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Job.ca is getting auctioned through MyID

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 06 9th, 2009 | no responses

Yesterday, MyID has announced that they’ll be auctionning a huge domain name —job.ca— on June 24-25th 2009.

This is very big news since job.ca stands to be the biggest domain name ever auctioned in Canada.

And whoever gets it will likely keep it forever so if someone needs that incredible name, now is probably the last chance in their lifetime they are given to bid for and win it.

Billions upon billions of dollars are being spent and made every year, regarding employment, in Canada.

Using the job.ca domain name provides an unbelievable strategic advantage for whoever uses it over all those who don’t have such an outstanding name.

And the “job.ca” suffix is just the beginning because the current owner had already registered the provincial suffixes such as…

job.bc.ca
job.ab.ca
job.sk.ca
job.mb.ca
job.on.ca
job.qc.ca
job.nb.ca
job.ns.ca

…and they’re all going to be awarded to the winning bidder. The other provincial suffixes can also be registered by the winning bidder, when in control of the “job.ca” domain name.

By all means, this event is likely going to make history for two reasons:

the biggest domain name ever auctioned in Canada; and
the expected largest bid ever made for a Canadian domain name.

If a company deals in the Canadian job market and doesn’t bid on this name, the C-level managers need to fire their marketing manager. Job.ca is way too big an opportunity to miss.

Lots of interested parties will want to get their hands on the job.ca domain name, such as:

Job boards, domestic and foreign
- The job.ca name is enough to completely reshape the job posting and resume acquisition landscape, in Canada.
- No job board can pass this opportunity up because the consequences of having a competitor get such a huge name could prove financially suicidal.
- Just imagine, for one moment, that “company A” gets job.ca and markets it, all over the country. How are all the other job boards supposed to counter that? That’s why every job board will likely bid way up to make sure they secure what will become the biggest “job-related” web address, in Canada.
Employment agencies
- For any serious canadian employment agency, winning the job.ca auction would mean almost instant gains, in terms of lucrative new customers.
Universities, colleges
- All educational institutions, in Canada, have placement services which, in many ways, are a vital cornerstone of their ongoing success. If students get a job once they graduate, more people will buy their education programs. It’s that simple!
- By getting their hands on job.ca, a placement service could benefit from untold publicity, prestige and instant credibility. Year after year. Basically forever. This is the hottest investment they can ever make.
- And the job.ca domain name will likely go up in value, forever.
- By all means, this is a blue chip domain name.
Large employers
- Canada counts some of the richest employers on Earth and as such, they’d love to grab the job.ca domain name for their own job-related promotion activities.
- People instantly understand that a given employer is at the very top if it uses job.ca, the shortest and most powerful job domain name ever to be registered, in the country… even before the CIRA was created!

Among the bidders for job.ca, expect to find bankers who understand cornerstone domain names are a new form of highly valuable currency that goes up in value all the time. It’s highly portable and generates revenue on its own.

Domain name speculators might also feel the urge to chip in because if they win the job.ca domain name, they might be able to auction it off for much more, the next day. Potential buyers who missed the name the first time (and again, it would be unwise to ignore this historic auction) will basically go all out the second time around to get it so if a speculator gets the name, there’s a good chance a new record will be set shortly after the anticipated record bid, on the first auction at MyID, June 24-25, 2009.

These are exciting times, indeed.

While people realize the economy may have slowed down a bit, it changes nothing to the fundamentals. Employers want to find talented people and workers are looking for jobs. And both meet at job.ca. Naturally. It’s intuitive.

If you’re looking to buy up one super-valuable domain name this year, job.ca is most likely it.

Nothing spells unlimited profits like the job market which generates untold billions of dollars, per year, in Canada alone. Job.ca is a golden bridge, or so to speak, to one of the most, if not the most, lucrative market, ever.

There’s no question people all over the world, and especially Canada, know the true value of the job.ca domain name. It’ll be very exciting to see who gets the name and consequently, crushes the competition by using the most intuitive, memorable, credible and timeless Canadian job-related name ever to have been registered.

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Revisiting the CIRA’s TBR lists

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 06 25th, 2008 | one response

CIRA - TBR Deals If you had a very good “.ca” domain name, chances are you’d never let it go but life being what it is, stuff happens and as such, very good domain names pop up here and there in the CIRA’s wildly popular TBR list, every Wednesday.

TBR means “to be released” so when you spot a domain name in that list, you’re more than welcome to watch it be returned to the “available” domains on Wednesday, from 3 PM up to around 9 PM.

The trouble is, you may not be the only one looking to get your hands on the best domains, namely the shortest, those why match generic terms and those with special contextual value. Those “superstar domains” are being heavily fought over so you’re chance of registering it “manually” when it becomes available is non-existent — unless you can query the name every 1/60th of a second for hours on end.

So how do you get those “soon to be available” domain names with significant street value? You bid on them, just like everybody else. Bare Metal offers an excellent TBR monitoring service which will work for you to get the domain names you want. You only pay if they get the name on your behalf so pretty much anybody can “play the TBR game”, with Bare Metal.

Of course, if Bare Metal scores your domain name and more than one potential registrant has requested it (at Bare Metal, specifically), then if goes into an auction that can quickly bump up the price for a domain name in the tens of thousands.

As such, CIRA has allowed for Canadian registrars to offer the names they “catch” through auctions and although this system makes sense for the richer domainers, it’s a total nonsense for the average Canadian attemting to buy a relatively good “.ca” domain name — this is becoming a real problem as most of the very good names are being concentrated in the same hands, creating huge portfolios of “parked” names.

So while the CIRA presents the TBR lists as a fair way for Canadians to grab domains which aren’t required anymore by their previous owners, the reality of the TBR is more a matter of money than fairness.

If you intend to win at the TBR monitoring game (and it can happen, from time to time), you better keep in mind that the system is being predated by rich domainers who will likely have an unfair advantage of you, the average Canadian looking for a good name.

To make matters even trickier, a handful of very rich domainers also own their registrar licence so they can buy up a domain, try it for seven (7) days and if it performs well, they can keep it and if it doesn’t, they just file for a full refund and return it to be “released” again. Since these domainers (who also happen to be registrars) are free to check the performance of as many domains as they want, with this scheme, almost all good TBRed names are likely to be grabbed before the average Canadian even has a chance to get to them.

So the Canadian TBR system isn’t fair.

It’s a nice try but it’s profoundly broken in the sense that money will almost always win over “a fair chance for everyone”. But that shouldn’t stop you from monitoring TBR names, especially if you’re seasoned in a specialty niche, because even rich domainers may miss “niched names”, once in a while.

For instance, on this very day, the following names are scheduled to be released:

Several more quality names, out the thousands being released, might turn out being excellent buys. You have to look at the list by yourself to locate those which relate with your areas of interest.

Keep in mind that you don’t necessarily need to grab the hottest domains because sometimes, a niche portfolio will do just fine to bring you that much closer to financial freedom.

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Formula 1 domain names

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 05 15th, 2007 | one response

F1 Domain Names Do you like fast cars?

Hundreds of millions of F1 fans, from around the world, gather yearly to root for their favorite racing team and this year happens to be the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship.

This major event began on the 18th of March and will end on the 21st of October, 2007 after seventeen Grands Prix.

If you’re planning to publish your very own coverage of this racing event, perhaps you should attempt to secure a highly relevant domain name. To help you score the best available names, here’s a list of the ones you can register right now:

If you like the races, the teams or just the heated racing party atmosphere, you too can launch a blog to cover the events, in your own unique way.

Everybody with a little knowledge of how things work online can own a blog. It’s a wonderful way to explore a given theme (in this case, F1 racing), make new friends and even cash in a little advertising money.

Just keep in mind that owning a relevant F1 racing domain name will help you establish a stronger and more convincing brand that your visitors will surely want to bookmark and share with their friends.

Tags: f1, formula one, grand prix, fia, racing, domain names

Domain name growth in China

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 05 29th, 2006 | no responses

China - Map Online activity is stronger than ever in China as the CNNIC and the IWOSC show that the .cn domain name extension registrations in China have exceeded 1M, for 2005.

You can view the report here (.pdf format).

By the end of 2005, China had a healthy 2,592,410 domains registered, in all (including .com, .net and other TLDs). This represents an increase of over 40% compared with the same period, in 2004.

Not too surprisingly, the longer .com.cn suffix has been largely surpassed by the shorter and easier to remember .cn.

Overall, China has about 94M users and roughly, 30M access the web using leased lines (LANs connected to the Internet), 52M use dial-up, just over 6M use ISDN and 42M use broadband (either xDSL or cable modems).

This means there’s a real opportunity to register quality .cn domain names that are still available. Here’s a quick list:

China - Federal Building If you missed the .com goldrush a few years back, this may be your time to add valuable domain names to your portfolio, in the .cn realm.

You can also take a look at the .com.cn suffix if you’re doing business in China since it’s usually linked to corporations.

If you’d like to check for the availability of any other domain name, in the .cn extension or any other, just visit this domain registration web site and enjoy very low prices.

Opportunities in the “dot fm” namespace

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 05 4th, 2006 | no responses

Dot FM Domain Names If you’re open to domain names outside the gTLD namespace of heavyweights like .com and .net, perhaps you’d like to know major domain names are still available for registration in cTLDs like the ".fm".

As of today, the following "dot fm" domain names are still looking for owners:

Sure the ".fm" domain names cost a little more than ".com" counterparts but given the fact major generic domains are still available, this may prove a valuable investment. Keep in mind the letters "F" and "M" can mean other things than just "Frequency Modulation".

The Federated States of Micronesia might not ring a bell to you either but nevertheless, you can register all the ".fm" domain names that you please without ever establishing a presence there.

Thinking outside the box, it’s worth noting that buying ".fm" names is a sound way to financially help the generally poor people living in Micronesia since a share of every sale is given back to that local government.

Go ahead, check cool names to see if they’re still available!

Available domain names for the field of insurance

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 02 7th, 2006 | no responses

If you’re looking to bank on the red-hot world insurance market boom, perhaps you’ll appreciate this valuable list of available domain names pertaining to the field of insurance.

All these names can be registered right now!

Take a moment to imagine what you could develop with these beauties:

123insurance.biz (insurance for “biz”nesses)
101insuranceinfo.com
247travelinsurance.com
affordableinsurance.org (the .org could work well for this one)
africaninsurances.com (for travelers going there)
anything4insurance.com (has a little something)
caraudioinsurance.com
itsyourinsurance.com
kidsinsurance.biz (hot niche market, even for .biz)
lifeinsurancehelp.org
lifeinsurancerep.com
losangelesinsurance.org
manilainsurance.com
mrinsurance.us (just imagine the marketing for this name)

…and with another spin on the “insurance” theme:

You may want to toy around with some of these suggestions, perhaps with alternative terms or domain suffixes (.net, .info and so on).

All these names were available for registration at the moment this post was published.

Happy insurance-related domain name registration!

Disney isn’t going to Sao Tome

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 01 23rd, 2006 | no responses

Disney Enterprises, based in Burbank, California aren’t planning anything at all to do with Sao Tome & Principe, at least not in a foreseable future!

How do I come to this conclusion / prediction?

Simple. Nobody has registered disney.st which happens to be Sao Tome & Principe’s official domain suffix.

With hundreds of country level domains out there, is this kind of “random check” a valuable indicator of things to come, for Disney (or any other corporation out there)?

Probably not but still, here’s some more info on the matter.

Disney Online International provides a bird’s eye view of the vast array of country level domains which are currently being used. America, Asia-Pacific and Europe are abundantly represented. Some of the national destinations, like disney.ch look like they’re not ready yet because they head back to the “international page”. Obviously, these markets are the most important for Disney.

A worldwide domain name check on “disney.**” shows that it’s registered almost everywhere. It’s hard to say for sure if the Disney people are the ones owning those domains but I assume they have the lion’s share.

So this brings us back to Sao Tome & Principe. Why have they been left out?

The CIA Factbook provides interesting insight on the country (smallish, generally poor, isolated) but basically, the name, in itself, could be relevant because “Main Street” is the name for Disney’s Parks “central gathering locations / arteries” so it would make sense to get “disney.st”, don’t you think?

Will this humble post prompt some C-Level Executive at Disney to “address” this situation ASAP?

I doubt it, very much.

A serious company like Disney probably counts on the finest lawyers in the world to protect their brand so having this tiny island domain left out probably means Sao Tome & Principe is so small, Disney (yes, the billionaire empire) couldn’t even figure out a way to cover the costs of keeping a credible “web presence” for this island, located along Africa’s West Coast.

So the domain is available… for anyone to register. Would a huge icon like Disney risk this kind of thing? Well, it looks like they’ve already sided on this issue!

The whole thing still feels weird. What’s your take on this?

Who doesn’t indulge a little luxury?

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 01 21st, 2006 | no responses

When it comes to the lives of the rich and famous, nothing is more spectacular for the “rest of us” than the overwhelming luxury they flaunt abundantly like casual to, let’s say, play tennis with an 80k$ watch!

Okay, the watch example pales in comparison with vanity cars, expensive boats and all out jewelry. Perhaps you’re not the one to have lunch in New York and dinner in Paris but nevertheless, luxury hold an appeal to many people.

As such, you might want to look into the available domain names pertaining to luxurious lifestyles. Use your imagination. Many online and off projects can make use for these domains:

Are you feeling good, yet?

Hundreds of millions of people from all walks of life are looking to get richer, every day. They’re the ones who may want to check out your newly acquired domain names.

Remember the pay-per-click payouts for luxury-related domains are quite generous, on average. You can explore domain names specific to a theme, like real estate or travel. There might be very valuable names in those niches.

Happy domain name buying!

Available domains for IP television

Posted by BeepStar in Available Domains on 01 17th, 2006 | no responses

When the mighty Microsoft ventures in a new market, you know something big is brewing.

Even more so, when the heavyweights of the communications world meet to discuss this emerging market, it’s clear opportunities should be quickly identified. As always, early “domain name registration” birds get the best seats on hot new trends.

Who thinks IPTV is -the- thing to watch out for?

Look at this partial list:

…to name a few. You can see that “IPTV” is already -very- big.

You’ re curious by now, right? You want to know why all the fuss?

Well, the nice people at Pyramid Research have a good idea of what IPTV means for the big telcos around the world. Here’s how they see things shaping up:

“In their quest to pull itself from the throes of a decaying voice business, telcos have one major hope: IPTV (Internet protocol Television).

The technology promises to transform television, and in the process re-energize telcos by reducing customer churn and introducing new revenue streams.

Yet, IPTV is as uncertain as it is tantalizing, and making it work will be as complex as the end-user experience it promises will be easy.”

So there’s a battle shaping up!

Until the dust settles and the winners emerge, perhaps you could consider snapping up the following domains names which applu to the spirit of Internet Protocol TV:

At this point, some people have had a taste of what IPTV could bring in terms of convenience, as long as you have access to high-speed internet. Converge! reports that CBS has recently made available a few shows, in conjunction with Google’s video marketplace:

“At the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Google announced plans to open a video marketplace, enabling consumers “to buy and rent a wide range of video content from a major television network, a professional sports league, cable programmers, independent producers and film makers.” Launched early last year, Google Video initially provided only free videos uploaded by end-users.

CBS is Google’s first major video content producer to sign-up for the service. CBS’s current primetime hits will include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, Survivor and The Amazing Race. Library classics will include I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, Have Gun Will Travel, Mannix, My Three Sons, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.

All CBS programs will be presented commercial free.”

So it’s on! The race to get the best domain names for anything related to IPTV has started.

Grab your online real estate now!