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12-07-2009, 07:38 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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How To Be Released (TBR) registrations actually work (for .ca domains)
We've noticed that lots of people seem confused about To Be Released (TBR) domains, so I've created this little article to enlighten people on how the registration process actually works.
This information is only relevant to dot-ca (.ca ccTLD) domains. So if you aren't interested in Canadian domains you can stop reading here.
I'll start off with the basics and then move on to the more technical stuff. If you're already familiar with the basics feel free to skip over the first section.
The Basics
When CIRA releases a canceled/expired dot-CA domain name, it becomes available for registration during a special registration period held every Wednesday between 14:00 and 15:00 (Eastern time). These domains are called "To Be Released" (or "TBR" for short) domains.
CIRA maintains a list of domains available during the next upcoming TBR periods on their website at: http://ro.cira.ca/tbrlist_p. There are usually a few thousand, and often times they can be incredibly desirable, and potentially very valuable.
TBR domains can only be registered through a CIRA certified registrar, and are registered on a first-come first-serve basis. Any TBR domains that are not registered during the TBR period become available for normal registration after.
The More Technical Details
Registrars can only submit registration requests for TBR domains during the TBR registration period. Each registrar is only allowed a single connection to CIRA's TBR server once the TBR registration period starts, and can only submit one registration request every 5 seconds.
Once again, TBR domains are registered with CIRA on a first-come first-serve basis. CIRA does not engage registrars in any sort of bidding process. Therefore, paying a registrar more to register a TBR domain does not give you a greater chance of winning the domain. Simply put, the registrar who puts in the request first will win the domain.
So for a very simple example, if one registrar submits a registration request for a TBR domain (ie "test.ca") at 14:01 on Wednesday, and then another registrar submits a registration request for the same domain at 14:02, the first registrar would have already "won" the domain.
The key to getting the TBR domain you want is finding a registrar who will put in the registration request for you first.
Each registrar may have dozens or even hundreds of TBR domain orders. Since they can only submit 1 request every 5 seconds, it may be several minutes before they actually end up submitting your TBR order, and by that time it may already be gone.
Common Misconceptions
There is a bidding process for TBR domains (FALSE):
Many CIRA registrars will accept a TBR order for a particular domain, and then accept another TBR order for the exact same domain. In this situation, registrars will often make the competing registrants out-bid each other for the privilege of having the registrar submit a TBR order on their behalf. Put simply, bidding more at a registrar for a particular domain does NOT necessarily give you a better chance of getting that domain. Again, it all comes down to which registrar submits the registration request for that domain first.
Registrars with multiple "shill" bidding companies have a greater chance of winning your domain (FALSE):
As mentioned earlier, each registrar only gets a single connection to CIRA's TBR servers. To get around this restriction, some registrars have set up "shill" corporations and registered them with CIRA to get additional connections to CIRA's servers.
Logic would dictate that these companies have done this because they have many TBR orders. Once again, choosing a registrar with multiple "shill" bidders does not necessarily give you a greater chance of getting the domain you want (it simply gives them a greater chance of getting more domains overall).
For example, say we have Registrar A who have a total of 10 shill bidders, and 200 TBR orders. If each of those shill connections make 20 registration requests, we can guess on average that your order will come in 10th.
If we also have Registrar B who has only 1 TBR connection, but guarantees you that they will place your order first, Registrar B will in all likelihood win that domain. In fact even if Registrar B places the order for your domain 2nd or 3rd, they will still most likely win that domain.
A registrar who guarantees you a specific spot in line is much more likely to win the domain you want than a registrar who has multiple shill bidders.
Then I should choose an obscure registrar who won't have many TBR orders (FALSE):
CIRA has two methods for registrars to register TBR domains during the TBR registration period. They can either log in to CIRA's web interface on their website and fill in the TBR order form, or they can use an XML socket interface to submit an automated request.
Registrars who do not often deal in TBR domains will not have automated scripts set up to register TBR domains, and simply log into the registrar webpage at CIRA's website and manually fill in each order. By the time they've just begun to fill out the form, other automated scripts would have already filled all of clients' TBR orders.
Registrars who do deal often in TBR domains will have scripts that are optimized, have synchronized their servers' times to that of CIRA's servers (so they can get the orders in at 14:00:00 on the dot), and ideally have low latency between their servers and CIRA 's servers.
These may seem like trivial issues, but with valuable TBR domains, every millisecond counts.
That's it for now! I would be happy to answer any questions...█ CanSpace Solutions - www.canspace.ca - Canada's leading domain registrar and web hosting provider
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12-08-2009, 01:07 AM #2Junior Guru
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Well i follow this forum for a long time haven't heart many questions or i missed them.
With 9 years of TBR experience, We would also be able to help.MBT
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01-13-2013, 11:06 PM #3Newbie
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01-14-2013, 08:56 AM #4Temporarily Suspended
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And if there is backorder then there would be auction too!
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