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Understanding the Domain Manager

From the Domain Manager, you can manage all of your domain settings and features,...

Viewing Your .ca Domains

You can view your .ca domains through the All My Domains grid. However, to manage your...

Retrieving Your CIRA Account Information for .ca Domains

You may need to manage some of your account modifications through the Canadian...

Synchronizing CIRA Registrant Account Data with Us

Your Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) registrant account may contain...

Registering .ca Domains

If you're eligible to register a .ca domain and the domain is available, you can...

Authorizing Us to Automatically Apply Requested Contact Changes to Your .ca Domains

To use the Domain Manager to update contacts for your .ca domain, you must confirm...

Renewing Your Domain Name

If you do not set your domain to automatically renew, you must manually renew it...

Searching for Domains During the Transfer Process

You can complete a search for domains during a specific step in the transfer process....

Setting Nameservers for .CA Domains

When setting custom .ca nameservers for .ca domains, you must also enter an IP...

Merging .CA Registrant Accounts

You can merge one .ca registrant account into another, allowing you to easily manage...

Masking Your Domain

Masking works in conjunction with domain name forwarding , which redirects all...

Consolidating Your Domain Expiration Dates

If your .COM and .NET domains have different renewal dates, you can use ConsoliDate to...

Changing the Automatic Renewal Option for Your Domains

If your domains are set to renew automatically, we bill your credit card on the day...

Locking and Unlocking Your Domains

To securely manage your domains, we automatically keep your domains locked at the...

Unparking (Activating) Your Domain Name

Once you determine which hosting provider you will use, you must change the name...

Adding Domains to Domain Folders

After creating domain folders , you can move your domains into the folders. You can...

Granting AccountExec Access to Domain Folders

You can add users as AccountExecs so they can use a separate account to access the...

Moving Domains Between Folders

You move a domain between folders, which adds it to the new folder and deletes it...

Viewing Your List of Registered Domains

You can view a complete list of your registered domains in the Account Manager. To...

Unlocking Expired Domains

You can unlock an expired domain during the grace period. If the status indicates...

Emailing Authorization Information for Expired Domains

You can email authorization codes for expired domains during the grace period. If...

Searching for Expired Domains

You can search your expired domains to find domains you want to recover or transfer....

Forwarding Your Domain to Another URL

You can forward your parked domain to an existing Web site. When visitors go to the...

Managing Your .ca Registrant Account

You can change the Administrative and Technical contact information for your .ca...

Updating Your Contact, Registrant, Administrator, Technical, or Billing Information

You should keep your contact, registrant , administrator, technical, and billing...

Cancelling Protected Registration

You cannot cancel Protected Registration once you apply it to one of your domains....

Registering Domains

If your domain is available, you can register it for a period of time that you...

Recovering Expired Domains

You can recover expired generic top-level domains (gTLDs) during the grace period and...

Setting Nameservers for Your Domains

When registering your domain with us, we park your domain on our parked nameservers...

Adding Users as AccountExecs

You add users as AccountExecs so they can use a separate account to access the...

Deleting Domain Registrations

You can delete a domain so that it is no longer registered to you. Depending on the...

Viewing Your Domains Pending Transfer to Another Registrar

You can view a list of domains for which you initiated a transfer to move the domain...

What is the difference between a "public" and "private" registration?

You should know that the information listed on your domain name has to be made...

Revoking AccountExec Permission to Access Your Domains

To remove an AccountExec's access to managing your domains, revoke the AccountExec's...

Managing Your Domains

This guide will help you to manage your domain name(s) using the Domain Manager. You...

Viewing Your Preset Profiles List

You can view a list of the Preset Profiles you created in your Domain Manager....

Editing Preset Profiles

In the Domain Manager, you can edit the name or description of a Preset Profile....

Editing Attributes in Preset Profiles

In the Domain Manager, you can edit individual attributes for a Preset Profile,...

Deleting Preset Profiles

You can delete Preset Profiles from the Domain Manager. Deleting a preset profile...

Creating Preset Profiles

Preset Profiles allow you to select a combination of preset attributes that you can...

Adding Domains to Preset Profiles

After creating a Preset Profile in the Domain Manager, you can update domains to...

Updating CED Information for .Asia Domains

If you have a .asia domain , you can update information for the contact responsible...

Creating a Subdomain That Is Forwarded to an IP Address

Subdomains are extensions of your own domain (s) that you can forward to URLs, IP...

Adding Deluxe or Protected Registration to Your Domains

If you want to update the registration type for domains you already own, you can apply...

Removing Domains from Preset Profiles

In the Domain Manager, you can remove a domain from a Preset Profile. Removing the...

Synchronizing Domain Attributes in Preset Profiles

Preset Profile exceptions occur when you add a privately registered domain to a...

Adding Privacy to Your Domains

Per our agreement with ICANN , we must add your domain and contact information to...

Editing or Deleting Domain Folders

You can edit or delete the domain folders you created for organizing your domains....

Removing Domains from Folders

You can remove domains from your domain folders . Removing a domain from a folder...

Creating Folders for Use in Organizing Your Domains

Domain Folders help you organize your domains in the Domain Manager. You can group...

Adding SmartSpace Registration to Your Domains

You can add a SmartSpace registration to your domain so you can set up and manage a...

Searching for Domains in the Domain Manager

You can search for a specific domain or group of domains by entering the criteria...

Viewing the History and Status of Your Domain Updates

You can view the history and status of any changes you initiated for your domains....

Viewing Exceptions for Preset Profiles

If you add a privately registered domain to a profile that contains contact...

Viewing Domains in Preset Profiles

In the Domain Manager, you can view the domains you added to a Preset Profile. To...

Viewing Domains Transferred from Another Registrant

You can view a list of domains for which you initiated a change to move the domain...