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.ca

.CA is Canada’s official domain, and the preferred choice for Canadian businesses.

C$9.99 C$13.99
.com

.COM is the original and most popular domain extension in the world.

C$11.99 C$16.99
.quebec

C$30.99 C$39.99
.net

The domain extension for technology wizards and online personas.

C$14.99 C$20.99

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10 Tips to Pick a Great Domain Name

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Include your brand in your domain. It will help make your domain memorable, while keeping it simple and clear.
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Make it intuitive and descriptive by clearly reflecting what your business is all about, and by making it easy to type. You can do this by including useful keywords that people use when searching for websites such as yours.
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Aim for the .CA and .COM first. If you’re doing business in Canada, the .CA extension resonates better with Canadian shoppers, while .COM is the most popular option worldwide. We recommend you attempt to secure both of these, if available.
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Keep it Short, But Not Too Short. Long names can be hard to remember and provide more chances of being misspelled. Aim for less than 20 characters, but avoid using abbreviations or slang that make your domain harder to spell.
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Consider a Bilingual Domain, or 2 Domains if you serve clients in both French and English. Separating your website over 2 domains based on language can improve your visitors’ overall experience.
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Get Creative with Domain Extensions, such as .art, .ninja, .guru, .tech and 400+ other variations. You’ll notice that the domain availability increase dramatically when you search beyond the traditional domain extensions.
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Make it Easy to Pronounce by avoiding hyphens, slang or numbers. If you do use numbers, consider registering both the number and the word versions of your domain, for example TopTenLists.ca and Top10Lists.ca
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Fashion It for Local Searches by adding in the city, region or province. This will help people know right away what area you serve and could increase relevance.
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Avoid using another company’s trademarks or you could end up having to give up your domain name and start the process over again or worse, having a legal battle with a much larger corporation.
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Protect Your Brand by registering your domain in all the popular extensions, possible misspellings, common alternative spellings and French variants.
Canadian shoppers are 4 times more likely to choose .CA

Here's What You Get with Every Domain Name

  • Complete DNS Control
    Easily change nameservers, or create custom A, CNAME, TXT records using your Domain Manager.
  • Domain Locking
    Protect your domain from unauthorized transfer with our security lock.
  • WHOIS Information Management
    Update your domain’s contact information with ease, to ensure it’s always up-to-date.

Available Domain Addons

  • Privacy Protection
    Hide your personal information from prying eyes to help reduce spam, fraud and identify theft. Just 9.99$/yr
  • Domain Manager Pro
    Protect your domain with more powerful Anycast DNS to help withstand large-scale attacks and increase uptime. Starting at 0.99$/mo.

Why Register your Domain Name with WHC?

Outstanding Value

Save up to 70% over other leading domain registrars

Huge Selection

Almost 400 different domain types to choose from

24/7 Assistance

to help you make the most of your great domain

Simple Management

including DNS, websites

100% Canadian

owned and operated. Unlike others, we only bill in $CA

Trusted Experience

CIRA-accredited, with tens of thousands of domains under management

Customer-Focused

with a management team that actually listens, cares and adapts

Consolidated Services

Bring your hosting, email, and domains under one roof

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Domain Names: Your Questions, Our Answers

Domain names like yourcompany.com make it easy for potential customers to find you on the Internet. It maps out a human-readable word or phrase (say, jonathanscafe.com) to a computer readable Internet address (called IP address) allowing your clients and visitors to view and use your website, shopping cart, and communicate with you via email. Everyone can get a domain name. While some domain types have certain conditions (.CA domains require you to be a Canadian, for example) most can be reserved by paying the corresponding registration fees, on a first-come-first-served basis. You can register most domains for up to 10 years, and then may renew them at any given time, at their then current renewal rate. To register your own domain name, simply complete a search and registration form on this very page.
Picking the right domain is a crucial step in getting your website or business online. Here are a few tips to help you pick the perfect domain:
  • Make it easy to type and easy to remember. Keep in mind that you’ll occasionally give people your domain over the phone or in person. If they can’t spell it out later, they might not find you online! Short and sweet often works best.
  • Make it Unique. Avoid confusion with your competitors, or you may accidentally end up sending them some of your business!
  • Use keywords that accurately describe your product, services, or brand. This will help your website get better rankings in search engines such as Google. Your domain could, for example, include the city that you’re operating in, one of your main products, or your brand.
  • Pick the right domain type. With over 300 new domain endings to choose from, you are now in a unique position to select a domain type that more closely describes your business. You can target clients in a geographic location (.CA or .QUEBEC), by hobby (.hockey, .soccer, .golf) or even with a bit of humor (.lol, .ninja, .wtf). By using one of the new domain types, you are also greatly increasing your chances of finding an available domain with the keywords you need.
  • Register multiple relevant domains. This could include domain misspellings, useful variants, or geographically targeted domains. And you don’t need to build separate websites for each domain: you can easily redirect them to your primary domain. Several companies choose to protect their brands by registering their domain with multiple popular domain extensions.
  • Do your research and make sure your domain choice is not copyrighted by someone else. It will help avoid costly legal issues that may cost you more than just your domain!
You can transfer any active domain to Web Hosting Canada by using our domain transfer order form. Before transferring your domain, you will need to:
  • Obtain your domain’s transfer key (also called AUTH key or EPP code). This is a password that protects your domain from being transferred without your authorization. Ask your current provider for this key, and enter it when requested during your transfer order with Web Hosting Canada.
  • Unlock your domain. Most domains will be locked with their current providers to prevent unauthorized transfer. You may be able to unlock your domain directly from your provider’s domain management portal or by contacting them directly.
  • Ensure the email address of the domain’s Administrative contact of your domain is in fact an email address that you have access to, and that any Domain Privacy is disabled. You can view your domain’s current information using any WHOIS lookup tool such as easywhois.com
This information should be requested from your current domain registrar or reseller. If you are unsure who you’ve registered your domain name with, please try to find a payment invoice with the company’s name or identify them by performing a WHOIS lookup and get in touch with them directly.

Once started, a domain transfer may take up to 5 days to complete (.CA domains generally transfer within minutes). You may be asked to confirm your request by clicking on a link that will be sent to you by email, and you will receive an email confirmation from us once the transfer has been completed. You will then be able to manage your domain and update your nameservers from your Client Area.

When you transfer your domain registration, you are also automatically adding one year to your domain’s expiration date. For example, if your domain expires in 2020, its expiry date will be in 2021 after your transfer. This ensures that you do not lose any of the time you already paid for your domain with another provider.

If you have any additional questions about your domain’s transfer, please get in touch with our friendly support team for immediate assistance.
Privacy Protection is a security service that helps protect your private information on the Internet. When registering any new domain, registration authorities require you to submit your personal information including your name, email, phone number, and full address. This information is then made public on the WHOIS database, a massive collection of all registered domains and their owners, intended to provide transparency on the Internet. Unfortunately, this database is nowadays used by spammers, hackers, and identity thieves to spam your email, hack your website, or steal your identity. With Privacy Protection all your private information is automatically hidden and replaced with that of the Privacy Protection service, effectively hiding all your personal information from prying eyes and protecting your inbox for unwanted spam. Privacy Protection is available for a small yearly supplement, and can be requested during your new domain’s order process, or added from your Client Area. It’s strongly recommended for all new domain registrations, and is included for free with .CA domains.
DNS (Domain Name System) is a technology that powers the backbone of the internet, allowing the mapping of domain names to servers that hold the data of your website and email. Before someone can reach your website, they need to communicate with the DNS servers to obtain the actual location of your website’s data. Traditional DNS servers are physically located in fixed locations around the world, often thousands of kilometers from your website visitor’s location. This causes an additional delay before you or your clients can reach your website.

With Anycast DNS technology, your website’s DNS information is automatically copied to dozens of locations around the world (instead of just one), allowing your clients to automatically fetch the information from the location that’s closest to them, thus improving your website’s initial load time.

Web Hosting Canada’s Anycast DNS system has been built from the ground up with Canadians in mind, and includes 10 points of presence in Canada alone, to ensure the fastest possible domain resolution times for you and your clients. There are also points of presence in Europe, Asia, and the US, to make sure even those halfway around the world get near-instant access to your website!

Anycast DNS is included with our Canadian Web Hosting or can be activated by ordering the Domain Manager PRO addon for your domain.
Your domain names can easily be managed from your Client Area. You’ll be able to:
  • Update your nameservers
  • Manage your advanced DNS settings (A Record, CNAME, TXT and MX)
  • Update your WHOIS Contact Information
  • Manage Privacy Protection
  • Manage your Domain Lock
With the Domain Manager PRO addon, you can also take advantage of premium features:
  • Anycast DNS
  • Email forwarders
  • URL Forwarders
  • AntiSpam Rules
Here are just a few reasons:
  • Free features with every domain, including DNS Hosting, DNS Record Management and Domain Locking
  • Useful low-cost addons like Privacy Protection, Email forwarding, URL forwarding and DNS Anycast technology to speed up domain name resolution time worldwide.
  • Easily connect a new website, blog, or professional email on your new domain through our intuitive Client Area.
  • The lowest prices in the industry. Pay in Canadian dollars and save up to 40% over competitors charging in USD!
  • 24/7 assistance from real experts, by phone, email, and live chat
  • Increased trust and offered by a CIRA-accredited registrar that manages tens of thousands of domains every day.

From the WHC blog

The Canadian Guide to Finding Your Perfect Domain Name
The Canadian Guide to Finding Your Perfect Domain Name