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As some of you might have noticed MapleDots is in an acquisition phase and we have significant funding set aside for new domain acquisitions.

Before we started the process we decided to try to acquire a top brandable .com.

www.Maple.com was purchased by a company from New York that delivered restaurant style meals.

At the time I predicted the company would have some challenges
https://www.namepros.com/threads/maple-app-upgrades-to-maple-com.857730/#post-6049500

Before we started our recent acquisitions we attempted to acquire Maple.com for 100k USD and we contacted every email address in the WHOIS listing.

We did not get a response and therefore decided to drop the attempt to acquire this domain and pursued our current strategy instead. MapleDots is highly focused on Canadian Domain Properties but will entertain the purchase of .com properties if they can be re-branded with a Canadian presence.

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It is changing upwards. I am getting more interest than I have for some time..(y)
How about closing's, because more so that is what counts, many .ca's get a lot of misdirected inquiries, probably because the people who should own them, are not stepping up to secure them.
 
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For that value you could have got

mommy.com
 
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Curious as to why the need for Maple.com when the brand is MapleDots?

Respectfully asking because the business is in startup, correct?

Edit: Nevermind. I misunderstood. Answer right here:

As some of you might have noticed MapleDots is in an acquisition phase and we have significant funding set aside for new domain acquisitions.
 
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6 in the last 4 weeks and no real explanation for it. I don’t ever email potential buyers.


How many have you sold? Or is your business thriving on just getting interests?
 
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I think that what @MapleDots is doing is bold and he is blazing the trail here.

Remember back in 2013 when buying 4L "chips" for $20 was a "waste of money", some people did it and cashed out as millionaires.

We are so accustomed to the past dictating our present, but maybe his vision & action will set a trend for Canadian buyers to start securing their .CA domains.

@MapleDots the amount of work that you are putting into this shows how passionate you are about building this into a successful venture. I hope you succeed and that you receive good blessings coming your way.

I agree. IMO cira.ca should hire @MapleDots as a spokesman :xf.wink:
 
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6 in the last 4 weeks and no real explanation for it. I don’t ever email potential buyers.

I personally don't consider $50, $100 domain sales as sale.
 
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I personally don't consider $50, $100 domain sales as sale.

what do you consider it as?

I heard of a guy who was regging domains and selling them around $100 each.
it took him a while but he eventually became millionaire.
 
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what do you consider it as?

I heard of a guy who was regging domains and selling them around $100 each.
it took him a while but he eventually became millionaire.

That's great! But $50 sales, you literally need to sell names to all businesses in town to make a million
 
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what do you consider it as?

I heard of a guy who was regging domains and selling them around $100 each.
it took him a while but he eventually became millionaire.
This technique pretty much can't be followed anymore though.
 
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I have identified a domain with Maple keyword where the .ca is registered but the .com is not. Would you register that? It's a decent name.
 
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I have identified a domain with Maple keyword where the .ca is registered but the .com is not. Would you register that? It's a decent name.

I am dropping about 10 maples this month and half are .com's

Dropped a few last month too....... HeHe, just don't buy my drops, they were dropped for a reason :xf.wink:
 
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Just for info

If Maple.ca was not in use I would have made the same offer, it is the second best word to Canada.ca which is used by the government of Canada. The Maple Leaf is our national symbol and used by almost all businesses to show a Canadian presence.

Everyone else may want to be careful because Maple is big in Canada but unless you have a direct name hit or something the word is not necessarily as potent in other areas of the world.
 
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hmmm.. are you keen on leaf.ca? or thats too close to the nissan car for ya?
 
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hmmm.. are you keen on leaf.ca? or thats too close to the nissan car for ya?

HeHe, too close to leafly.ca :xf.grin:

I do have a couple of leafs.... Leafit.ca & Leafit.com but the impact is not the same as the Maple.
 
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I have LeafFactory.com. 11 years old.
 
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Nice thread, from my view the .ca market has been steady or slightly rising forever. It has never really taken off. The .ca is a highly used and visible extension in Canada. As for new gtlds, they have hurt .ca as much as they’ve hurt .com here, so not much. My sales come from inquiries, not outbound marketing.
 
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Your 2018 is off to a better start than mine then, very good!
 
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I think 2018 is trending upward for .CA

Although I frequently see an upswing this time of year as I think companies decide to purchase to get the write off. Just a theory.... nothing to back it up.
 
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It is hard and expensive to get a good .com these days, so .ca will always remain a top 1 or 2 choice in Canada. As .com's get taken out it just helps .ca. Large companies have to market in Canada, even if they aren't based here, and many like to use the .ca version of their name or product - if they are selling or operating in Canada it is easy for them to qualify to own .ca's. New g's just aren't gaining traction quickly so they aren't even part of the discussion really. I hand regged a couple .ca's last year that were coin and cannabis related that got $1,000 offers shortly after, but didn't sell. I've been in .ca for almost 18 years now and still hand reg and pick up names in the drops. It hasn't made me a millionaire, but it is profitable and I guess worth doing to me since I'm still doing it. Most of my domains are .ca and .com, with a low percentage of other extensions. We have had these discussions on the .ca market for years, as I said the market has never really taken off, but it's been steady or slightly rising and from this point it will probably continue that slow upward trend. You can go a while without inquiries then get a flurry over a month and make some sales. That just seems to be how it is for .ca
 
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I agree that the market has been and continues to be steady with growth. I like .ca and will continue to believe in it as I believe it is one of the most popular cctld’s
 
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CIRA also does a decent job of promoting .ca
 
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