Selling price for ua.ca? (1 Viewing)

Well it probably cost them $0 to get. If it’s a TM it costs them nothing. Look at some of the CIRA disputes there are many occasions where companies attempted to get the .CA simply on the means they believe they own TM rights. Once they lose, they still don’t purchase it.

theinvestor said:

I have plenty of .CA’s where the .COM is owned by billion dollar companies and they don’t care. I’ve had interaction with a few and they just won’t pay. Time will tell...but as time goes on it’s apparent the way we think of .CA’s is not the same as how others are viewing it. Business goes on even with their .COM domain.

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This is the issue. These companies _have_ to have the .com. Anything else is a _really_nice but not must have. We have major Canadian companies that still just redirect the .ca to the .com/ca/ (see aircanada). In fact there are many companies doing the domain.com/ca/ thing, that is their next best option to paying what they feel is extortion. What we need is consistently high pricing so that it doesn't feel like extortion. Then again, if everyone agreed to price their LL.ca's at $1M each, that would be a cartel and price fixing - which is obviously illegal.

Maybe the best scenario is more like Adam's recent situation. Rather than a global business that has the .com, maybe you want a massive Canadian business that has a hard-on for a flagship domain with a realization that they'll never get the .com, so then the .ca starts to look pretty good as the next best option.

Personally, I also think it would be best for everyone if we all put a high BIN price on our domains - but then have a link to make an offer. If every other option a customer has is also priced high, then you can argue your price isn't out of line, but that still leaves you the option to negotiate down in order to close a deal. If they shop around and see a bunch of other LL's priced at $25K and suddenly yours is $2.5M, well yes, of course it's going to look like extortion and most people will refuse, not based on whether or not the company can afford it, or if its worth it, but on principle alone.

And at least in the tech area, there are companies that can't get the .com but will opt instead for a .io, or even a .co. So a Canadian tech company might see .io and .co as the #2 choice to .com

rlm said:

Personally, I also think it would be best for everyone if we all put a high BIN price on our domains - but then have a link to make an offer.  If every other option a cust

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^^^^^ Yes, that’s what I have done with a couple of mine and will start doing the same with most of mine. Sometimes I wonder if just having a high BIN is a good idea. Sure, it works if the buyer wants the domain bad enough but why not have both? Would there be a downfall for having both?

Nafti said:

Would there be a downfall for having both?

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Not if you're willing to negotiate.

theinvestor said:

I think what we want and what we may get are two different things.

I have plenty of .CA’s where the .COM is owned by billion dollar companies and they don’t care. I’ve had interaction with a few and they just won’t pay. Time will tell...but as time goes on it’s apparent the way we think of .CA’s is not the same as how others are viewing it. Business goes on even with their .COM domain.

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For some companies million dollar domains are bargains
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