Canada.com is for sale.

[Zameer24x7]

Canada.com is for sale

https://twitter.com/tessa321/status/1045061024347344897​

 

[Soofi]

I increased my offer to 250k a few moments ago but after this I am on the sidelines.
Unlike all the talk I said I can cut a cheque on demand.

Seriously it would be a conquest deal for me and nothing else so after this I am out for sure.

I wont be submitting one, as discussed earlier

 

[MapleDots]

The France.com thing does put a shadow on this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/

I wonder who will risk a few million on this domain?

I'm still skeptical at this point.

 

[DomainRecap]

I wonder who will risk a few million on this domain?

Yep, all it would take is Justin smoking one too many blunt.

 

[JordanH]

The France.com thing does put a shadow on this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...com-from-man-whos-had-it-since-94-so-he-sues/

I wonder who will risk a few million on this domain?

I'm still skeptical at this point.

Legally though, France couldn't seize it. So legally, Canada can't either. If I was the owner of france.com I would be suing web.com as well for giving France the domain.

 

[DomainRecap]

Legally though, France couldn't seize it. So legally, Canada can't either.

It doesn't seem to have stopped them.

 

[JordanH]

It doesn't seem to have stopped them.

No, it didn't. Hence why I said the owner should be suing the domain registrar too for even handing it over illegally.

 

[MapleDots]

No, it didn't. Hence why I said the owner should be suing the domain registrar too for even handing it over illegally.

I'm sure all that is happening but the legal costs can get into the hundreds of thousands.

So imagine someone pays 1 million for Canada.com and then still has to defend it.
Asking 2.5 million is a bit much in my opinion because the domain name is tied to a country with a limited population.

Other domains like pets.comcan be applied in any country and multiple countries and they can justify a cost in the millions. Canada.com is a failing newspaper outlet just like the rest of them and even with a primo domain name they cannot make a go of it. Why? because it's only canada with a limited target audience.

A domain like Reuters (which is not as nice) but can be used anywhere in the world will have a higher success rate.

 

[DomainRecap]

And a name guarantees nothing without work - look at Internet.com, a huge $18M sale after the media company failed, and look at it now - a generic "How To" site that a kid with a day on Wordpress could duplicate.

You gotta have a plan.