.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?

 

[DomainRecap]

I don't use either, so I'm curious (if you don't mind sharing), what price ranges of .CA are actually selling on those platforms, and do you notice, are these end users or domainers buying your domains?

For my tiny sample size over the past year or so, end users exclusively and mid 3-figures to very low 4-figures.

It's a tough market out there with lots of low-ballers.

 

[rlm]

Pulling this "massive update" card mid-week was insane, millennium-style management to a "T", all without an iota of business process, testing, training, or knowledge. "Let's just do it a day before the TBR run and see what happens".

Very stupid... Try and find an iota of information about this on their website and you wont... They should have the common courtesy to post some prior warning and then a status of the transition in a transparent manner for events like this. However they will never ever admit to anything going wrong publicly. Probably because they're too focused on using our .CA money to fund their side projects that compete with .CA - even though it was their sole mandate to run .CA for the benefit of all Canadians. Instead, it seems they run it for the benefit of themselves.

 

[rlm]

For my tiny sample size over the past year or so, end users exclusively and mid 3-figures to very low 4-figures.

It's a tough market out there with lots of low-ballers.

Ok, thanks, I appreciate that information. I guess that's a reason I don't use those marketplaces... Not much incentive to start either.

Yeah, there are always gonna be lots of lowballers out there... Can't blame them too much, some are truly ignorant about domains, no fault of their own, and some are simply just small businesses that don't need an expensive domain...

 

[DomainRecap]

Can't blame them too much, some are truly ignorant about domains, no fault of their own, and some are simply just small businesses that don't need an expensive domain...

Yeah, sure, a $20 email offer on a $499 BIN on and a tirade about how expensive it is.

Penny smart, pound stupid.

If you're that "small" then close up shop ASAP, as you don't have a chance - especially as a domain can be totally expensed out as an immediate promotional cost, not to mention sit as a resellable asset afterwards. Most business people have no clue and will routinely blow thousands on one-time newspaper or radio advertising, yet balk at $500-$1,000 on a permanent promotional tool that can upgrade their business on multiple levels.

I've done this a few times, upgrading smaller businesses with long domains to single-words, LLL or LLLL.ca domains, and it's always had a positive impact. For example, I was doing business development for a small local business that used a long 3-word .COM. I finally convinced them to pursue a LLL.ca to shorten their domain name, enhance their email, increase local SEO, and provide far better promotional opportunities.

I got the okay and contacted the owner who agreed to sell it for $500 (the company was a law office that added partners and had moved to an LLLL.ca while redirecting the LLL), and the deal got done in time for a new promotional campaign to which the LLL.ca was used. I also moved all emails to the @LLL.ca addresses, and that week they got compliment after compliment on the easy recall of the URL and especially the shortness of the email addresses. Many of their business contacts were impressed with the move to an LLL domain.

The ad also worked because the short 3-letter domain allowed the phone number to easily fit, the URL to be larger and more prominent, and created more "space" in the ads - incoming calls, website and social media hits went up and customers easily recalled the short domain, and many even commented how easy it was. Everything got easier, from business card URLs and email addresses to signage and future ad campaigns.

That $500 was nothing to what was achieved immediately, and is still being achieved there 4 years and 2 new offices later. You just need a bit of vision and business training.

 

[DomainRecap]

Anyone hear anything about today's TBR? I heard CIRA effed it up (due to the fury changeover) and that they may be re-running it next week.

It looks like they really screwed up (no TBR results, WHOIS still shows old owners) so it'll be interesting to see how they work all this out.

Do another TBR run this week? Amalgamate 2 weeks of domains into next week's run? Drink whiskey and dance in the streets?

 

[DomainRecap]

I just checked their crappy TBR page and it seems that all the February 6 TBR domains are now forward-dated to February 13, so get ready for a wild ride next week pardners!

 

[DomainRecap]

It's official, the CIRA melted down and next week's TBR run will incorporate 2 weeks of data!

 

[rlm]

Yeah, sure, a $20 email offer on a $499 BIN on and a tirade about how expensive it is.

My bad. Yes - you are very correct - I was just thinking in terms of my asking prices. If they won't spend $500 they might as well fold now! I'm sure your client was thrilled with the results from the upgrade in domain name!!

I just won't sell for anywhere near that low. To be honest, you are being WAY too nice selling any LLL to a law office for 3-figs. I don't sell _anything_ for 3 figs, just not worth the time. Yes, you can move more domains in that price range, and if your doing this on outbound sales, maybe I get it, you've put some effort into it and its better to make a sale than have wasted your time completely. But seriously, ask for a lot more!

So anyway, I was thinking more along the lines of low ball offers and I respond with 5 figure asks. I simply advise these small businesses with low ball offers to select a freely available 2-word combination as a perfectly acceptable starter domain. I'll even give them some choices to think about. I tell them when business is doing well and it makes better business sense to spend the money on an upgrade, then please come back. You can look at it as sort of an insult because I'm really saying "come back when you're actually successful and not just a wanna-be" but I do it as nicely as possible and offer them decent advice on choosing a domain, so it usually goes over well. I have had a few come back and purchase later. Some with egos will see it as the insult and buy it to prove they aren't small time. I don't really mean it as an insult, but just that these domains are priced for larger businesses with marketing budgets to justify the purchase...

 

[DomainRecap]

I just won't sell for anywhere near that low. To be honest, you are being WAY too nice selling any LLL to a law office for 3-figs. I don't sell _anything_ for 3 figs, just not worth the time.

No, I bought that from a law office (that had added a partner and moved to an LLLL) for $500, not the other way around.

 

[rlm]

It's official, the CIRA melted down and next week's TBR run will incorporate 2 weeks of data!

Yes, that's what I'm hearing too... Sounds like CIRA really screwed it up.

I received the following response from a registrar:

Today's TBR run was cancelled by CIRA. All domains will be part of
next week session.

CIRA changed its platform yesterday evening and today there are lots
of issues preventing registrars from connecting to CIRA. For example,
all requests we sent during TBR session were rejected. It was simply
impossible to connect.

So session was cancelled and all backorders will remain valid for next week.
​

 

[rlm]

No, I bought that from law office for $500, not the other way around.

Crap - my bad again I need to read more closely. Yes, now that I re-read it I see, you were working on behalf of the law office and bought the domain for $500 for them... That makes more sense. Sorry!

 

[DomainRecap]

Personally, I think that customers should be able to cancel existing backorders, as the run never went through and there is going to be a lot of new and better domains hitting this week.

If not, plenty of opportunities for me, as I didn't have a backorder this week.

 

[DomainRecap]

Crap - my bad again I need to read more closely. Yes, now that I re-read it I see, you were working on behalf of the law office and bought the domain for $500 for them... That makes more sense. Sorry!

No worries, it was a pretty long-winded post and it's easy to get confused.

And that $500 was not only a great purchase for now, it's also a killer investment as I would bet it'd sell for mid 5-figures. It's a premium letter combo and several Canadian businesses use the same acronym. The .COM is also the primary site for a HUGE multi-national business, so that's gone forever.

 

[rlm]

And that $500 was not only a great purchase for now, it's also a killer investment as I would bet it'd sell for mid 5-figures. It's a premium letter combo and several Canadian businesses use the same acronym. The .COM is also the primary site for a HUGE multi-national business, so that's gone forever.

Absolutely. Sounds like it was a complete win for them on all fronts.

 

[MapleDots]

Have gone on a buying spree and landed some pretty incredible .ca domains this week.

Have a number of bigger deals in negotiations as well.

At this point I have stopped purchasing all domains that are not one word ca's

In rare cases I will add acronyms

Crap - my bad again I need to read more closely. Yes, now that I re-read it I see, you were working on behalf of the law office and bought the domain for $500 for them... That makes more sense. Sorry!

I have rlaw and jlaw and they get consistent low ball offers.
Cheap ass lawyers wont cough up the 5k asking price.

 

[darb]

greetings fellow Canadians!

 

[darb]

a list that all work with dot ca, limited commercial value, all pop culture references. Apparently I don't get out enough, I had to google many of them:

wubbalubbadubdub
orangejustice
wonkette
nymphomaniac
nopantsday
newyearseveeve
netorare
nationalwineday
nonutnovember
shadman
sunkenplace
tableshower
tarheel
tentacleporn
theamericandream
slappy
nationalbaconday
wearenumberone
sharingan
whathappensinvegas
rookieoftheyear
realmeye
wareagle
subliminalmessage
pogs
sidetoside
whatdoesthefoxsay
oreimo
tonguetwister
culturalappropriation
doubleentendre
clubamerica
compulsionloop
corrlinks
chrismahanukwanzakah
chillywilly
damselindistress
danbooru
despacito
jujuonthatbeat
creepypasta
doujinshi
chatzy
chanellos
catlady
cakefarts
cakeandcunnilingusday
bravolebrity
brassknuckles
boredbutton
boonkgang
blackbeatles
bahhumbug
applebottoms
animekiss
christmascreep
homestuck
mukbang
monopolymoney
mmo-champion
missmarymack
millyrock
kilroywashere
jennyfromtheblock
adultism
instapundit
instagramhusband
inmyfeelingschallenge
dingdongditch
ikeaeffect
murderporn
hokie
hetalia
hazeleyes
hatters
gangsterdisciples
fuckfacevonclownstick
fictionmania
existentialcrisis
dunningkrugereffect
infinitysymbol

 

[darb]

more to finish the list:

defaultdance.ca
ItsEverydayBro.ca
IdolChallenge.ca
Horcrux.ca
Googleeffect.ca
FallingStarsChallenge.ca
Alibomaye.ca
DestroyDickDecember.ca
deadname.ca
ddsDiscounts.ca
Cheggs.ca
CaseoftheMondays.ca
CarelessWhisper.ca
brujería.ca
bootstrapparadox.ca
BenDrowned.ca
bakuchiol.ca
atsign.ca
Dogfart.ca
shoryuken.ca
yin-yang.ca
whiteprivilege.ca
Vlogmas.ca
vindicated.ca
truely.ca
triple-double.ca
trapmusic.ca
theRashomoneffect.ca
Suavemente.ca
Kabukitheater.ca
Sonicexe.ca
Monchhichi.ca
semicolontattoo.ca
self-fulfillingprophecy.ca
rusted.ca
ParentalAdvisory.ca
parachutepants.ca
Pajiba.ca
Occamsrazor.ca
norestforthewicked.ca
NationalSexDay.ca
ZetaTauAlpha.ca
StarWarsDay.ca

 

[Spex]

Please don't tell me you own those domains, I see no value in them whatsoever

Edit: Just spot checked and none of them are registered. So what are you trying to accomplish here?

 

[briguy]

Please don't tell me you own those domains, I see no value in them whatsoever

Edit: Just spot checked and none of them are registered. So what are you trying to accomplish here?

Seems to be a list of search terms in the adult niche.. for instance


https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cake+farts&amp=true

 

[Spex]

Seems to be a list of search terms in the adult niche.. for instance


https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cake+farts&amp=true

Cake farts? Ok, that's enough internet for me today!

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Due to an error in the .CA registry, a domain you recently registered has been recalled as it was a restricted domain not available for registration.

The domain listed below was temporarily made available due to this error and has since been recalled.

Your impacted domain is:

· canadawest.ca

The domain was restricted as it was a conflicting domain name, due to the existence of an exact match of that domain name in the third level.

Any other .CA domains you have registered are unaffected. The .CA registry is now operating normally and we look forward to serving you in the future.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your time.



CIRA Compliance Team


That was $1 hit at rebel
Still works randomly thru cira link.
I did do do due dilligence, but could find nothing before reggae like 3 days ago

 

[DomainRecap]

The CIRA is all screwed up - just type in any domain with a provincial extension in their WHOIS and it says it's "available for registration".

In fact, any domain like this says the same thing, like: canada.on.ca

WooHoo, I'm registering them all!!

Too bad they wouldn't let me register RHC.ca... I always wanted that one.

 

[DomainRecap]

I found where the canadawest URL is, but also found that it is being used as a virus/ransomware site and the CIRA should be advised of this.

Don't go there, but it's YT.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

For some reason, while it was using rebel nameservers, my anti virus kicked in too. First time that happened. Maybe i blocked the warning after that point, or maybe that happens with domains with that status. It may have had nothing to do with rebel nameservers either
It shouldnt have any kind of history. There is no canadawest.bc.ca so what 3rd level did it conflict with?