.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]

Best laugh I've had all week:

All Canadians anxiously waiting for Trudeau to emerge. If he sees his shadow, it could mean six more weeks of COVID-19.

https://twitter.com/TannerZipchen/status/1239606302827044867

 

[DomainRecap]

What if everything stays closed for the next 3+ months? Can our economy withstand being closed for so long?

Right now they estimate 50% of small business closings will be permanent, and a LOT of old, sick, and poor people will die. And the homeless rate will shoot off the charts.

Right now, we are definitely overreacting to the disease (the vast majority of those who test positive and recover, never even knew they were sick), and it's almost guaranteed to create a cyclical "Millennials vs Boomers" finger-pointing as there will probably be zero jobs and insanely high unemployment.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I don't know if it is an over-reaction or not. Clearly what happened in Italy, where rapid community spread overwhelmed their hospital capacity, in a country with a sound medical system, is scary to contemplate.

If the health minister is right, based on statistics from medical experts, that eventually 30 to 70% of the population will get the virus, it depends on how much we can spread that out whether we can handle it. It is true that the vast majority will have few or no symptoms and recover quickly. However, it is also true that perhaps something the order of 1% will die, the vast majority will be 60+ and especially 70+.

If we apply those numbers to the Canadian population, it suggests that something like 150,000 would eventually die. But are we able to with these drastic measures severely reduce that so that the number who will get the virus will be much less than 30% and it will be slowed so our hospitals can continue to treat all in critical shape? I think optimistically we are.

But if there were 10 people hospitalized for every one who dies, can our hospital system add 1.5 million people, some in critical care? I don't think so. That is why it is critical for each of us personally to do all that we can to slow this, to flatten the curve. We don't want our medical system to get where Italy is, and their dedicated medical professionals must literally decide who is to live.

Canada has certain advantages. Highly educated population, good public health systems, a general sentiment towards working for the common good and looking out for others, despite the distributed political system a greater ability to work together than in some areas, a national medicare system supplemented for many with private coverage, etc.

Can we survive economically? That is a good question, especially coming on the heels of an already stressed resource sector. In Canada, as well as many other countries, it was very ill-informed to keep interest rates so low when the economy was doing alright, so now there is no room to stimulate the economy through lowered interest rates.

I think the government will need to think of other ways to spur the economy. The past infrastructure programs have been only somewhat successful. But what about thinking big, and essentially building new communities that will have healthy densities, environmental transit systems, etc. The concentration of populations in a few huge cities may, both health and long term business wise, not be the right solution for Canada. Rather than provincial governments like BC trying to make enough housing through controls on foreign ownership, including from other provinces, view housing in this beautiful country as something that we have the capacity to have for all and that can drive our economic recovery.

Sorry this is so long, and not very domain related. On the latter, I wonder if the idea of environmental tourism in open spaces may help Canada's tourism recover more quickly.

Stay well everyone.

Bob

 

[DomainRecap]

I don't know if it is an over-reaction or not. Clearly what happened in Italy, where rapid community spread overwhelmed their hospital capacity, in a country with a sound medical system, is scary to contemplate.

Europe is a perfect storm for a pandemic - people stuffed together like rats, open borders, overrun by migrants, and no EU-wide travel locks on incoming "hot zone" travelers.

Canada isn't that packed (yet) along its habitable range and we only have one major border, with much better government and health care.

And the argument isn't whether these increasingly-excessive measures won't save lives, it's whether the inevitable economic downturn directly caused by these measures won't cost *more* lives. And this is real, in a recession a lot of people die and it's directly attributable, just like a virus.

It's a question that needs to be asked, as it pertains to the exact same demographic, older, sicker, and poorer Canadians.

 

[dancarlson]

I don't know if it is an over-reaction or not. Clearly what happened in Italy, where rapid community spread overwhelmed their hospital capacity, in a country with a sound medical system, is scary to contemplate.

If the health minister is right, based on statistics from medical experts, that eventually 30 to 70% of the population will get the virus, it depends on how much we can spread that out whether we can handle it. It is true that the vast majority will have few or no symptoms and recover quickly. However, it is also true that perhaps something the order of 1% will die, the vast majority will be 60+ and especially 70+.

If we apply those numbers to the Canadian population, it suggests that something like 150,000 would eventually die. But are we able to with these drastic measures severely reduce that so that the number who will get the virus will be much less than 30% and it will be slowed so our hospitals can continue to treat all in critical shape? I think optimistically we are.

But if there were 10 people hospitalized for every one who dies, can our hospital system add 1.5 million people, some in critical care? I don't think so. That is why it is critical for each of us personally to do all that we can to slow this, to flatten the curve. We don't want our medical system to get where Italy is, and their dedicated medical professionals must literally decide who is to live.

Canada has certain advantages. Highly educated population, good public health systems, a general sentiment towards working for the common good and looking out for others, despite the distributed political system a greater ability to work together than in some areas, a national medicare system supplemented for many with private coverage, etc.

Can we survive economically? That is a good question, especially coming on the heels of an already stressed resource sector. In Canada, as well as many other countries, it was very ill-informed to keep interest rates so low when the economy was doing alright, so now there is no room to stimulate the economy through lowered interest rates.

I think the government will need to think of other ways to spur the economy. The past infrastructure programs have been only somewhat successful. But what about thinking big, and essentially building new communities that will have healthy densities, environmental transit systems, etc. The concentration of populations in a few huge cities may, both health and long term business wise, not be the right solution for Canada. Rather than provincial governments like BC trying to make enough housing through controls on foreign ownership, including from other provinces, view housing in this beautiful country as something that we have the capacity to have for all and that can drive our economic recovery.

Sorry this is so long, and not very domain related. On the latter, I wonder if the idea of environmental tourism in open spaces may help Canada's tourism recover more quickly.

Stay well everyone.

Bob

I recently started trading forex, no matter what the economy is doing currency price is fluctuating, there is money to be made on all swings up and down. If you don't have a plan C, D, or
E for income time to find something that you like and can do from home..besides domaining lol

 

[DomainRecap]

And just on a side note, Canada currently is over $700 billion in debt and several provinces are effectively bankrupt.

https://www.debtclock.ca

 

[Cannuck]

...Plan D (domaining) on backburner, exploring plan E, education.

 

[Spex]

And just on a side note, Canada currently is over $700 billion in debt and several provinces are effectively bankrupt.

https://www.debtclock.ca

And just on a side, side note...my first ever big sale was debtclocks.com and it was a free domain that came with my hosting package

 

[alcy]

well maybe this will turn out to be worth the couple of renewals I made... got $200 offr on gd on 6666///,ca

countered low 4 figures...

what do you guys think this is worth? gd does offer possiiblity to return to previous offer for 7 days..

ty

 

[DomainRecap]

A $200 offer on GD?

He must have held the "0" down too long.

 

[alcy]

A $200 offer on GD?

He must have held the "0" down too long.

yeah.. not long enough for me hehe

do you realy have such low view and expectation of ,.ca names? 6666 is a pretty rock and roll domain in org... net... co.... com.. maybe couple more too

 

[jaydub]

Don’t think DR was making a comment about valuation alcy.
I think that he was making a tongue in cheek reference to all the lowball $20 offers he gets from GD that he has mentioned several times in this thread and was shocked that someone got a $200 offer

 

[DomainRecap]

do you realy have such low view and expectation of ,.ca names?

Nope, just of GD lowballers.

 

[DomainRecap]

How do you know the situation has accelerated into Zombie Apocalypse levels?

The Source just shut down all stores!

I thought those guys would be hawking Bell cellphone plans right up to the end.

 

[DomainRecap]

Nope, just of GD lowballers.

Now we're playing hardball - I just got an offer of $50! Yes a full FIFTY dollars in real money!

And I love how my Apple Watch displays the emails - the character limit is so exact that it plays out similar to click-bait, just teasing you with that "mystery lowball":

 

[Mikeyboy]

had 50 offer on sedo for .ca. countered xxxx. they came back with 55 final offer. cancel-delete

 

[DomainRecap]

had 50 offer on sedo for .ca. countered xxxx. they came back with 55 final offer.

Sounds like they went couch-diving and came up with another $5 in change.

BTW, does anyone think GD does that on purpose with their Offer Emails, so that watches only display right up to the offer price? Seems almost too exact to be a coincidence.

 

[alcy]

Nope, just of GD lowballers.

well now my 6666 buyer is t $666 price.. so i think soon i'll start believing your keypress too long theory hahah

 

[DomainRecap]

Tell him to hold it down a half-second longer.

 

[DomainRecap]

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