Good .ca names becoming impossible to find.

[DotComGod]

It is now clear that good .ca generics have dried up and the drops have less and less good names in them.

Has anyone else noticed this trend?

It is great for those holding .ca's.

-=DCG=-

[stewie]

yes I agree

checking over 4,000 names and finding less and less every week

[nameslave]

Yes, .CA is growing slowly but healthily. It's nice that we don't have stupid "investors" grabbing up every half decent names like .COM. Top notch .CA domains always sell, but with 3-letter's still being dumped like every week (lesser and lesser though), make sure you stay away from gems like oneofthenicestpeopleiknow.ca or thefirstcanadianconferenceonmulticulturalism.ca. LOL!

[Namefox]

I'm still finding gems and am always looking towards new technologies. I have hand registered some excellent hosting domains in the past couple of days that I am really excited about.

[Irish31]

People are holding, for sure. I have had an open bounty on decent, generic .CA's, with a healthy budget behind it. I think I have maybe had two or three names that fit that criteria offered.

Everyone is selling the stuff they don't want, no one is selling the stuff everyone else really wants right now : )

Probably a good sign in the long run. The glory days are over.

[Namefox]

What?...there were glory days?

[Irish31]

In the sense that I use to be able to drop 2k CAD / USD and pick up a few good generics, yes. Sigh... those were the days.

To be honest, I came into this all AFTER the real glory days had passed. Imagine hand reg'ing quality generics for 14$/pop back in 2001-04. I'm in fantasy land just thinking about it!

I also find the number of end-users willing to part with names at reasonable prices has dropped off the side of the planet.

[$ideline]

I am still finding some nice .ca's - a few 1 words and lots of 2 words. I was starting to move into hold mode but I think I might go on one more spending spree and grab some more while I still can.

[Belzibut]

I still reg really good names, just regged backordering.ca, valuate.ca... and tbr is as good as ever. Tomorrow watch for west.bc.ca, that's a million dollar name right there. Even if there are less great .ca dropping, the less premium ones are worth what the premium one was worth last year so it's all the same and will always be that way. TBR will always be the place to get the best domains.

D.

[dobes399]

I still reg really good names, just regged backordering.ca, valuate.ca... and tbr is as good as ever. Tomorrow watch for west.bc.ca, that's a million dollar name right there. Even if there are less great .ca dropping, the less premium ones are worth what the premium one was worth last year so it's all the same and will always be that way. TBR will always be the place to get the best domains.

D.

Hi Belzibut, I like west.bc.ca as well. It looks like there is a CIRA restriction on west.ca for some reason. Does this make west.bc.ca less valuable?

[liberator]

definitely if you can't use the .ca it would be a lot less valuable to me.

[Belzibut]

Hi Dobes, there actually isn't any restriction even thought it looks like that. If you buy west.bc.ca you will be the only one able to buy west.ca and drop west.bc.ca if you want and it won't go to tbr. If west.on.ca was also registered then you would need the owner of west.on.ca's permission to register west.ca but because there are only .bc.ca register west.ca is yours if you get the .bc.ca.

D.

[Namefox]

Yup...that is how it works. I am still amazed at the quality of some .ca's that are still available to hand register. Here are a couple I will throw out to hand register...
HyperbaricChamber(s).ca are available

[liberator]

Look at the error codes and message its not a typical "domain already registered in another ext" its a reserved word and therefore unregisterable from my understanding. If anyone finds out otherwise would be interesting to know

[Belzibut]

oh I made a mistake. Dobe you are right, there is a restriction: from Cira

01043 The domain name provided is on a list of restricted domain names that are not available for registration. Contact CIRA for more information.

I thought the restriction was for the provincial extension. Sorry about that.

D.

[theinvestor]

The domain name provided is on a list of restricted domain names that are not available for registration. Contact CIRA for more information.

I would be careful bidding on it...you may not be able to register it without bc.

[Namefox]

Here is another example; WIPO.ca used to be available to register up until a couple of months ago. Now it is unavailable. Is West trademarked?

[westcoaster]

I have been hand regging some one word .ca's Here's a few of them

rubble
complacent
gritty
dipping
allege
barred
rehearse
nagging (wife was inspiration for that one)
stinker
tighten
lingering

I play a little game that makes it easier to search. No technology involved.

[Canadian]

I've hand regged a few 2 word gems recently and just hand regged domainlistings about a minute ago as well as dripinvesting which is gaining in popularity

[jaydub]

I was in on the auction/bidding for west.bc.ca and just received this from Siber

You are receiving this email, because you have backordered west.bc.ca domain name.

As you may have noticed, registration of the top level domain name WEST.CA is currently restricted. We have contacted CIRA regarding this issue. According to their answer, the domain WEST.CA will be available for registration in August, 2009.

So I guess we have until August now...