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[jaydub]

Thanks Ian...that is very interesting....

 

[ianccc]

hopefully folks return to the bottom of page 1 to see the CIRA response

 

[Namefox]

Thanks Ian. Nice to see the direction being moved in.

 

[DropWizard.com]

David Hicks

Director of Marketing and Communications
CIRA

Look at that!!!!!

A manager of Marketing and Communications !!!!

6 years + with CIRA and I didn't know they had such a thing:sigh2:

 

[Provider]

Originally Posted by Provider
I am buying today one .ca domain name for $8.5k just for my EGO

Is it mine? :dance:

I have no idea from who I bought. This is the first time I was buying from
the guy that was hiding and didn't want to reveal his identity. I got the
name now, so my ego is happy. At the same time my wallet is not vey
happy

 

[onlinestoreca]

Please do not leave us hanging like that...

What name did you purchase?

Post it here, we won't tell anyone!

 

[Provider]

I said that it is an "ego satisfier" - my name is Mike, and I bought Mike.ca

 

[Namefox]

Oh my!!! You actually got a good price on that one.

 

[jaydub]

Hey Ian...I will paste it here for those who might miss it..

hopefully folks return to the bottom of page 1 to see the CIRA response

I do have an update on CIRA
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Ian,

I apologize for the delay in replying. Paul had forwarded your concerns earlier in December and I forgot to follow up.

We are currently finalizing plans for our Millionth Domain name registration event. There will be a significant push to involve the media through PR and advertising in order to expose the event, and by extension, the dot-ca brand, to a broad cross section of the Canadian public. We will also be allowing CIRA registrars, registrants, and Members to participate through other means.

In terms of specifics, as plans are not yet finalized, I am not at liberty to say. However, I can address one of your questions at this point. We will not be concentrating on the specific millionth registration but rather on surpassing the 1,000,000 domain milestone. Due to the way the registry operates we have no way of know exactly which domain will be the millionth active registration. Secondly, the system would be easy to game in order to become the millionth domain. That said, we are planning on profiling dot-ca domain holders and their domains as part of the celebration - details on how to participate will be released in January.

Finally, CIRA will be making a more concerted marketing push through 2008 and beyond so you will be seeing more promotion of dot-ca to Canadians. Stay tuned.

Best regards,

David Hicks

Director of Marketing and Communications
CIRA

 

[hugegrowth]

I said that it is an "ego satisfier" - my name is Mike, and I bought Mike.ca

That's something you won't ever regret, in fact in a year or two you'll probably look back and think what a deal it was.

Ofcourse need to ask .. does it get type in...

DCG just posted a news story about .ca that is somewhat related to this thread.

http://www.dnforum.com/f247/dot-ca-...-hoc-news-pressemitteilung-thread-273152.html

 

[ianccc]

We are asleep - see my earlier post
http://www.dnforum.com/f510/ca-pump-_n_dump-thread-263599.html

Collectively as a group (Aftermarket_CA) we need to create an online engine that we control that is marketed to the general public to increase awareness of the CA brand.
We will equally benefit in this!

Someone should start a thread about our new association – I even have a TAGLINE

“Your Country, Stake your Claim“

Or better yet

“CA, not just for California“
“Arnold doesn’t work here“

 

[hugegrowth]

I just thought of something, why not put a link on all our developped .ca domains that says something like "Why use a .ca domain?", or "Canadians prefer .ca domains!". Have the link go to a page explaining all the benefits of using a .ca, examples of sales, examples of actual .ca sites, etc. Someone could come up with a template info article, and we could all use it, or write something up on our own. Right away all the traffic coming to our .ca's would be potential visitors to this page. People could do up their own page or forward to someone else's site. It's a start anyway, I may set something up this weekend. The page can be updated over time when something happens in the .ca market, like when we pass one million, etc. Not the same as a press release, but you could put a link to the site anywhere if you think people are interested.

 

[DropWizard.com]

I just thought of something, why not put a link on all our developped .ca domains that says something like "Why use a .ca domain?", or "Canadians prefer .ca domains!". Have the link go to a page explaining all the benefits of using a .ca, examples of sales, examples of actual .ca sites, etc. Someone could come up with a template info article, and we could all use it, or write something up on our own. Right away all the traffic coming to our .ca's would be potential visitors to this page. People could do up their own page or forward to someone else's site. It's a start anyway, I may set something up this weekend. The page can be updated over time when something happens in the .ca market, like when we pass one million, etc. Not the same as a press release, but you could put a link to the site anywhere if you think people are interested.

Wonderful idea except I think most of us are PPC parkers and that isn't allowed. Although at the rate PPC is going....:sigh2: development is looming on our horizon

 

[DropWizard.com]

Lots of talk on this issue but there was no concrete plan of action.

How about we open a dialogue with this marketing manager at CIRA and see if we can influence their future marketing efforts.

 

[Belzibut]

Why don't they just make dot ca available to the world? Only good can come out of this.

 

[DropWizard.com]

For the same reason the gov doesn't open up television, radio etc.

To protect our canadian culture from US contamination

 

[revolution1]

Why don't they just make dot ca available to the world? Only good can come out of this.

they don't want to make dot ca a domainers extension like .eu

 

[whitebark]

Opening it up is only good for resellers. For those that develop, or outside of our circles - the general public, such a development is a very bad thing.

Far too many of the best .ca's are parked. Opening it up wouldn't change that either imo, and may just make it more ingrained as large outside domain holders flood into the market, whose main m.o. is parking.

 

[jaydub]

The first to snap them up if they were unrestricted would be the folks in California...

 

[Jacksplat]

Why don't they just make dot ca available to the world? Only good can come out of this.

Thats not a choice cira can make. It's our gov. It won't change.

I agree with it, and it isnt tight enough in my opinion. If it opened up dot ca would be another dot us.