discuss How about.CA domains?

[domainnews]

Hey ,guys what do you think of .CA domains ?I wanna reg a .CA domain , but seems that the registry required personal info,right?anyone can help me ?

much appreciate it

 

[domainnews]

Move to Canada. Then you can buy all the .ca’s you want.

 

[DomainRecap]

Move to Canada. Then you can buy all the .ca’s you want.

Yeah, and bring your snow shovels and snow blowers - the winters here are getting to be like Greenland, and only seem to get worse in anticipation of our next Ice Age.

I loved when they called it "Global Warming" until we nearly laughed to death - now it's "Climate Change".

 

[domainnews]

Yeah, and bring your snow shovels and snow blowers - the winters here are getting to be like Greenland, and only seem to get worse in anticipation of our next Ice Age.

I loved when they called it "Global Warming" until we nearly laughed to death - now it's "Climate Change".

interesting!

 

[briguy]

I got it ,The registry once cancelled my domain without refund when i use my Chinese name,so i wanna use someone's ID who comes from Canada?.

use someone's ID who comes from Canada? That is fraud!

If domain is so important to you, find a Canadian to buy it for you and make a deal to lease it from him/her. The domain is kept in his/her account, redirected it to wherever you want. As long as you make payments, the domain is basically yours

Only way that I can think of, for you to get a .ca and still pass the requirements

 

[domainnews]

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[domainnews]

use someone's ID who comes from Canada? That is fraud!

If domain is so important to you, find a Canadian to buy it for you and make a deal to lease it from him/her. The domain is kept in his/her account, redirected it to wherever you want. As long as you make payments, the domain is basically yours

Only way that I can think of, for you to get a .ca and still pass the requirements

I see,but i will put it up on sedo.com for auction after it was completely register successfully,how to lease?

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

I recommend you to forget the TLD .ca (at least as long as you are not a Canadian citizen) and to stay satisfied with the fact that the TLD .cn starts also with a cccc
The TLD .cn has anyway way more potential customers (buyers / endusers) than the TLD .ca (CA ~ 35 m people / CN ~ 1.3 b people).

 

[domainnews]

I see,but i will put it up on sedo.com for auction after it was completely register successfully,how to lease?

NO,NO,NO ,to try find some ways to slove the problems i met!

 

[cabotower]

in canada we cannot register every name.some names are restricted and cannot be bought.you may be thinking about a word that even we can't.buy.

 

[domainnews]

I recommend you to forget the TLD .ca (at least as long as you are not a Canadian citizen) and to stay satisfied with the fact that the TLD .cn starts also with a cccc
The TLD .cn has anyway way more potential customers (buyers / endusers) than the TLD .ca (CA ~ 35 m people / CN ~ 1.3 b people).

sounds good，thanks for your advice!

 

[domainnews]

in canada we cannot register every name.some names are restricted and cannot be bought.you may be thinking about a word that even we can't.buy.

Thanks!

 

[rlm]

Another option is to lease it from a Canadian...not sure if OP plans on developing site.

This isn't legal either. A domain cannot be leased to another entity unless that entity also meets the canadian presence requirements. That is clearly laid out in the CIRA regulations for .ca domains too.

 

[briguy]

This isn't legal either. A domain cannot be leased to another entity unless that entity also meets the canadian presence requirements. That is clearly laid out in the CIRA regulations for .ca domains too.

Thanks @rlm, guess I was.given bad.advice.

Was told that as long as.I owned the domain, I can "redirect" it to wherever I choose. In my case, GEO (California) + keyword.

 

[DomainRecap]

This isn't legal either. A domain cannot be leased to another entity unless that entity also meets the canadian presence requirements. That is clearly laid out in the CIRA regulations for .ca domains too.

I know that's what is says in the CIRA handbook, but how do IP holding companies like Mark Monitor get away with it?

I think it's one of those "don't ask, don't tell" kind of deals.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

As I read the requirements they could operate as a partnership registered in Canada with at least 2/3 of partners meeting Canadian requirements. Not sure if they actually use this (or possibly an unincorporated association). Canadian registered corporations are of course allowed directly.

1. Trust. A trust established and subsisting under the laws of a province or territory of Canada, more than 66.6% of whose trustees meet one of the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) above;
   
2. Partnership. A partnership, more than 66.6% 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;
   
3. 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;
   

 

[rlm]

I know that's what is says in the CIRA handbook, but how do IP holding companies like Mark Monitor get away with it?

I think it's one of those "don't ask, don't tell" kind of deals.

Good question. I'm sure some companies actually do have a Canadian presence, maybe a trademark or an office. I also presume some or possibly many don't. I haven't really tried to figure that out. Although it would be interesting to know, it really wouldn't benefit me to know. So I just wouldn't encourage the concept of leasing a domain to someone that doesn't meet the presence test since its explicitly mentioned.

If CIRA truly cared about the presence, Mark Monitor would certainly be a great first place to run an audit!

 

[MapleDots]

It's all good to talk and give advice but the main question I would have is .... Does the domain have value?

Why bother with any of this unless you can make money?