Good .ca names becoming impossible to find.

[stewie]

The question is who owns the rights to register it...does the west.bc.ca get the rights or is the west.ca a stand alone. I stopped bidding on the name for this reason, better safe than sorry...

I actually hope the owner of west.bc.ca gets it ...or its was actually a crime...

JMO

[TheLegendaryJP]

The Rick Latona run cctld auction today did imo pretty well for the better names all things considered. The only reason for the passes I saw was too high of a reserve or crap name but the well priced good stuff did good

Stores.ca was $8k ( not bad, better than it would have done here ).

I dont see the rush to register/own 100's of so-so words in the .ca, it's imo a waste, focus on a small but powerful keyword portfolio. Not just my offerings but stores.ca for example would mean on dnf, drops and auctions now you could have got dozens of powerful mid XXXX- XXXXX names. I have sold 15-20 myself this year along with ones like patio, desk etc and saw 10+ nice ones drop this year too. Small and premium !

It isnt that large holders of sub $1k names dont ever make money but the long run means larger renewal costs, dead money and ultimately not very profitable.

[theinvestor]

Come on JP...the long run may be more costs ...but there is appreciation in the investments.

Just an opinion.. but i don't believe it's smart to be selling now.

[TheLegendaryJP]

Originally Posted by theinvestor

Come on JP...the long run may be more costs ...but there is appreciation in the investments.

Just an opinion.. but i don't believe it's smart to be selling now.

True true, just always been a live for today guy lol

I know of guys with XX,XXX names in their portfolios, alot good and generic words/combos but after 4-5-10 years and constant renewals it isnt managable anymore.

Ill compromise how bout that Build small but powerful portfolios and spend a portion of the budget on futures

The truth is you never know when or what a end user will need so it makes it a hard bet to lay down. The $250 generics or the $2500 generics or $25000+, tough market to gauge atm.

I agree selling now is not a great move unless you need to.

[theinvestor]

It is true..this is a tough game to play. Just because we will never know when the right user will come.

I agree about buying reg fee names and renewing every year....it can become a waste. Especially with names that have very limited potential. The key is when you sell....to buy investments that will make you greater returns in the future.

[Namefox]

It may be a tough game at times but it sure is enjoyable. I am extremely happy that I found domaining. I am happy to say I have registered just recently beddingplants and hangingbaskets; two IMO very good domains. Not in the same league as Banks or Jobs but nice niche gardening domains.

[$ideline]

Agree, the game is definitely a fun one. I have been regging insurance domains recently as I also work in the industry and I'm shocked at just how many good domains are still left to hand reg. Some niche's are still untouched - a couple weeks ago I was able to reg a ton of 3D names. I was reading the news, saw an article about 3D TV on demand from Shaw and decided to reg what I could find and wow, tons of names available - 3DTelevision, 3DFilms... the list goes on and on

[Sheva]

Originally Posted by TheLegendaryJP

The Rick Latona run cctld auction today did imo pretty well for the better names all things considered. The only reason for the passes I saw was too high of a reserve or crap name but the well priced good stuff did good

Stores.ca was $8k ( not bad, better than it would have done here ).

I dont see the rush to register/own 100's of so-so words in the .ca, it's imo a waste, focus on a small but powerful keyword portfolio. Not just my offerings but stores.ca for example would mean on dnf, drops and auctions now you could have got dozens of powerful mid XXXX- XXXXX names. I have sold 15-20 myself this year along with ones like patio, desk etc and saw 10+ nice ones drop this year too. Small and premium !

It isnt that large holders of sub $1k names dont ever make money but the long run means larger renewal costs, dead money and ultimately not very profitable.

Hi, can you please let me know where I can find domains like stores.ca for less than $ 8k.

Thank you.