(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a press release issued Thursday by Internet security firm and certificate authority VeriSign (www.verisign.com), wholesale Internet services firm Tucows (www.tucows.com) is extending the SSL certificate offerings of its reseller services brand OpenSRS (www.opensrs.com) to include the entire range of SSL products from VeriSign.
OpenSRS had previously offered its web hosting and ISP resellers wholesale SSL certificates from VeriSign’s GeoTrust (www.geotrust.com) brand. The new deal will see the company offer the company’s VeriSign and thawte (www.thawte.com) branded certificates.
SSL certificates are a key product for OpenSRS. The company’s relationship with GeoTrust predates that company’s acquisition by VeriSign. The new deal will, most significantly, enable OpenSRS resellers to offer VeriSign’s extended validation certificates, which will enable their customers to display the “green bar” in the web browsers of website visitors.
OpenSRS is a compelling channel for VeriSign to distribute the SSL products, with an enormous base of resellers – particularly in the SSL and domain spaces. OpenSRS says demand for EV certificates has been high among resellers. How popular the significantly more expensive products will prove remains to be seen.
A complete listing of the prices for the newly-offered SSL products is available at the OpenSRS website.
“At OpenSRS, we recognize the importance of online security and VeriSign SSL and EV SSL certificates provide an ideal add-on to domain name sales for our resellers, allowing them to offer a complete online security solution to their customers,” says David Woroch, VP of sales at OpenSRS, quoted in the press release. “Our goal is to make sure that our resellers understand the value of the most trusted name on the web, and how to leverage it in their own solution portfolios.”
In the section of the OpenSRS website promoting the new certificates, the company describes some of the market-specific appeal of the individual brands, pointing out thawte’s popularity among small businesses in Europe and Asia and VeriSign’s sway among large enterprises.
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