Domain Name Registration

Rates & Pricing (CANADIAN DOLLARS)

Please note these rates apply to initial registration only. Renewal rates will often differ.

What Is A Domain Name?
Your Domain Name is your address on the Web. Just like people use your phone number to call you on the phone, your Domain Name allows people to access your site on the Web. Clever, simple, or easy to remember Domain Names are most desirable as they can play a large part in attracting visitors to your site. Most Domain Names end with ".com" (such as Yahoo.com), but other extensions such as ".net", ".org", ".biz" and ".info" are also available. In addition Domains can be used with your e-mail accounts allowing you to send and receive e-mail with addresses such as "support@yourcompany.com".

What does it mean to register a domain name?
When you register a domain name it is assigned/licensed to you and associated with a (DNS) computer on the internet that you designate during the effective period of registration.

How long can a name be?
The new long format allows for a minimum of 2 characters up to 63 characters plus the extension. Valid characters are (a-z) and (0-9) and the dash (-) as long as it is contained with in the other characters. It can not be a leading or trailing character. If you use capital letters they will be translated into lower case which is what the domain name system (DNS) recognizes.

What is a domain name extension?
(www. your-name .com) It is the (.com, .net, .org .biz .info) that follows the name that you have selected. It can indicate the kind of organization that is hosting the site. .com/commercial, .net/network, .org/nonprofit, .biz/business, .info/informational. These are the most common top level extensions used by individuals and businesses today. More and more people are buying all five to protect their name from others taking advantage of their hard work. Anyone can register a domain name in any of the five extensions if they are available.

Who should register a domain name?
All businesses especially small businesses need to have a presence right now, not necessarily to gain market share but simply to survive and to be compatible in an environment that eventually will be the primary way that buyer and sellers communicate. This is also the way individuals will communicate.

You should have domain names for both you and your business. More and more people are registering domain names for their family while there are still choices. If you are creative and look hard enough you will find a good name.

Names are being registered at an incredible rate of over 400,000 per week, but the real rush is yet to come. Some projections are a 93% increase over the next three years.

Registering all the names within your budget that you think you might want in the future is not a bad idea. The cost is a lot lower than trying to buy then from someone else in the future. Besides, if you decide later that you don't want them just don't renew them and they will go back in the pool. Some names go for big money, example: business.com/$7,500,000, AsSeenOnTV.com/$835,000 very few names sell at this high rate but their is a big market in reselling domain names.