Allo, just a quickie about .ca domains, I currently use godaddy for my current domains but unfortunately they dont have .ca registrations. So I was wondering for us canucks whats the best priced/best overall registrar?

You can try http://baremetal.ca
They are the best in my mind.

check out look.ca, they use opensrs

i usually suggest domainsatcost.ca but, i'm not sure anymore.

Domainsatcost.ca's user interface is semi-automated (take that as a compliment). I just have a client who failed to register a .ca with them after trying a couple of days. Moi? I have been transferring ALL my .ca's away from them to either BareMetal or EasyHosting (a.k.a. Look.ca), both charging less than CAN$20.

By the way, always use a CANADIAN company for .ca.

I'll second, or third baremetal. I've used them for a number of ca domains and recomended them to others. I've never had a problem, and no one I've recomended them too have either. I'm not sure if they are the cheapist but I don't care the service is worth the money: I've gotten email's back from them minutes later even after sending the mail at 1 am. They also donate 50 cents to a charity of your choosing, I think its a nice touch.

I have heard good things about baremetal for .ca names. An associate of mine raves about them.

Is it difficult to transfer .ca domains to another registrar?. I haven't moved any before. Do the registrars require faxes, or anything?. Or is it smooth like .com/net/org?

RMF

Registrar transfer is not difficult: no fax, no paper work; but you'll need to verify that at CIRA with the original username and password when you signed up, and that could be tricky for some.

yes, Baremetal.ca is a good company, like others I suggest going with them

Actually enom is pretty cheap but I have had some problems with them for .ca registrations.

How about rules for .ca. Does your client still need to be a Canadian company? Or are there some possibilities to get around that?

Ric

I've used sibername (http://www.sibername.ca) for .ca domain registrations with great success.

Originally posted by AlterNET
How about rules for .ca. Does your client still need to be a Canadian company? Or are there some possibilities to get around that?

Ric
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(a) Canadian citizen. A Canadian citizen of the age of majority under the laws of the province or territory in Canada in which he or she resides or last resided;
(b) Permanent resident. A permanent resident as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, (Canada) S.C. 2001, c. 27, as amended from time to time, who is ordinarily resident in Canada (as defined below) and of the age of majority under the laws of the province or territory in Canada in which he or she resides or last resided;(amended June 5, 2003)
(c) Legal representative. An executor, administrator or other legal representative of a Person listed in paragraph (a) and (b) above;
(d) Corporation. A corporation under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada;
(e) Trust. A trust established and subsisting under the laws of a province or territory of Canada, more than 66 ( % of whose trustees meet one of the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) above;
(f) Partnership. A partnership, more than 66 ( % of whose partners meet one of the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) above, which is registered as a partnership under the laws of any province or territory of Canada;
(g) Association. An unincorporated organization, association or club:
(i) at least 80% of whose members: (A) are ordinarily resident in Canada (if such members are individuals); or (B) meet one of the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (f) above (if such members are not individuals); and
(ii) at least 80% of whose directors, officers, employees, managers, administrators or other representatives are ordinarily resident in Canada;
(h) Trade union. A trade union which is recognized by a labour board under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada and which has its head office in Canada;
(i) Political party. A political party registered under a relevant electoral law of Canada or any province or territory of Canada;
(j) Educational institution. Any of the following:
(i) a university or college which is located in Canada and which is authorized or recognized as a university or college under an Act of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada; or
(ii) a college, post-secondary school, vocational school, secondary school, pre-school or other school or educational institution which is located in Canada and which is recognized by the educational authorities of a province or territory of Canada or licensed under or maintained by an Act of Parliament of Canada or of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada;
(k) Library, Archive or Museum. An institution, whether or not incorporated, that:
(i) is located in Canada; and
(ii) is not established or conducted for profit or does not form part of, or is not administered or directly or indirectly controlled by, a body that is established or conducted for profit, in which is held and maintained a collection of documents and other materials that is open to the public or to researchers;
(l) Hospital. A hospital which is located in Canada and which is licensed, authorized or approved to operate as a hospital under an Act of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada;
(m) Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and her successors;
(n) Indian band. Any Indian band as defined in the Indian Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5, as amended from time to time, and any group of Indian bands;
(o) Aboriginal Peoples. Any Inuit, First Nation, Metis or other people indigenous to Canada, any individual belonging to any Inuit, First Nation, Metis or other people indigenous to Canada and any collectivity of such Aboriginal peoples;
(p) Government. Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, a province or a territory; an agent of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, of a province or of a territory; a federal, provincial or territorial Crown corporation, government agency or government entity; or a regional, municipal or local area government;
(q) Trade-mark registered in Canada. A Person which does not meet any of the foregoing conditions, but which is the owner of a trade-mark which is the subject of a registration under the Trade-marks Act (Canada) R.S.C. 1985, c.T-13 as amended from time to time, but in this case such permission is limited to an application to register a .ca domain name consisting of or including the exact word component of that registered trade-mark; or
(r) Official marks. A Person which does not meet any of the foregoing conditions, but which is a Person intended to be protected by Subsection 9(1) of the Trade-Marks Act (Canada) at whose request the Registrar of Trade-marks has published notice of adoption of any badge, crest, emblem, official mark or other mark pursuant to Subsection 9(1), but in this case such permission is limited to an application to register a .ca domain name consisting of or including the exact word component of such badge, crest, emblem, official mark or other mark in respect of which such Person requested publications.

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Phew, that was a lot of typing... :D

Vito

i reg'ed a name via enom once and didn't need canadian contacts and stuff ?

Originally posted by Bashar
i reg'ed a name via enom once and didn't need canadian contacts and stuff ? During the registration process, were you not required to login at cira.ca and confirm compliance with their requirements?

Vito

yeah i think so and i filled my kuwait address info!

Yikes. :eek:

Well, I hope for your sake cira doesn't ever notice it. I would think they would view that in a dim light, and possibly revoke the domain name.

Kinda like when someone with a .com puts in bogus whois info. Doesn't the registrar have the right to pull it?

Vito

well could be, hehe name is expiring next May and wont renew it hehe :D

Originally posted by Bashar
i reg'ed a name via enom once and didn't need canadian contacts and stuff ?
You don't NEED any Canadian contact, you just have to be a Canadian entity. :D

i aint a canadian entity :D

Enom just isn't fit for .ca domains lol.