I'm a US citizen buying a .CA domain on NameCheap. As I'm checking out, it's now asking me the "legal type of registrant contract." What the hell is this? And what is this trademark number they're asking for?
.Ca is available to canadians only If u misuse it u will be in Neck Deep S**t Solution -Find someone in ca who trusts you and also u trust him OR -Apply for a TM and wait till u get 1
Hi ... yep, need to at least reside in Canada to get a .ca. I know of a few who tried, gawd knows why, to trick the system and ended up losing the domain names and their $$$$. Am not sure if Canada is the only country that does this or not. Good luck.
Unlike gTLDs like .com and .org, country codes can have more restrictions. As the others have said, only "Canada-based" users can register them. You might want to clarify that with Namecheap and read a little more on .CA domain names lest you get into something you might regret later on.
CIRA is doing exactly what every other country should be doing IMHO... and... it would have been nice to have this kind of regulation during the early stages of .com. Then maybe we wouldn't have stuff like "MyPetGigi.com" for people to post animated gifs and photos of their dog.
Establish a (clearly defined) contractual relationship with a trustworthy Canadian company (ideally in the hosting business) that has a bona fide Canadian presence. Or get a TM... Rob
Can a Canadian buy it for him and then sell the domain? I can't see how they can regulate that. I'm Canadian btw.
When ownership details are changed the new registrant contact has to fill out the same forms confirming that he meets all residency/citizenship requirements.