What's the deal with .ca domains? Hard to buy/sell?

[wordplay]

I've noticed there are many very good .ca domains availalble.
I've been in the domain business for years, but never
registered any. So I'm clueless.

I must assume that there are extra challenges/regulations involved in dealing with .ca domains. The domains availalble are too good to be true.

Thanks for any info!

 

[Anthony Ng]

.ca domains are for Canadian entities ONLY, and their registration requirements are much stricter than those of .us. So if you are not a Canadian, you may simply forget it.

And yes, there is NOT any mature after market for dot-ca's, and that's exactly why you are able to find A LOT of good names.

 

[wordplay]

Thank you, nameslave. I now understand.

 

[WebMomentum]

also, they're a bugger to transfer too

 

[Zoobar]

I bought a dot.ca off of someone I contacted and it took a couple tries, many phone calls to the registrar, and about 3 weeks to transfer to my name. Resale market is non-existant, my only reason for purchasing the name was for my own use down the road.

 

[GT Web]

I use 2 .ca domains for development, and I doubt I could ever sell them even if I wanted (and they combine for 200 uniques per day)