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Fraud Alert – Domain Suspension Notice

Webnames.ca was recently alerted to a phishing scam concerning domain suspensions.  The phishing emails portray that they are being sent from us and state that your domain has been suspended.  However, once the recipient clicks on the link within the spoofed email, they are susceptible to malicious payload. If an email looks suspicious or is similar…

The .NEWS domain launches soon!

.NEWS is launching next week and it’s one of the domains we’re all anticipating to be a big success. It’s going live on July 15, 2015 but if you’re anxious to grab one early, EAP starts on July 8, 2015. When the .NEWS domain extension launches, we think it is going to be one of…

What you need to know about the .SUCKS domain

Over the past year and a half, over 450 new domain extensions such as .consulting, .social, .tech and even .ninja have launched but none have created as much controversy and concern as the Vox Populi owned .SUCKS domain.  In 2014, former US senator Jay Rockefeller told the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that…

Come and join us fight cancer!

Webnames.ca is a proud supporter of the Canadian Cancer Society and we have set up the Webnames.ca Cancer Prevention Fund to support cancer research and prevention. With that in mind, we’re hosting a soccer tournament on June 28th, 2015 at the Strathcona Park on 857 Malkin Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6A 2K5. Two teams from Webnames.ca and two teams from our…