Tucows Reviews

Tucows Inc. is a Canadian-American internet services and telecommunications company founded in 1993 in Flint, Michigan, USA, by Scott Swedorski. Initially known as 'The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software', it started as a download site for freeware and shareware, a service it maintained until 2021. Tucows quickly evolved, becoming an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar in 1999 and launching its OpenSRS wholesale domain registration platform in 2000, targeting ISPs and web hosting companies. Today, Tucows is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is one of the largest domain registrars globally, operating primarily through its Tucows Domains segment, which includes brands like OpenSRS (wholesale), Enom (wholesale/retail), Ascio (wholesale), and Hover (retail). While it originally offered hosting services, its current focus is heavily on domain registration, email services (offered via resellers and Hover), fiber internet (through its Ting Internet division), and telecom software-as-a-service (SaaS) via its Wavelo division. Tucows targets a broad audience, from individual domain registrants (Hover) to web hosting companies, ISPs, and other domain resellers (OpenSRS, Enom, Ascio), as well as communities served by Ting Internet. Its unique selling points include its long history, scale in the domain industry, and diversification into fiber internet and telecom SaaS.