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new postreg auction at baremetal.ca for pomegranate.ca same as usual, auction open to anyone, closes in seven days. see https://pomegranate.ca/ or PM me for details or get in on the auction. Weird run. Couldn't get a reasonable timestamp last week, but this week you'll see in the results that...

The autoRenewPeriod for a domain which IS renewed is controlled by CIRA. Registrars only control the timing for domains which have not been renewed (the ones we "delete"). For renewed domains it will run for a full 45 days before the domain flips from "autoRenewPeriod" to "ok" at which point the...

I missed a benefit, it is industry standard. Certainly not a "best practices" standard, but the american .com lawyers wanted it this way, so the rest of the world copied it. Let's hope we can break that pattern.

backwards. it was already renewed. That's 3/4 of my beef with autorenewals. Your domain which expired in 2025, shows a 2026 renewal date in whois (always fun to argue with clients about that) and it's in auto-renew-period and showing clientHold. Yes, (when you pay for the renewal) the registrar...

Because renewals when a domain is in "AutoRenewPeriod" aren't sent to CIRA. CIRA already did their "job" when they auto-renewed the domain. Basically registrars get automatically billed for a renewal the second a domain expires. They get a refund of that renewal under two circumstances: 1) they...

If I knew this, I had forgotten it. We occassionally talk about a 45 day rule, but in the .CA world it can apparently go up to 120 days. .CA Domains renewed late... (e.g. in redemption period) go back to AutoRenewPeriod with a new 45 day "clock". I just refunded a renewal fee for a domain...

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Just a reminder that there are some good auctions running over at baremetal this week: goodluck.ca 1250.00 glace.ca 1000.00 wanderlust.ca 1000.00 thelearningpartnership.ca 300.00 (this is a hot backlinks domain HREFs rank 50) foreverhome.ca 250.00 realtyone.ca 200.00 (prices are current sale...

adv.ca high traffic laf.ca high traffic tnx.ca (thanks) wuf.ca 2ez.ca and the most obvious must have alternates like tooeasy.ca szl.ca (sizzle in my head, obviously a "hot" domain : ) 2x4.ca probably not premium, just too obvious to not pick up. 12v.ca might be premium, but someone else...

Normal post-registration TBR auction. Open to anyone. Closes 45 minutes into the Dec 31st TBR run unless extended. See Registering a TBR domain for details or PM here. I'm mentioning this one on its own because I've been advised not to put landers on backlink domains. Rob covered the AHREF.com...

looks like silentng is away? results for: 2025-12-24 (139 domains) 00:00.045 Register.ca Inc. kiddo.ca 00:00.048 BareMetal wanderlust.ca 00:00.053 BareMetal thelearningpartnership.ca 00:00.059 BareMetal realtyone.ca...

What a week! New post-reg auctions for: goodluck.ca, foreverhome.ca, wanderlust.ca, realtyone.ca, thelearningpartnership.ca, and glace.ca ! Results for domains we had bids on: itp.ca MyID.ca INC. goodluck.ca BareMetal.com inc...

Closes 45 minutes into today's TBR run (unless extended). mhl.ca ($300): up for auction! Go Daddy ($5370 US) Dynadot ($479 US) Estibot ($1100 US)

new post-reg auction for https://mhl.ca/ at baremetal (closes next wednesday, open to anyone... same as normal) Since I'm here, results for domains we had bids on: autismspeaks.ca WHC Online Solutions Inc. mhl.ca BareMetal.com inc...

see cygnus.ca ($200): up for auction! for current price and other details. some automatic domain valuations: Go Daddy ($5613 US) Saw.com ($5-10k US) Dynadot ($10,108 US) Estibot ($650 US) Graen ($3200-$11,300) From DD: "invokes images of the majestic swan and is associated...