.ca Dot CA Discussion, Sales, and Showcase

[whitebark]

Domains For Next MyID .ca Auction

These are the upcoming domains and reserve range for the next/current myid.ca auction:

666.ca ($1751 - $2500)
Acrobats.ca ($251 - $500)
affordabletrips.ca ($251 - $500)
AirportRentals.ca ($1001 - $1750)
albertabyowner.ca ($251 - $500)
BridalOnline.ca ($1001 - $1750)
Broke.ca ($5001 - $7500)
CanadianDrugStores.ca ($501 - $750)
CanadianTennis.ca ($1001 - $1750)
CarStore.ca ($1001 - $1750)
CheaperFlights.ca ($101 - $250)
CraftSales.ca ($501 - $750)
DiscountTours.ca ($1001 - $1750)
DivorceTips.ca ($501 - $750)
DownloadFreeRingtone(s).ca ($2 - $100)
DUILawyers.ca ($1001 - $1750)
EasyIncome.ca ($751 - $1000)
EcoVoyage.ca ($251 - $500)
EngineeringCareer.ca ($751 - $1000)
Enlargement(s).ca ($751 - $1000)
ExoticHolidays.ca ($1001 - $1750)
FashionOnline.ca ($2501 - $3750)
Fertiliser.ca ($1001 - $1750)
FitnessJob.ca ($751 - $1000)
FlightSearch.ca ($1001 - $1750)
Freebies.ca ($7501 - $10000)
FreelancingJobs.ca ($2501 - $3750)
FurnitureLiquidation.ca ($751 - $1000)
GayBlog.ca ($251 - $500)
GayCanada.ca ($3751 - $5000)
HealthGuide.ca ($1001 - $1750)
HearingAids.ca ($7501 - $10000)
Hired.ca ($7501 - $10000)
HockeyGame.ca ($1001 - $1750)
homegardens.ca ($251 - $500)
HowToDance.ca ($501 - $750)
iBlogs.ca ($751 - $1000)
InternetHelp.ca ($251 - $500)
InternetPhones.ca ($1751 - $2500)
JFK.ca ($1001 - $1750)
JointVenture.ca ($2501 - $3750)
KitchenWare.ca ($1001 - $1750)
Lake-Ontario.ca ($1001 - $1750)
LogosOnline.ca ($501 - $750)
Mask.ca ($3751 - $5000)
MontrealLaser.ca ($251 - $500)
MontrealTravel.ca ($1001 - $1750)
MusicJob.ca ($751 - $1000)
NutritionJob.ca ($751 - $1000)
OakvilleFlowers.ca ($501 - $750)
OnlineCoupons.ca ($1001 - $1750)
OnlineDates.ca ($2501 - $3750)
OnlineGaming.ca ($2501 - $3750)
OnlineStock.ca ($751 - $1000)
OnlineStocks.ca ($751 - $1000)
OrganicStore.ca ($1751 - $2500)
PharmaceuticalCareer.ca ($751 - $1000)
PizzaRestaurant(s).ca ($101 - $250)
PrivatePilots.ca ($501 - $750)
ProFootball.ca ($251 - $500)
QuebecHoneymoons.ca ($1001 - $1750)
RollerBlading.ca ($5001 - $7500)
SaskatoonRealtors.ca ($101 - $250)
SelfImprovement.ca ($1751 - $2500)
Sensual.ca ($10001 - $15000)
Shareware.ca ($15001 - $25000)
SingleChristian.ca ($251 - $500)
SmallJob.ca ($1001 - $1750)
SNN.ca ($251 - $500)
Snores.ca ($1751 - $2500)
SportsStore.ca ($501 - $750)
TechJobs.ca ($2501 - $3750)
TeddyBear.ca ($1001 - $1750)
Theme.ca ($2501 - $3750)
TNN.ca ($251 - $500)
TorontoComputer.ca ($251 - $500)
TorontoComputers.ca ($251 - $500)
TorontoDentists.ca ($2501 - $3750)
TravelAuction.ca ($2501 - $3750)
UniqueGifts.ca ($2501 - $3750)
UsedHouses.ca ($251 - $500)
UsedLaptops.ca ($1751 - $2500)
Valuable.ca ($501 - $750)
VancouverHomeForSale.ca ($101 - $250)
War.ca ($1751 - $2500)
Women.ca ($50000)


I can see a number of these getting picked up - there a few others I'm surprised they accepted the high reserve and can't see selling because of it. What do you think?

 

[NamesCost]

404 in the phone number Love it!

 

[DomainRecap]

That's not their phone number, it's from the Registar in front of them on the list.

There was never any Phone or Email contact info for 2537244 ONTARIO INC., and it looks like that old list of 115 CIRA Registrars has been scrubbed off the Internet.

Before the CIRA cleared most of the dodgy TBR happenings, there were numbered companies regularly taking part that had been legally dissolved years before, and some of them were under investigation by the CRA.

 

[rlm]

Could it be Sibername?

Its not sibername either, they publish their own tbr results and strangely, the only domain listed by sibername that doesn't have a registrar associated with it is sustainablebalance.ca which is registered by the mysterious 2537244. Weirdly, sibername only lists a part of the full TBR results - just 41 of 85 domains. They did list all 11 of their domains caught during TBR (plus one registered post TBR, dev0ps.ca, weird again..). So anyways, you'd think they'd know their own associated registrars so I say its not sibername.

 

[rlm]

That's not their phone number, it's from the Registar in front of them on the list.

There was never any Phone or Email contact info for 2537244 ONTARIO INC., and it looks like that old list of 115 CIRA Registrars has been scrubbed off the Internet.

Before the CIRA cleared most of the dodgy TBR happenings, there were numbered companies regularly taking part that had been legally dissolved years before, and some of them were under investigation by the CRA.

why does that story not surprise me? Cira employees are pretty good at saying almost nothing - its almost as if they've been trained that way. They always answer your questions in the least helpful most vague and worthless way. Its like everything they do is top secret and they don't want to give anything away that could come back on them in the future.

 

[rlm]

So, I think 2537244 is not a public drop catcher. They've grabbed about 100+ domains during TBR sessions since start of 2018, about 24 so far in 2019. All of the domains are either developed as an SEO scam (one page sites with crappy content and a link back to one of two main sites they're trying to promote) or they are not yet developed and have no name servers. EVERY one of the domains fits this scenario, none of these domains are going to actual end users. This registrar is CLEARLY using the TBR sessions for personal use only.

For example: http://www.womenbuildtoronto.ca/
This is a typical site. Useless rambling info with a link buried somewhere to one of two websites, either lifeoncredit.ca or creditavenue.ca. Usually the sites show no name/address/phone/contact info, occasionally they do though, but probably random bogus info. On those two main sites it says its a blog run by "Sam" or "Samantha", one says living in Toronto with two kids "sam" and "sarah" and her husband works as a software engineer. The other says living in Ottawa with a kid named "john" and husband "paul" who works for an engineering firm.

SO.... I would venture the following guess. "Paul" is a programmer and either used to, or still does, work for CIRA - running his own little private registrar.

They only catch pretty crappy domains, maybe stuff that has a bit of link juice out there. So you don't have to sweat that they're grabbing really good domains or anything. But you gotta wonder are their rules & regulations about running a registrar & tbr for private use.

I'll have to try and see if any domains are registered to this registrar that were NOT from a TBR...

 

[alcy]

well...its been a while I've not regged .. or even renewed any my .ca names.. so treated meself to these two fresh expiries today

freemium
bitcointrading

 

[dtagr]

If you really want to go down the conspiracy path - it's at MYID. I'm just waiting for another auction extension so the conspirator can ask their parents for more money.

If you really,really want to go down the conspiracy path - MYID claims by email that I did not backorder star.ca before the deadline. Therefore I can not participate in the auction.

This is of course patently ridiculous and as of 06:30 Pacific they are not answering the tollfree number on their contact page.

Tick tock.

 

[rlm]

If you really,really want to go down the conspiracy path - MYID claims by email that I did not backorder star.ca before the deadline. Therefore I can not participate in the auction.

This is of course patently ridiculous and as of 06:30 Pacific they are not answering the tollfree number on their contact page.

Tick tock.

Don’t they shut the system down so it’s impossible to be late?? If it’s any consolation I’m not in the auction either.

 

[nafti]

Anyone here in the auction? I’m mighty curious as to what it will go for.

 

[MapleDots]

Anyone having a problem getting credit from godaddy for the cira recalled domains?

I have 14 more to get back and they keep telling me the domains are mine, they appear in my account and on some I can even set the name server. Nonetheless it has no effect so we know I don't truly have ownership.

Going on for weeks now and the support team is just clueless, they won't answer me anymore.

 

[cabotower]

the average gd employee knows nothing about .cas and restrictions.it took me a while to get things straightened out as well.i would get answers like "give us 8 hours and they will be pushed into your account",of course they never were.the guys that answer the phones are trained in the basics and nothing more.you will have to get on the phone explain it as best you can and ask to speak to someone who knows about .ca restrictions.i eventually got a full refund,but not until the matter got passed on to someone who understood what was going on.btw, every call to gd is at least an hour out of your life that you will never get back.

 

[jaydub]

Clueless = GD regarding .ca names. Hope you get things sorted Frank.
“we are escalating this” is the response I was so familiar with but no more for me. I just don’t use them for anything to do with .ca

Going on for weeks now and the support team is just clueless, they won't answer me anymore.

 

[cabotower]

the average gd employee knows nothing about .cas and restrictions.it took me a while to get things straightened out as well.i would get answers like "give us 8 hours and they will be pushed into your account",of course they never were.the guys that answer the phones are trained in the basics and nothing more.you will have to get on the phone explain it as best you can and ask to speak to someone who knows about .ca restrictions.i eventually got a full refund,but not until the matter got passed on to someone who understood what was going on.btw, every call to gd is at least an hour out of your life that you will never get back.

i believe gd has a dedicated ccTLD Team. the one who sorted it out for me was named Matt.

 

[jaydub]

Attractions ended at $2155 on Siber

 

[MapleDots]

i believe gd has a dedicated ccTLD Team. the one who sorted it out for me was named Matt.

I'm going to call in and ask if there is a Matt there

 

[briguy]

A "registered' company to acquire domains..why didn't I think of that? lol

 

[nafti]

What did Star go for?

 

[DomainRecap]

It's late as hell (I really hate this weather) but here is the .CA To Be Released (TBR) Results & Leftovers:

This week’s .CA TBR list was average in terms of the quality and quantity of word domains, and there were actually a few ultra-premium names in attendance to help bring in rubes. The top selections were partially on target with our expectations and included

Better than turning mealy apples into AppleButter.ca

 

[Mikeyboy]

star went for 7900 there abouts
classe around 500
ttd around 500 as well

 

[nafti]

star went for 7900

@DomainRecap We were way off!

 

[briguy]

It's late as hell (I really hate this weather) but here is the .CA To Be Released (TBR) Results & Leftovers:



Better than turning mealy apples into AppleButter.ca

Encouraged to see namespro listed a few times..baremetal a new name (for me), do love the name

 

[DomainRecap]

@DomainRecap We were way off!

All it takes are 2 bidders with deep pockets.

 

[nafti]

All it takes are 2 bidders with deep pockets.

Well it will be interesting to see what is done with it.

It’s safe to say now that “A Star is born”.

 

[MapleDots]

All it takes are 2 bidders with deep pockets.

Had I been in that auction I would have bid it up to 10k at least and possibly 12 before I would have bowed out.

 

[nafti]

Had I been in that auction I would have bid it up to 10k at least and possibly 12 before I would have bowed out.

You probably would have won it if you were in it. I guess all depends on how bad the other 2 wanted it.