Partner with the Wholesale Domains Leader
OpenSRS is one of the largest wholesale domain name registrars in the world. Since 1999, we've been working with service providers like you to develop the best tools, products and services to help you sell domains to your customers.
A Total Domains Package
When you sell domain names through OpenSRS, you get access to the world's most popular global, regional and Premium domain names. OpenSRS includes a complete package of related services at no additional cost:
- Name suggestion tool: Display available domain names based on keyword popularity, domain extension, word relevance and more. It's available to our wholesale customers for integration into their own sites, and will improve your domain name sales.
- WHOIS Privacy: Offer protection for your customers' personal information from spammers and other intruders by making sure its not exposed in public WHOIS databases. The registrant's WHOIS data is on file with us, as the registrar. We manage all incoming requests for information about a domain name.
- Managed DNS: Provide reliable and extensive managed DNS service with guaranteed uptime and increased website performance.
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A Full Range of Popular Global, Regional and Premium Domains
Global Domain Names
When you choose OpenSRS as your domain name partner, you can offer your customers the Internet's most popular global domain names, including:
.com and 
.net: These original domains have worldwide recognition, are in demand and are registered in more than 350 languages worldwide. They provide instant recognition, and can be registered in multilingual encoding using internationalized domain name registrations.
.org: Registrations are unrestricted and suitable for professional organizations and associations.
.info: The .info domain offers users a great alternative to .com names with no special requirements. They're appropriate for any type of individual or organization.
.biz: The .biz domain is reserved specifically for businesses. By offering .biz, you can help customers establish their reputations as serious online contenders.
.name: The .name domain helps your customers create a unique online identity. .name features exclusive personal registrations; no companies or third parties are eligible.
.mobi: Mobile browsing is quickly gaining momentum. Many Internet leaders already have mobile sites, and more are launching every day. Take advantage of this rapid growth by offering .mobi, the only domain dedicated to providing Internet content and services to mobile devices.
.asia: With more than one-third of Internet users located in Asia, .asia can help qualified individuals and businesses easily identify themselves in a market that's growing very quickly.
.tel:
Allows individuals and businesses alike to store and manage all their contact information and keywords directly on the internet without the need to build, host or manage a website. (.tel enters the Sunrise period on December 3rd, 2008. OpenSRS is now accepting sunrise pre-orders.)
Regional Domain Names
OpenSRS offers some of the world's most popular regional domain names, allowing you to enter new Internet markets quickly and easily. With new regional domains added regularly, we're the ideal partner when offering regional domain names to your customers.
We currently offer the following regional domain names:
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.ca (Canada)
.cc (Cocos Islands)
.fr (France)
.at (Austria)
.cn (China)
.es (Spain)
.us (USA)
.uk (United Kingdom)
.nl (Netherlands)
.ch (Switzerland)
.eu (Europe)
.dk (Denmark)
.tv (Tuvalu)
.de (Germany)
.be (Belgium)
.it (Italy)
.mx (Mexico)
.li (Liechtenstein)
.me (Montenegro)Premium Domains
OpenSRS offers Premium Domains that can be bought as if they were regular domains, fresh off the shelf. We've partnered with Fabulous.com and NameMedia, and added in some great domains from our own portfolio to offer over 700,000 premium domains from the secondary market directly to your customers.
Behind the scenes, OpenSRS manages a transfer of the domain name from the seller to the buyer. As a result of our partnerships with NameMedia and Fabulous.com, we are able to significantly simplify that transfer process. In fact, a premium domain transaction is typically completed (transferred from seller to buyer) in under a minute.
As a OpenSRS reseller, you get a straight 10% cut of any Premium Domain name sold. That means whereas on a new domain registration, you see a few dollars, on a single Premium Domain purchase, you'll see anywhere from $10 to $500 depending on the list price of the domain. And once you've sold that domain name, you've entered into a relationship with a customer that could translate into more business, like hosting their websites or providing managed email.
Additional Passive Revenue Streams
OpenSRS Parked Pages Program
OpenSRS Parked Pages Program is designed specifically for service providers. By placing pay-per-click (PPC) advertisements on unused domain names, you earn additional revenue. There's virtually no effort required to implement Parked Pages, and revenue is automatically deposited into your reseller account monthly. Our Parked Pages Program lets you:
- Easily introduce a new revenue stream: enrollment in the Parked Pages Program is automatic and requires virtually no effort on your part to implement. Whenever an Internet user clicks on an advertisement on one of your parked domains, you earn money. Your share of any earnings is deposited into your reseller account monthly.
- Gain access to a rapidly growing market: serving targeted advertising on unused domains has evolved into a multi-billion dollar business. Get involved quickly, without any of the manual setup, maintenance, and technical infrastructure usually required.
- Manage domains from OpenSRS: Manage your parked domain names from OpenSRS, our service management platform. No additional interface is required.
- Take advantage of our relationships with leading advertising providers: because of our size, we're able to negotiate far more favorable ad rates and parking features than are typically available to smaller companies.
- Benefit from a dedicated team: our Domain Portfolio Team is constantly looking for ways to increase revenues and enhance the program on your behalf.
OpenSRS Expired Domains Program
Make money through expired domains with OpenSRS Expired Domains Program. Through pay-per-click (PPC) advertising displayed on expired domains, our unique program offers a new revenue source while increasing renewals. When domain names expire, it usually means the loss of a recurring revenue stream, either through the domain registration, or hosting and other associated services. Our Expired Domains Program turns a domain expiry into a revenue opportunity.
As long as you continue to be an active OpenSRS reseller, and as long as the domain is in the Expired Domains Program, we'll continue to share revenues with you. In addition, if that domain name is sold through our Premium Domains service at a later date, we'll share 10% of that revenue with the original reseller. Expired Domains Program gives you:
- A new revenue stream: earn money on expired domains. We start serving advertising three days after your customer fails to renew their domain name.
- Improve renewal rates and reduce customer churn: display your customized logo and reminder messaging, allowing you to alert domain owners to the fact their domain name has expired and explain how to renew the domain through you.
- Clearly defined renewal and redemption rules: we offer a longer than average domain renewal grace period and our generous redemption policies lead to happier customers.
- Manage domains from OpenSRS: Manage your expired domain names from OpenSRS, our service management platform. No additional interface is required.
- Take advantage of our relationships with leading advertising providers: because of our size, we're able to negotiate far more favorable ad rates and parking features than are typically available to resellers.
Expired Domain Name Auction
OpenSRS expired domain name inventory is listed for auction on Afternic, the leading secondary domain name marketplace.
With over 8 million domain names under management at OpenSRS, thousands of domains expire everyday. OpenSRS and Afternic make it easy for resellers like you to earn additional revenue from the sale, by auction, of these expired domains.
Our program makes it easy: there are no fees to participate, and resellers don't have to lift a finger. Expired domains are automatically listed for auction at Afternic and resellers receive a 10% share of the Gross Sale Price for any name sold at auction, that originated from their reseller account.
OpenSRS Auction is integrated into OpenSRS, and participation requires no setup or support by resellers. Our expired domain name auction provides yet another revenue stream that can make you money.
View a list of frequently asked questions and answers about the program.
OpenSRS Business Insight
If someone asked, "What's your average renewal rate? How many domains do you have under management? Is your domains business growing or shrinking? Was your last advertising campaign worth the money? How many domains did you lose to your largest competitor last month?" would you have the data...
OpenSRS Insight: Business Reporter provides the information Resellers need to make strategic business decisions. It is an instant window into your domain name registration business that can be used to identify trends, react to changing market conditions, and staff appropriately.
OpenSRS Insight: Business Reporter Benefits
- Free to all OpenSRS Resellers.
- Make informed business decisions with reliable, current data. Data can be used to track your progress, identify competitive threats or assist in your monthly reconciliation.
Key Features:
Insight: Business Reporter provides the following domain name registration reports:
- Statistics
- Summary of Transactions
- Monthly Transfer Summary
- Transfer Out Details
- Transfer Summary by Month & Quarter
- Renewals Coming Due
- Renewal Rates by Year
- Products Under Management
All reports can be exported into a .CSV file to understand patterns for advanced evaluation and quickly react to competitive threats. Data is refreshed every 48 hours.
A Voice in the Industry
OpenSRS has been accredited by ICANN since 1999. We're well known as a long-standing advocate for domain name policy advancement, and the rights of domain name registrants.
We provide you with all tools to help you grow your domain name business, from business intelligence to private label branding systems. You can also let your customers manage their own domain name services through our registrant management tools.
Our domain name services are backed by a passionate support team that knows the domain name industry inside out. We're probably the geekiest partner you'll ever have.
OpenSRS Infrastructure
At OpenSRS, we’ve designed our domain service architecture in a clustered environment to virtually eliminate downtime - saving you time and money. No machine carries more than 50% of the traffic, so that if one fails, the redundant system can assume the workload. This system design mitigates loss of service so you can deliver maximum performance. We also house the infrastructure at a top-tier data center for additional reliability and security.
Benefits for you
- High level of redundancy
- Reliability
- All non time-critical transactions are conducted during non-peak hours to ensure rapid performance
- Leverage our investments in enterprise-grade infrastructure
Key Features
- Registry agents that optimize connections to the Registries by separating “batch” processes from revenue generating transactions
- Pending transactions and reinitiating service in the event that a Registry can not accept data
- Network security
- Account authentication
- Real-time, 24/7 monitoring
Management Interfaces
Your customers need a way to stay on top of their services. Our management interfaces help you automate many of your support and management processes so you can reduce costs. Self management interfaces cost-effectively run your business.
Benefits for you:
- Robust functionality for managing the complete domain name lifecycle
- Fully-redundant, clustered architecture for optimum reliability, stability and security
- A proven system used by more than 9,000 companies worldwide
Key Features:
- Connect through our web interface or through the API
- Conduct transactions manually or automate by writing your own code, or use our PERL-based reference client library
- XML Over HTTPS Post for authentication and encryption
- Advanced functionality for ordering and managing services including name locking and customer self-management tools
- Customer messaging subsystems for renewals/transfers and account maintenance
- Proactive notification concerning maintenance windows, outages, new services and changes to supplier requirements
- OpenSRS Insight - Business Reporter for sales and business management statistics
Customer Support
Customer Management Interface
- Customer self-management of contact information, ordering and service through the Manage Web Interface (MWI)
- Facilitate changes to domain ownership, service renewal
- Customize the MWI to integrate specific functionality and brand it for your business
Reseller Tools:
Reseller Web Interface
- Secure, real-time access to customer contact, financial and service information
- Conduct transactions manually at anytime
- Monthly summary of Reseller activity and view account balance at anytime
OpenSRS Wholesale List Pricing
At OpenSRS we believe in putting our customers first. Our Global Top-Level Domain names (gTLDs) are provided to you in a transparent cost structure so you know exactly where every penny goes when you register a domain name.
OpenSRS offers discounts for large volume Resellers. Please contact our Sales team for more information.
Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) List Pricing:
The pricing structure for gTLDs is broken down into three categories:
- Registry costs (paid directly to the Registry by OpenSRS for every domain registered)
- ICANN Fees
- OpenSRS Management Fee
What you get for your OpenSRS Management Fee:
- We provide a total domains package at one price with included Managed DNS and WHOIS Privacy for every domain name you register. We provide search tools like Name Suggestion and Premium Domains that make it easier for you to sell domain names, including domains from the secondary marketplace. In addition, the OpenSRS Management Fee provides you with a 50% share of net advertising revenues through our Domain Parking Programs, participation in our Expired Domain Name Auction Program, and Tier II technical support.
| gTLD Domains | Pricing per domain year | Terms Available |
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| .com | $6.86 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .net | $4.98 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .org | $6.75 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .info | $6.75 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .biz | $6.42 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .mobi | $12.00 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .name | $6.00 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .asia | $10.00 Registry cost +$0.20 ICANN fee +$3.00 OpenSRS Management fee | 1 - 10 years |
| .tel | Currently taking Sunrise pre-orders |
Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) List Pricing:
OpenSRS provides Resellers with the ability to sell a wide selection of the world's most popular ccTLDs. And we're always looking at adding new extensions to the list whenever new ccTLDs become available.
| ccTLD Domains | Pricing per domain year | Terms Available |
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| .at (Austria) | $20 per domain year | 1 year |
| .be (Belgium) | $8 per domain year Redemption/quarantine: $25 | 1 year |
| .ca (Canada) | $14 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| .cc (Cocos Island) | $30 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| .ch (Switzerland) | $30 per domain year | 1 year |
| .cn (China) | $35 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| .de (Germany) | $8 per domain year | 1 year |
| .dk (Denmark) | $15 per domain year | 1 year |
| .es (Spain) | $10 per domain year | 1 year |
| .eu (European Union) | $7 per domain year Redemption/quarantine: $30 | 1 year |
| .fr (France) | $15 per domain year | 1 year |
| .it (Italy) | $15 per domain year | 1 year |
| .li (Liechtenstein) | $30 per domain year | 1 year |
| .me (Montenegro) | $20 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| .mx (Mexico) | $30 per domain year | 1 year |
| .nl (Netherlands) | $8 per domain year | 1 year |
| .tv (Tuvalu) | $35 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| .uk (United Kingdom) | $13 for two domain years | 2 years |
| .us (United States) | $10 per domain year | 1 - 10 years |
| Other Domain Services | Pricing |
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| .name + email forwarding | $20.00 per domain year +$0.20 ICANN fee per domain year |