discuss Showcase and Discuss Marijuana/Pot/Hemp/Cannabis domains

Keith said:

They chose a .com, now it’s a matter of if it’s a good domain/branding perspective. It’s terrible. They’re better off buying Cannastore and growing a real business site.

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Still not a answer to my question...
Why does the majority of States ( equal to provinces in Canada) use the (dot)gov not (com) for there sites!

Pretty most Canadian government site use (dot)ca

briguy said:

Still not a answer to my question...
Why does the majority of States ( equal to provinces in Canada) use the (dot)gov not (com) for there sites!

Pretty most Canadian government site use (dot)ca

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.gov or .ca isn’t worldwide, .com is. It all comes down to what the Canadian gov wants to do with the site. Why focus on a few when you can focus on many?

saucey said:

Here it is! Online government bud!!

https://www.bccannabisstores.com/

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I'll find out if it's any good in 3-5 business days, if Canada Post doesn't strike.

I never thought I would see the day that I could buy a 'pack' of joints..

im U.S. so I hope they don’t screw this one up for me ? .com and yes “Company” again would have been the 1st choice , so I’ll settle for 2nd. Not sure who own UScannabis. Com ? And "Store" would have been better so i take that back. 3rd ? was not going to just let an opportunity fly by for $8 jmo . Need a Chip and a Chair.... Oh. Im pretty sure the American Site is going to have an Eagle with a big joint in one of his talons and flying the American Flag in the other..

briguy said:

@saucey I assume your live in BC..why not bring this to your member of parliament, why isn't it a .ca?

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Lol @briguy! Well played sir! I laughed so hard I almost fell off my couch! Cheers!

Chances are, Canada contracted out to a firm to create and maintain the website, which included acquiring a domain name. They, most likely, choose to go the hand-reg route and keep whatever money they could rather than dip into their profits and pay a domainer for a better name.

Keith said:

.gov or .ca isn’t worldwide, .com is. It all comes down to what the Canadian gov wants to do with the site. Why focus on a few when you can focus on many?

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Why would a official Canadian government site want to go worldwide?

Note: we are discussing a provincial government site not the federal government!

@pjb1978 Which province?

I see many horrible domains being used here in Canada.

Alberta's government sales site is albertacannabis.org.... They probably didn't even look for the .ca or .com.

BC's site domain was obviously a hand reg.

Anyways other than bad domains, it's awesome Cannada legalized! Lobbyists from big pharma, alcohol, tobacco and other industries tried very hard to keep Cannabis illegal here "it didnt work" . Now unfortunately big pharma, tobacco and alcohol are buying up the sector.

.ca is fine for regional sales. Having both .ca and .com is best obviously.

briguy said:

Which province?

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@briguy N.S.

McDuke said:

I see many horrible domains being used here in Canada.

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The local dispensary that I go to has an online store that uses canadaonlinethc dot com

pjb1978 said:

The local dispensary that I go to has an online store that uses canadaonlinethc dot com

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Yeah, i cringe when i go to conferences and see the domains being used. Some companies get it, many don't.

**misread

McDuke said:

Yeah, i cringe when i go to conferences and see the domains being used. Some companies get it, many don't.

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The problem is that technically speaking, the gov't has a monopoly on cannabis. Any canna business outside of the gov't (or it's producers/suppliers) is operating in the 'grey area' of the law. That why you hear about all of these small local dispensaries being raided. They didn't legalize it for the people. It's just a big cash grab for the gov't.

I think we can agree that the cannabis laws aren't exactly where they need to be -- they are a work in progress and will take time. In the meantime, if you are a canna business owner operating in that grey area, are you willing to shell out a bunch of cash for a super premium .com? You could be shut down at any time, and forced to start fresh.

We haven't even seen the start of the cannabis .com rush. Once the people are able to take the monopoly out of the government's grubby paws, allowing small cannabis businesses to operate 100% legally.. buckle up because it'll be a wild ride.

**disclaimer - I firmly believe that 99.5% of all domains listed in this thread will never sell, regardless of how wild the ride is. #stopreggingcrap #adoptdontshop

VapeBake /com

Keith said:

Why would anyone use .ca .us .tv or .whatever when they can own .com? This is the difference between amateurs and pros in the online business world.

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Outside the USA the cc is often king. Because the users see it as a local presence and SEO advisors tell site builders the cc will do better in search results.

Seriously, in country codes words not in English can be worth way more in the cc than in .com.

And in the UK I know people who only click on search results in .co.uk and I regularly see businesses operating on .co.uk without even registering, let alone redirecting, the .com. Do Canadians prefer .ca?

But yes for generic English language words for resale you are right about value, the .com is saleable to a much larger audience than a cc. I would think forward thinking Canada enterprises would want .com in addition to .ca not just to prevent traffic leakage, but in case some day Canada can sell weed or services like agriculture or consultancy abroad.

Speaking of nations, this is on Namebio today, not mine:

cannation.com 305 USD 2018-10-17 GoDaddy

pjb1978 said:

The problem is that technically speaking, the gov't has a monopoly on cannabis. Any canna business outside of the gov't (or it's producers/suppliers) is operating in the 'grey area' of the law. That why you hear about all of these small local dispensaries being raided. They didn't legalize it for the people. It's just a big cash grab for the gov't.

I think we can agree that the cannabis laws aren't exactly where they need to be -- they are a work in progress and will take time. In the meantime, if you are a canna business owner operating in that grey area, are you willing to shell out a bunch of cash for a super premium .com? You could be shut down at any time, and forced to start fresh.

We haven't even seen the start of the cannabis .com rush. Once the people are able to take the monopoly out of the government's grubby paws, allowing small cannabis businesses to operate 100% legally.. buckle up because it'll be a wild ride.

**disclaimer - I firmly believe that 99.5% of all domains listed in this thread will never sell, regardless of how wild the ride is. #stopreggingcrap #adoptdontshop

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There are many LP's that have no affiliation with the government. I'm also talking about all companies, the ones that sell the picks and shovels too. Many have crap domains / brands.

I talked to many grey area stores last summer and most said they will be closing the doors Oct 17th in hopes they get approved for a legit license.

McDuke said:

I see many horrible domains being used here in Canada.

Alberta's government sales site is albertacannabis.org.... They probably didn't even look for the .ca or .com.

BC's site domain was obviously a hand reg.

Anyways other than bad domains, it's awesome Cannada legalized! Lobbyists from big pharma, alcohol, tobacco and other industries tried very hard to keep Cannabis illegal here "it didnt work" . Now unfortunately big pharma, tobacco and alcohol are buying up the sector.

.ca is fine for regional sales. Having both .ca and .com is best obviously.

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True! But that’s interesting Alberta is using a .org!

Just picked up CBD Medication in Org.

saucey said:

True! But that’s interesting Alberta is using a .org!

Just picked up CBD Medication in Org.

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i'll pass on the .org's, i have a couple defensive .org regs that's it.

pjb1978 said:

The problem is that technically speaking, the gov't has a monopoly on cannabis. Any canna business outside of the gov't (or it's producers/suppliers) is operating in the 'grey area' of the law. That why you hear about all of these small local dispensaries being raided. They didn't legalize it for the people. It's just a big cash grab for the gov't.

I think we can agree that the cannabis laws aren't exactly where they need to be -- they are a work in progress and will take time. In the meantime, if you are a canna business owner operating in that grey area, are you willing to shell out a bunch of cash for a super premium .com? You could be shut down at any time, and forced to start fresh.

We haven't even seen the start of the cannabis .com rush. Once the people are able to take the monopoly out of the government's grubby paws, allowing small cannabis businesses to operate 100% legally.. buckle up because it'll be a wild ride.

**disclaimer - I firmly believe that 99.5% of all domains listed in this thread will never sell, regardless of how wild the ride is. #stopreggingcrap #adoptdontshop

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No. They are being raided because they are illegal because they don’t have business licenses. All of the illegal dispensaries are able to make it legal by acquiring proper license. Unfortunately this would require them closing down until the license comes through which many of them don’t want to do.... I do not believe it has anything to do with the government trying to make it a monopoly.

McDuke said:

i'll pass on the .org's, i have a couple defensive .org regs that's it.

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I hear ya. That’s the only dot org I own.... Figured it fit well with the “medication angle”...

saucey said:

I do not believe it has anything to do with the government trying to make it a monopoly.

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I beg to differ.

https://cheddar.com/videos/inside-canopy-growths-massive-cannabis-manufacturing-facility

Note in the middle of this video how the
Information center is to breakdown the stigma on " old fashioned mindsets " . Note the branding of their brands, and look in their retail store. Clean, updated, not a marijuana and or pot name referenced by this Billion Dollar enterprise.

Even here, guys get with the times on logos. If your going to spend time on making your domain alive, use it to update. See Canopy growth and their family of brands.

See back a bit; Heirloom flower. Fresh updated very user friendly and investor and government acceptably brand. This is a great sellable idea. Although it should have been with a keyword, flower is pretty vague.
Heirloom Flower, this is worthy of a great return someday. In my opinion

To answer. Com, spefic to Cannabis

These Canadian very large agri business are looking south twords the USA markets and beyond. They don't want to be perceived and boxed in regionally, .com solves this (on the domain side).

The same goes with mmj ( although I have hundreds ) , who's going to get stuck with that if ones market goes recreational, a branding nightmare.

As the pool of Canna , Cbd and Hemp names gets sold off, the few great ones left will soar in prices and the end users will be looking at brandables closer and my horse in the race Leaf , Cannabis and softened names using the secondary words to downplay the stigma with pot; weed; and such. SEO on the keywords in my opinion will be critical for these new entrys have money but not the kind to flip a brandable into a brand used more regionally if not locally.

That's why I have a few rules for myself. Two word seo based domains in .com. Being a second job for me, my first is environmental controls spefic to cannabis and cea. I realize my limitations on selling a brandable. So I stick ( stuck, past tense for their is little if any hand reg inventory left ) with the two word.com rules.

The USA market will play out differently than our friends to the north. It's a state by state play if not county and town by village play. Many more startups tens of thousands. It's how the legislation is enacted it's not a national play, despite brands that will attempt too be perceived as such.

It was a huge day for the industry, every major network produced Cannabis segments, didn't see a negative story amongst them. Just discussion about what a great opportunity for business and consumer alike.

Leafurl said:

https://cheddar.com/videos/inside-canopy-growths-massive-cannabis-manufacturing-facility

Note in the middle of this video how the
Information center is to breakdown the stigma on " old fashioned mindsets " . Note the branding of their brands, and look in their retail store. Clean, updated, not a marijuana and or pot name referenced by this Billion Dollar enterprise.

Even here, guys get with the times on logos. If your going to spend time on making your domain alive, use it to update. See Canopy growth and their family of brands.

To answer. Com, spefic to Cannabis

These Canadian very large agri business are looking south twords the USA markets and beyond. They don't want to be perceived and boxed in regionally, .com solves this (on the domain side).

The same goes with mmj ( although I have hundreds ) , who's going to get stuck with that if ones market goes recreational, a branding nightmare.

The USA market will play out differently than our friends to the north. It's a state by state play if not county and town by village play. Many more startups tens of thousands. It's how the legislation is enacted it's not a national play, despite brands that will attempt too be perceived as such.

It was a huge day for the industry, every major network produced Cannabis segments, didn't see a negative story amongst them. Just discussion about what a great opportunity for business and consumer alike.

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That stoned CEO is high af. Interesting naming of cannabis companies though, kind of expected tbh. The keywords Grow, Flower, Green, Cultivate, and Leaf should work greatly if big corporations want to keep the naming away from other stigmatized words.

carob said:

Thought that said Cannafucian, the weed wisdom of China.

Well, Canfucian is free, nice typo.

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It's all starting to read like Canna Confusion to me..which was my initial take when I was looking for a name to hand-register for yesterday to mark the day. In Ontario, tech is king over bricks-and-mortar, with walk-in's not allowed until April 1st. It's like an April Fools joke gone wild, really.