Are people pre-registering through the OpenSRS system?
I'm having a heck of a time getting it to work! The data that it
imports is so screwy, the OpenSRS system will rarely accept it. I've
only had one .ca registered so far and I had to get support to push
it through for me.
I've had errors like: "This domain name will not be upgraded. Your
order number is #XXXXXXX" when it has already said that it is
upgradable.
Then, when processing the domain in the RSP web interface, There is
an error: "There were form errors. This order has not been processed"
or somthing like that. What does that mean???
I was expecting this process to be a lot smoother. Is anyone else
experiencing these problems?
Regards,
Stephen
--- Heather Peel <hthr@thenetnow.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm getting no protests from my clients at all. Most
> understand they've had it free for a long time and welcome the
> opportunity to get the .ca domains with few restrictions. The
> cost of the domain is a small price to pay. Certainly cheaper than
> having to federally incorporate a business in order to get a domain
> name as one client did.
>
> I am targeting the clients who have the .com addresses and letting
> them know that they have a good chance of getting the domain name
> they want as a .ca now. Many chose to go with a .com originally
> because of the strict rules, but because their first choices were
> taken as a .com, had to go with a less desirable name. Now they
> can get a good name with just the .ca
>
> Those who already have a .ca do not want to lose valuable ground
> made with search engines and don't want to reprint stationary, so
> they are keeping the .ca (usually .on.ca etc) Then they also
> upgrade to the .ca I'm suggesting they have both to allow them
> time to let their stationary supplies dwindle and get established
> with search engines again as well as give visitors a chance to
> bookmark the new site.
>
> They are not flocking away from the .ca domains...in fact most are
> taking the opportunity to advance order a good number of additional
> domain names.
>
> As for how many of those 90,000 get pre-registered...I imagine a
> large amount may be dropped because they have been upgraded to the
> .ca domain from something like domain.city.on.ca I also expect
> that a lot of domains would be dropped because of non-use by the
> owners. Previously, I don't believe there was anything in place
> to remove old, unwanted domains unless the owner took the
> initiative to remove them. Hey, it was free, so who cares if the
> domain you are not using is still there.
>
> Well, good luck to all on their registrations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heather
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of dnsadmin
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:47 AM
> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> Subject: RE: Pre-Registrations
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > We have been informed by CIRA that less than 10% of existing .ca
> > registrations have "pre-registered". This means that there is
> still a
> > significant amount of business in "pre-registrations" to be won.
>
> Moreover, it means a lot of .ca holders are protesting, and
> refusing to
> renew their domain names.
>
> Many of our customers are electing to register a .COM and drop .CA
> altogether. I've been working to resetup their website and email
> with .com
> and removing the .CA equivalent.
>
> Out of 90,000 domains, it will be interesting how many of them get
> pre-registered.
>
>
>
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