TBR Drop - Nov 29, 2023 (2.Viewing)

bmetal said:
What do you need, e.g. what did the last registrar get wrong? We built our own system from the ground up, and were fairly early in the game so we didn't copy anyone else. Much of our stuff is bulk friendly. e.g. once a month renewal reminder that covers all your .ca domains in the next few months. A "paste a list of domains here" and a bunch of forms below for bulk updates. And conversely, there are things that are a little rough or just "different".

What we don't do well is non .CA domains. We're just a tucows reseller for those, I've been less and less happy with them over the years. (Awesome at the beginning, but have gone downhill like Google in the name of profit.)


I obviously have minimal experience with other registrars, and I haven't asked what it costs to be a sponsor (if you have to ask, you can't afford it), but with the rare exception of clearly marked specials, renewals have always been the same as registrations at baremetal. I can't morally wrap my head around sucking people in with loss-leaders / lowballs and then doing the add-on thing.

(bulk discounts are calculated separately though, so folks can go through a period where their discounted new registrations may be cheaper than their first renewals.)

(My apologies for the non-TBR / spammy post.) -Tom
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I was faithful to web names until they got greedy and jacked their prices - I am very low maintenance - never contact support - was a pure cash grab after decades of being a loyal customer - you can only vote with your $
 
DomainTrader said:
I was faithful to web names
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I still use their interface whenever I check for domains, they have a filter settings, whois, alternates, and it shows if the domain is for sale.



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One of the best interfaces but no bargains, I may use them to look but ultimately WHC is my personal choice of registrar because you get the advanced dns management, 3 free email addresses per domain and forwarding works out of the box in a few keyclicks.
 
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MapleDots said:
I still use their interface whenever I check for domains, they have a filter settings, whois, alternates, and it shows if the domain is for sale.



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One of the best interfaces but no bargains, I may use them to look but ultimately WHC is my personal choice of registrar because you get the advanced dns management, 3 free email addresses per domain and forwarding works out of the box in a few keyclicks.
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Thank you for that - I picked up a great domain already taken in numerous extensions

MapleDots.org
 
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MapleDots said:
Would never have thought that would take top spot.

Did not bid on sorry.ca, the domain did not hit all my criteria.
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Yeah, Sorry was not a big winner for me, but I thought it would outpace Farmstart.

As RLM mentioned, this is the name of a gov't program for farmers, but the government doesn't usually buy domains (unless it's for a separate Crown corporation) and just puts it under their gov't web umbrella.

But who knows, it could sell for a million!!
 
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DomainRecap said:
Yeah, Sorry was not a big winner for me, but I thought it would outpace Farmstart.

As RLM mentioned, this is the name of a gov't program for farmers, but the government doesn't usually buy domains (unless it's for a separate Crown corporation) and just puts it under their gov't web umbrella.

But who knows, it could sell for a million!!
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Sometimes there are middlemen that independently promote gov't programs and help guide you through it for a fee or cut (even though you could do it yourself for free if you had the time/patience to figure it out). Gov't programs tend to be complicated so that opens up opportunity. Things like immigration, pardons/record suspensions, bankruptcy, innovation grants, etc, etc...

However in this case, it might have been bought for its backlink, I haven't checked, but it may have backlinks with authority.
 
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