TBR Drop - Feb 4, 2026 (30.Viewing)

ipo.ca is a great domain name ..... What do you think?
It was a top hit for a while. not any more. It had it's glory days, but with regulations, it won't be as hot or anywhere close to what it was like. That is my opinion.. but many of my opinions have been proven wrong.. very much like the case with these "traffic domains" that gets sold for thousands of dollars.

With WHC planning re-auctions, I wonder if any of those $5000, $6000, $7000 and $8000 domains would be in the mix. That will make my day!!
 
IPO market is cycle-driven. Two things need to happen: market has to be performing well and retail sector needs to have cash to drop on IPO gambles. Most professionals in the sector refer to it as secondary offering, not IPO. IPO is more of a consumer term. There used to be a time when there would be several companies every week exploring IPO. Today there are virtually none. You may see a few companies pursuing IPO pricing, but that's not actually an offering, and it is done more for hype. The only monetization angle here would be to hold (years?), wait for better market conditions, and maybe eventually try to monetize small to medium size retail investors who aren't ready to drop thousands of dollars per month to the likes of Bloomberg on IPO market insights.

Today, IPO is just a cool 3-letter domain. In my opinion, it's a hard sell.
 
IPO market is cycle-driven. Two things need to happen: market has to be performing well and retail sector needs to have cash to drop on IPO gambles. Most professionals in the sector refer to it as secondary offering, not IPO. IPO is more of a consumer term. There used to be a time when there would be several companies every week exploring IPO. Today there are virtually none. You may see a few companies pursuing IPO pricing, but that's not actually an offering, and it is done more for hype. The only monetization angle here would be to hold (years?), wait for better market conditions, and maybe eventually try to monetize small to medium size retail investors who aren't ready to drop thousands of dollars per month to the likes of Bloomberg on IPO market insights.

Today, IPO is just a cool 3-letter domain. In my opinion, it's a hard sell.
I feel the exact same way. The domain look great, but it's really hard to find the right end-user.
 
new postreg auctions at BareMetal.CA for rideaurouge.ca, cmcmetals.ca, centretownnews.ca

results for domains we had bids on:
Text Box:
                   balanced.ca  -- moved to next week !?--
                rideaurouge.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                       nuvo.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                        ipo.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                  cmcmetals.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                  radiators.ca  MyID.ca INC.
               peanutbutter.ca  Register.ca Inc.
             centretownnews.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                        bfm.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                   approved.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                         09.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                    furnish.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                   autonews.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
               nathanrogers.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                    cgq-qgc.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                karadesigns.ca  BareMetal.com inc
              saveoursalmon.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                canadapages.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                      ebisu.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                       miya.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                  fallsview.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                      targa.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                        vta.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                  sanitizer.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                     ikigai.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                    grading.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                     enzyme.ca  -- moved to next week !? --
                  horsepolo.ca  Grape Inc.
                        646.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                   peasants.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                     golftv.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                    harnois.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                   frequent.ca  BareMetal.com inc
 
new postreg auctions at BareMetal.CA for rideaurouge.ca, cmcmetals.ca, centretownnews.ca

results for domains we had bids on:
Text Box:
                   balanced.ca  -- moved to next week !?--
                rideaurouge.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                       nuvo.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                        ipo.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                  cmcmetals.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                  radiators.ca  MyID.ca INC.
               peanutbutter.ca  Register.ca Inc.
             centretownnews.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                        bfm.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                   approved.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                         09.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                    furnish.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                   autonews.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
               nathanrogers.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                    cgq-qgc.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                karadesigns.ca  BareMetal.com inc
              saveoursalmon.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                canadapages.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                      ebisu.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                       miya.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                  fallsview.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                      targa.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                        vta.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                  sanitizer.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                     ikigai.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                    grading.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                     enzyme.ca  -- moved to next week !? --
                  horsepolo.ca  Grape Inc.
                        646.ca  MyID.ca INC.
                   peasants.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                     golftv.ca  BareMetal.com inc
                    harnois.ca  WHC Online Solutions Inc.
                   frequent.ca  BareMetal.com inc
Would anyone share how does the "moved to next week" happen or who decides on this?
 
Would anyone share how does the "moved to next week" happen or who decides on this?

That came up last week too. Some registrar that should have won the domain sent in a bad request ... CIRA started to process the registration and then determined that it couldn't be completed. Since CIRA may have already told other registrars the domain was taken, their only option is to rerun the domain in the next drop. When we have had this issue, it was trying to register a domain to an invalid registrant. -Tom
 
Don't intend to blame anyone here, but looks like the new found money for the traffic domains is turning the focus on the "auctionable" domains and very pleased that the Registrars have another segment to cater to.

This might open up a pathway for new entrants and I am all good with that. All the more reasons to cherish the ones we already have - I mean the domains ;) .
 
Don't intend to blame anyone here, but looks like the new found money for the traffic domains is turning the focus on the "auctionable" domains and very pleased that the Registrars have another segment to cater to.

This might open up a pathway for new entrants and I am all good with that. All the more reasons to cherish the ones we already have - I mean the domains ;) .
I can't speak for the other registrars, but it's likely the same -- we're not really in charge of what we target. I may think frequent.ca is the best domain in the drop, but I can't target it if it's just going to be a $50 sale and there is a slew of domains bid higher. (but neither did any other registrar, so we got it in the second window.) It's always a surprise to find out that we didn't even target some great domains. I didn't realize vhf.ca dropped (and I had an amateur radio license at one distant point). -Tom
 
(update: apparently CIRA was just slow to update whois for balanced.ca - WHC got it ... congrats to them and MyID. )
Text Box:
results for: 2026-02-04  (227 domains)
00:00.002                  WHC/Sibername approved.ca
00:00.008                  WHC/Sibername balanced.ca
00:00.047               Register.ca Inc. peanutbutter.ca
00:00.054                           MyID bfm.ca
00:00.055                           MyID nuvo.ca
00:00.056                           MyID 09.ca
00:00.059                           MyID radiators.ca
00:00.062                           MyID ipo.ca
00:00.064                      BareMetal rideaurouge.ca
00:00.077                  WHC/Sibername bobrae.ca
00:00.083                  WHC/Sibername ontarioprenataleducation.ca
00:00.086                  WHC/Sibername cma2019.ca
00:00.115                  WHC/Sibername cgq-qgc.ca
00:00.117                  WHC/Sibername voteforenvironment.ca
00:00.133                  WHC/Sibername vhf.ca
00:00.383                      BareMetal centretownnews.ca
00:00.412                  WHC/Sibername autonews.ca
00:00.413                  WHC/Sibername equi-sens.ca
00:00.416                      BareMetal cmcmetals.ca
00:00.416                  WHC/Sibername furnish.ca
00:00.417                  WHC/Sibername abdou.ca
00:00.418                  WHC/Sibername miya.ca
00:00.427                  WHC/Sibername vta.ca
00:00.471                  WHC/Sibername fallsview.ca
00:01.601                   PlanetHoster creditmonitoring.ca
00:01.608                  WHC/Sibername sonamiontario.ca
00:01.644                  WHC/Sibername grading.ca
00:01.755                  WHC/Sibername gsah.ca
00:04.952                  WHC/Sibername newsfix.ca
00:04.952                  WHC/Sibername careerfunding.ca
00:04.964                  WHC/Sibername actualgallery.ca
00:04.968                  WHC/Sibername allysquared.ca
00:04.970                  WHC/Sibername wowair.ca
00:05.014                     Grape Inc. horsepolo.ca
00:05.026                  WHC/Sibername spacingmontreal.ca
00:05.034                  WHC/Sibername lejournaldesherbrooke.ca
00:05.045                  WHC/Sibername banzai.ca
00:05.065                  WHC/Sibername steeltoad.ca
00:05.071                  WHC/Sibername worktime.ca
00:05.087                  WHC/Sibername ebisu.ca
00:05.088                  WHC/Sibername clarketheatre.ca
00:05.089                  WHC/Sibername landline.ca
00:05.089                  WHC/Sibername enzyme.ca
00:05.091                  WHC/Sibername eveline.ca
00:05.101                  WHC/Sibername smarttoys.ca
00:05.101                  WHC/Sibername sanitizer.ca
00:05.108                  WHC/Sibername christieshow.ca
00:05.109                  WHC/Sibername aylmerpourmoi.ca
00:05.115                           MyID cowen.ca
00:05.127                  WHC/Sibername mukwa.ca
00:05.139                           MyID ikigai.ca
00:05.144                  WHC/Sibername paulafindlay.ca
00:05.145                  WHC/Sibername winemaster.ca
00:05.148                  WHC/Sibername afterwear.ca
00:05.152                  WHC/Sibername forestethics.ca
00:05.166                  WHC/Sibername maggiestoronto.ca
00:05.175                      BareMetal canadapages.ca
00:05.186                  WHC/Sibername bcscholarship.ca
00:05.192                      BareMetal saveoursalmon.ca
00:05.236                      BareMetal karadesigns.ca
00:05.378               Webnames.ca Inc. geofencing.ca
00:05.394                  WHC/Sibername naso.ca
00:05.417                  WHC/Sibername epicrehab.ca
00:05.442                  WHC/Sibername campagnepourlalecture.ca
00:05.442                  WHC/Sibername albertalawyer.ca
00:05.802                  WHC/Sibername southernontariocollegiate.ca
00:05.855                  WHC/Sibername aaq.ca
00:05.918                  WHC/Sibername localfind.ca
00:05.932                  WHC/Sibername melange.ca
00:05.978                  WHC/Sibername harnois.ca
00:06.002                           MyID 646.ca
00:06.062                  WHC/Sibername hastingspark.ca
00:06.064                           MyID targa.ca
00:06.084                  WHC/Sibername liqueurs.ca
00:06.109                      BareMetal nathanrogers.ca
00:06.109                  WHC/Sibername thewellnessacademy.ca
00:06.207                  WHC/Sibername petwaste.ca
00:06.305                  WHC/Sibername lavalfamilies.ca
00:06.340                  WHC/Sibername ncfta.ca
00:06.407                  WHC/Sibername catholicism.ca
00:06.414                  WHC/Sibername quintepropainters.ca
00:06.631                  WHC/Sibername flygolden.ca
00:06.675                  WHC/Sibername primeone.ca
00:06.756                  WHC/Sibername famhas.ca
00:06.775                  WHC/Sibername albertawatercouncil.ca
00:06.784                  WHC/Sibername littoral.ca
00:06.889                      BareMetal peasants.ca
00:07.327                      BareMetal frequent.ca
00:07.545                      BareMetal golftv.ca
00:09.975                  WHC/Sibername racelucky.ca
00:09.994                  WHC/Sibername unsaid.ca
00:09.997                  WHC/Sibername animalcareokotoks.ca
00:10.009                  WHC/Sibername competitions.ca
00:10.010                  WHC/Sibername aucoinchinois.ca
00:10.058                  WHC/Sibername valuevape.ca
00:10.059                  WHC/Sibername paynplaycasinos.ca
00:10.081                  WHC/Sibername printings.ca
00:10.086                  WHC/Sibername bevesslinger.ca
00:10.095                  WHC/Sibername holysmokeinc.ca
00:10.128                  WHC/Sibername betterlook.ca
00:10.139                  WHC/Sibername escapegame.ca
00:10.153                  WHC/Sibername sabonacanada.ca
00:10.158                      BareMetal wwec.ca
00:10.159                  WHC/Sibername foundationguard.ca
00:10.159                  WHC/Sibername jui.ca
00:10.162                  WHC/Sibername projectgrow.ca
00:10.163                  WHC/Sibername nourishmintkitchen.ca
00:10.164                  WHC/Sibername ahc-cas.ca
00:10.167                  WHC/Sibername eqg.ca
00:10.167                  WHC/Sibername hepccareregistry.ca
00:10.172                  WHC/Sibername anishinabekagriculture.ca
00:10.195                  WHC/Sibername islandorganics.ca
00:10.197                  WHC/Sibername capelan.ca
00:10.201                  WHC/Sibername goemploi.ca
00:10.216                  WHC/Sibername eastcoastvinyl.ca
00:10.217                      BareMetal eastlondon.ca
00:10.222                  WHC/Sibername rcl95.ca
00:10.272                      BareMetal pawcare.ca
00:10.417                  WHC/Sibername evpower.ca
00:10.464                  WHC/Sibername bpigs.ca
00:10.466                  WHC/Sibername ladybugeducation.ca
00:10.475                  WHC/Sibername habitatufv.ca
00:11.006                  WHC/Sibername fortmacconnect.ca
00:11.147                  WHC/Sibername halohighwater.ca
00:11.190                  WHC/Sibername villapizza.ca
00:11.221                  WHC/Sibername megafurnituredeals.ca
00:11.221                  WHC/Sibername phmag.ca
00:11.264                      BareMetal harland.ca
00:11.293                  WHC/Sibername uogcbssc.ca
00:11.294                  WHC/Sibername caura-acaru.ca
00:11.296                      BareMetal nextproperty.ca
00:11.335                  WHC/Sibername manitobacec.ca
00:11.337                  WHC/Sibername snappydelivery.ca
00:11.341                      BareMetal crud.ca
00:11.401                      BareMetal prodige.ca
00:11.436                  WHC/Sibername foodwise.ca
00:11.665                  WHC/Sibername kinko.ca
00:11.683                      BareMetal achetons.ca
00:11.705                  WHC/Sibername bcseedtrials.ca
00:11.723                  WHC/Sibername dumbbell.ca
00:11.896                  WHC/Sibername awz.ca
00:11.903                  WHC/Sibername samaka.ca
00:11.907                  WHC/Sibername aoucc.ca
00:11.913                      BareMetal attar.ca
00:11.916                  WHC/Sibername aliciasbeautysalon.ca
00:11.919                      BareMetal maybach.ca
00:11.924                      BareMetal autotv.ca
00:12.084                  WHC/Sibername calgaryjournalonline.ca
00:12.133                  WHC/Sibername pigistes.ca
00:12.310                      BareMetal courttv.ca
00:12.577                      BareMetal douse.ca
00:12.681                      BareMetal eddynoll.ca
00:12.757                      BareMetal fintel.ca
00:12.964                  WHC/Sibername agibot.ca
00:13.181                      BareMetal hometv.ca
00:14.993                  WHC/Sibername nanoscience.ca
00:15.040                  WHC/Sibername anglicanparishstandrewsnb.ca
00:15.040                  WHC/Sibername reynolds-lake.ca
00:15.047                  WHC/Sibername happyfloorsmoncton.ca
00:15.053                  WHC/Sibername respectedhomebusiness.ca
00:15.076                  WHC/Sibername hcvdruginfo.ca
00:15.091                  WHC/Sibername optikdigital.ca
00:15.102                  WHC/Sibername cestsibon.ca
00:15.106                  WHC/Sibername realvalue.ca
00:15.135                  WHC/Sibername 360powersports.ca
00:15.160                  WHC/Sibername lovethedove.ca
00:15.164                  WHC/Sibername mayorelectkhan.ca
00:15.190                  WHC/Sibername snacktown.ca
00:15.193                  WHC/Sibername service-link.ca
00:15.195                  WHC/Sibername atelierdecarosserie.ca
00:15.205                  WHC/Sibername hawkeyesauto.ca
00:15.215                  WHC/Sibername willys-restaurant.ca
00:15.229                  WHC/Sibername b-architecture.ca
00:15.236                  WHC/Sibername journeesansculture.ca
00:15.238                  WHC/Sibername paulreeves.ca
00:15.240                  WHC/Sibername ragamuffinscs.ca
0:15.242                  WHC/Sibername yrap.ca
00:15.243                  WHC/Sibername smalltownnatural.ca
00:15.244                  WHC/Sibername methadone.ca
00:15.245                      BareMetal vines.ca
00:15.246                  WHC/Sibername virtuosiconcerts.ca
00:15.247                  WHC/Sibername wonderlandanimalhospital.ca
00:15.250                      BareMetal travelstore.ca
00:15.327                      BareMetal varia.ca
00:15.407                      BareMetal hugues.ca
00:15.437                  WHC/Sibername theohsproject.ca
00:15.489                  WHC/Sibername somme.ca
00:15.523               Webnames.ca Inc. agentik.ca
00:15.561                  WHC/Sibername headlinessalon.ca
00:15.582                  WHC/Sibername cityparking.ca
00:16.031                  WHC/Sibername stmarysrealestate.ca
00:16.211                  WHC/Sibername mcgillprelaw.ca
00:16.248                  WHC/Sibername mrswatson.ca
00:16.314                  WHC/Sibername livetv.ca
00:16.355                      BareMetal cdntire.ca
00:16.362                  WHC/Sibername pettypestcontrol.ca
00:16.469                  WHC/Sibername bathsalt.ca
00:16.571                  WHC/Sibername realestateexpert.ca
00:16.581                      BareMetal slic.ca
00:16.642                      BareMetal healthtv.ca
00:16.650                  WHC/Sibername sciencetv.ca
00:16.688                  WHC/Sibername governmentinformationday.ca
00:16.694                      BareMetal barenecessities.ca
00:16.736                  WHC/Sibername foodmap.ca
00:16.752                  WHC/Sibername victorianessence.ca
00:16.918                  WHC/Sibername setthestage2sell.ca
00:16.928                  WHC/Sibername wickedwatersportrentals.ca
00:16.928                  WHC/Sibername groupebrosseau.ca
00:16.939                  WHC/Sibername trustedhvac.ca
00:17.153                  WHC/Sibername mediak.ca
00:17.367                  WHC/Sibername bdcprogram-mcmaster.ca
00:18.086                  WHC/Sibername zapatas.ca
00:20.013                  WHC/Sibername homeimprovementscanada.ca
00:20.064                  WHC/Sibername nikhil.ca
00:20.066                  WHC/Sibername jardinscelestes.ca
00:20.072                  WHC/Sibername tatakpinoy.ca
00:20.073                  WHC/Sibername peisaj.ca
00:35.705               Webnames.ca Inc. cermelmedia.ca
00:45.814               Webnames.ca Inc. islandautoglassandtrim.ca
01:01.699                        dynadot apog.ca
01:23.493                        dynadot cdnsport.ca
02:12.971                        dynadot bicycleontario.ca
02:18.702                        dynadot opendemocracyproject.ca
02:36.760                        dynadot beeomics.ca
02:41.180               Webnames.ca Inc. boardworks.ca
02:47.604                        dynadot cmbmws.ca
03:16.311               Webnames.ca Inc. heatit.ca
                 WHC/Sibername 169
                     BareMetal 34
                          MyID 9
                       dynadot 6
              Webnames.ca Inc. 6
              Register.ca Inc. 1
                    Grape Inc. 1
                  PlanetHoster 1

wow... huge domain list for WHC! Beating us out in the "retail" end. -Tom
 
I can't speak for the other registrars, but it's likely the same -- we're not really in charge of what we target. I may think frequent.ca is the best domain in the drop, but I can't target it if it's just going to be a $50 sale and there is a slew of domains bid higher. (but neither did any other registrar, so we got it in the second window.) It's always a surprise to find out that we didn't even target some great domains. I didn't realize vhf.ca dropped (and I had an amateur radio license at one distant point). -Tom
That's true and having watched how TBR run very closely, I can agree a 1000%.
 
I am now the owner of all the peasants in Canada.

despicable me GIF
 

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