.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?

 

[Soofi]

The To Be Released (TBR) Weekly .CA Picks for October 16 are online:

More Words than a Bowl of Alphabet Soup

This site should have email newsletter or subscription option. Thanks

 

[Soofi]

@MapleDots what sort of your .CA domain names get decent traffic?

You do not have to share the names, but type of names should work for me to get an idea.

Thanks

 

[MapleDots]

One word .ca's get the most type in traffic. I have a few that get really good traffic and I never promote them.

I will share that pink gets consistently the most traffic from all my domains.

 

[Soofi]

One word .ca's get the most type in traffic. I have a few that get really good traffic and I never promote them.

Sorry for being a botheration, but when you say one word, are these the product names or normal one keywords like look/feel/hello/alert type of random keywords?

I will share that pink gets consistently the most traffic from all my domains.

pink? you mean the pink(dotca) here?

 

[MapleDots]

pink? you mean the pink(dotca) here?

Yes, it is probably my most popular domain.

One word generic get the most traffic for me

 

[DomainRecap]

This site should have email newsletter or subscription option. Thanks

I know, but I'm a loser with no time.

 

[DomainRecap]

A bit late, but the TBR Results & Leftovers have been served:

After seven straight weeks of higher TBR list numbers, we’ve now gone two weeks with lower results, although it seems to have settled in at just above 8K. The overall list quality wasn’t really that different from the past few weeks, but the TBR results dropped way down to 78 selections, while some of the notable Top 10 picks included...

Lots of Single-Words Left!

 

[Soofi]

A bit late, but the TBR Results & Leftovers have been served:



Lots of Single-Words Left!

I picked up BKU some 10-12 hours ago. Thank you

 

[rlm]

Sorry for being a botheration, but when you say one word, are these the product names or normal one keywords like look/feel/hello/alert type of random keywords?
pink? you mean the pink(dotca) here?

Just to be clear here, when maple says "one word generic" it is a bit misleading. What is 100% accurate is that the domains that get the most traffic are the ones that are confusingly similar to popular brands.

Specifically:

1. Typos of popular websites. These can generally be legit or not legit and even some gray area between which is open to interpretation. Example: Gogle.com isn't a real word and Google probably won that in a domain dispute. Whereas Goggle.com is a legit dictionary word and can be safely used and owned providing that you don't use the domain name in a trademark infringing way. Obviously finding easy-to-make typos of large websites that are simultaneously a legit dictionary word is a lucky find. You get free spillover traffic. It's like buying real estate next to another successful busy store, you benefit from free increased foot traffic walking by.

2. Purposely misspelled brand names: If you owned Tumbler.com you'd get a lot of traffic from Tumblr.com

3. One-word domains being confused with established multi-word websites. Example: The owner of tesla.com got a shit-ton of traffic until TeslaMotors.com finally bought Tesla.com for $11M... One word domains almost always have some other businesses using the same word but in a multi-word domain name, so one word domains tend to get a little traffic spillover from those sites, which may or may not amount to much, depending on how popular those other websites are themselves.

4. Acronyms get traffic from the countless businesses with long multi-word names, people guess that businesses were smart enough to shorten their long names to an acronym based domain name. A great example is RBC.ca getting traffic from RBCRoyalBank.com. Works the other way too, where AE.com inadvertently sends traffic to AmericanEagle.com since their brand is actually American Eagle.

5. Otherwise confusing brands, such as Victoria's Secret and their sister stores Pink which you can find side-by-side in almost any mall. They just choose to sell both stores products on VictoriasSecret.ca rather than running two different online stores for both brands. Clearly they're confusing their customers and both pink.com and pink.ca get a lot of traffic because of it.

6. One word domains that describe a product or service will also get _some_ traffic, for example, insurance.ca or pizza.ca or laptops.ca or whatever. They don't usually get much traffic though, if they do, its typically only if it is developed and essentially branded itself. Example: hotels.com/hotels.ca. And then of course, Hotel.com/Hotel.ca benefited from hotels.com so much that they were smart enough to buy those too.

7. Provincial/Govt domains. Like jobs.gc.ca is going to inadvertently drive some traffic to jobs.ca (which I used to own).

There are probably some other scenarios I'm not thinking of here, but by now you get the gist.

For the most part, these scenarios have been pretty well picked over for anything of value. There is the rare gem to be had though.

In the end, the undeveloped domains that do get any significant traffic are almost getting it from confusion with another domain that is branded/promoted on a large scale or is otherwise well established. If your domain isn't infringing on another trademarked brand and you get some free "confusion traffic", it is a nice bonus - although its generally not going to be targeted traffic, but not useless either. Just like in the brick and mortar world, unknown businesses benefit from the foot traffic going to the known businesses nearby.

 

[DomainRecap]

And:

People typing in the domain to see if it's free to register or for sale, but that's hard to gauge as a type-in metric. There is still that "Gee, I wonder..." crowd and it happens a lot more with words and 2-4 letter acronyms.

 

[rlm]

And:

People typing in the domain to see if it's free to register or for sale, but that's hard to gauge as a type-in metric. There is still that "Gee, I wonder..." crowd and it happens a lot more with words and 2-4 letter acronyms.

Yes, definitely a bit of those hits too.

And I guess I should mention the hackers and bots too. Incredible amounts of hackers trying to exploit anything they can, ssh, ftp, mail services and of course the website itself. My main server gets hit with thousands of hits per minute of pure bullshit. I've gotten to the point that I have a honeypot and temporarily firewall off entire network blocks from non Canadian or US countries.

 

[dancarlson]

Domains are creeping up in number again, looking to move some, anyone looking for domains in a particular niche? I can send a list if interested.
Dan

 

[Soofi]

Domains are creeping up in number again, looking to move some, anyone looking for domains in a particular niche? I can send a list if interested.
Dan

I'd be happy to look at one words, product names and LLL.ca's

 

[esdiel]

I'd be happy to look at one words, product names and LLL.ca's

I know you've been here a long time already but are you aware that .CAs have a Canadian presence requirement? Perhaps you do, and do indeed meet the requirement, but I only bring it up because i recently saw a thread where someone from India paid a decent amount of money to buy a couple premium .CAs only to have CIRA take them away when they couldn't prove that they meet the Canadian presence requirement. Anyway, just a heads up in case this is news to you.

 

[Soofi]

I know you've been here a long time already but are you aware that .CAs have a Canadian presence requirement? Perhaps you do, and do indeed meet the requirement, but I only bring it up because i recently saw a thread where someone from India paid a decent amount of money to buy a couple premium .CAs only to have CIRA take them away when they couldn't prove that they meet the Canadian presence requirement. Anyway, just a heads up in case this is news to you.

Thanks for the heads up. Just because I am currently based out of India doesnt mean I dont do my homework while investing in domain names

Oh and I went to school in Kamloops, BC. Plus my wife and kids live in Vancouver

 

[esdiel]

Thanks for the heads up. Just because I am currently based out of India doesnt mean I dont do my homework while investing in domain names

Oh and I went to school in Kamloops, BC. Plus my wife and kids live in Vancouver

I figured given your time in the industry but just wanted to make sure!

 

[Soofi]

I figured given your time in the industry but just wanted to make sure!

You are a good man!

 

[dtagr]

Saw CIRA's commercial during the Canucks game last night. I'm surprised to admit that it's growing on me. Maybe it's the big screen or the wobbly pops that changed my mind, not sure.

Anyway, I have to give credit where credit is due. CIRA is raising the profile of the extension with that TV campaign and they're also all over my Facebook feed.

Kudos to CIRA.

 

[nafti]

they're also all over my Facebook feed.

Kudos to CIRA.

Their Facebook ads are quite punny and the guys/girls who run their Facebook page are quite entertaining.

 

[cabotower]

doteasy.com states that they only take credit cards but they invite a call to discuss alternative payment options. anyone know if you can set up paypal with them?