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Garrett SaundryIt’s easy to make changes at home when it comes to helping out the environment, but it’s a little different at the office. I think that this is because when you’re at home, you can track how much you spend on the water bill, heat or hydro. At the office it’s a bit different since…
Garrett SaundryBCNET’s 8th annual conference is being held next week, April 22 and 23, at SFU’s Harbour Centre in Vancouver. The conference is considered Western Canada’s premier technology event for research and higher education. Webnames.ca is proud to be involved as a Bronze sponsor. BCNET is a not-for-profit society formed to provide high-speed optical network capabilities, often called…
JuliannaAn Internet milestone for Canada is fast approaching. Sometime this April, we’re expected to reach one million .CA domain registrations. To mark the occasion, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) asked Canadians to share stories about how they are using .CA domain names to connect and communicate online. The best entries have been profiled at…
Webnames.ca Staff.Asia launched general registration yesterday, March 26, 2008. .Asia domains are now available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The DotAsia registry has announced a contest to generate interest in the auctions that are beginning in early April and continuing through June. The public will be able to guess which domains receive the highest bids. Contest…
Garrett SaundryWith the impending launch of another TLD in .ASIA, it gets me thinking what is a domain worth? Although your answer of “Well whatever somebody is willing to pay for it silly!” is technically correct, but not altogether right. Domains are like land here in Vancouver. There is a finite amount and it seems like everybody wants some…
Garrett SaundryDon’t wait until the last minute to submit your .ASIA domains. Landrush closes on March 12 (check out the cool countdown ticker on the right). They’ve come up with a new and novel way of registering conflicting domains. Domains that have more than one person that try to register them automatically go to auction. It’s up…
Garrett SaundrySmall Business BC is a non profit organization funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Ministry of Small Business and Revenue. It delivers services and government programs throughout BC. Entrepreneurs can access services and information such as start up and requirements, government acts and regulations as well as business planning services, consultation, business seminars…
JuliannaWebnames.ca Inc. is pleased to announce it is an accredited registrar for .Asia, the new TLD dedicated to the Asia-Pacific region which spans from Turkey to Japan. Landrush for .Asia begins today, Wednesday February 20 and runs until March 12, 2008. During the Landrush registration phase the general public can…
Garrett SaundrySo It’s late on a Wednesday night, you’re sitting at home in front of your computer in your fuzzy bunny slippers and your red flannel pyjamas with the monkeys all over them. You’re surfing some of the more interesting websites that you can’t go to at work or doing some online shopping because you’re pretty…
JuliannaJust a reminder that you have until February 8, 2008 to submit your .CA story to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority for a chance to win one of five shiny-happy Apple MacBooks. All you need to do is tell CIRA how you are using your .CA domain and maybe why you chose a .CA name…
Webnames.ca StaffAuctions have been used for years in the aftermarket, pioneered by the .com and .net domain extensions. Many domain extensions go to auction once they have expired (except for .ca which uses the first-come, first-served method, where the first registration request received secures the domain). Then came .MOBI. The first domain extension to allocate first-release…
JuliannaSetting pricing is tricky – what is your product or service worth, how much is too much and how can you entice customers to buy what you are selling? While you may never figure out if your price structure is exactly right, there are a few things you can do to encourage customers to buy…
JuliannaIt’s no surprise that as a domain registrar, one of the things we are experts at is managing domains. So if I tell you that purchasing and transferring an aftermarket domain is easy, you might think it’s just because I work with Webnames.ca, but I recently had a chance to experience the process from a…
Webnames.ca StaffWith the advent of Web 2.0 the Internet has become more of a community then ever before. Sites like Myspace.com and Facebook are hugely popular, and so they should be. They’ve created thriving online communities, but I’m not here to talk about that, my post today is about the best social networking site on the…
If you have ever given a conference talk, led a seminar group, or even hosted a meeting with accompanying PowerPoint presentation on WebEx, you have probably heard the request “can we get a copy of your slides?” Sending a large PowerPoint file via email and ensuring you have locked editing rights can be a bit…
