.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?

 

[rlm]

Thanks for the insight @rlm , love hearing stories from people who have been in the game a while.

In your experience, are these corporations (whether foreign or Canadian) spending $Xxxxx+++ just to get the matching .CA or are there actual corporations spending that kind of money to launch on a .CA only?

Great question. Of the 6-fig .ca deals I've either bought or sold, I guess you could say that only one was to get the matching .ca, CreditCards.ca.

In the 5-figure range, I don't know off the top of my head, there's a lot more of those, I'd have to go through my records to see. But my gut would be to say most weren't buying the matching .ca, they were just happy to get the .ca domain since the .com would have been out of reach. And the .com may or may not have even been developed, I'm not sure that's much of an issue.

I had a sale last year where a Canadian bought a 1-word.COM almost simultaneously with the my matching .CA. I assume that's fairly rare. But he splits his time between the US and Canada so he wanted to be sure and cover both.

There was another recent inquiry where the person said they thought my price was too expensive considering that the .COM was already developed - so they obviously took that as a negative against the .CA. I think that was a first for me hearing that. Maybe others have thought it but didn't tell me that. I guess they had delusions of thinking they could've also afforded the 1-word.com had it not been developed (even though they rejected my very reasonable price for the .ca, mid XXXX).

From my perspective, if you had a product or service type domain like say cars.ca but cars.com was developed, then its a bonus to have cars.com developed as it leads to a few pluses. One, maybe you'll get relevant traffic out of it with no risk of trademark issues, Two, maybe they'll eventually buy you out. But if you had a generic/brandable name like say Summit.ca or Ikon.ca, then having the .COM developed is probably a wash. There's a chance they could buy you out if they go multinational. But if not, their traffic spillover isn't going to be much help. And you're chance of ever buying the .com is significantly less.

So all that being said, sure, some huge multinationals want the matching .ca. But many use ca.domain.com or domain.com/ca/ that it definitely impacts the perception of need for the .ca. I think that's why I probably see the majority of sales to buyers who don't care so much about the .com because they know its out of reach. And some are even willing to use the better .CA in Canada along side their different but weaker .com in the US. Just sold one last week in that situation. They have a {service}{geo}.com in the US, but in Canada they now have the {service}.ca.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

In case people have not noticed the most recent NameBio release has a .ca in first place. Jane sold for $25,000 at Sedo. It is registered at GoDaddy Canada. Does anyone know of the seller or end user. Re user, there are several possibilities including this cannabis related company: Jane Technologies that recently raised $21 million. There are also several two word names ending in Jane in corporate use in Canada plus of course the Jane/app people as possibilities. As of now the name does not go anywhere except GoDaddy. Nice PayDay for someone. It seems to only have a creation date in 2016 but presume it must have expired and got picked up again.
Bob

 

[DomainRecap]

It looks like it was registered well past 2016 (2003-4?) and also doesn't seem like it was on the TBR, so likely one investor sold it to another in 2016.

And as for the buyer, I'm betting on the Weed Dealers flush with cash.

 

[nafti]

And as for the buyer, I'm betting on the Weed Dealers flush with cash.

Or maybe it was these guys? They do have some good looking breasts!

 

[Bob Hawkes]

It looks like it was registered well past 2016 (2003-4?) and also doesn't seem like it was on the TBR, so likely one investor sold it to another in 2016.

And as for the buyer, I'm betting on the Weed Dealers flush with cash.

If I had to bet I would agree with your likely choice. The clothing boutique operating on the .com might be another possibility, I guess, but unlikely I think.

I was wondering if it had been on a TBR. Thanks for checking.

Bob

 

[esdiel]

It looks like it was registered well past 2016 (2003-4?) and also doesn't seem like it was on the TBR, so likely one investor sold it to another in 2016.

And as for the buyer, I'm betting on the Weed Dealers flush with cash.

Archive.org shows it was indeed first registered circa 2003-2004 but Whois shows 2016. Wouldn’t that mean it would have had to been dropped at some point? Why would Whois show 2016 if it hadn’t been dropped?

 

[DomainRecap]

It might have been sold during the redemption period, which possibly could have triggered a new reg date. Or dropped and then recovered by the Registrar, as I don' see it on any TBR lists.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

On the plus side, it is only Feb 8 and the dollar volume of NameBio-listed .ca sales is already about 50% of all of 2019. Maybe 2020 is the year for .ca?!
Bob

PS the average price is currently $17,600 too currently Small number statistics can be your deceptive friend!

 

[rlm]

In case people have not noticed the most recent NameBio release has a .ca in first place. Jane sold for $25,000 at Sedo. It is registered at GoDaddy Canada. Does anyone know of the seller or end user. Re user, there are several possibilities including this cannabis related company: Jane Technologies that recently raised $21 million. There are also several two word names ending in Jane in corporate use in Canada plus of course the Jane/app people as possibilities. As of now the name does not go anywhere except GoDaddy. Nice PayDay for someone. It seems to only have a creation date in 2016 but presume it must have expired and got picked up again.
Bob

NIce Sale. Thanks for pointing that out. As a 4-letter first name that is pretty popular, I think that was a reasonable but good price.

It was definitely in TBR, I have it in my records, Dec 28, 2016. In my notes I have it as being one I was trying to go after too. I also have the TBR results, tt was picked up by MyID. Unfortunately it wasn't me that got it! Possibly went into the myid black hole.

In my opinion it was definitely an experienced seller. I'm sure they had to stand their ground on the price and rejected many smaller offers. Its a good example for CA domainers. Know what you've got, know your buyer, and be willing to walk away from a potential sale. I know its easier said than done, especially when you're looking at your renewal costs.

As for the buyer, I'm guessing that will become self evident fairly soon!

 

[rlm]

It might have been sold during the redemption period, which possibly could have triggered a new reg date. Or dropped and then recovered by the Registrar, as I don' see it on any TBR lists.

No, definitely was in TBR. The only way it resets the registration date is if it is completely expired. 99.999% of the time, that means going through TBR. Occasionally a .CA had been historically dropped outside of TBR as the result of a CIRA action, like cancelling a domain due to a failed Registrant Information Validation (RIV).

 

[DomainRecap]

It was definitely in TBR, I have it in my records, Dec 28, 2016. !

Good work - something must have happened with my text-search through my old HTML files, as I have them going back a long way.

I just loaded Dec 28 manually, and you're right:

2826. jane.ca +

And it went #1 to MyID:

1. 14:00:00.003908 jane.ca MyID.ca INC.

 

[DomainRecap]

In terms of other potential suitors, I noticed that a lot of real estate agents use a variant of jane.ca for their webites, and as you know, $25K is nothing to a good agent, and it's all a write-off anyway.

cjane.ca
soldbyjane.ca
homeswithjane.ca
rcjane.ca

I'm still going with the cash-pumped Devil Weed guys but real estate is a popular area of domain sales.

 

[rlm]

In terms of other potential suitors, I noticed that a lot of real estate agents use a variant of jane.ca for their webites, and as you know, $25K is nothing to a good agent, and it's all a write-off anyway.

The majority of realtors are very cheap. But yes, some understand its all about branding/advertising themselves. I wish more understood that better!

 

[DomainRecap]

It's baaaaack....

TIMS.CA

And LLL fans are going to have a field-day this week, as I count at least 4 premiums and a few more mid-level options. MyID's servers' be melting down in 3 days.

 

[nafti]

If I recall, TIMS went for around 4 figures before when it dropped last. It’s a high risk domain in my opinion.

 

[DomainRecap]

If I recall, TIMS went for around 4 figures before when it dropped last. It’s a high risk domain in my opinion.

Big-time, but also high-reward if you get lucky - not worth it to me personally, but as past TBRs attest, others certainly feel differently.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

TIMS.CA

It would be good for a Traffic and Incident Management System

 

[DomainRecap]

Or maybe The Imminent Mitigating Suit.

 

[DomainRecap]

Wow, the more I go through this pre-list the crazier things get and there might be double-digit numbers on what I consider "premium". High-end LLLs and singular 1-words, many of which have been off the market since the early-2000's or back before 2000.

All we need now is a 2-letter/number/character domain to pop up and we're all set.

 

[dtagr]

Wow, the more I go through this pre-list the crazier things get and there might be double-digit numbers on what I consider "premium". High-end LLLs and singular 1-words, many of which have been off the market since the early-2000's or back before 2000.

All we need now is a 2-letter/number/character domain to pop up and we're all set.

The TBR is always good in February. Don't ask me why.