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Why You Might Get Spammed for Buying a New Domain Name (And How to Use Domain Privacy to Prevent It)

Posted on August 9, 2017August 9, 2017 by

The rude awakening

You’ve finally settled on the perfect domain name for your blog or small business. You’ve registered it with a trusted Canadian registrar like Webnames.ca. You’ve barely begun to setup email and web hosting, yet the very next day, you wake up to an inbox full of spam – emails hawking web design, SEO services, prospect lists, app development, video production – you name it. Some target you by name with clever phishing tricks and malware. Then the text message spam and robocalls start to roll in.

Canada 150 Event | .CA, Domain Transfers & SSL on Sale until July 31

Posted on July 5, 2017July 5, 2017 by

Webnames.ca Staff

With the Canada Day long weekend over, we just want to remind you that Canada 150 event is still going strong … until July 31st, in fact!

There is no better time this year to register a new .CA domain, get those domain transfers done, or purchase your SSL certificate than this July. No promotion codes required, just straight-up discounts to be had.

Why Every Business Should Prioritize Domain Consolidation

Posted on July 4, 2017August 9, 2017 by

Webnames.ca Staff

If you have more than one domain name, you are probably familiar with the headache of tracking where each domain name is, who it’s registered under, what contact info is being used and when they are going to expire.

150 Things to Remember When Starting a Business in .CA

Posted on June 20, 2017August 9, 2017 by

Julianna

Starting a business can be tough—not only do you want to choose the perfect domain name, but also cover all your bases for finding a great registrar, protecting your domain and marketing your business. To help you out, and in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, we’ve compiled a list of 150 things to remember when starting a business in .CA. As Canada’s original domain registrar, we have a lot of experience to share.

Avoid These Mistakes When Registering Your Web Domain

Posted on June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 by

Shawn Randhawa

So you have an idea for a business, and you know it’s a winner. But you need the perfect domain: something professional, memorable, succinct and effective. Your domain is your web address online, and an essential part of your online presence—you want it to further your marketing efforts, help you reach your audience and reflect the purpose of your company or cause.

Discovering .CA: Domains Worth Exploring This Year

Posted on June 15, 2017June 16, 2017 by

Judith Tracey

Across the country, Canadians are getting together to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. As we approach a milestone anniversary for our country, there are many reasons we are proud to be Canadian—our nature, culture, businesses and accepting (if overly polite) national identity. Another reason to be proud? .CA, Canada’s very own ccTLD, turns 30 years old this year.

Show you’re a retailer that’s ready for business with .STORE

Posted on June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 by

Webnames.ca Staff

“I’m going to the store.” “Which store did you buy that at?” “I love that store.”

Just think about how many times a day you say the word store, think about a store or actually go to the store? As a retailer, shouldn’t your domain name convey that you are in fact a store?

CPR, CBC, .CA – The Ties That Bind Canada

Posted on May 28, 2017June 14, 2017 by

Lisa Wills

2017 is a fantastic year to be celebrating milestones – both culturally and digitally. Canada is turning 150 years old this year and the dot-CA domain extension recently turned 30. These anniversaries remind us that we are a big country with a small population and we rely on nation building entities to keep us together.

Every A is a B, but not every B is an A, C?

Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 by

Jordan Rieger

The title of this blog references a common pattern in learning, from a programming perspective. For example, when you learned basic geometry, you were probably taught some variation of this statement:

30 Years & 2.5M Domains Later, .CA is Still our Favourite Domain

Posted on May 12, 2017May 18, 2017 by

Julianna

As many of you know, Webnames has a special history with .CA . Our co-founder, John Demco, conceived of the .CA country code for Canada, created the original registry at the University of British Columbia and voluntarily maintained it for 13 years before transitioning it to CIRA’s custodianship and governance. During that time John and a small group of dedicated volunteers processed every single .CA domain registration manually.

Aftermarket Domains – Your Gateway to a Memorable & Brandable Name

Posted on May 5, 2017May 19, 2017 by

Julianna

It’s easy to think “all the good names have been taken” and to be honest, most of them have, at least in the major extensions like .COM, .ORG, .BIZ and .NET. But now you can take a second kick at the domain name can and get an incredible domain on the Webnames.ca Domain Aftermarket.

May Domain Deals – Get Productive with .WORK, Get Centered with .YOGA

Posted on May 1, 2017May 11, 2017 by

Julianna

May is finally here! After a long winter, it’s time to dust off the cobwebs and get to work on new projects, be they personal or professional.

With that in mind, we have some great domain extensions on sale this month, including:

Best Domains for Environmentally Conscious Businesses, Products & Orgs

Posted on April 21, 2017May 11, 2017 by

Julianna

Tomorrow we celebrate Earth Day. For environmentally conscious brands, products, organizations and communities there are now a variety of domain names and specialized namespaces to choose from that can be used communicate earth-friendly programs, products, goals and values. You might be surprised at the available options.

Webnames Achieves Climate Smart Certification

Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by

Judith Tracey

After a lot of hard work, we are proud to announce that last month we officially became Climate Smart certified. This was achieved through several training sessions, the creation of an exhaustive inventory of our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and of a GHG reduction plan. For those of you considering doing the certification – and we encourage you to do so! — the Climate Smart group, provides some very smart software for this purpose. Once you’ve collected all of your data and entered it to the system, it reveals not only an organization’s gross emissions for the year but an illuminating summary of where those emissions come from.