.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?

 

[rlm]

numericals in .com are big because of china and the hassles of pinyin for letters. Numbers are super easy in comparison, plus there's a lot of superstition and luck around numbers. So for .com or .cn I see it. For .ca - I don't get it either, unless its for a site targeting chinese canadians - or possibly the examples you guys have already given.

 

[DomainRecap]

The .CA To Be Released (TBR) Weekly Picks for March 13 are online:

The overall numbers are way down this week and the quality of the TBR domain names has also taken a slight dip, but this is more noticeable the deeper down the TBR list you dig, and there are still a few premiums to be found. It wasn’t that difficult to find a quartet of domains that qualified, including...

Read by 9 out of 10 Rich Kids Before Taking the SATs

 

[DomainRecap]

So what are the top 2 that MyID will automatically grab?

Mine picks are:

Bolt.ca
Wiser.ca

 

[dtagr]

So what are the top 2 that MyID will automatically grab?

Mine picks are:

Bolt.ca
Wiser.ca

Probably those two. Big let down from star.ca and grow.ca

Hope for better names next week.

 

[DomainRecap]

Probably those two. Big let down from star.ca and grow.ca

I don't know - I still like BOLT.CA and there are a helluva lot of companies using that term.

The big issue this week is a pile of LLL domains, but all are low-end junk, and once you get past the top few 1-word domains, it's a wasteland. I can't see this TBR run hitting 3-digits.

 

[dtagr]

I don't know - I still like BOLT.CA and there are a helluva lot of companies using that term.

The big issue this week is a pile of LLL domains, but all are low-end junk, and once you get past the top few 1-word domains, it's a wasteland. I can't see this TBR run hitting 3-digits.

It's not a bad name - just not a great name.
Bolt.com $125k enduser
Bolt.org $10k
Bolt.tv $1800 enduser.

4l comparables put it anywhere between $2k-$15k.

 

[Spex]

So what are the top 2 that MyID will automatically grab?

Mine picks are:

Bolt.ca
Wiser.ca

You were right on both. Surprised they went so "late" though. Bolt.ca @ 39 and Wiser.ca @ 97

Namespro seemed to have a decent day though, saw their name a few times in the list

 

[DomainRecap]

You were right on both. Surprised they went so "late" though. Bolt.ca @ 39 and Wiser.ca @ 97

That's not the order, Bolt went 2 and Wiser went 3.

Then again, who knows, and look at those crazy times:

traveladvisor.ca MyID.ca (8433828 Canada Inc.) 19:00:00.009
bolt.ca MyID.ca (7809646 Canada Inc.) 19:00:00.009
wiser.ca MyID.ca INC. 19:00:00.009

 

[MapleDots]

So who would be with me if we started an online petition to get cira to look into how myid has a lock on getting all the prime domains.

We launch an online petition, gather the signatures and send it to cira to investigate.

Unless anyone can think of a different approach.

We could also draft an email, get the proper department and have members send this email to cira until they respond. A couple hundred emails would probably go a long way toward getting this situation looked at.

 

[DomainRecap]

What our little friend 2537244 ONTARIO INC. picked up today:

keywitness.ca
globaltalent.ca
aymbp.ca
balades.ca
expbar.ca

 

[DomainRecap]

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

LOL, it looks like me listing the Registrars got them a lot of unexpected business and cooked their service - they are a very small TBR and all they were able to manage this week was picking up the garbage at the end, a la WebNames, etc.

 

[Spex]

That's not the order, Bolt went 2 and Wiser went 3.

Oh, ok. I was just going by the raw data CIRA is posting on the TBR page

 

[briguy]

So who would be with me if we started an online petition to get cira to look into how myid has a lock on getting all the prime domains.

We launch an online petition, gather the signatures and send it to cira to investigate.

Unless anyone can think of a different approach.

We could also draft an email, get the proper department and have members send this email to cira until they respond. A couple hundred emails would probably go a long way toward getting this situation looked at.

They are on Twitter https://twitter.com/bri_guy/status/1105956535124090883
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cira.ca/?ref=ts
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/canadian-internet-registration-authority/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/choose.ca/

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Never understood numericals. I can see the value if its a Canadian area code, but I dont get the rest of them. Care to explain?

there seems to be three fascinations with numbers.8,247 and 365.other than that i don't get this numerical thing either.

Rarity is one reason that I have a history of buying NNN's...love to get 420 and or 710 (cannabis terms/slang, 420 = cannabis/weed/etc...710 is oil backwards (hash oil))

 

[DomainRecap]

Now we just need our inside man/men to keep us posted on the auctions for BOLT.CA and WISER.CA.

 

[nafti]

Myid seems to spend all of their time and effort on the TBR because their CS sucks!
You would think all the money they are taking in on these TBR’s, they would hire a couple of people to answer emails and phone calls!

 

[DomainRecap]

Something funky is going on with posting right now.

 

[DomainRecap]

Myid seems to spend all of their time and effort on the TBR because their CS sucks!
You would think all the money they are taking in on these TBR’s, they would hire a couple of people to answer emails and phone calls!

But then you actually might be able to transfer your domains out of MyID with something short of a court order.

 

[nafti]

So who would be with me if we started an online petition to get cira to look into how myid has a lock on getting all the prime domains.

I’m in!

 

[wwwweb]

bolt has already bolted into 4 figures

 

[rlm]

So who would be with me if we started an online petition to get cira to look into how myid has a lock on getting all the prime domains.

We launch an online petition, gather the signatures and send it to cira to investigate.

Unless anyone can think of a different approach.

We could also draft an email, get the proper department and have members send this email to cira until they respond. A couple hundred emails would probably go a long way toward getting this situation looked at.

So, I ran a little analysis of all TBRs for 2019. I decided to focus only on registrations occurring in the first 10 seconds of each TBR session, when the most premium domains go first.

There isn't a significant statistical difference in the success rates of any of these registrars. It boils down to how many registrars that each has at their disposal for TBR. MyID and Sibername capture 70% - and the other 30% is split between 7 other registrars - all at statistically similar rates of success based on how many registrars they have.

The only big statistical anomalies are FastWebServer and Pool. They have MANY more registrars at their disposal but they simply just don't have any success. I suspect they don't really care and haven't spent the time and effort to fine tune their TBR.

After the first 10 seconds, that's where you notice some differences. Sibername registers double what MyID does - probably because so many people avoid MyID in general. Basically, I think people are hoping to get a mid to lower tier domain cheaper anywhere other than MyID - they feel if they placed their order on MyID that the auction would get run up way higher than it would anywhere else. Then, and as many have noted, certain registrars come in towards the end and scoop up lots of domains with little to no competition.

So - personally, I think you're wasting time petitioning CIRA about MyID's success rate. Its the same as everyone else, they just have more registrars under their umbrella to utilize.

If you want to ask CIRA something, ask for some transparency during auctions. That's where I smell something rotten going on.

 

[DomainRecap]

So, I ran a little analysis of all TBRs for 2019. I decided to focus only on registrations occurring in the first 10 seconds of each TBR session, when the most premium domains go first.

I think most people have an issue with the first few hundredths of a second, and how MyID is able to get the majority of ultra-premiums at this point.

At 2/100 of a second, the entire first TBR round was already done, and after only 9/1000 seconds in the run this week, MyID already owned the first 3 picks: BOLT.CA, WISER.CA, and TRAVELADVISOR.CA.

 

[MapleDots]

I think most people have an issue with the first few hundredths of a second, and how MyID is able to get the majority of ultra-premiums at this point.

At 2/100 of a second, the entire first TBR round was already done, and after only 9/1000 seconds in the run this week, MyID already owned the first 3 picks: BOLT.CA, WISER.CA, and TRAVELADVISOR.CA.

EEEEEEEEEEEExactly

The system seems rigged to me that the same company can consistently grab the top names. It should not be based on who can be 9/1000 of a second faster. You would think it should almost be like a lottery where registrars win at random giving every one of them an equal chance.

I'm open to anything other than the current system and I think we need to have cira investigate and make a few adjustments to how the process currently works.

 

[cabotower]

like a race. 9/1000 sec , Bolt wins , everybody else looses .

 

[DomainRecap]

A bit late (again) but the .CA To Be Released (TBR) Results & Leftovers are online and you can all see how increased demand absolutely melted down some smaller Registars (cough*Baremetal*cough):

This week’s .CA TBR list was decidedly mediocre in terms of the quality and quantity of word domains, but there were some premium domains at the very top end of the scale. The overall results were mostly on target with our expected picks and the Top 4 selections were BOLT.CA, WISER.CA, TRAVELADVISOR.CA, and 234.CA.

See The TBR Results Here

 

[MapleDots]

A bit late (again) but the .CA To Be Released (TBR) Results & Leftovers are online and you can all see how increased demand absolutely melted down some Registars:



See The TBR Results Here

Notice how all the Canadian Crypto domains are dropping?

I was talking about that a while back cautioning members against investing in crypto .ca domains. I have all mine scheduled to drop because there has been ZERO activity in my google analytics and I cannot see that changing, the market is just too small for canada to have dedicated crypto domains.