TBR Musings - November 25, 2020 (1.Viewing)

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Here are the top 10 picks of the week:

diesel.ca Sibername (bullseye)
canada-cup.ca MyID
emy.ca Sibername
pdi.ca MyID
tlds.ca MyID
mutualfund.ca Sibername
eph.ca MyID
deh.ca MyID
lpr.ca Sibername
mty.ca MyID


Other notes of interest:

What the hell is the hyphenated canada-cup.ca sitting in 2nd, ahead of PDI.ca, MutualFund.ca, DEH.ca, LPR.ca, and MTY.ca??

From picks 24-35, Siber went 11 for 12

MyID amazingly ran the table from picks 41 to 63 (!!)

Siber also ran the table from picks 65 to 78.

Of the top 18 picks on the board, only a single one was not MyID or Siber, and that was BIMR.ca (11) from our little friends at 2537244 ONTARIO INC.
 
The numbered Ontario inc ones were usually siber before in my years of having them grab names for me
 
jaydub said:
The numbered Ontario inc ones were usually siber before in my years of having them grab names for me
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No, that's a special case we used to talk about in the other place - it seems to be a CIRA or government-affiliated TBR link that picks up weird domains from time to time. I once called the CIRA to ask who they were and the guy immediately got angry (Why do you need to know that?) and hung up, so it's obviously something dodgy.

I have a full translation table that takes all the known numbered companies + weird domains and returns the actual TBR registrars, and this is definitely not one of them.

Also, their address is a UPS Store letterbox in Toronto, and I also found this little tidbit that wasn't there before:

CatchyDomains.ca is a division of 2537244 Ontario Inc.
 
where is the quickest place to see TBR results? Sibername doesn't publish until later in the day, I usually just wait for them.

How does everyone do with their LLL.ca's? seems like it's something where if you have a bunch, you'd sell one every now and then. unless you've worked to pick up some premium combinations. seems like a hit and miss thing, just depends if you have the right letters in the right order, at the right time someone wants it.
 
Personally, I am not buying any more LLLs until I sell another one, as these have been dead for me for well over a year. I'm currently in the "good money after bad" phase with that particular segment.

Hopefully it picks up and I did manage to get some 3-figure interest at Sedo on one 3-letter .CA last week, but nothing came of it.
 
I usually participate in each TBR, not always winning but I usually put in at least one bid.

I don't have the funds to go after anything big, but I try and pick through the scraps, and a lot of times that reflects on the quality of domains i pick up.

Most I don't renew after a year if, mostly because a year later I'm looking at the domain thinking what was going through my head when I picked that one.. lol.

This week I spent @$99 for these names.

Sensis
WordpressExperts
YoungReaders
ParentalControls
MyLearning
CanadianTraders
BuyWholesale
HomeCoverage
 
Picked up one cheap that I'm pretty jazzed about, last registered in 2004:

Scotian.ca
 
domains said:
where is the quickest place to see TBR results? Sibername doesn't publish until later in the day, I usually just wait for them.

How does everyone do with their LLL.ca's? seems like it's something where if you have a bunch, you'd sell one every now and then. unless you've worked to pick up some premium combinations. seems like a hit and miss thing, just depends if you have the right letters in the right order, at the right time someone wants it.
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I think LLLs are kind of old school out of style really
 
MapleDots said:
The thing about those is if a business wants one they will pay.
I paid 5k for my business LLL.ca and that was in 2006.
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My point exactly
LLLs were very 2006
 
dancarls said:
Most I don't renew after a year if, mostly because a year later I'm looking at the domain thinking what was going through my head when I picked that one.
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Love this
We have all gone through that and had that feeling
 
DomainTrader said:
I think LLLs are kind of old school out of style really
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In some ways this is true, and although it makes business sense to shrink your domain down as small as possible (I really wish Canadian Tire would buy CT.ca to make it easier to type in on a phone) but this area just doesn't seem "hot" anymore.

Other than when LL or LLL TBR domains hit MyID, of course.
 
DomainRecap said:
In some ways this is true, and although it makes business sense to shrink your domain down as small as possible (I really wish Canadian Tire would buy CT.ca to make it easier to type in on a phone) but this area just doesn't seem "hot" anymore.

Other than when LL or LLL TBR domains hit MyID, of course.
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I don’t think Canadian Tire wants to shell out $95K US on a domain. I would personally have a BIN up but also make an offer. I don’t think anyone can make an offer on it unless it’s at least $95K.
 
Nafti said:
I don’t think Canadian Tire wants to shell out $95K US on a domain.
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It's chump change in return for making the site easily accessible by phone.

I have way too many bookmarks already, Google always defaults to something else when you type in CANAD... (like Canada, Canada Post, Canadian Revenue Agency, etc.), and sitting there in the car clicking C-A-N-A-D-I-A-NT-I-R-E-.-C-A on that small keyboard, just to check stock on an item, is hell especially in the winter.

And not to be glib about money, but CT's revenue last year was 14.53 BILLION dollars, and it's growing at a nice rate.
 
DomainRecap said:
It's chump change in return for making the site easily accessible by phone.

I have way too many bookmarks already, Google always defaults to something else when you type in CANAD... (like Canada, Canada Post, Canadian Revenue Agency, etc.), and sitting there in the car clicking C-A-N-A-D-I-A-NT-I-R-E-.-C-A on that small keyboard, just to check stock on an item, is hell especially in the winter.

And not to be glib about money, but CT's revenue last year was 14.53 BILLION dollars, and it's growing at a nice rate.
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Yet somehow, they did all that revenue without CT.ca ;)
 
aactive said:
Yet somehow, they did all that revenue without CT.ca ;)
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So your main point is to never try to improve your business. Okay.

I'm a CT customer, and I HATE typing their ultra-long domain on my phone to check stock. HATE HATE HATE. There are times in the winter I don't even stop there because I don't need the hassle after a day at the salt mines.

And it doesn't even have to be CT.ca, and if they're living on Kraft Dinner and beans, then buy CTS.ca (Canadian Tire Stores) or a similar 3-letter that's sitting on the open market.
 
DomainRecap said:
So your main point is to never try to improve your business. Okay.

I'm a CT customer, and I HATE typing their ultra-long domain on my phone to check stock. HATE HATE HATE. There are times in the winter I don't even stop there because I don't need the hassle after a day at the salt mines.

And it doesn't even have to be CT.ca, and if they're living on Kraft Dinner and beans, then buy CTS.ca (Canadian Tire Stores) or a similar 3-letter that's sitting on the open market.
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Maybe use their app. https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/mobile.html
 
I am seriously anti-app now, as once you open that door it's ads + spam + marketing + locked-in sales pitches galore. Used to have tons of apps, but the unending spam just cooked the golden goose for me.

The only app I use anymore is PC Optimum to track points, and even there, Galen the Billionaire Prophet has recently jacked it full of extraneous crap like recipes, videos, product highlights, etc. Corporations treat apps like a gateway to "selling more crap" to you.
 
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