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[Premiumhosted]

Got my fair share today as well

 

[sudesh]

Got my fair share today as well

Congratulations again.. you seems to be doing well and are you on any auctions too?? May be a good idea to keep off of those.

 

[DropWizard.com]

looks like Sibername with KICK .Ca and Pool with GLACIER . ca were the winners today. Well and there were the odd 3 chars and so on.. but I thought these two as the day's best. Anyone went for them?? Also, looks like Pool was not as busy as last week.. yes, I can't see any GEMS for next week yet, although I have for next week, which I would love to get. I will post it after I get it.

OK not to be a contrarian......(ok I am) :blush:

Can someone explain to me just what makes these two the "winners". And please include monetization plans cause I see little possibility.

I'll even go further and call them CRAP registrations...

 

[PeterMan]

you think that kick.ca is a crap reg???

the term kick has 117,000,000 google results

OVT is 22452 plus tons more with other keywords...

 

[DropWizard.com]

you think that kick.ca is a crap reg???

YEP!

the term kick has 117,000,000 google results

OVT is 22452 plus tons more with other keywords...

Means nothing....
Where does the $$$$ come from to run it???

It's funny cause I just read a thread where everyone was talking about how many domains they owned. And many of them were talking about cutting the quantity they owned because they weren't paying for themselves.

And please don't anyone take these posts as attempts to be insulting I'm genuinely asking just why you want domains like this when there is no forseeable revenue stream to justify them.

 

[PeterMan]

I am not insulted I am curious about your opinion. I do not own the name or have anything to do with it... But, I would wager that kick.ca woud pay fr itself in a few months easily just through parking... I base this on the fact that I get some ok typein traffic to some of my .ca domains and others here do as well...

And this is a really brandable name... covers anything from sneakers to music players to cars, etc...

 

[DropWizard.com]

I am not insulted I am curious about your opinion. I do not own the name or have anything to do with it... But, I would wager that kick.ca woud pay fr itself in a few months easily just through parking... I base this on the fact that I get some ok typein traffic to some of my .ca domains and others here do as well.

I'm always happy to be proved wrong (just ask my wife) but I don't see it. The genericness of the word means whatever traffic comes through would be looking for what??? CTR would probably be non-existant.

And this is a really brandable name... covers anything from sneakers to music players to cars, etc...

Ahh the brandibility argument. Sort of like bigfoot....Impossible to disprove.

But to take this to bare basics how do you make a domain like this pay. UNLESS you spend a lot of time developing a site and branding it. And if you do that you can use ANY domain (youtube.com,MSN.com, Yahoo.com) :yes:

 

[PeterMan]

Well, I certainly am not going to argue with you...

If you can't see that kick.ca is a valuable domain then... ;-)

so do you think kick . com would be worth much?

 

[DropWizard.com]

so do you think kick . com would be worth much?

It seems to me that at some point you have to ask yourself whether you're in this business to make money or for prestige.

Kick.com is an example of someone owning it for (supposed) prestige. And a great example of what I'm saying because kick.com doesn't even resolve. (at least for me) The domain has nameservers set and I get a bad gateway for the http:// and the www. It has also existed since 1995 so you'd think someone had enough time to do something with it in 12 years if it was practical.

I would assume it doesn't pay for itself when a site is up.

Value low to med x,xxx


JMO

Maybe that's a better question. Are you buying domains because they will generate money. Or do you buy domains because you feel they will give your portfolio that "prestige" factor.

 

[hugegrowth]

from a ppc point of view you are probably right, kick.ca won't get a ton of traffic and high payouts if it is just parked.

but it does have value as a generic term, without going into much detail I'll say it's short, easy to remember, easy to spell, and I would even say positive. could be used for a sports site or an entertainment site for example. a good one to hold for a later sale, or to develop one's self. development continues to get easier.

you can't value all domains just by the natural traffic and ppc alone.

instead of 'prestige factor' I would say nice short generic word that has a good chance of a future sale. having at least some of those in a portfolio isn't a bad thing.

To change the subject:

Montreal-based Internet developer, Emall.ca Inc., had taken Victoria-based travel agency, Cheap Tickets and Travel Inc. to Federal Court to strike its registered trademarks. The lawsuit was in response to the travel agency's previous attempts to force Emall.ca Inc. to turn over its domain name, CheapTickets.ca. The travel agency had unsuccessfully complained to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, and then sued Emall.ca Inc. for trademark infringement in British Columbia.

here is the thread on dnforum, with links to the news release:

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?p=1116735

 

[DropWizard.com]

but it does have value as a generic term, without going into much detail I'll say it's short, easy to remember, easy to spell,

having at least some of those in a portfolio isn't a bad thing.

I can agree with those two points. I honestly wouldn't buy them for those reasons myself.

 

[whitebark]

Glacier can at least be made into a easy mini-site about you guessed it -glaciers. Low paying keyword though, unless you segmented the website to be more about clean water than the ice. But then another poster here owns the more appropriate - glacierwater.ca

Kick, I'd be happy to have it for the $15 backorders I placed on it. But yes, what do you do with it? I can see a website in just about anything, but beyond the obvious - soccer, or really stretching it - 'kick'ing a habit it doesn't have much development upside.

 

[hugegrowth]

'glacier' would be a good term for recreation marketing in BC, we have glaciers and parks with glaciers! might also relate to beer made from glacier fed waters. that's what comes to my mind anyway.

 

[ianccc]

Kick

I would make it into one of those caffeine induced drinks something like cheeta/jolt/etc

~ian

 

[liberator]

did a run on some french keywords today registered a few ;D here are some that are available if anyone is interested:

french - English
tissu.ca fabric
tissus.ca fabrics
priere.ca prayer
lampe.ca lamp
chanteur.ca singer
chanteurs.ca singers

if registering double check translation so I'm not responsible if theres a typo

 

[DropWizard.com]

Some ideas for sites even though some of them stretch it

What I don't see behind these type of names is a natural business. To me a model should be immediately apparent and even better; more than one way of building a site or revenue stream.

Someone listed privacycommissioner.ca in a previous post. That to me is ideal. Lawyers will advertise, class action suits will be fought, businesses will need information about regulations etc etc etc.

It's not difficult to see value in a domain like that. And a business model springs to mind effortlessly regardless of whether you PPC it or develop it.

 

[sudesh]

Well, for prestige or for PPC, I feel KICK.CA would pay off in one year. But if someone was to market it as a promotion for say, Olympics 2010, KICK.Ca would be a winner by leaps and bounds. I wonder how the owner feels about it though, all I can do is to sit and cry, only wishing that I was the owner.

 

[Jacksplat]

kick.ca is an awesome brandable name. well worth the money in my opinion. So it may not earn in parking, then develop it or just sit on it for 10$ a year and wait for an offer. If you cant afford to hold these names then just go for the traffic names. Prestige in your online presence goes well with any business. I'd pay the extra dollars for the right name in any of my endevours. Some feel otherwise. I have a domain which is the exact name of someones ontario based franchise of at least 4 stores here in ottawa, he contacted me and i thought id be nice and offer it to him for 236USD. Enought to cover my costs and a little extra for me. Makes a few bucks a month parked so holding is not an issue. Anyhow, he didnt buy it. He thought it was too much. The franchise name is a surname, 7 letters long. Some will pay, some wont. Some appreciate a good name, and others dont. Just part of the game.

As for Kick .ca .. I can think of some nice uses for it. Very catchy name, very usable.

 

[hugegrowth]

did a run on some french keywords today registered a few

which ones did you reg?

 

[Beaker]

OK not to be a contrarian......(ok I am) :blush:

Can someone explain to me just what makes these two the "winners". And please include monetization plans cause I see little possibility.

I'll even go further and call them CRAP registrations...

Perhaps you're trolling here, but I'll go down on record as saying that kick.ca was a decent buy. I don't agree with others that "it'd pay back in one year", but it certainly met my criteria for value in the $500 range (no I didn't win it, but narrowly got outbid).

If I won it I was planning to park. And I think it would have made my investment targets at that price. Lots of uses and I think a parking page with a bit of optimization would figure out the top choices.... soccer (clicks will increase when summer rolls around), stop smoking stuff (high ppc), martial arts/exercise, and maybe a few other possibilities. I might be wrong, but I'm betting it'll be not a bad payback for the winner. I think you underestimate how much traffic it'd get too.