.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]

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...

The whole jobs scenario was a masterpiece followed by a failure.

Imagine calling a 450k USD sale a failure?

But still a loss is a loss and the original marketing to hype the domain is going to be a difficult feat to follow. Jobs.ca is probably the single most important sale in the entire history of .ca sales because it set the standard. That standard has been quoted more than any other .ca sale in history.

My prime .ca's are going to sit for my son, I am purchasing only because I need write offs to get my tax base down. A purchase like red was a conquest and even overpaying was no big deal for me because it will probably end up being the college fund for my boy.

Red for my boy

Pink for my girl

Pure for my wife

DN for me (obvious reasons)

The rest are there to look pretty while I'm building the portfolio.

pretty..... hmmm.... that gives me an idea

 

[MapleDots]

pretty..... hmmm.... that gives me an idea

damn that MyId

 

[Spex]

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...

Thanks for peeling back the curtains on this one @rlm. Interesting history on this name

 

[DomainRecap]

You might want to slow down, I would not have registered those.

Agreed, and .CA is not .COM, and here we have trouble selling even mid-range LLL.CA domains, due to the smaller number of businesses and lower population.

Treat .CA like the top 10% of the .COM market.

 

[DomainRecap]

Hey, are you going after:

MapleButter.ca

 

[MapleDots]

Hey, are you going after:

MapleButter.ca

Did not intend too.... let me explain why

MapleButter is an end product but you cannot name the product maple butter.

A business cannot be named MapleButter and even if they were the budget would be small because it is such a targeted product.

In .com sure but in .ca it does not make sense for ME to spend any money on it.

Now something like MapleRoofing or MaplePlumbing is where I usually come in and I have been selling those domains approaching 20 years now both in .com and .ca.

I have sold a lot of maples in my day but that market has now steadily decreased and I am being much more picky. My focus right now is strictly one word .ca or .coms.

Some exceptions and maybe if MapleButter were to drop I would look at it as a reg fee but even to spend $59 bucks on it to have canspace or similar grab it for me would be something I am not a player on.

I picked up MapleFoods which was a much better fit for me and a broader audience.

Hope that helps.

 

[DomainRecap]

Yep, and I was more looking at it as a brandable evoking "easy for Canadians" not a pure EMD.

Ya's got a problem? Come to MapleButter, bitches!!

 

[DomainRecap]

Our .CA To Be Released (TBR) Weekly Picks for January 9 are online:

http://www.domainrecap.com/2019/picks/ca-to-be-released-tbr-weekly-picks-for-january-9/

P.S. Get ready for a single-word avalanche!

 

[briguy]

Our .CA To Be Released (TBR) Weekly Picks for January 9 are online:

http://www.domainrecap.com/2019/picks/ca-to-be-released-tbr-weekly-picks-for-january-9/

P.S. Get ready for a single-word avalanche!

Been awhile since I seen a.NNN..
Believe to go first.five

 

[DomainRecap]

Been awhile since I seen a.NNN..
Believe to go first.five

Especially one with a starting Zero, plus 721 is smooth and just sounds good.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I hope this is not considered off topic, but thought this would be a good place to ask what Canadians are going to be at NamesCon2019. After thinking I was not going, have changed my mind, and I will be there. Would love to meet face to face some others that I have met online here.

Also did anyone try submitting .ca domains to the auction? I presume they were not very open to such domain names.

I know of at least one Canadian that has non-.ca domain names in the auction, but wondering about .ca in itself.

Bob

 

[DomainRecap]

Looks like the TBR run is all done, and this will be a very interesting week to see what is left over.

 

[rlm]

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.

Yes, and if you have a teenage daughter or you've ever been to a mall, you know why that's true

 

[rlm]

But still a loss is a loss and the original marketing to hype the domain is going to be a difficult feat to follow. Jobs.ca is probably the single most important sale in the entire history of .ca sales because it set the standard. That standard has been quoted more than any other .ca sale in history.

Actually, I sold CreditCards.ca for more.

My prime .ca's are going to sit for my son

Yes, I hope my daughter can use my portfolio as an easy side income some day too. Hopefully they don't just liquidate it for a small fraction of its value when I die! Or worse yet let them expire.... That's why I need to teach her as much as I can in the next couple years about the business...

 

[MapleDots]

Actually, I sold CreditCards.ca for more.

Yes true but jobs is probably the most quoted sale on the .ca side.

 

[rlm]

I hope this is not considered off topic, but thought this would be a good place to ask what Canadians are going to be at NamesCon2019. After thinking I was not going, have changed my mind, and I will be there. Would love to meet face to face some others that I have met online here.

Also did anyone try submitting .ca domains to the auction? I presume they were not very open to such domain names.

I know of at least one Canadian that has non-.ca domain names in the auction, but wondering about .ca in itself.

Bob

I have gone in the past. Not going this year - its always right around my wife and my birthdays so we have alternate plans. I went to all of the domain shows in the early days, including the very first TRAFFIC in 2004. After a while you don't really get much out of them, lots if B.S. going on, I really lost interest once they started being so focused on the new gtlds. If you're itching to go to Vegas, its a way to write if off. It is fun to see old friends in the business, but that's about it. It is good to get to know the people - who the good guys are - who the snakes are. Lots of both there...

 

[rlm]

Yes true but jobs is probably the most quoted sale on the .ca side.

Yeah, not sure why that is. Maybe because I didn't actually release the price - George Kirikos uncovered the sale in annual filings of the buyer - so it wasn't as widely distributed or as easy to find in google.

 

[rlm]

Also did anyone try submitting .ca domains to the auction? I presume they were not very open to such domain names.

http://www.namejet.com/featuredauctions/liveauction

Porn.ca is listed.

The porn category is a pretty bad .CA investment - there's so much porn out there - and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Canadian porn consumers are demanding their porn be purely Canadian, otherwise someone here would already own MaplePorn.ca

 

[MapleDots]

http://www.namejet.com/featuredauctions/liveauction

Porn.ca is listed.

The porn category is a pretty bad .CA investment - there's so much porn out there - and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think Canadian porn consumers are demanding their porn be purely Canadian, otherwise someone here would already own MaplePorn.ca

HeHe.... Funny guy

I have 4sex(dot)ca

I figured that one was good but Maple and porn would only work for flavoured gels

 

[Joshua Harding]

I have nothing to add, other than to say that I've enjoyed the uptick in activity in this thread!