.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]

How is Rebel for transferring out...?

Easy, just get them to disable the Auto-Renew feature on your account and you'll be golden.

 

[briguy]

Easy, just get them to disable the Auto-Renew feature on your account and you'll be golden.

So I buy a few domains there..hold for a few months then before transferring out ask to have auto renewal disabled?

Not sure if it was Rebel or another Canadian company (not Namespro) but had a helluva of a time transferring out a few years back...wasn't impressed.

 

[jaydub]

not Rebel...they have always been quick and trouble free for me with transfers

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Auto renew was an issue before. They bill 45 days before expiry. Easy to turn off.
I requested auth codes last night got them in minutes.
Go into redemption and its 18.99 + 5$ recovery fee though.
Overall the system is clunky and they dont impress me

 

[DomainRecap]

So I buy a few domains there..hold for a few months then before transferring out ask to have auto renewal disabled?

Nope, but I am repeating the "call support and disable auto-renew" because so many people forget and get into a lot of trouble.

For example, even if you're extra-careful and use Paypal or delete your CC, at 45 days before expiration, Rebel locks the domain in Domain Manager for non-payment and if you want to transfer out, you need to call in and talk to a few people before they give you a code. And even then you might need to call back to make sure it's unlocked.

On another forum there were people literally caught in transfer hell with Rebel wanting the renewal funds and locking an already-sold domain until they got it.

So everyone do themselves a favor and call support to disable auto-renew.

 

[DomainRecap]

Auto renew was an issue before. They bill 45 days before expiry. Easy to turn off.

It's easy to turn off because people like me started calling the CIRA and complaining about being billed 45 days ahead of the actual renewal date. When Rebel first changed their policy,, there was not even a way to disable the lame-a$$ auto-renew "feature".

When I first got my account's auto-renew disabled, I must have talked to 6 people at Rebel before it finally got done, and everyone kept telling me it was no problem, and the feature was there to "protect my domains" and that if I didn't want one, I could "cancel it before the 45 days started". Finally, I got a manager who gave me a big sigh (like I was being such a bother) and disabled the auto-renew.

It got so bad I was literally going to drive down there and punch someone in the face... repeatedly.

Instead I was a nice Canadian and called the CIRA, let them know my horrible experience and the guy said they'd talk to Rebel about streamlining the process to disable it.

You still have to call in, and there is no way to do it yourself from your account, but at least now the CSRs will do it ASAP without any jerking you around.

 

[cabotower]

with rebel you also get auto renewal disabled for your account by sending in a ticket. mine was pretty terse:
'i would like the auto renew feature turned off for all of my present and future domains'.
answer: i have turned off the auto renew as requested.

 

[martinrussell]

with rebel you also get auto renewal disabled for your account by sending in a ticket. mine was pretty terse:
'i would like the auto renew feature turned off for all of my present and future domains'.
answer: i have turned off the auto renew as requested.

Good!

April 2018 I spent less than 6 minutes in a support chat to have their auto renew "option" added to my account there. In the bigger picture we're bringing all of our names back under one roof… it's just easier to have everything in one place.

 

[dtagr]

I noticed on the DAN blockchain ticker of current sales last night that G r e e n V o i c e .ca (not my domain name) just sold. Be interesting to see if it is for election related use, or something else environmental. Nice name. Parked as of this morning.

Also interesting in that on some site visitation stats that almost 5% of recent visitors to DAN have been from Canada. Anyone sell many .ca there?

Bob

No sales yet, moved around 20 there last month. Lots of looky loos for:
TaxSaver
ImmigrationReform

Sadly, no hard bites.

 

[DomainRecap]

The .CA To Be Released (TBR) Weekly Picks for September 25 are online:

The .CA numbers have jumped up a bit this week, but there has been a more noticeable increase to the premium domain supply, in terms of LLL, single-word and even NNN options. Our Top Picks List is filled to the brim this Wednesday, and includes the ultra-premium...

Sh*t Just Got REAL!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Andrew @DomainNameWire has written about CIRA having a realtor TM violation in their latest advertisement promoting .ca. The story is here in case you missed it:

https://domainnamewire.com/2019/09/24/oops-new-ca-commercial-has-a-trademark-problem/

 

[DomainRecap]

That whole "Realtor" TM is one big scam anyway and I wonder how much payola it cost them.

From now on I am not going to use the term, and refer to them as "Real Estate Agents" and if they tell me they're "Realtors" I'l say "Sorry, that's not a real word - and that comes straight from your association".

 

[cabotower]

1 year from now the tbr will be bursting at the seams,thanks rebel!

 

[DomainRecap]

Wow, REAL.CA did not go first and maybe not even in the Top 10, as it had a time of:

19:00:00.669 (to MyID, naturally)

Last week that would have been 18th.

Something is definitely up with the times, as SNE.CA went at 19:00:01.010.

 

[andrewschnarr]

Something was up today.... Even LiveStreaming.ca was gone in a few seconds...

 

[DomainRecap]

Only 69 domains selected, which means my decision to stay out of the fray worked out pretty well. It was a really top-heavy list this week and I thought a lot of very good options would be passed over in the rush to get REAL.CA, SNE.CA and RESPITE.CA. .

Wanted 8 upper middle-level names, waited til after the TBR and got 6 of them for $1 each. I'm happy.

 

[DomainRecap]

Best Values: SNE.ca at 9, Prosecute.ca at 17, Meld.ca at 20. YRI.ca at 22 wasn't bad either.
Craziest Selection: Sibername hits a bulls-eye at 19:00:00.000, beating MyID to the punch, then uses that perfect top pick for.... RegisteredOffice.ca.
Riskiest TM Pick: Tarion.ca
Tick-Me-Off Pick: Someone taking a cheap & late flyer at Namespro on CryptoCloud.ca

 

[DomainRecap]

The .CA To Be Released / TBR Results & Leftovers have been served:

This week’s .CA TBR numbers actually increased slightly this time out, and while the premium domains jumped significantly, it was a very top-heavy list. Due to this, there were only 69 selections, with the top 10 picks including the ultra-premium...

Bring Two Forks and a Bib

 

[DomainRecap]

Anyone else noticing that Excellent Domains (www.excellent.ca) is dropping LLLs like dimes?

I noticed a few trickling in over the last few weeks but there is a deluge so far this week, with a lot of them ending in "E". These are 15 years old (reg in 2004) and it looks like Excellent Domains has exhausted any potential buyers before tossing them back.

Overall, from my rudimentary-level research, most are not in use in any way, but one drop that surprised me was PHE.ca, as that is a viable acronym as well as an Asian word.

So good or bad deal? Do you want LLLs that have been marketed to death for 15 years with no buyer movement, or are you looking long-term, such as holding them for another 15 years?

 

[dancarlson]

It's crazy, nothing nothing nothing. 4 inquiries / offers in 2 days via Efty.

SkillZone.ca
Plano.ca
OrganicCBD.ca
DnaKit.ca

Only 69 domains selected, which means my decision to stay out of the fray worked out pretty well. It was a really top-heavy list this week and I thought a lot of very good options would be passed over in the rush to get REAL.CA, SNE.CA and RESPITE.CA. .

Wanted 8 upper middle-level names, waited til after the TBR and got 6 of them for $1 each. I'm happy.

Hi
In the past you were unable to register domains from the TBR until @1pm PST on thursday. When did this change and what time are you now able to register domains that were not picked up on the drop?

thanx
Dan

 

[wwwweb]

It's crazy, nothing nothing nothing. 4 inquiries / offers in 2 days via Efty.

SkillZone.ca
Plano.ca
OrganicCBD.ca
DnaKit.ca

Hi
In the past you were unable to register domains from the TBR until @1pm PST on thursday. When did this change and what time are you now able to register domains that were not picked up on the drop?

thanx
Dan

I noticed it changed after the last cira platform update, many months ago.

 

[DomainRecap]

In the past you were unable to register domains from the TBR until @1pm PST on thursday. When did this change and what time are you now able to register domains that were not picked up on the drop?

Maybe a month or so after Fury was implemented, we were suddenly able to register unclaimed TBR domains between an 1:00-1:15 hours after the run was completed, so a bit after 4PM.

But this can vary by TBR run and by Registrar (they release at different times) and you just need to test it every few minutes on WHOIS to see when you get an opening. A few I was looking at a couple of weeks ago didn't get released until 4:30 EST.

But for the most part, a little after 4PM.

 

[wwwweb]

The bidding on real.ca has now exceeded over $2500, let's see where it ends up, two people are fighting hard.

 

[DomainRecap]

The bidding on real.ca has now exceeded over $2500, let's see where it ends up, two people are fighting hard.

Before it started I was thinking $3,000 minimum, but I wouldn't be surprised to see $5,000+ before it's done.

This is easily one of the best single-word domains ever on the TBR.

 

[wwwweb]

Before it started I was thinking $3,000 minimum, but I wouldn't be surprised to see $5,000+ before it's done.

This is easily one of the best single-word domains ever on the TBR.

Sitting on $4K right now, I am guessing fireworks show at the end.