Hopefully you are here because you want to register a .CA domain which may go "TBR" (To Be Released) soon. (See our .ca FAQ for a description of the expiration timing.)

We run a "TBR queing" system which you can use to submit lists of .CA domains for registration if/when they get released. This system will register these expired domains during CIRA's special "TBR registration period".

According to our stats, our queuing system registered more TBR domains through 2004 and 2005 than any other .ca registrar (even when you group together registrars that run in groups like we do). We are currently running five registrars to improve our ability to register TBR domains.

The system will accept orders for domains which are within 30 days of expiry. (Which is about 60 days before they go TBR.)

The system has recently been enhanced to handle bidding on domains. see this page for details.

We try to publish a list of all the .ca domains which are expired, or within 38 days of expiry. Our list is "speculative" as it covers domains which may still be renewed. The official TBR list is CIRA's TBR List.

Getting access to our TBR system is easy. Access is limited to clients with a billing id and billing password (or invoice #), and knowlege of the ordering page. You can create a billing ID (and password) for yourself via the 'my account' link on our home page. Once you have that, login to your account and go through the "Enable Credit Card Billing" menu item. Once that is done, a "TBR domains" link will be added to the "Register" list under the "Other" heading. That link will take you to the TBR system.

The only thing we will bill to your credit card is successfull registrations. Billing will be at our standard retail rates unless you have chosen to bid on a domain or selected the "queue jump" option to get ahead of the other retail orders. If you are worried about trusting us, please remember that most credit card charges can be refused. (We're the ones at risk, and yes, we have been burned.)

If the online procedure above won't work for you, you can use our secure message page https://swww.baremetal.com/baremetal/, or call us toll-free (see contact info).

(Note: the URL for the TBR system is not published because we bill _after registering domains, and consequently need to collect the billing information in advance!)

One last item: you need to have an active CIRA registrant to be able to do a TBR registration. If you already have a .ca name, then you have a registrant. If not, you can go here to create a new registrant. (Take the "create a new registrant" button).