Neil Lim.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…
Neil LimThe .CLUB gTLD extension is one of the new domains being released that provides flexibility and is usable by different groups associated with the word “club”, worldwide. While registration of the .CLUB gTLD is an open domain extension, groups such as night clubs, sport clubs, exclusive membership clubs, social clubs, hobby clubs, professional societies and…
Happy Birthday .CO! It’s been 3 years since their global launch of the .CO domain and the folks over at .CO have done a great job of growing the domain. In the short time since it’s launch, there have been over 1.5 million .CO registrations already worldwide! So how did .CO reach this milestone in…
Neil LimWith the plethora of different companies and businesses out there, it can become challenging identifying one company from another. It is also even more challenging distinguishing yourself from the rest of the competition. Luckily for companies in different industries, the new domains coming out will bring and present new and numerous opportunities for businesses to…
Webnames.ca StaffThe summer is here, and it’s the perfect time to register your business name online! Webnames.ca is having a domain sale on .BIZ domain names! Why .BIZ?Get the domain name you want – With the popularity of .COM, it can be difficult to get the exact name that you want. .BIZ offers more opportunities to…
Webnames.ca StaffIf you think that .CORPORATION as an extension is too long or if .INC doesn’t suit your business, then maybe .CORP will! With the new domain extensions being released this year, businesses will have more options to choose from on which extension represents them best on the Internet. The .CORP extension is going to be…
Steve SmithPRISM sounds like an acronym from the cold war. I think about Get Smart or Man from UNCLE; secret handshakes and the dome of silence. The difference now is that the top spies are spying on us. By now, I suppose everyone has heard about the National Security Agency surveillance programmes revealed by Edward Snowden…
Webnames.ca StaffStarting on May 8, The Canadian Internet Registration Authority’s (CIRA’s) Nomination Committee will be accepting applications for the Nomination Committee slate for the 2013 Board of Directors Election. What is the role of CIRA’s Board? The Board of Directors has a unique role to play in setting policy and strategy to help CIRA continue to…
Webnames.ca StaffCelebrate 2013 with a new domain name for yourself or your business! Get a new .COM or .NET domain name for only $9 in January when you use our promo code: NEWYEAR9 at checkout. This domain sale is available until January 31st, 2013. This promotion is valid for new .COM & .NET domains, for a …
Neil LimIs your .COM or .CA domain name up for renewal soon? Consider renewing it for a longer term! There are many benefits: Save Money – Renewing your domain for longer than the standard 1 year saves you money on the yearly renewal price. Pricing from as low as $13 per year (for a 9 year…
Neil LimA Snapshot of The gTLD Expansion On January 12, 2012 ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers) started accepting applications for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and closed its application period on May 30, 2012. Presently, there are 22 gTLDs including .com, .org, and .net. Out of the several applications, some of the biggest…
Steve SmithThe way we are consuming copyrighted material is changing. We are not buying CD’s, DVD’s, or books as much as we used to and Peer to Peer (P2P) networks have made it very easy to distribute and share media. Some of this media is in the public domain (such as old movies and books where…
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…
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…
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…
