cctld TBR - April 18, 2012

[Zoobar]

Number of Domain Names on the List: 5888

 

[DOTCA]

Well, looks like there are no 2 chars this week, but plenty of 3 chars.. so will be an interesting week I believe...Hope no one has seen thingsmygirlfriendsays.ca or thingsmystonedfriendsays.ca, which could make an interesting site..

 

[Maxwell]

Horrible TBR week. I see one "okay" name. But no white whale. And sure as heck nothing tooth and nail.

I got up at 6:30 AM today to read over the part of the list I couldn't read last night. I feel like it's an absolute waste. I could have had an hour more of sleep.

Take my feedback with a grain of salt... I'm not a morning person and am probably inordinately grumpy right now.

In any event, I may stop doing TBR's. It just isn't worth the effort anymore, I'm starting to feel.

 

[hugegrowth]

I thought there were more mid-tier names than usual, one or two keywords and brandables that could have potential.

I got one and in auction for another. Stayed away from Lucerne because of the food company, but now I see it's also a city in Switzerland, which is where I'd focus that domain (travel). Other good ones were esolutions, rotary, thornhillhomes, but there really was no killer name.

 

[Maxwell]

Thornhillhomes was my white whale. Not a huge deal for me, I already own thornhillhouses in the dot com, I'd still have loved to have it.

Just paid for thezone dot ca. I put in a hail mary bid for it at Burmac, thinking it would be sure to get taken by someone else. Lo and behold, I've now got it.

I think it's a pretty cool brandable. Any opinions?

 

[msn]

TheZone.ca? Um, okay - what are you going to do with it?

 

[Maxwell]

TheZone.ca? Um, okay - what are you going to do with it?

I'm no developer, I'm a speculator. So, I'll sit on it like I would any other domain. Search for "the zone" on google, you'll see plenty of relevant results. Likely spawning from coined phrases such as "in the zone".

 

[hugegrowth]

I agree, it's a good brandable term. I normally don't like the'keyword' domains, unless it's a common term like this one. 'the zone' has a connotation with sports and performing at a high level. I could see a company using it for an ad campaign, slogan, name of a sportsbar or store chain (e.g.: thesource.ca). Who knows how long you'll have to sit on it, but IMO it's a term that can be used commercially.