Does anyone know of any cheap domain registration sites that will register a .ca name??? All the ones that I've seen recommended don't include .ca

Thanks in advance

If you are Canadian, go to BareMetal or EasyHosting. Both charge less than CAN$20 per name year. If you are not Canadian, you are probably NOT eligible to register one. Hope this helps.

www.kiss.ca

do you have to be Canadian to own a .CA ?

Originally posted by Gerrit
do you have to be Canadian to own a .CA ?

I think so, just like .us you have to be a US citizen to own one right?

Originally posted by Gerrit
do you have to be Canadian to own a .CA ?
Yes.

And for those who are going to say no, the answer is YES! Dot-ca's registration requirements are even stricter than those of .us. Of course, people park in spaces reserved for the handicapped all the time.

There are European registrars that offer .CA , so in fact they cannot legally offer these domains ?

Anybody can sell anything but the main thing here is the buyer or the registrant, they have to be from canada, us etc.

Originally posted by Gerrit
There are European registrars that offer .CA , so in fact they cannot legally offer these domains ?
You may actually register a .ca with just ANY registrar (Register.com e.g. also offers .ca registration), but like many other ccTLDs, you must fulfill certain requirements to be eligible.

By the way, non-Canadian registrars which offer .ca registration are mostly resellers or partners of CIRA-certified registrars. eNom for instance actually set up a Canadian company (eNom Canada) in order to be certified.

Hope this helps.

If I, as a Belgian, would buy a .ca domain with for example Kiss.ca or eNom Canada, then the registrar would have to be the legal owner ?

It seems there is an alternative for non-Canadians though : UnoNIC.com and JoyNIC.com offer "Canadian redirections"

Originally posted by Gerrit
If I, as a Belgian, would buy a .ca domain ...
I could imagine Californians (with the same abbreviation CA) wanting a .ca, but why anybody else? Frankly, even as a Canadian, I am reluctant to register too many dot-ca's myself.

By the way, you should NEVER let anybody other than you to be the registrant, a.k.a. legal owner.

Originally posted by k89mmk
[B]Does anyone know of any cheap domain registration sites that will register a .ca name???
www.domainsatcost.ca/payment.asp are charging only $17.49 CDN / year

if you can find a better deal, let me know as I'm about to register some .ca domain.

Man, .ca registry is so complicated. I was helping one of my friends to register new name and those CIRA policies are just creepy

Originally posted by VisDig
www.domainsatcost.ca/payment.asp are charging only $17.49 CDN / year

if you can find a better deal, let me know as I'm about to register some .ca domain.
There are A LOT of BETTER deals as PRICE is only ONE of the things that defines a good deal. As I have posted again and again, I would DEFINITELY pay a couple of dollars more for a RELIABLE service. I regret choosing the "cheapest" registrar and have been moving ALL my .ca domains (including those of my clients) to either EasyHosting or BareMetal.