TBR Drop - Feb 4, 2026 (10.Viewing)

DomainRecap said:

I'd bet it went for more than $150, as there is a LOT of foolish new blood involved in the TBR auctions these days. These guys must be printing money in the basement.

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Oh boy

Nice looking auction comimg up

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Looks like a balanced list of quality and garbage

Brandit said:

Looks like a balanced list of quality and garbage

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Sorry, I don't see garbage.ca on the list

I'm really not a fan of these 'Word+ED" domains, at least for the price they're liable to sell for. I've owned (and still own) some very popular ones, with massive real & potential usage, but they never, ever get a sniff. I just don't think businesses (even if their brand includes this Word+Suffix) want to own .CA domains like this that are a past/future version of the core verb, or at least not for any real money.

Of course, some have more potential than others, and Approved.ca may be saleable (loans, mortgage, etc.) to the exact right buyer, but it'll also probably sell at TBR auction for a pile more than it's actually worth, making it exponentially tougher to sell. Like I always say, with .CA you make money on the buy.

I view the phenomenon as similar to my 'First Name+S' domain experiment - I own a pile of top First Names with an added S, and these seem like they're extremely popular for small and medium-sized business, but literally no one ever inquires. And if they do, it's to offer $50 via CIRA email.

I think both are a case of "needing another word or words in there to make sense". Like a company called Balanced Accounting or Balanced Health or Balanced Life will probably want both words in their core domain, as the majority of these 'Word+ED' domains really don't work alone - it's the same with 'First Name+S' domains. For example, jacks.ca is in use for Jack's Autobody, but it just forwards to jacksautobody.ca - I've found this pattern to be common.

So yes, my 'Word+ED' and 'First Name+S' domain experiments have been an abject failure in terms of 'revenue vs expenditures', but I hope future participants have better luck than me.

Brandit said:

Looks like a balanced list of quality and garbage

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Strangely, I don't see anything on that list I'd go after at auction.

Something like Fallsview would be nice.... for $50-$60, but it's already at $80 (and rising) so I'm out. And as I posted earlier, I have more than enough "Word+ED" domains and I don't need any more, so I guess that's the beginning and the end of that.

P.S. Where did all the SEO Traffic domains go? Is that fad now officially over?