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Registered 1998 · site is live · HTTPS valid
Merx.com - A Canadian electronic tendering service based in Montreal, QC
MERX: Canada's electronic tendering service easy access to finding government contracts; service électronique d'avis d'appel d'offres accès facile pour trouver les contrats gouvernementaux
Registered 28 years ago · one registrar since Sep 27, 2026 · last checked Sep 27, 2026.
Registration
RegisteredAug 10, 1998merx.com was registered on Aug 10, 1998.Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 22, 2026
AboutUs record
Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006“MERX: Canada's electronic tendering service easy access to finding government contracts; service électronique d'avis d'appel d'offres accès facile pour trouver les contrats gouvernementaux”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006Current AboutUs record
Registrar
Amazon Registrar, Inc.Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026 (latest)Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc. in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Sep 27, 2026 and most recently on Oct 25, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 22, 2026
Zone file
Seen in the .com zone fileSep 8, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026 (latest)First seen in the .com zone file records AboutUs holds on Sep 8, 2026; latest sighting Sep 18, 2026. Nameservers on Sep 18, 2026: ns-1469.awsdns-55.org, ns-1577.awsdns-05.co.uk, ns-318.awsdns-39.com, ns-853.awsdns-42.net. DNSSEC signed on Sep 18, 2026.Source: ICANN CZDS zone file, snapshot Sep 18, 2026
Certificate
Certificate from AmazonJul 15, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026 (latest)Amazon certificate valid Jul 15, 2026 to Jan 28, 2027, as seen on Sep 27, 2026.Source: TLS check, Sep 27, 2026
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Every dated fact on this lifeline (6)
Aug 10, 1998Registration: merx.com was registered on Aug 10, 1998.Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 22, 2026
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “MERX: Canada's electronic tendering service easy access to finding government contracts; service électronique d'avis d'appel d'offres accès facile pour trouver les contrats gouvernementaux”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Jul 4, 2026 – Aug 22, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 22, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Jul 15, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026Certificate: Amazon certificate valid Jul 15, 2026 to Jan 28, 2027, as seen on Sep 27, 2026.Source: TLS check, Sep 27, 2026
Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026Zone file: First seen in the .com zone file records AboutUs holds on Sep 8, 2026; latest sighting Sep 18, 2026. Nameservers on Sep 18, 2026: ns-1469.awsdns-55.org, ns-1577.awsdns-05.co.uk, ns-318.awsdns-39.com, ns-853.awsdns-42.net. DNSSEC signed on Sep 18, 2026.Source: ICANN CZDS zone file, snapshot Sep 18, 2026
Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026Registrar: Registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc. in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Sep 27, 2026 and most recently on Oct 25, 2026.
Jul 4, 2026 – Aug 22, 2026 (latest)
Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 22, 2026.
Source: AboutUs checks
Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 22, 2026
All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 25, 2026).
Automated safety checks
DNS (passed)
HTTPS (passed)
Page metadata (passed)
Security headers (passed)
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Domain registered Aug 10, 1998 — 28 years old.
latest result
Registrar on record: Amazon Registrar, Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Sep 27, 2026).
latest result
HTTPS request succeeded for www.merx.com.
checked Sep 30, 2026
The site names MERX as the organisation behind it.
checked Sep 30, 2026
The live front page reads as a business-services site that runs a marketplace, mainly for businesses and professionals.
Authority 67/100— ahead of 67% of the August 2026 scored sampleClear
Why this authority score
67 is a percentile: higher than 67% of sites we score.
How it's calculated
Prominence (Tranco rank #180,410)+6
Verified continuity: 28.2 years (RDAP registration)+11
Identity corroboration (capped)+4
Security & email hygiene+3
Calibration adjustment (published map)+10
Model score: 34/99 — what these reason lines add up to.
Published Authority (percentile): 67/100 — this site's rank against the August 2026 scored sample. Public Authority is capped at 99.
What merx.com said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
MERX: Canada's electronic tendering service easy access to finding government contracts; service électronique d'avis d'appel d'offres accès facile pour trouver les contrats gouvernementaux
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.
✓ domain continuity 28 years registered✓ live verified Oct 25, 2026
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 63 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 63 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment