.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?

 

[MapleDots]

Doing the forums & tbrs is entertainment for me than more than anything, like doing the garage-sale circuit or taking the metal detector out to the beach. You usually don't find much, but occasionally you find that hidden treasure!

Anything of any real value will end up at MyId so I don't bother too much with TBR.

 

[DomainRecap]

Anything of any real value will end up at MyId.

And never leave MyID.

 

[MapleDots]

And never leave MyID.

O' I have a few of them, they are still listed there by previous owners but they are definitely mine.

 

[alcy]

Never say never. I picked up a 1-word .ca in TBR auction for under $500 in June 2016. Sold it for low 6-figures in under 2 years.

I've picked up MANY .ca drops for < $100 and sold for 4 and 5 figures. I can think of one last year that I bought uncontested in a drop and sold for $7K within a couple weeks. And it wasn't the previous owner either! Just a random inquiry - I don't even think they realized I had just registered the domain at all.

I picked up another 1-word .ca for about $2K by contacting the owner directly in 2018 - now in negotiations for another 6 figure sale already. Probably won't go through, but it will eventually make a very healthy profit. BTW - bought this one from the same guy MapleDots also bought from recently. Maple is lucky - I dropped the ball and didn't buy one particular domain right away due to other distractions at the time... That's what I get for not feeling any urgency to close the deal. I really didn't expect Maple or anyone else to discover it... My loss...

The biggest thing to realize is that you'll never make a really big sale unless you can say no to really big offers. And sometimes it takes a big gamble to make big money. I once bought a premium 2-word .ca for low 6-figures only to sell it a few years later for above mid 6-figures. But it took years of inquiries and offers - the entire time I stuck to my price - and they eventually paid it. Unfortunately - you've gotta gamble and be willing to lose. That's the really hard part and obviously sometimes you've just gotta take the easy money and run if your situation warrants it. Unless you feel _really_ good about your buyer having deep pockets and being more emotionally invested in your domain than they probably should be - that's when you can maybe hold on for the really big sales.

I think the "selling enough to renew and survive while slowly upgrading" mentality is the correct one for most people. Maple is probably an exception with a bankroll to take some risk and pay bigger money for better domains. Even with a large portfolio you can go years without really big sales. But when you do hit a good streak, it can pay for years of renewals and plenty of portfolio building in one shot.

Speaking of that, I'd also highly recommend to anyone that scores a big sale to renew your entire portfolio for a year or more out if you can, especially the ones you really know you want to keep long term. It'll partially offset the big sale for tax purposes and you won't have to sweat it if the next year or two is lean on sales.

And when you're setting prices, be sure to set your price high enough that you can easily replace the domain you sold with a better one. I will even use that as an argument in justifying my price. I'll tell them I'm an investor and I now have to take this sale and be able to purchase an even better domain with it for this whole transaction to be worthwhile. Once I even told the potential buyer of my domain the exact domain that I wanted to buy, how much the seller wanted and flatly said that's the price I need - no negotiations. I said "You'll get what you want, I'll get what I want, then we're all happy." And it worked.

Anyways, I guess that is enough rambling unsolicited advice for today

6 figure sales in .ca do not happen a lot... only 5 total in namebio... even if not all may show there...

where do you rank on namebio with yoru sold one and one u say is in progress?

jobs.ca 600,000 USD 2008-05-07 Private
jobs.ca 450,000 USD 2013-12-25 Sedo
poker.ca 400,000 USD 2010-06-01 SnapNames
slots.ca 206,906 USD 2010-07-09 Private
flights.ca 120,000 USD 2012-01-18 Private

 

[DomainRecap]

O' I have a few of them, they are still listed there by previous owners but they are definitely mine.

But can you ever leave MyID and transfer to another Registrar?

I heard one guy did, a long, long time ago, but that turned out to be a lie. He actually died waiting.

 

[MapleDots]

But can you ever leave MyID and transfer to another Registrar?

I heard one guy did, a long, long time ago, but that turned out to be a lie. He actually died waiting.

I waited for a domain that was there..... could not believe how much it took for the member to get his domain out. Reminded me of NetSol in a strange sort of way.

 

[DomainRecap]

I waited for a domain that was there..... could not believe how much it took for the member to get his domain out. Reminded me of NetSol in a strange sort of way.

And there is a reason for that, a la OIL.CA.

 

[Spex]

6 figure sales in .ca do not happen a lot... only 5 total in namebio... even if not all may show there...

where do you rank on namebio with yoru sold one and one u say is in progress?

jobs.ca 600,000 USD 2008-05-07 Private
jobs.ca 450,000 USD 2013-12-25 Sedo
poker.ca 400,000 USD 2010-06-01 SnapNames
slots.ca 206,906 USD 2010-07-09 Private
flights.ca 120,000 USD 2012-01-18 Private

jobs.ca is interesting. I remember the big 600k sale in 2008 but never heard (or forgot) that it resold for a lower price in 2013

 

[rlm]

6 figure sales in .ca do not happen a lot... only 5 total in namebio... even if not all may show there...

where do you rank on namebio with yoru sold one and one u say is in progress?

I can assure you I've been involved in more 6-figure .CA deals just on my own than what is shown anywhere in public - namebio or otherwise. So you know there have to be countless more out there. Understand that the vast majority them have non-disclosure agreements. I literally just signed a 6-figure deal minutes ago (on a .com though) and the buyer added the non-disclosure clause to the sales agreement (I had left it out). So probably 90+% of those 6-figure deals will never get reported - unless the buyer wants to brag about their acquisition. However, most corporations like to keep that stuff on the down-low - hence all the non-disclosure clauses in these agreements.

Two of mine have been reported - but not by me. CreditCards.ca price was discovered by George Kirikos in the company's annual filings and it was bigger than jobs.ca. Jobs.ca was a deal I did with a business partner at the time. He divulged that deal against my wishes.

Another one was alluded to in the forums last spring - but only because I mentioned it before the deal was signed.

Another one _might_ be in the works - but i peg it at like 5% chance right now. The buyer said he was fine with the price - but that he was waiting on funding to come in this spring. We were discussing ways I could hold it for him, i.e. non-refundable deposit. But a LOT can change in that time, hence the 5% chance I'm giving it now.

All other 6-figure purchases or sales by me have gone unpublished as far as I know.

 

[rlm]

jobs.ca is interesting. I remember the big 600k sale in 2008 but never heard (or forgot) that it resold for a lower price in 2013

Yes, I was going to buy it, but a domainer friend wanted in on it. So we partnered up, started a company, bought jobs.ca (the $600K time) and several other 6-figure domains (one other .ca, sale not published). Fast forward a few years, we divvied up the assets and dissolved the company. He really wanted all the job related domains - I wanted the other domain assets - so we horse traded to make it fair for both sides. So he sold it the second time on his own, not me. Not sure I would've published it though considering he made the hit he took obvious...

 

[cabotower]

where would a guy go to when registering some .cas for a decent price?anybody have a go to place?

 

[alcy]

where would a guy go to when registering some .cas for a decent price?anybody have a go to place?

it works by random promos.. mostly on:

rebel
whc
namespro

usually half price.. so round $5

other than this you get something like namesilo for $9US I think

which is I think cheapest price around as far as the most common and popular registrars go... like dyna... gd... and few more.

www.domcomp.com

is also good to check...

no promos now on those 3.

gl

 

[MapleDots]

I remember I bought about 200 for 2 bucks each from whc on promo.

Was an anniversary deal of some sort

 

[cabotower]

rebel says $4.50 with a limit of 10
yesterday i bought my first .ca
at gd for $12.64 orig.ca

 

[MapleDots]

rebel says $4.50 with a limit of 10
yesterday i bought my first .ca
at gd for $12.64 orig.ca

Hmm, I thought I bought up most of the decent 4 letters

grrrrrr

 

[cabotower]

i might hand reg a few more

 

[cabotower]

hand regd:
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[MapleDots]

hand regd:
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You might want to slow down, I would not have registered those. Think if a viable business would have a use for that donain.

 

[MapleDots]

I missed out on Pink.ca, he had given me a reasonable price... No offense but hopefully you paid more and made him happy for not selling it to me, he seemed like a nice guy!

As for the one I picked up - I'm still keeping that info on the down low.

I was fairly aggressive on Pink, I pursued it quite on purpose and it consistently outperforms other domains on Google analytics. It seems to get the most type in traffic, even bigger than red.

 

[MapleDots]

No offense, I'm just not big into sharing portfolios with domainers.

I'm getting more into trading the occasional domains.
A great one for a great one, depending who has a use for it.