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**catchiedomains** · 01-09-2007, 10:12 PM

I would have to agree, there are plenty of strong keyword .ca's still to be had. With my very limited experience I have learned is that se's like my keyword domains far and above any others. I have also discovered that a simple template treats me far better than parking. If I may be so bold to ask, how does one mine for domains?

**DropWizard.com** · 01-10-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by catchiedomains

If I may be so bold to ask, how does one mine for domains?

Good question!

You can just do it by hand and brain but that is a long process. I use DNA Pro which allows me to take lists of keywords and match it with other keywords and then check all the domain extensions... com, net org .ca info biz etc etc.

EG Keyword lawyer with list of cities

Results
vancouverlawyer
edmontonlawyer
etc etc

Very useful. There may be other software out there that allows the same thing.

That being said I engage in very little of it these days.

*******Update

I just had a look at DNA Pro and it no longer appears to support this type of list building.

http://www.domainpunch.com/products/dnapro/

**whitebark** · 01-10-2007, 04:10 PM

I use domain spinner to get me on my way then it's all by hand - takes forever but you sure get to see who owns what. The more big players owning domains I am searching for tells me in some small way I'm looking for the right ones.

And good luck to all on the drops today. I've got my eye on three that I really want, three more if I get them I will be pleasantly amused.

**hugegrowth** · 01-10-2007, 04:39 PM

how long does it take til they award the domains from the .ca TBR?

**sudesh** · 01-10-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by whitebark

I use domain spinner to get me on my way then it's all by hand - takes forever but you sure get to see who owns what. The more big players owning domains I am searching for tells me in some small way I'm looking for the right ones.

And good luck to all on the drops today. I've got my eye on three that I really want, three more if I get them I will be pleasantly amused.

Hello WhiteBark,

"domain spinner" as in which Registrar??

**whitebark** · 01-10-2007, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hugegrowth

how long does it take til they award the domains from the .ca TBR?

I've paid and got three already - so i guess it depends on which company.

And i must have been either drunk or half asleep on one of the backorders - what a lousy domain - what was I thinking...

Quote:

Originally Posted by sudesh

Hello WhiteBark,

"domain spinner" as in which Registrar??

It's a software tool by faxreport.com - domain inquire is the actual name.

**sudesh** · 01-10-2007, 05:03 PM

Thanks and appreciate it.. no results yet for the domain drop today.. did you get your's already??/ How?? Which registrar lets you pay like that pl??

**hugegrowth** · 01-10-2007, 06:23 PM

didn't get my names, which were inga and germanfood. I had the highest bid for 'kakuro' at namespro TBR, and it shows in cira now as taken by egate, but the contact info is for namespro, so I'm a little confused by that.

I'd be interested to know what inga, germanfood and pokeraffiliate are going for on Pool, if anyone cares to post it, thanks.

**Jacksplat** · 01-10-2007, 06:32 PM

kakuro is using the namespro privacy whois.. it isnt regged at namespro.

its regged at paylessdomains

**hugegrowth** · 01-10-2007, 06:33 PM

so it's regged at one place and using a privacy service at another? seems strange.

**catchiedomains** · 01-10-2007, 06:36 PM

Thanks for the tidbits of info and help, I had been shooting in the dark for the first 10 months but only getting the first layer figured out in the past 2. I have about 70 stupid regs that are going to start dropping next month and leave me with 20 that are profitable.

**Jacksplat** · 01-10-2007, 06:41 PM

you should toss them in the ccTLD .ca sales thread if your gonna let them drop.. Don't be suprised if someone else might have regged them if they were available. From what I've seen if you dont post a BIN price you wont get any bites. To ask for offers on names without traffic or revenue is not worth the effort for the buyer to run back and forth. At least ask for reg fee before they drop.

as for the privacy whois.. i get privacy on several names from one privacy service over several registrars.. 25% or so of my .ca are in privacy, and maybe another 10% are just different identities.

**hugegrowth** · 01-10-2007, 06:44 PM

I dropped vitimins and pokeraffiliate, and they were both taken today - so if you are going to drop domains I think JS gave some good advice, nothing to lose anyway.

(for fun I put in bids in the TBR for those names I dropped, but it wasn't meant to be, I wouldn't have minded having them again) - by the way I don't regularly do that.

**Jacksplat** · 01-10-2007, 06:48 PM

did you see how much they went for ?

I find in TBR names sell for no less than double what you would get in a direct sale.

Looks like ArtBravo got vitimins.. i dont see any return on it.
And pool got pokeraffiliate for post auction. A collector owns the plural of it, you should have contacted him, he may have wanted the singular. he's had his for almost 2 years.

I have perhaps 10 pokernames in .ca and some earn regularily. As a group their cost and regfees are covered with change to spare.

**catchiedomains** · 01-10-2007, 07:06 PM

I've never sold or transferred a domain before, so if a person pays reg fee does it cost me to transfer? I'l love to know how this works.

**whitebark** · 01-10-2007, 07:07 PM

Pool got a good chunk today.

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Originally Posted by catchiedomains

I've never sold or transferred a domain before, so if a person pays reg fee does it cost me to transfer? I'l love to know how this works.

At lower prices the buyer will usually pay the transfer fee.

**Jacksplat** · 01-10-2007, 07:10 PM

the transfer fee includes a year of reg so it aint a big deal.. i have several names regged till 2010-2016 so another year on any name im buying is cool

namespro just had a sale to transfer to them the price was 9.95 i think includes a year reg.

**hugegrowth** · 01-10-2007, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catchiedomains

I've never sold or transferred a domain before, so if a person pays reg fee does it cost me to transfer? I'l love to know how this works.

If they transfer to the same registrar where you have the domain, the transfer fee is usually just add's another year's reg to the domain - at least at namespro.

**catchiedomains** · 01-10-2007, 07:13 PM

I have a pile of dot com and dot net trash regged at different places, only one or two ca's that I'll drop

**Jacksplat** · 01-10-2007, 07:15 PM

.nets make good nameservers. They have other uses too but none for me at the moment. I love .com and .ca equally. I only wish I got into .ca sooner. I would have thousands more and paid alot less too.

One name today I cant appraise is itune.ca

anyone have a realistic value on it ?