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Register .CA Domains! Price: $26.00 per year Minimum Registration Period: 1 years Restrictions:Registrant must be a:
- Canadian citizenship / Permanent residency or legal representative of aforementioned
- Canadian corporations, trusts, partnerships. and associations
Pre-registrations: Pre-registrations are for existing .ca registrants. The .ca namespace has historically been a restricted namespace with many registration restrictions in
place. Registrants have not previously been charged for .ca registrations, however they have had to meet other conditions of registration. As a result of a change in management for this registry
from a co-operative to a non-profit organization (CIRA), all existing .ca registrants (around 90k) must "pre-register" their existing names with the new authority (CIRA).
Registrants in the .ca namespace risk losing their names after 12/01/00 if they do not "pre-register" their names with the new authority (CIRA). Advance Registrations
On or around 11/01/00 (date still tentative), the new authority (CIRA) will begin accepting new registrations in the .ca namespace, under much less stringent registration restrictions. Previously, .ca registrants
were only allowed one registration per individual/organization, and there were further rules restricting access to the .ca space to federally incorporated organizations.
Essentially, the only restrictions for new .ca registrations are that the registrant must be any of the following:
- Canadian citizenship / Permanent residency or legal representative of aforementioned
- Canadian corporations, trusts, partnerships. and associations
This "opening of access", presents significant opportunities for name registration in this namespace. As a result of this, we will be accepting "advance
registrations" for .ca names in advance of the official launch of the less restrictive rules. This will allow registrants to queue requests for .ca names, which will
be registered in a round robin format on the day CIRA opens the "less restrictive" environment (tentatively 11/01/00).
It should be noted that "Advance Registrations" will
place the appropriate funds "on hold" until we can confirm or reject the registration request for the registration.
Registering a .CA is NOT A GUARANTEE that it will be approved and registered to you.You will be charged for registering .CA domains, but the funds will be returned to you if your domain is not approved. Click here to view the .CA Agreement |