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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dnsadmin > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
