Domain Name Registration

DomainPeople registers domain names ending in various extensions including .COM, .NET, .ORG, .CA, etc. Simply enter your desired domain name into our Smart Domain Search Box located at the top right hand corner of all pages, and click the search button.

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A domain name can have a maximum of 67 characters including the extension (.COM, .NET, .ORG). A domain name can contain numbers (0-9), letters (a-z) or dashes (-). A domain name cannot start or end with a dash (-). A domain name cannot have characters such as (! @#$%&? ~: _).

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Yes. Information about who is responsible for domain names is publicly available through a "Whois" report as this is required by ICANN and various Registries to allow rapid resolution of technical problems and to permit enforcement of consumer protection, trademark and other laws. This information is available to the public through DomainPeople's whois service. Please Note: DomainPeople offers a WhoisProtector service that masks the information that is publicly displayed for most of the popular domain extensions.

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You can choose an alternative domain name, or if you feel that you have a right to the unavailable domain name, you could follow the domain dispute policy and try to acquire that particular domain name.

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The domain registration is completed as soon as DomainPeople receives the completed registration form and payment. The registration process takes minutes. A confirmation e-mail is sent to the domain name's administrative and billing contacts with the details of the domain registration.

NOTE: The zone files, which make the Internet work, are updated twice daily, 7 days a week, beginning at 5:00 am and 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Requests received and completed by these times will be included in the next zone file update. However, your newly created/modified record may not be visible in the whois database for 24-48 hours from the time of the zone file is updated.

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In order to change the owner of a domain name you need to change the registrant contact information for the domain. DomainPeople has an easy online method to edit the contact information for domains (for all extensions except .DE and .EU and .PRO) and you can use it by logging into your online account manager. Please Note: Customers that have domains on our legacy system can login through the following link.

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In order to change the owner (Registrant) of a domain name (.DE .EU and .pro) you need to download and fill in the Registrant Change Application Form. The form must be notarized and then mailed or couriered to us at the following address, along with the USD $35 fee:

Attn: Registrant Name Change Department
Bentall 5
200 - 550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC, V6C 2B5
Canada

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If DomainPeople is the Registrar for your domain name, you can renew and extend the registration term for your domain at anytime by logging into the Account Manager area of our website and following the domain renewal instructions. Most domains can be renewed and extended for periods from 1 to 10 years.
Please Note: Customers that have domains on our legacy system can renew through the following link.

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You can update contact names for administrative contact, billing contact or technical contact, the registrant address, e-mail address, phone number and fax number by logging in to the your account manager.

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If you registered your domain name through DomainPeople, you may renew it through your Account Manager using the Client Login.

If you registered your domain through one of our partners such as an ISP, web host provider, or business, they should have domain renewal capabilities on their web site. If they don't, please contact them to find out about their renewal process.

That said, if you have not renewed your domain name 12 days prior to expiration, DomainPeople will contact you with a reminder notice and a renewal link will be placed on our web site at the client login area.

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Domain names can be renewed at anytime and most domains can be renewed for a period of up to 10 years. If your domain name registration is approaching its expiry date, an email notification will be sent to the administrative and billing contacts of the domain at least 30 and 7 days prior to expiration with instructions to renew the domain. These contacts will also be emailed a post expiry notification if the domain has not been renewed within 5 days after the expiry.

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Since our governing body does not allow cancellations with a refund, we cannot offer them to our clients.

If you no longer want your domain name, we suggest that you attempt to sell your domain name through a domain name broker (do a search for "domain name broker" on any search engine) or give your domain name to an interested party. DomainPeople will soon offer a service for selling domains.

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If your domain name is registered through DomainPeople, you can login to your account manager to modify the name server information for your domain name at any time. DNS information is processed at 5:00 am and 5:00 pm. Eastern Standard Time.

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With every domain registered, you receive domain and e-mail forwarding. Please see our domain forwarding FAQs for details.

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Unfortunately, once a domain name is registered, it can not be altered, including spelling corrections. An alternative is to register the correctly spelled domain name and forward the incorrect one to your correct one. This will allow your customers can still find you even if they make the same mistake.

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Unlike some Registrars, when you register your domain name with DomainPeople, the Registrant that you listed on the order form is considered the legal holder of the domain name for the duration of the current registration term. DomainPeople has no interest in owning your domain name(s). If we wanted them, we would have registered them already!

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Domain name registration is simply a name reservation service, and you are not required to do anything with your domain name. You may wish to simply reserve it, forward e-mail through it, or construct a web site. It is completely up to you.

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Please e-mail our billing department: billing@domainpeople.com

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A domain redemption is a service that enables the original registrants (domain name holders) to redeem a deleted name. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) requires gTLD Registries to provide such services. The registrant must act IMMEDIATELY if he or she wants to keep the name.

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The Redemption Grace Period (RGP) is a thirty (30) day period that begins after a registrar requests that the registry delete a domain name. The reason for the introduction of the RGP process is to provide additional time to catch erroneous deletions before the name is made available for re-registration.

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The Redemption Grace Periods commences the moment the domain is explicitly deleted by the Registrar and lasts for a thirty (30) day period or until the domian is redeemed.

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Currently, the following TLDs have Redemption Grace Periods com, net, org, info, biz, us, ca.

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To redeem your domain, please submit it through our online renewal form located at: http://www.domainpeople.com/renew.php and follow the instructions. If you have any questions, please contact support@domainpeople.com.

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The Registries charge a premium cost for the redemption service and also require manual reports to be submitted for each redemption request. This results in a higher service cost.

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