web hosts looking to streamline operations and stay competitive. Download it here.
While many hosting providers lean into AI, automation, and scale, Chris van der Scheer continues to stand out for his human approach. For the CEO of PC Patrol, hosting is about more than just uptime and speed. It’s about trust, service, and knowing there’s a real person on the other end who actually cares. Since ...
Portfolio registry XYZ.com, well-known from their .xyz extension but also registry of several high-end domains like .theatre, .car and .security, has announced that they’ve acquired the extension .storage and will re-launch it from November on, including Sunrise and Early Access Phase.
From my role as Product Manager Domains, I love to start the year with an internal update to our team on what happened the year before with respect to domains and domain-related topics. As our company is spread over four countries which each have their own focus, such company-wide updates increase involvement. A few weeks ago, the question arose why we are not sharing this with our customers, and here it is!
Donuts has announced an extension of its domain blocking service that allows brand owners to give them better protection, and in some cases more cheaply.
Openprovider is always working on new accreditations in order to provide our customers with the best possible experience with respect to price and service. On the 6th of September, we will activate our own accreditations for .am, .cc, .fi, .tv, .us and .xxx; .cl will become active as soon as the registry releases its new registry system.
Openprovider is always working on new accreditations in order to provide our customers with the best possible price and service. On the 2nd of August, we will activate our own accreditations for .pl, .lt, .cx and .fm.
Running a platform like Openprovider's always creates tension between ever-extending functionality and maintaining usability. There are many features that we know about but that are rarely found by our customers. This is the third and final post in a series of three blog posts. Enjoy take 3 of the tips & tricks!
Being a trademark holder can be a tough job these days: many hundreds of new extensions equal many hundreds of new threats against your protected mark. Someone can protect his brand actively or passively, but in some cases it really seems to be on the back of the trademark holder. There’s one registry that promotes this to a whole new level…
Running a platform like Openprovider's always creates tension between ever-extending functionality and maintaining usability. There are many features that we know about but that are rarely found by our customers. After writing down 10 tips and tricks in a previous blog post, I found that there are many more. Enjoy take 2 of the tips & tricks!
As a wholesale provider we preferably do not deal with end users. We simply cannot help them in most cases because their agreement is with you, our customer. Exceptions are abuse cases, nonresponsive (sub)resellers or other (mainly legal) scenarios. However, even in those cases we first try to get them in touch with their direct provider.
In my last blogpost I described our unique position in the domain name industry. The question that arises next is if it makes sense to sell domains at cost price.The short answer is YES.
Throughout the years, we have performed hundreds of thousands of domain transfers. This has provided us with loads of experience, particularly on which obstacles are placed between the intention to transfer and the actual transfer. In this blog post, I want to travel with you through our developments we made to soften the pain and make bulk transfers as smooth as possible.
