Garrett SaundryThe Sunrise B Registration Phase for .XXX allows trademark owners to protect their trademarks by blocking their names from being registered.This phase starts September 7th and runs until October 28th, 2011 (52 days). Webnames.ca is accredited with ICM Registry to accept Sunrise B applications and pre-registrations for General Availability for the new, sponsored top-level .XXX…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is excited to announce the expansion of our current GeoTrust SSL certificate offerings with the addition of several certificates from the leading brands in internet security, GeoTrust and VeriSign. Choose from our wide range of SSL Certificates, including EV SSL with the green address bar. Security your visitors can trust If you collect personal…
Garrett SaundryThe CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP), which has been in effect since 2002, is a forum which is intended to provide quick, out-of-court arbitrations at relatively low cost for .CA domain names registered in bad faith Last summer, CIRA (The Canadian Internet Registration Authority), held a public consultation on it’s CDRP to gather…
Garrett SaundryIntroducing Lower Domain Pricing Webnames.ca has rolled out significantly lower domain prices on multiple year registrations and renewals for retail customers. Our domain prices are now up to 75% lower on 10 year terms and 70% lower on 5 year terms for certain extensions like .CA. Next time you register or renew your domain with…
Garrett SaundryGet the right domain name for your business Have you figured out on the perfect name for your business or initiative, only to find that the domain is already owned by someone else. Webnames.ca is now offering Domain Brokering Services to assist you in securing the domain name you want to represent your venture online.…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca was recently recognized as one of the “Best Web Hosting Providers and Companies” for 2011 by WebHostingSearch.com. As Webnames.ca celebrates 10 years of excellent performance, we are delighted to receive this award from industry recognized WebHostingSearch.com, a group of professional webmasters who help average hosting customers fins quality hosting providers. We also want to…
Garrett SaundryNew Domain Names are Coming in 2012 Part of the mandate of ICANN is to make the internet representative and inclusive. Over the last ten years they have tried to pick new top level domain names that would best serve the internet and this centralized process saw the introduction of new domain extensions such as…
Garrett SaundryWebnames.ca is thrilled to launch our new hosting! We’ve re-tooled, re-vamped and re-jigged our platform and plans – and we’re sure you are going to love the result. Great news: We have feature rich hosting plans starting as low as $4.95/month. We also have the lowest start-up price for a complete plan – only $37.50!…
Garrett SaundryThe Social Search. How it Works: Google and Bing are changing the way we are use the internet….. again. Social Search has been created and both Bing and Google have their own takes on it. So what is it? Social Search is a new addition to the old search engine that allows users to opt-in…
Garrett SaundryOnce again the holidays are here, and it’s hard not to think about anything but the sugar plumbs dancing in our head to the Hall and Oates rendition of the Jingle Bell Rock, or perhaps that’s just me. For many families, however, this season is not lighthearted, nevermind an unlimited feast of Grandma’s baking; instead…
Garrett SaundryWe would like to update you regarding this week’s postponement of the CIRA TBR. An ambiguity in the TBR submission rocess resulted in some registrars not being able to participate in yesterday’s release. As a result, and in keeping with CIRA‘s commitment to fair and equal access in the TBR process, yesterday’s TBR results have…
Garrett SaundryThe upcoming TBR is a big one, in fact it is the biggest one ever! Below is a sample of some of the amazing .CA domains on this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. There are approximately 25,000 domains scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 17 – that’s about 23,000 more domains than a…
Garrett SaundryRenewal calls. Love them or hate them, you’re going to get them (unless you unchecked the little box in the notifications section of your account), and it’s most likely going to be my voice you hear on the other end of that line. Every morning at 9:30am I put on my Madonna head set, settle…
Garrett SaundryWe’re Celebrating 10 Years in Business By Fundraising for Early Stage Cancer Detection With the Vancouver Canary Derby only 25 days away our fundraising has been kicked into high gear. We’re cranking it up this week by throwing a birthday party that’s not all about us. Webnames.ca is also using our 10 Year Anniversary Party…
Garrett SaundryI come to work every day at 8:30 AM and by 10:30 AM I am on the phones making calls to our wonderful customers about their domain and service renewals. What I could do in this role is stare at the yellow, white and black screen with its array of links, click the domain…
