what's the accepted local search volume for .ca?

[Banned: theinvestor]

If you made a decision based on any post in this thread then you've done what i thought you would do.

One less person to worry about JP

Good luck Jessica

[TheLegendaryJP]

One less person to worry about JP

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I agree, if you just park your .ca names you likely won't make reg fee back in a year - ofcourse there are exceptions to this but in general if you have hundreds/thousands of .ca names they collectively won't cover reg fees by only parking.

I don't look too much at Google keywords to determine if I should reg a .ca, or go after it in TBR. I search the term on google to see what people are using it for, and what kind of ads show up. I check other extensions to see if they are taken. I look at if I or someone else could build a site easily on the name. I use a bit of 'gut feel'. I also check if I have a site put up that is related, because I might just 'point' the name to my already developped page - for example, if I build a webpage for goodcoffee.ca, I might pick up coffeeworld.ca in the TBR and just point the name to that page.

I recently picked up gamespace in the TBR. Why? It's taken in many extensions, gaming related (popular subject), sounds good, generic (NA owns the .net), and I can point it to a webpage I already have built. I won't make a fortune with this name, but to me it's worth much more than what I paid ($xx).

Like all extensions, it can be surprising what does/doesn't sell, and sometimes mediocre looking names sell for a high price, and better names sell for less. It usually just comes down to how much the buyer wants the name - or what kind of revenue you can prove the name is making.

The owner of blogue.ca listed the domain on sedo last week, he was asking only around $950. It was a previous developped site and getting about 1000 to 1500 hits a day according to sedo stats. It looks like it sold because the selling page is gone, last I saw there were five bids on it. I think that is a low price if it sold under 1k, because of the traffic it was getting, and because it's the french word for blog - a good premium french domain.

[Jessica320]

If you made a decision based on any post in this thread then you've done what i thought you would do.

One less person to worry about JP

Good luck Jessica

nah, i'm just one person, don't unnecessarily burden yourself with my decision or indecision. advertisers are there to promote their business and entice people to buy their product, but it's still the prerogative of the customer whether to patronize them or not after some consultation. he may try it in the end, who knows?

I agree, if you just park your .ca names you likely won't make reg fee back in a year - ofcourse there are exceptions to this but in general if you have hundreds/thousands of .ca names they collectively won't cover reg fees by only parking.

now that's a red flag.

I don't look too much at Google keywords to determine if I should reg a .ca, or go after it in TBR. I search the term on google to see what people are using it for, and what kind of ads show up. I check other extensions to see if they are taken. I look at if I or someone else could build a site easily on the name. I use a bit of 'gut feel'. I also check if I have a site put up that is related, because I might just 'point' the name to my already developped page - for example, if I build a webpage for goodcoffee.ca, I might pick up coffeeworld.ca in the TBR and just point the name to that page.

I recently picked up gamespace in the TBR. Why? It's taken in many extensions, gaming related (popular subject), sounds good, generic (NA owns the .net), and I can point it to a webpage I already have built. I won't make a fortune with this name, but to me it's worth much more than what I paid ($xx).

hmmm, sounds smart. just many ways to kill a cat.

Like all extensions, it can be surprising what does/doesn't sell, and sometimes mediocre looking names sell for a high price, and better names sell for less. It usually just comes down to how much the buyer wants the name - or what kind of revenue you can prove the name is making.

agreed.

The owner of blogue.ca listed the domain on sedo last week, he was asking only around $950. It was a previous developped site and getting about 1000 to 1500 hits a day according to sedo stats. It looks like it sold because the selling page is gone, last I saw there were five bids on it. I think that is a low price if it sold under 1k, because of the traffic it was getting, and because it's the french word for blog - a good premium french domain.

maybe the owner just wanted to gain fast bids so he set it at a quite low price, or simply didn't realize the value of his possession.

thanks for the substantive reply. learned something.