Garrett SaundryAdministering sizeable domain name portfolios and DNS settings can be tedious and time-consuming, especially for organizations overseeing a large number of domain names, DNS records, online services, and SSL certificates. That’s why Webnames has modernized its JSON/REST API to make domain and DNS management faster, more secure, and easier to automate. What’s an API —…
Garrett SaundryAction Required by Most GeoTrust, RapidSSL and Thawte to Customers to Remain Trusted by World’s Most Popular Browser As you may be aware, in early 2017 the developers of Google’s Chrome web browser formally expressed concern regarding evidence that Symantec had failed on multiple occasions to properly conduct required validation prior to the issuance of…
Garrett SaundryOn December 1, 2016, changes to ICANN’s Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) will go into effect. Changes to ICANN’s Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP), the policy governing how domains are transferred between registrars and registrants, will go into effect on December 1, 2016. The ICANN IRTP, the policy governing how domains are transferred between registrars and registrants,…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca would like to notify all customers that our servers have not been affected by the OpenSSL Security Advisory issued on June 5th 2014 and that your information, data and privacy remain secure. This recently discovered SSL vulnerability again affects the popular OpenSSL encryption software, and comes only weeks after the infamous Heartbleed vulnerability. The…
Garrett SaundryIt has been years in the making but new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) are set to launch this year. Once all the new domain extensions begin to launch things will happen at a furious pace. The first domains are expected to be released between the end of September and the end of October 2013.…
Garrett SaundryThe Internet is an integral part of our society, and continues to be a great research tool that can be accessible anywhere around the world. Since the internet is accessible to anyone, it presents potential risks that “hackers” can exploit. Here are a few internet safety tips directly from our customer support team member, Sean…
Garrett SaundryAnother Great Year at Webnames.ca in 2012 A message from our President: Webnames.ca had another extremely productive year with key product launches and upgrades. We continue to live our core values to “amaze every customer with exceptional service”, maintaining an average under one minute response time in our contact centre. We continue to be very…
Garrett SaundryThe Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is in the midst of a public consultation http://idnconsultation.ca on the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .CA domain. Specifically, CIRA is proposing to support the use of French characters in .CA domain names. After making an initial proposal and conducting an extensive consultation in 2011, CIRA…
Garrett SaundryA message from our President: As another successful year draws to a close, on behalf of everyone at Webnames.ca I’d like to thank all of you for your business, for being a part of our growth and helping us give back to the community we serve. We’ve accomplished a lot in the past year with…
Garrett SaundryAfter a particularly frustrating day this September, Carrie Gelson, a teacher at Seymour Elementary, an inner city school in Vancouver, sat down and wrote an open letter to the people of Vancouver. In it, she voiced her frustration with the difficulties of trying to teach children who come to school hungry, cold and emotionally stressed. …
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is happy to announce the launch of our new Retail Pricing Program. This new program allows you to qualify for industry leading domain pricing based on the number of domains and/or services within your Webnames.ca account. Get domain pricing as low as $12.50/year! Our Retail Pricing Program is broken down in to two price…
Garrett SaundryOn Saturday, November 5th , Cybele Negris, Webnames’ President, will be a speaker at the TEDxCapU. Cybele’s talk will address technology in an event themed: R U READY?, that is all about the impact of change on business. “The speed of change in Technology, Expectations, Demographics is frustrating, challenging, exciting and resource-consuming! Change also presents…
Garrett SaundryBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for October 12th, 2011 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early. We publish a “top picks” list each week after CIRA publishes its latest batch of expiring dot-CA domains. CIRA adds more domains to the…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is excited to announce $4.99* pricing on all new 1 year .CA domain registrations in October! Show your visitors you’re Canadian with a new .CA domain name. There is no better time to register than now! Why .CA? Show your visitors you are proudly Canadian .CA was the second fastest growing ccTLD this year…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is happy to announce new lower Domain Transfer Pricing. Take advantage of our industry leading customer support, now at an even better price. Transfer your .CA or .COM from your current Registrar to Webnames.ca for only $13.00! .NET, .ORG, .BIZ and many other domain extension transfer prices have also gone down. See Full Pricing…
