LocalShop .ca pushed to auction (6.Viewing)

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LocalShop .ca has been pushed to 7-day auction at GoDaddy, with the current high bid being $386 CAD ($300 USD).

The auction ends this Dec 31st at 10:50 AM (PST).

Simply type in the domain and it will take you directly to the auction.

Should you win the auction, GoDaddy will be responsible for handling the payment and transfer.

This domain has been in use/registered since at least December 1st, 2002 (as per archive.org).

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So I first want to say I had trouble deciding whether to make this post under the "Make offer" section or "Talk Domains" section... since I'm hoping to get more offers (via members here), but this is also a new "experiment" for me and I thought I would share the details.

I've had 4 different bidders make offers on this domain since November 11th, 2020, ranging between $100-$300 USD. Although I wouldn't exactly be thrilled with selling at the current bid, I thought it would be interesting to see how it might play out if I send it to auction with 4 different bidders in play. In case you didn't know, GoDaddy will send notifications to the all previous bidders to let them know the domain was pushed to auction. As of now, no other bidder has placed a higher bid since I sent it to auction (3.5 days ago), but we all know most auctions take off in the final minutes/moments.

There's also a risk that the 4 different bidders are really the same person (using different accounts), trying trick me into sending it to auction, but I don't think that's the case and made the last minute decision to take that risk and send it to auction. In fact, I was actually too late to send it to auction (i.e. I didn't meet the deadline), but I already had the screen open on GD so I tried anyway and it worked. At that point I was just curious to see if it would still send to auction, and well it did, so now I'm committed (lol).

There's no room for negotiations considering the domain is already in auction and in GD's hands now, but feel free to ask questions or share your thoughts.

Maybe these guys: https://www.localshopcanada.ca/

I pushed to Auction a couple of times and was not impressed with the bidding.
I rather decline the offer and wait for everyone to bid more if they want it, this way I am in control.

As soon as I push a domain to auction it seems like I never get another bid.

That's the old scam - create multiple accounts and put in several mid-range bids, trying to make it look like there is a lot of interest and luring the seller to "send to auction".

Then the "only real bidder" automatically wins at his or her optimal bid.

The only way to combat the potential for this trick is to do what Esdiel is doing, and promoting it widely and contacting other potential buyers.

Thanks guys.

I already starting contacting people/companies using similar domains for their own websites but what do you guys think about me contacting people who own similar domains (not in use) by sending them emails via CIRA's contact form (i.e. to let them know the auction is happening)?

There are actually a lot of similar .CA domains registered but many of them aren't developed and their whois info is private (hence why I am considering using CIRA's contact form). A lot of these domains have been registered for a very long time too.


For example (all .CAs):

LocalShops has been registered since 2004.

LocalBiz since 2000.

LocalBusiness/es since 2003/2006.

ShopLocal since 2000.

ETC ETC ETC


Smart idea? Worth trying?

Yes, send them all a link to the auction

Hopefully somebody bites and a bidding war starts