New gTLD Highlight: .MONEY

Webnames.ca is now accepting pre-registrations for upcoming new generic top level domain names (like .web, .blog, .hotel, .finance etc.) and we have been getting a lot of great feedback from our customers! These new domain extensions are a huge opportunity for businesses and individuals. In order to showcase the benefits of these new extensions, we…

Join us for FP Reach Toronto 2013!

Webnames.ca, Financial Post, and SOHO Business Group are please to invite you to attend the Marketing Event of the Year, on April 26th at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Downtown Toronto. This event features experts and entrepreneurs in marketing, media, and online social engagement to help your business to succeed. The landscape of how…

Meet Our Marketing Intern, Angel

Webnames.ca is always striving for excellence and excellence starts with excellent people! We are delighted to introduce one of our new interns, Angel! Angel has been interning with Webnames.ca since the beginning of February with three other interns; Justin, Graham, and Arti. We sat down with Angel for a Q & A session and to…

Domain Name News – April 1, 2013

ICANN Meets Next Week in Beijing – ICANN is meeting on April 7-11 in Beijing, China, with some pre-meeting events taking place as early as Thursday, April 4. One of the main topics will be the New gTLD program. Remote participation will be available for many of the sessions. ICANN Releases Second Set of Evaluation…

New gTLD Highlight: .WINE

Webnames.ca is now accepting pre-registrations for upcoming new generic Top Level Domain Names (like .web, .hotel, .blog, .home, .tech etc.) and we’re getting a lot of great feedback from our customers! These new extensions are a huge opportunity for businesses and individuals. In order to showcase the benefits of these new extensions, we plan to…

Webnames.ca Launches Trademark Clearinghouse Validation Process for Trademark Holders

On March 26, 2013, Webnames.ca  implemented a Trademark Clearinghouse validation page for all Trademark holders. This is in anticipation of the release of new generic top level domains (gTLDs). What is the Trademark Clearinghouse? The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is a database of trademarks established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in…

Domain Name News – March 25, 2013

ICANN Releases Initial Evaluation Results for New gTLD Applications – ICANN has released Initial Evaluation results for the first set of New gTLD applications. Results for applications with priority numbers 1 through 30 have been posted, all of which are Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Of these 30 applications, 27 have passed Initial Evaluation and three…