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Pleasure to meet you Marco. Do we have any other members located in Ottawa/national capital region?

A lot of venture capital money is entering this space, buying up smaller, local dental practices across the country. Probably the best end-user/buyer, especially given that Dentist.ca redirects to the Yellow Pages (yp.ca), and Dentists.ca redirects to Gerard Michael's (Westmore) LinkedIn (i.e...

Thank you, Frank. 'Had some reservations about named.ca. Thought about it a lot (probably too long). I don't have a technical background - thank you for raising that interpretation. And Nameit.ca is excellent for this end-use. Great name.

They'll need more branding discipline to create the association in the consumer's mind over time, but the brand ceiling for them is higher when compared to AutoTrader.

All fair points. The only thing I'd add is that increasingly, great modern brands are associative, not descriptive. The word "Uber" has no direct relation to ride-sharing at first glance. When I think of Uber circa 2015, I think of Germany. Amazon has no immediate direct relation to online...

Thank you, Red Rider. It aligns better with my vision.

Great points. At the same time, I wonder if the newer meaning of “clutch” for millenials and gen z/alpha, showing up when it matters (i.e., Sidney Crosby is clutch), ends up being more important than the original car reference.

I would also throw in Clutch as another example of a newer Canadian brand which is currently disrupting the used car sector.

Agreed. Registration itself is largely commoditized. In markets like this, real value comes from perception, trust, and the experience layered around the product. Otherwise, you are just competing in a race to the bottom against players like GoDaddy with massive scale and resources. Branding...

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Just to avoid any confusion, I rebranded to Named.ca. Studio.ca is now listed as a partnership asset on named.ca, along with the other names mentioned above (and a few others I've listed for BIN).

This domain is an excellent .ca registry play. See, for instance, Join.Law for an equivalent end-use in the .law extension. The CTA is built into the name. It also has better branding potential than Register.ca, or Registry.ca, etc, which, though highly credible, have limited brand ceiling and...

Thank you Frank, and thank you for putting Kevin Ham/Venture.com on my radar.

Thank you Robert.

Thank you Ariyas.

Appreciate it Frank. Glad it resonates.