Comments on: Who-Is Queries – Shady Registrar Practices You Should Be Aware Of

By: Julianna

Julianna — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:30:33 +0000

Hi Kathy,
We don’t attempt to hide our pricing – it is posted prominently on our website and in all our renewal communications. My guess is that you likely purchased a Webhosting or Web Builder plan which includes a free domain registration. If you happened to cancel your plan, your domain would reflect our storefront domain pricing when it came up for renewal. Webnames.ca’s storefront pricing for .CA domain names is $50.00 CAD for registrations and renewals.
If this is the case, or you received a discount by purchasing a domain or service during a promotion or with a coupon, I would encourage you to call Webnames.ca Customer Support at 1-866-221-7878. Our employees are empowered to review pricing and provide discounts on a case-by-case basis. We certainly aim to make our customers happy.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:34:13 +0000

I registered a Webnames.ca in March 2007 and the fee was nominal. I just received a renewal notice from Webnames.ca and the nominal fee has gone up to $50. This is also fairly unscrupulous.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:45:34 +0000

Nice post Kathryn! Certainly a lot of shady stuff happening online! To the above commenter, yes the internet in many ways is our modern day “Wild West”.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:29:04 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty awful, actually. I’m really glad that we have all our sites registered. In a lot of ways, the internet is like the Wild West I think.