Find Out more about Domains   Who registers my domain name and who will own it? Innovative Data Transfer will register your domain name with Internic but you will have full control and authority over the domain. You will be listed as the owner, administrative, and billing contact. Innovative Data Transfer will be listed as the technical contact. Will I need to pay Internic for the domain or does Innovative Data Transfer  pay for it? Innovative Data Transfer can register a domain name on your behalf for free. However, you, the customer, will be responsible for paying the registration and renewal fees for your domain with Internic. Internic will charge you $70 US to register the domain which covers the first two years. Thereafter, renewal fees are $35 US a year. You will receive an invoice by postal mail and e-mail approximately 1-2 months after the domain is registered. You will be responsible for remitting payment directly to Internic. More information regarding Internic registration fees is available at Internic's Web site. What about trademarks? Internic has taken a hands-off approach to handling prior and pending trademark names when registering new domain names. In most trademark cases, an infringement can take place with words that sound similar, are spelled slightly differently, etc. With Internic you can have a trademarked name in your domain and they will register it to you without doing any search. If another party protests your registration InterNIC will let the courts decide if your domain name could belong to another company/user. Not very good news if you spend lots of time and energy promoting your domain name, only to have someone come out of the woodwork and try to take it. There are several court cases pending that could change how Internic awards domains. For more details, refer to Internic's domain name dispute policy. How long does it take to register or transfer a domain name? Registering a new domain name usually takes 24 hours, however, it can take longer depending on many factors. We suggest you hold off printing your business cards and letterheads until you receive official notice that your domain has been registered. Moving a domain is a little more complicated and may take several days to several weeks. The process will require acknowledgment and consent via e-mail from the domains current administrative or technical contact. If this isn't possible, Internic will accept acknowledgment by fax. Contact postmaster@inovadev.com if you have questions about your particular situation. Once your domain has been registered or transferred by Internic it will usually take another 24-72 hours for the new address to update around the globe. During this transition time some people will be able to see your Web site but some may not, so a little patience will be required. I'm moving my domain to Innovative Data Transfer. How can I prevent disruption of service for my visitors? It usually takes 24-72 hours for the new address to update around the globe after Internic has made the changes to your domain address. Both your old site and new site will be receiving traffic during the transition time. Our suggestion is that you set up your new site as soon as possible using the IP Address we give you. Keep your old site active during the transition. To ensure there is no interruption to your e-mail service you should ensure you set up e-mail boxes for all existing e-mail accounts before the completion of your domain name transfer. During the transfer process you may want to check both your old and new e-mail accounts. Can Innovative Data Transfer register and host national domains such as .ca & .us? Innovative Data Transfer can currently host most national domains. Each national domain has it's own rules and regulations that must be met. If you want us to host a national domain, please contact hostmaster@inovadev.com for more information. What about .org, .net, .edu domain extensions? Can I register for them as well? What are the restrictions? Innovative Data Transfer can register domains available through Internic. Internic's restrictions regarding these domains are listed below. .com is for commercial, for-profit organizations .org is for miscellaneous, usually, non-profit organizations .net is for network infrastructure machines and organizations .edu is for 4-year, degree granting institutions .gov is for United States federal government agencies What are your DNS server Addresses? If you wish to transfer your domain or register your domain yourself please use the following settings: Primary DNS Server: ns1.citytel.net IP Address: 204.244.99.66 Secondary DNS Server: ns2.westel.com IP Address: 204.244.3.129