For detailed information on accepted payment options and other renewal information, please go here. There are several ways for users to renew their services with easyDNS. Links to renew your services can be found throughout your control panel so we’ve only outlined a few of the most used methods here. You can always just go […]
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List Of Client-Assigned Status Codes ClientHold This status allows a registrar to remove a domain name from the DNS – if, for example, payment has not been received from the registrant. This status has no effect on the registrar’s ability to update, transfer, delete, or renew the domain – the only effect is on the […]
– Standard EPP Domain Lifecycle – Day 1 – Domain is registered Upon payment, your application is submitted to the appropriate registry and secured by easyDNS. You can check easyWHOIS to confirm the registration. Be mindful that it can take a few hours for the Whois database to reload and reflect the new registration. Day 5 […]
NOTE: CIRA D-Zone is unavailable at present. We hope to return the service soon. D-Zone is an Anycast Secondary DNS service offered by the .CA Registry, CIRA. If your domain is mission-critical, then you should be considering redundancy for the zone file. This will spread your zone file over multiple networks and eliminate the […]
The WHOIS information for .CA domains is handled by a system of individual contacts called Registrant/Rant IDs (see screenshot below). Each contact is a unique ‘entity’ with information attached to it including the contact name, associated e-mail, phone, real name, etc. To change the WHOIS information for a .CA domain, you must change what contact […]
Registering a .CA domain is a little different than your typical domain extension. CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority) uses a system of registrant contacts that have to be created for a domain to be assigned before the domain can be registered. This is part of the registration process for .CA domains. Here’s a step […]
To register a .CA domain name, the registrant must meet CIRA’s [Canadian Internet Registration Authority, the .CA registry] strict rules and guidelines for Canadian presence. The following is the full document from CIRA’s website to view the Canadian Presence Requirements. You can view this document in PDF format by going here. Below the list of […]
What is TBR? TBR (to-be-released) is the last stage expired .CA domains go through before being released via general registration by the registry, CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority). Every Wednesday the registry releases domains through a TBR session (aka the drop), and accredited registrars can secure domains on a first-come-first-registered basis. If a registrar […]