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<td>Type: </td> <td>Public </td></tr> <tr> <td>Industry: </td> <td>Internet, Registrar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Founded: </td> <td>Flint, Michigan, USA (1993) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Founder(s): </td> <td><a href="/index.php?title=Scott_Swedorski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Swedorski (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Scott Swedorski</a><br><a href="/Colin_Campbell" title="Colin Campbell">Colin Campbell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="65px">Headquarters: </td> <td>96 Mowat Avenue,<br>Toronto, ON M6K 3M1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Country: </td> <td>Canada </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Businesses: </td> <td><a href="/OpenSRS" title="OpenSRS">OpenSRS</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=ISPBilling.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ISPBilling.com (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">ISPBilling.com</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Butterscotch.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Butterscotch.com (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Butterscotch.com</a>,<br><a href="/index.php?title=YummyNames&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="YummyNames (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">YummyNames</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Hover&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hover (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Hover</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Ting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ting (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Ting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Employees: </td> <td>~200 (2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Revenue: </td> <td>$97 million (2011) </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top">Website: </td> <td><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://www.tucowsinc.com/">TucowsInc.com</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twitter: </td> <td><span class="plainlinks"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/File:TwitterIcon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="/images/2/24/TwitterIcon.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16"></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/tucows">@tucows</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ADDFFF;">Key People </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="/Elliot_Noss" title="Elliot Noss">Elliot Noss</a>, President and Chief Executive Officer<br> <p><a href="/Michael_Cooperman" title="Michael Cooperman">Michael Cooperman</a>, Chief Financial Officer<br> <a href="/Adam_Eisner" title="Adam Eisner">Adam Eisner</a><br> <a href="/Carla_Goertz" title="Carla Goertz">Carla Goertz</a>, Vice President, Human Resources<br> <a href="/David_Woroch" title="David Woroch">David Woroch</a>, Vice President, Sales<br> <a href="/Ken_Schafer" title="Ken Schafer">Ken Schafer</a>, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management<br> <a href="/Ross_Rader" title="Ross Rader">Ross Rader</a>, General Manager of Hover </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Tucows</b>, an acronym for <b>The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software</b>, is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. </p><p><br> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#New_gTLDs"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">New gTLDs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Products_and_Services_offered_by_Tucows"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Products and Services offered by Tucows</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Ting"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ting</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Revenue"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Revenue</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Other"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Other</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#UDRP"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">UDRP</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Transfer_of_Cheapies.com_Registrations"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Transfer of Cheapies.com Registrations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="New_gTLDs">New <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="4697ac6f26f5689fb9ae486938ef922d">gTLDs</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: New gTLDs" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: New gTLDs"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Tucows applied for 4 <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="4697ac6f26f5689fb9ae486938ef922d">gTLDs</a> under <a href="/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a>'s <a href="/New_gTLD_Program" title="New gTLD Program">New gTLD Program</a> using the subsidiary Tucows <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="e800122d43583e63e1740a15d5fa5183">TLDs</a> Inc. <a href="/.online" title=".online">.online</a>, <a href="/.media" title=".media">.media</a>, and <a href="/.marketing" title=".marketing">.marketing</a> applications by Tucows have all been withdrawn, while <a href="/.group" title=".group">.group</a> has passed the <a href="/Initial_Evaluation" title="Initial Evaluation">Initial Evaluation</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><b>1993</b> - Tucows began in Flint, Michigan. It was originally started by <a href="/index.php?title=Scott_Swedorski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott Swedorski (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Scott Swedorski</a> as a website to offer software on a freeware or shareware basis.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>1995</b> - Tucows is aquired by Toronto-based <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="a5e9ad0a63d0af143a586a7d3e8687f8">ISP</a> Internet Direct.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>1999</b> - Tucows is accredited by <a href="/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a> as a domain name <a href="/Registrar" title="Registrar">registrar</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>2000</b> - Tucows launches an <a href="/OpenSRS" title="OpenSRS">OpenSRS</a> platform and began accepting domain name registrations from <a href="/ISP" class="mw-redirect" title="ISP">ISPs</a> and web hosting companies.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2001</b> - Tucows merges with Infonautics, Inc., an internet information services company.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2006</b> - Tucows acquires <a href="/index.php?title=NetIdentity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NetIdentity (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">NetIdentity</a>. At the time, <a href="/index.php?title=NetIdentity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NetIdentity (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">NetIdentity</a> owned 68% of all US and European surname domain names.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2007</b> - Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com, a privately held <a href="/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a>-accredited wholesale registrar offering domain services through a network of over 2,500 affiliates with over 700,000 domains under management.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2008</b> - Tucows launches <a href="/index.php?title=Hover.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hover.com (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Hover.com</a>. Tucows discontinues ItsYourDomain.com, NetIdentity, and DomainDirect, merges them, and forms Hover.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2008</b> - Tucows announces the launch of <a href="/index.php?title=Butterscotch.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Butterscotch.com (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Butterscotch.com</a>, an online video site. However, the site now resolves to a page about Tucows and its services.</li></ul> <ul><li><b>2012</b> - Tucows launches a new mobile carrier, <a href="/index.php?title=Ting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ting (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Ting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ting_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ting-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2017</b> - Tucows acquires <a href="/ENom" title="ENom">Enom</a> from <a href="/Rightside" title="Rightside">Rightside</a> for $83.5 million, and with capital adjustments, resulting in a net cash closing of $76.7 million. Enom remains a distribution partner for Rightside's new <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="4697ac6f26f5689fb9ae486938ef922d">gTLDs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li><b>2021</b> - purchases <a href="/Uniregistry" title="Uniregistry">Uniregistry</a>'s registry platform service, in significant part for its technical team. This asset agreement is effective as of October 1, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Products_and_Services_offered_by_Tucows">Products and Services offered by Tucows</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Products and Services offered by Tucows" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Products and Services offered by Tucows"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Tucows earned a name early on for being the first website to provide "freeware" and "shareware" software. They currently host more than 40,000 titles that are proven virus- and spyware-free through an international network of partner sites. These partner sites ensure that software downloads are fast, local, and secure.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from Tucows.com, Tucows also owns many other sites: </p> <ul><li><a class="external text" href="http://www.opensrs.com/">OpenSRS.com</a>: A platform for resellers. OpenSRS manages over ten million domain names, and millions of mailboxes for a network of over 10,000 web hosts, <a href="/ISP" class="mw-redirect" title="ISP">ISPs</a>, and other resellers around the world.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="http://www.ispbilling.com/">ISPBilling.com</a>: Platypus Billing System is specifically designed for <a href="/ISP" class="mw-redirect" title="ISP">ISP</a>, <a href="/WISP" title="WISP">WISP</a> and Web Hosting business.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="http://www.butterscotch.com/">Butterscotch.com</a>: An online video network with video tutorials to explain internet technology.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="http://www.yummynames.com/">YummyNames.com</a>: YummyNames oversees the tens of thousands of domain names owned by Tucows. YummyNames offers domain name consulting services specifically designed for marketers, along with the sales and leasing of premium domains from the Tucows portfolio through the YummyNames website.</li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://www.hover.com/">Hover.com</a>: Tucows provides domain names, email and other services through an extensive reseller network called OpenSRS. They sell these services directly to consumers and small businesses through a retail group known as Hover.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ting">Ting</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ting" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Ting"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In February 2012, Tucows launched a new mobile carrier, Ting.<sup id="cite_ref-ting_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ting-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service is aimed at building a variable service around the customer's needs; for example, should a customer use minutes over or under the parameters of his or her current plan, he or she can expect to be billed at a plan that corresponds to usage rather than facing over-usage fees or paying for more data and minutes than used. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Revenue">Revenue</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Revenue" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Revenue"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In the fourth quarter of 2011, Tucows posted a revenue of $26.4 million, which represented the 7th consecutive quarter of record revenue and brought annual revenue for 2011 to $97 million. Its domain portfolio reseller, <a href="/index.php?title=YummyNames&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="YummyNames (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">YummyNames</a>, performed particularly well and saw its revenue up 24% over one year.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2012, Tucows announced that it would purchase a total of 7,569,952 shares of its Common Stock at $0.77 per share. The total purchase price of the stock is $5,828,863. The company expects to own approximately 46,047,337 shares issued and outstanding once the purchase transaction is completed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other">Other</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Other"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In protest of <a href="/SOPA" class="mw-redirect" title="SOPA">SOPA</a> and <a href="/PIPA" class="mw-redirect" title="PIPA">PIPA</a>, Tucows, along with other well-known sites on the Internet, blacked out their Tucows Software Download site on January 18th from 8 am to 8 pm EST (1300-0100 UTC).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="UDRP"><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="3509e3d2c36f465021473da07d4543fe">UDRP</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: UDRP" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: UDRP"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In November 2012, A <a href="/WIPO" class="mw-redirect" title="WIPO">WIPO</a> arbitrator declared that Tucows' Marker.com should be transferred to Marker Völkl (International) GmbH, a German ski-equipment manufacturer that owns Marker.de. The ruling did not result in a transfer given that there are ongoing legal proceedings initiated by both parties. Tucows got the domain name as part of its Mailbank acquisition of surnames, which is used to offer email addresses to customers. Marker noted that sponsored links on the page were for ski products.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Transfer_of_Cheapies.com_Registrations">Transfer of Cheapies.com Registrations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transfer of Cheapies.com Registrations" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Transfer of Cheapies.com Registrations"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In November 2013, Tucows was selected by <a href="/ICANN" title="ICANN">ICANN</a> to takeover <a href="/Domain_Name" title="Domain Name">Domain Name</a> registrations belonging to <a href="/index.php?title=Cheapies.com&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cheapies.com (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow">Cheapies.com</a>, a <a href="/Registrar" title="Registrar">Registrar</a> that was de-accredited by ICANN in 2013 after they failed to comply with their <a href="/RAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RAA">RAA</a>. The bulk transfer of the registrations is stipulated in the <a href="/RAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RAA">RAA</a>, and registrants did not have to pay for the transfer.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The now-terminated registrar had less than 12,000 registrations at the time of termination.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Tucows&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div style="font-size:.9em;"><div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_gx5202/is_2007/ai_n19123779/">Tucows aquired by ISP Internet Direct</a>, FindArticles.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56905150.html">Tucows launches OpenSRS</a>, HighBeam.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=17104">Tucows merged with Infonautics</a>, InfoToday.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://seekingalpha.com/article/12787-tucows-podcast-on-its-netidentity-acquisition-transcript">Tucows acquires NetIdentity</a>, SeekingAlpha.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/07/itsyourdomain-acquired-by-tucows/">Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com</a>, DomainTools.com. Published 2007 July.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://tucowsinc.com/news/2008/12/say-hello-to-hover/">Tucows launches Hover.com</a>, TucowsInc.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ting-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ting_7-0">7.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ting_7-1">7.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/02/tucows-officially-launches-ting-a-more-thoughtful-wireless-carrier/">Tucows Officially Launches a More Thoughtful Wireless Carrier</a>, TechCrunch.com. Published 2012 February 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://www.thedomains.com/2017/01/20/rightside-sells-enom-to-tucows-for-76-7-million-cash/">Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows</a>. Retrieved 21 Mar 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tucows-adds-registry-platform-technology-and-veteran-talent-from-unr-corp-301389418.html">Tucows Adds UNR Registry Platform and Veteran Talent, PR Newswire</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://www.tucows.com/about.html">Tucows.com About Us</a>, Tucows.com.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2012/02/15/tucows-earnings/">Tucows Earnings</a>, DomainNameWire.com. Published 2012 February 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/23/tucows-publishes-results-of-its-tender-offer/">Tucows Publishes Results Of Its Tender Offer</a>, TheDomains.com. Published 2012 January 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://tucowsinc.com/news/2012/01/why-we-dont-like-sopa/">Why We Don't Like SOPA</a>, Tucows.inc.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2012/11/16/tucows-loses-udrp-for-marker-com-but-it-aint-over-yet/">Tucows Loses UDRP for Marker Com</a>, DomainNameWire.com. Published 2012 November 16. 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