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.CA sales volume is up because Namebio added some new sources and ones like Namecheap (and some domain sellers) are flooding their system with low 3-figure "sales". I would bet money that the "average .CA sales price" on Namebio is way down since 2022.

No wonder Canadian businesses are lowballing more than ever, as Namecheap keeps sending in more crap .CA sales. Does anyone really care what single-user junk .CA domains like OnyxDental, CompassCannabis or RDXSports sell for?

And even so, I'm still not seeing the numbers, as since Nov 19 to the end of year, there was a single .CA sale logged., that being for a massive $449 USD. And which genius sent in a $350 sale for visio.ca? o_O

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DomainRecap said:
You can't - these are likely Namecheap expired domains.
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Are registrars allowed to sell expired .CA domains? I don't think so.

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Are registrars allowed to sell expired .CA domains? I don't think so.
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I know, but it has to be something weird going on, as no one is going to register this kind of junk to resell, especially at no-profit prices like that.

I did some research on OnyxDental.ca and the company currently using it was the prior owner, and it did expire (but never went to the TBR), so maybe this "sales price" is actually just a variable redemption cost (i.e. a expired fee) for NC to get the domain back for them?

Whatever it is this should NOT be reported as a sale and if anyone knows someone at Namebio, please pass this on.
 
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There was never a $145 sale - that's just a Namecheap "recovery fee" for letting a domain go by the initial suspended period and into redemption. NC probably charges a different amount, depending on how late the redemption takes place.

Either way, these spurious fees should not be on a sales list.
 
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I just reported my findings on these miniscule Namecheap "sales" so we'll see what they do about it.

I think it's a case of them getting a NC feed and due to the faulty criteria, non-sale data is sneaking in and being erroneously reported as sales.
 
DomainRecap said:
I just reported my findings on these miniscule Namecheap "sales" so we'll see what they do about it.

I think it's a case of them getting a NC feed and due to the faulty criteria, non-sale data is sneaking in and being erroneously reported as sales.
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I was contacted by Namebio and apparently these are expired Namecheap sales and even if NC is extorting their customers for letting a domain expire, it is still viewed as a "valid sale" by NB.

According to NB "it's no different than a $25 expired auction sale at GD".

I don't agree, but at least these "micro-sales" give us something to laugh about.
 
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