John DemcoFormer ICANN Chairman Expresses Nervousness Over gTLD Program – According to an article in Tech Daily Dose, former ICANN chairman Vint Cerf has said he is “nervous” about ICANN’s new gTLD plan. The program has also been criticized by Esther Dyson, ICANN’s founding chairman from 1998-2000. Dyson was succeeded by Cerf who served until 2007.…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for November 9th, 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 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…
John DemcoICANN Meetings Conclude in Dakar – Here are some highlights from the ICANN meetings recently concluded in Dakar, Senegal: Some progress was made on a support program for deserving applicants who require financial, technical, or other assistance “to effectively participate in and benefit from the first round of the New gTLD Program”. An additional USD…
John DemcoICANN Meets This Week In Senegal – ICANN is meeting this week in Dakar, Senegal. The new gTLD program will be a main topic, with others including IDNs, DNSSEC, IPv6, WHOIS, and ICANN’s search for a new CEO. Remote participation will be available for many sessions. U.S. Government To Solicit Bids On The IANA Contract…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for October 19th, 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…
John Demco.UK Registry Raises 7 Million GBP For Nominet Trust – Nominet, registry for the .uk domain, is donating 7 million GBP to Nominet Trust, a UK registered charity. Registry operations represent 4 million GBP of the total, with the remaining 3 million GBP being the proceeds from the release of 2831 previously reserved short domains…
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…
Amy ElderkinWho hasn’t daydreamed about sitting on a goldmine or striking it rich? Techies are no different in this regard, and many people have made a very deliberate attempt to strike it big in the wacky world of domain names – investing thousands of dollars building massive portfolios of domains, hoping that one day, someone will…
John DemcoCIRA Election Continues Until Wednesday, September 28 – Voting in CIRA’s 2011 Board of Directors election continues until Wednesday, September 28 at noon (ET). CIRA members are encouraged to vote, and will elect four directors. CIRA Launches Internationalized Domain Name Consultation – CIRA has launched a consultation on Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) in the .ca…
John DemcoCIRA Election: Voting Starts This Week – Voting in CIRA’s 2011 Board of Directors election starts on Wednesday, September 21 and continues until September 28. The online campaign forum is under way and continues until Tuesday, September 20. CIRA Annual General Meeting Set For Tuesday – CIRA’s Annual General Meeting takes place on Tuesday, September…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for September 21st, 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…
Amy ElderkinCIRA’s migration to the EPP platform, which occurred almost 1 year ago in October of 2010, made some significant changes to how the .CA domain is handled in many regards. Since many customers still have questions about these changes, we thought it would be worthwhile to have a look at how most registrants were affected…
Webnames.ca StaffBelow are our “top picks” from this week’s CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list. The TBR for September 14th, 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…
