discuss Canadian.com for $269k; What would you do?

[abstractdomainer]

When someone buys such a domain name like Canadian.com or Israeli.com or something of this sort, instead of Canada.com, Israel.com, France.com etc. what would someone build on such a name? With the latter, you could build anything around Tourism, cities, countries, currency exchange etc. But what with the former?

I can imagine something like a country-specific social media site. What else would someone build on such a domain name not as the government but as a private company?
I always fail to appreciate what, as a business, could be appropriate for such names?

 

[D Haynes]

I have Madagascan (dot) com

Always envisioned it being used to sell produce from that country.

 

[lock]

I have Madagascan (dot) com

Always envisioned it being used to sell produce from that country.

East Africa?

 

[D Haynes]

East Africa?

East African Island nation. Madagascan vanilla seems to be a thing.

But as an answer to the original post I think the best use case for names like these are for selling products or produce of that country. You could make it a patriotic site for people of that nation but I don't see how that can be as easily monetised. I guess you could sell clothing with the nations flag on etc.

 

[The Durfer]

East African Island nation. Madagascan vanilla seems to be a thing.

But as an answer to the original post I think the best use case for names like these are for selling products or produce of that country. You could make it a patriotic site for people of that nation but I don't see how that can be as easily monetised. I guess you could sell clothing with the nations flag on etc.

i agree, the best use would be canadian made like made in the usa. Kudos to the buyer and seller.

 

[CraigD]

I think most would prefer to see these names used wisely to represent their country, language and produce, without being overtly patriotic or nationalistic.

 

[poweredbyme]

Travel would be best use for country dot com's..
Second best use would be e-commerce.
Third best use would be a forum.

 

[redemo]

One or more of these might work. Data is for U.S.A. only.

No	Keyword	Search Volume	CPC	Paid Difficulty	SEO Difficulty
1	canada goose	368,000	$0.63	99	80
2	canadian to usd	301,000	$3.31	1	64
3	canadian map	201,000	$0.09	58	82
4	canadian dollar to usd	165,000	$2.02	1	66
5	canadian provinces	110,000	$0.02	1	80
6	canadian election	90,500	$6.05	1	46
7	canada goose jacket	90,500	$0.81	100	66
8	canadian flag	90,500	$0.24	80	78
9	canadian	74,000	$2.25	1	67
10	canadian tire	74,000	$2.25	1	83
11	canadian bacon	49,500	$0.29	68	76
12	canadian prime minister	49,500	$2.62	1	92
13	canadian post	49,500	$2.05	1	33
14	canadian news	40,500	$2.17	1	91
15	canadian dollar	40,500	$0.32	1	79
16	canadian border	33,100	$0.26	1	28
17	canadian marble fox	33,100	$0.64	1	58
18	canadian money	33,100	$0.80	1	70
19	canadian tuxedo	33,100	$0.67	3	68
20	canadian immigration	33,100	$2.64	12	72
21	canadian lynx	22,200	$1.49	1	71
22	canadian us exchange rate	22,200	$5.07	1	67
23	canadian currency	22,200	$1.03	1	68
24	canadian travel restrictions	18,100	$9.16	1	19
25	canadian zip codes	18,100	$1.51	1	44
26	canadian vs usd	14,800	$0	1	18
27	canadian holidays	14,800	$3.64	1	64
28	is canadian border open	14,800	$1.24	1	10
29	canadian whiskey	12,100	$0.58	97	61
30	canadian food	12,100	$1.40	1	67
31	canadian residential schools	12,100	$1.77	1	93
32	canadian postal codes	12,100	$0.51	1	38
33	canadian shield	12,100	$0	1	72
34	canadian vs us dollar	12,100	$1.10	1	66
35	canadian states	12,100	$0	1	22
36	canadian national anthem	12,100	$0	1	81
37	canadian real estate	9,900	$0.59	8	67
38	canadian passport	9,900	$2.20	2	75
39	canadian solar stock	9,900	$1.69	1	79
40	canadian government	9,900	$0.93	1	80
41	canadian rockies	9,900	$7.10	9	72
42	canadian citizenship	9,900	$1.22	8	67
43	canadian jobs	9,900	$1.50	12	62
44	canadian solar	9,900	$2.37	37	78
45	canadian national railway	9,900	$9.23	7	82
46	canadian border restrictions	8,100	$14.22	1	16
47	canada goose outlet	8,100	$0.95	100	43
48	canadian zillow	8,100	$0.32	1	21
49	canadian lakes	8,100	$0.27	1	60
50	canadian universities	8,100	$5.93	3	65
51	canadian visa	8,100	$2.20	3	76
52	canada revenue agency	8,100	$0.03	1	86
53	canadian football league	8,100	$0.03	1	66
54	canadian election polls	8,100	$0	1	16
55	how many canadian provinces	6,600	$0	1	78
56	canadian language	6,600	$0	1	59
57	canadian eskimo dog	6,600	$0.51	1	61
58	canadian hemlock	6,600	$0.39	98	63
59	canada gdp	6,600	$0	1	79
60	canadian airlines	6,600	$1.31	12	83
61	canadian hockey teams	6,600	$0.19	1	72
62	canadian club	6,600	$1.18	85	52
63	canadian club whiskey	6,600	$1.26	100	60
64	canadian beer	6,600	$0.77	69	53
65	to canadian dollar	5,400	$0	1	15
66	canadian independence day	5,400	$0	1	78
67	canadian jacket	4,400	$1.78	100	50
68	canadian honker	4,400	$1.94	1	57
69	canada 411	4,400	$1.27	1	63
70	canadian actors	4,400	$0	1	81
71	canadian accent	4,400	$7.38	1	69
72	canadian mint	4,400	$0.98	100	73
73	canadian fires	4,400	$2.42	1	20
74	canadian military	4,400	$7.84	1	77
75	canadian river	4,400	$0	1	77
76	canadian history	4,400	$0.87	1	87
77	canadian license plates	4,400	$0.10	59	58
78	canadian slang	4,400	$0.24	1	65
79	canadian embassy	4,400	$1.58	1	82
80	canadian wildfires	3,600	$2.78	1	20
81	canadian national anthem lyrics	3,600	$0	1	75
82	canadian north	3,600	$1.61	1	20
83	canadian army	3,600	$3.42	1	78
84	canadian premier league	3,600	$0	1	68
85	canadian independence	3,600	$2.86	1	84
86	canadian parliament	3,600	$0	1	20
87	canadian rappers	3,600	$0	1	69
88	canadian visa application	2,900	$1.63	16	66
89	canadian anthem	2,900	$0	1	85
90	canadian bands	2,900	$0	1	73
91	canadian living	2,900	$1.15	3	20
92	canadian loonie	2,900	$0.05	1	66
93	canada gdp per capita	2,900	$0	1	77
94	canadian rock bands	2,900	$0	1	70
95	canadian dollar to inr	2,900	$0	1	52
96	canadian pizza	2,900	$1.88	5	45
97	canadian valley electric	2,400	$0	1	66
98	canadian names	2,400	$0	1	55
99	canadian jokes	2,400	$0.06	1	52
100	canadian nba players	2,400	$0	1	79
101	canadian last names	1,900	$0	1	43
102	canadian basketball team	1,900	$0	1	85
103	top canadian universities	1,900	$3.00	1	74
104	is canadian bacon ham	1,900	$0.08	2	79
105	canadian job bank	1,900	$1.63	4	74
106	canadian university rankings	1,900	$3.90	1	77
107	canadian quarter	1,900	$0.11	39	66
108	canadian open	1,900	$3.41	1	81
109	canadian national railway stock	1,900	$16.36	14	85
110	canadian navy	1,900	$0.68	1	82
111	canadian vs dollar	1,900	$0	1	14
112	canadian to euro	1,900	$0	1	45
113	canadian artists	1,600	$1.09	20	68
114	canadian armed forces	1,600	$1.39	1	84
115	canadian imperial bank of commerce	1,600	$3.95	1	88
116	canadian air force	1,600	$5.43	1	77
117	canadian diver scores 0	1,300	$0	1	87
118	canadian 2 dollar coin	1,300	$0.06	74	57
119	canadian thanksgiving 2021	1,300	$0	1	65
120	canadian vs american	1,300	$0.06	1	74
121	how many canadian teams are in the nhl	1,300	$0	1	73
122	canadian ketchup chips	1,300	$0.22	100	78
123	canadian tennis player	1,300	$0	1	80
124	canadian housing market	1,000	$1.34	2	72
125	canadian natural resources	1,000	$0.10	1	63
126	are canadian geese protected	1,000	$0.16	1	56
127	canadian visa requirements	1,000	$1.23	7	73
128	canadian 5 dollar bill	1,000	$0.03	88	80
129	canadian anthem lyrics	1,000	$0	1	72
130	when canadian border open	1,000	$2.32	1	84
131	canadian women's soccer	1,000	$0	1	86
132	canadian health minister	1,000	$2.69	1	89
133	canadian income tax calculator	1,000	$0.48	1	57

 

[redemo]

I was thinking of an ex pat website/forum for Canadians abroad.

 

[BradWilson]

As a rejected Canadian I think of myself as a Canardian

FYI: Canard means 1. an unfounded rumor or story or 2. a small winglike projection attached to an aircraft forward of the main wing to provide extra stability or control, sometimes replacing the tail.

So maybe the domain could be developed to showoff all the wonderful things Canardians eh I mean Canadians are known for like...

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Thanks for starting this thread @abstractdomainer, and all of the interesting ideas.

Thanks in particular for the search volume data, @redemo - in some cases surprising.

A number of companies use Canadian in their name - according to OpenCorporates about 11,000 active businesses and organizations (and about double that if one includes inactive). Many of these might potentially be interested in the distinction of being the one to be simply Canadian.

I agree with ideas that others have said that it would be a great name for Canadian travel or other experiences, immigration to Canada, a site that sells Canadian works of art, a Canadian sharing site of some kind, Canadian service directory, Canadian trade portal, place to buy uniquely Canadian gifts, Canadian real estate, a reference site, etc. I am fond of word Canadian, and have it in a few TLDs.

Can someone confirm though, did the name sell or is that simply the asking price? The only sale yet on NameBio is from when it sold in 2010. If it did sell, congrats to the buyer and the seller.

Bob

PS Canadians would tend to first seek the .ca on a name like this. I just checked and the name in .ca extension is used for a regional services directory.

 

[poweredbyme]

I was thinking of an ex pat website/forum for Canadians abroad.

Forums have more growing capability with fresh content and organic traffic flow. However running forum will require more technical expertise + more server costs + moderation costs, you may have to pay salary to moderators. Monetizing forums is very difficult. Because first time visitors to forums are less than repeat visitors. Repeat visitors to shopping websites convert but they don't convert on forums.
* Conversion: Buying something, clicking on an ad, leaving email address, making a phone call, signing up to the website, any action that the website owner wants from visitors.

I have run many types of websites/CMS's since 15-20 years. In my opinion the best use would be travel niche preferably with direct checkout on the website instead of indirect sales through affiliate links or PPC/CPM ads. If aff links will be chosen for monetization, comparison type travel site would be the most effective one.

Travel niche converts well. People like to purchase plane tickets, travel packages online more than offline. However competition on SERP ranking for travel niche is very very high.

 

[poweredbyme]

I agree with ideas that others have said that it would be a great name for Canadian travel or other experiences, immigration to Canada, a site that sells Canadian works of art, a Canadian sharing site of some kind, Canadian service directory, Canadian trade portal, place to buy uniquely Canadian gifts, Canadian real estate, a reference site, etc. I am fond of word Canadian, and have it in a few TLDs.

Any niche can be added to a single domain as subdomains such as
directory dot country dot com
arts dot country dot com
visa dot country dot com
forum dot country dot com
realestate dot country dot com
jobs dot country dot com
education dot country dot com
games dot country dot com
dating dot country dot com
finance dot country dot com / *credit card / fx affiliate site
auction dot country dot com / *similar to ebay or craiglist


anything dot country dot com would work if one prefers that way. It's possible to run many niches on a single domain.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Can someone confirm though, did the name sell or is that simply the asking price? The only sale yet on NameBio is from when it sold in 2010. If it did sell, congrats to the buyer and the seller.

I saw after I posted this and edit window closed that the sale is listed in the Report Completed... thread here at NamePros. Congrats on great sale.
Bob

 

[omelet]

Thanks for starting this thread @abstractdomainer, and all of the interesting ideas.

Thanks in particular for the search volume data, @redemo - in some cases surprising.

A number of companies use Canadian in their name - according to OpenCorporates about 11,000 active businesses and organizations (and about double that if one includes inactive). Many of these might potentially be interested in the distinction of being the one to be simply Canadian.

I agree with ideas that others have said that it would be a great name for Canadian travel or other experiences, immigration to Canada, a site that sells Canadian works of art, a Canadian sharing site of some kind, Canadian service directory, Canadian trade portal, place to buy uniquely Canadian gifts, Canadian real estate, a reference site, etc. I am fond of word Canadian, and have it in a few TLDs.

Can someone confirm though, did the name sell or is that simply the asking price? The only sale yet on NameBio is from when it sold in 2010. If it did sell, congrats to the buyer and the seller.

Bob

PS Canadians would tend to first seek the .ca on a name like this. I just checked and the name in .ca extension is used for a regional services directory.

Hello Bob,

I had been the exclusive broker of this name since the beginning of the 2020. We did in depth researches and collected all possible leads across different industries included but not limited to fortune 500, media, consulting, immigration, education, etc.

The pandemic do brought a lot of difficulties to sell the name- we used to closed a deal in 2020 March at a $250,000 USD but deal cancelled due to COVID. The cancelled offer was from a private real estate firm who also run Casino.

Big firms such as Opentext, CGI Consulting, TorStar and various immigration firms all showed interest but our negotiation didn't go well and our best offer was around $100,000 USD.

The afternic guy first reached out to me in 2020 summer with inquiry of pricing, but they didn't submit any offer. The final sales was after one year, the same afternic guy brought offer to the owner directly. I discussed with the owner and permitted the final sales with afternic guy.

Canadian companies are way more conservative and it's impossible for them to buy such a name at this range. .ca is more welcomed for sure. But luckily, the domain got sold. Congratulations to my owner friend.