Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:47:31 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/ FYO - Canadian Domain Names en-us http://www.fyo.ca/images/logo.gif http://www.fyo.ca/ info@whitebark.ca http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=75 Canadian domain name owners and those looking for good quality .ca domain names have been asking for it, now it has come true. Twice! There are at least two new Canadian domain name sales venues coming to service the domain name market in Canada. The first to be launched and open to the public is the one run by registrar MyID.ca. Already with thousands of .ca domains the MyID .ca sales venue has beat the competition out of the gate. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:47:31 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=74 So you have bought your first Canadian .ca domain names and are looking to start out with your website empire but where to begin with advertising products and services on your website? You will have to sign up with various affiliate programs and apply to the different companies for their individual programs. Once accepted you can start putting their ads on your website and track their performance - and hopefully your earnings. And that's the hardest part - tracking your performance, tweaking the ads and their positions, and finally their return to you and the affiliate company. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:29:52 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=73 Monetizing Canadian domain names is a standard practice online and in the Internet industry that domain owners do to promote their websites and domain values. Monetizing to me is the full solution set of options, content, architecture, advertisements, affiliate offers, widgets, and features that go on a website. You can monetize a website just by putting up a keyworded text entry, a captioned Youtube, that is connected to your site's topic. The Monetizer's query immediately asks how this bring money to the site owner. What it brings is site visitors, because once the Youtube capacity is opened up, a host account for that website can be utilized to visit other video upload at Youtube and direct traffic back to the site via linking. Dynamic content drives a website, and a text only site with no video to give a lazy browser "something to do". One tasty link to anew resource could be the most trafficked thing on your landing page. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:22:08 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72 One domainer I know has the habit of emailing me when he is thinking of acquiring domains. I find this curious, because the domains we have developed have suffered from his lack of grooming. How can someone understand an Estibot estimate if they are ignorant of what Alexa ranking is? I do not say that Alexa rankings are the be-all and end-all of domaining existence. But to claim the value of a domain name that lies available for purchase according to the perceived value of one line (of an Estibot) when you don't understand the definition of the value a few lines below it, that is part of the same valuation, is spurious. Can Estibot predict the ultimate resale utility of a potential domain acquisition? If it could, wouldn't we all be millionaires? This is a domainer who refused to augment his content or add to his link directory. He will trawl websites looking for domains when he has viable hosted sites that need detailing. But I get a fresh email on every action item. Until I feel this guy is developing his own domains at least as hard as I am trying to develop mine, why should I pander to his ad hoc Q & A session? I am willing to be part of the learning curve of many newbies, but there comes a time when spoon feeding is over. I see no reason to give blanket assurances about "crystal ball" values. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:18:18 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=71 2010 has started with a bang for Canada's .ca domain name. Between private sales, auction sales and TBR sales, 2010 is shaping up to be a great year for .ca domains. 2009 saw a huge slump over 2008 due to the worldwide recession. Sales were down, auctions were not so fierce and end-users were harder to find. Domain name forum sales were also down sharply, but for bargain buyers or those looking to buy and hold for better days, 2009 presented a good buying opportunity. Now that the economy is turning around, .ca domain name sales are on the increase. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:39:10 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=70 By Guest Author Successfully investing in domain names is a form of investment that can be highly lucrative - and you too can do it after gaining some needed upfront knowledge before tackling the Domain Name Industry. Prior to starting to invest in .ca, .com and other domains you need to learn the basics of domain names, possess the skills in evaluating the market value of a domain and stay up to date with the industry specific news. The Canadian domain name and website buyers are a smaller group than the wider domain industry - though some are into both. Get to know some of them, their knowledge can put you on the right track. As any other financial advisor would say – “Don’t put all your eggs in a one basket”, I would advise you to invest only a little portion of your money on domains in the initial phase. After you learn the ins and outs of the trade, you could start investing more money and be ready to take more risks. Investing in domain names, including Canadian domain names, can be both fun and lucrative on many levels. But look before you leap. Read on to learn more. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:48:05 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=69 One domainer I know has the habit of emailing me when he is thinking of acquiring domains. I find this curious, because the domains we have developed have suffered from his lack of grooming. How can someone understand an Estibot estimate if they are ignorant of what Alexa ranking is? I do not say that Alexa rankings are the be-all and end-all of domaining existence. But to claim the value of a domain name that lies available for purchase according to the perceived value of one line (of an Estibot) when you don't understand the definition of the value a few lines below it, that is part of the same valuation, is spurious. Can Estibot predict the ultimate resale utility of a potential domain acquisition? If it could, wouldn't we all be millionaires? Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:21:26 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=68 Every domainer talks about strategy but few have a way to really track how their domaining activities follow a logical path of progression regarding the domaining sciences. The world of domaining and the instruments and tools available can exhaust many old-timers, let alone newbies. For those stuck in between there is a curious mix of knowledge and opportunity, trepidation and boldness. Some formalization of the thinking process must occur. I look to an old fashioned program called MS Project, but any project management time line will do. Similar tools are found in Visio, or at the worst case scenario a Paint draft of some graphic type might be employed. Putting a domain into development should direct an armada of resources and leave the webmaster tired from all the hard work. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:15:14 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67 A domain name is a valuable asset to any organization or individual especially if it has a good market value. As a domain name owner, you should take necessary steps and adhere to some common security practices in order to protect the specific domain. If you ever lose your valuable domain to the evil hands, it would be very hard to get it back. I would like to cite a real life incident - davidairey.com/google-gmail-security-hijack, where the domain of a popular site was stolen by a hacker. It took a significant amount of time for the site owner to recover the stolen domain. Here are some of the security tips that can help to protect your valuable domain names and the websites that rely on them. Registering Domain Names When you try to register a domain name, make sure you place the order with a leading domain registration company which is reputable and has been in the business for quite a long time. If you are unsure about a particular registrar, you could read reviews from other leading sites. You also need to make sure that the particular registrar is accredited with ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers). Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:05:36 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=66 Domain parking is a method of earning money with domain names which have type-in traffic or pre-existing traffic (if it was a website before). Depending upon the amount of traffic, you could earn hundreds and even thousands of dollars thru domain parking each and every month. There are some domainers in the industry who manage thousands of domains in their portfolio and earn big money thru domain parking. .ca domain names do very well with domain parking companies as Canadian traffic converts well for the advertisers and thus the payouts to the domain name owner for their traffic is high. The following are some ways you too can earn extra income by parking domain names. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:59:08 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=65 Expired domains can serve as a good source of income. This is especially true if they have high traffic or value (domain age, pagerank or generic word). Statistics show that thousands of domains expire every day. This is due to the fact that many websites become defunct or the domain owner fails/ no longer wishes to renew the specific domain name. This is a great opportunity for domainers to make use of such domains and monetize them to earn money. In Canada CIRA - Canadian Internet Registration Authority, oversees the .ca domain name space. They maintain a database of all registered domain names and when .ca domains are not renewed they go through the TBR (to be released) process. Through accredited registrars you can back-order expiring domain names. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:30:06 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=64 A domain name plays a vital role when it comes to optimizing your website for leading search engines like Google, Yahoo Search or MSN Search. However search engines rank a website based on numerous factors which may include but not limited to site content, relevancy of backlinks, site’s pagerank, quality of backlinks, domain name etc. So the domain name is one among the many factors that search engines analyze to rank a particular website. Some Real Life Examples Ok let me explain the importance of the domain name in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) with some real life scenarios. Let me start with the search engine jumbo – Google.com. The website “health.com” ranks as no.1 for the search term “health”. Similarly “shop.com” and “shoes.com” rank as no. 1 for the search terms “shop” and “shoes” respectively. These sites also rank in top 10 results for the same keywords in other major search engines like Yahoo Search and MSN Live (with an exception to health.com which ranks in 2nd page of Yahoo Search for “health”). Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:54:54 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=63 Yes, domaining is an international business. But no foreign language is required. Most online portals for services and content are in English. Many business opportunities within the domain world will be with people you never meet or talk to. But unless you are online, ready and waiting to get their business, you’ll never know what you’re missing. And if you don’t get online to make the opportunities start paying, someone else will get the work. To start an online career you’ll need an email address, a word processor capability to access to conventional word processing programs like Word or Wordperfect, and have a good command of the English language and a firm commitment to spelling and grammar checking. Borrowed equipment might work in the beginning, when you’ll be learning most of the terms and technology and waiting for clients to ‘bite”. The requirement is to be able to check email and certain sites regularly. Before client access and communication becomes an issue, making yourself available by telephone or email, instant messenger or Twitter can be critical. Access to a working device to get work done and the ability to work confidentially is also important. Netbooks and laptops make excellent career choice devices for an internet career as they can be Skype enabled for video conferences very inexpensively and can be portable. Thus any coffee shop or table becomes your domain or writing office. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:49:00 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=62 Domain flipping is the process of buying domains at a low price and selling those domains later for a higher price. Just like investments in the stock market, domain flipping can be risky but it can also be highly lucrative. To make for a successful career in domain flipping, you need to possess hands on experience with domain names, domain appraisals and closely watch the industry happenings. Let me discuss about the various aspects that can help you become profitable via domain name flipping. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:53:59 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=61 If you have been hearing about people selling domain names online and being in business for themselves, and you want to be part of it - now is the right time to get into the domain names. There have been many shakeups in the domain name world and now is a good time to get in under the wire and become a career domain name investment and reselling player. If you are looking for a second career or think you have the entrepreneurial spirit to make a go of it please read on. Domaining can work to fulfill all your career earnings goals and generate passive income via domain name parking or creating websites. But even when writing for other websites, article aggregators, and article indexed sites, the domain space can provide previously untapped revenue potential to anyone willing to work hard and try to establish themselves online as domainers. But what kind of person is right to work within the domain name commodity business? If you have ever made a website for a friend or a company, you know that domains names are about ten dollars and they need some hosting investment and programming specialization to get them launched. What you may not know is that are entire tiers of commerce online concerning different markets within the broad tangent of international name sales and global domain name commerce. And with some tailwind speed you can get airborne doing business online and start making money in the Internet/domain space. It takes a hard driving, hard working domaining professional to realize value from making deals and providing online domain related services. An ambitious and hard working individual must work around the clock sometimes to leverage value from each auction, to make each site special enough to resell the name or make potential buyers bid. Yet domaining probably misses a lot of the kinds of entrepreneurs who might make millions because there is no formal course of study, meeting place, or standard path to follow. Wed, 13 May 2009 23:52:21 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=60 The time may be nearing when your company is shutting down some operations or moving in a new direction you don't want to be part of. In these recessionary times if you have been laid off or seen your hours scaled back, or are simply looking around for a new direction that utilizes your skills and gets your passions working for you, look to the online domain world to jump start a new future. The following are 10 things you should consider if you want to become successful with domain names. Mon, 11 May 2009 18:40:28 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59 When a dot ca domain name is not renewed by the expiry date it is deleted from the previous user's account and goes into the TBR - to be released - system where anyone can then register the domain name. In order to grab the domain name you will have to place a backorder with one of the many certified domain name registrars offering that particular service. The prices vary and so do the methods they use for placing the order. Be sure to read all the rules and regulations for each registrar before placing your order. One of the best types of expired domains to grab are those that were formally websites. These domains have backlinks, bookmarks and sometimes are typed in directly by those that used the site before it expired. This means you can redirect the traffic to your other websites, place a new website on the expired domain name, or even just park the domain name to make quick money from it. But there are problems with grabbing expired domains. Sometimes an expired domain was not really meant to be allowed to expire. Some large companies leave domain renewals to employees who might no longer be with the company when the renewal time comes around and thus it expires when it would have otherwise been renewed as per normal. Other times someone might change their email address and no longer monitor the former admin contact email and they will not see the soon to expire notices from their registrar. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:54:22 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58 The Domain Registry of Canada is at it again. We highlighted this company in the past on this website but that hasn't stopped them from continuing their spamming of people's mailboxes with unsolicited bulk-mail. Today we had delivered to our postal box another letter from the Domain Registry of Canada. The letter contains information about their "easy means of payment" and weak reasoning why you should abandon your current domain name registrar for their service. Anyone receiving these notices which have changed slightly from the last one we got, will quickly notice their prices are far in excess of the major domain name registrars. It must be costing them a lot of money to troll WHOIS results to find domain name owners not using WHOIS protection in order to send them snail mails touting their over-priced "service". Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:15:40 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57 WhiteBark Innovations are offering the following premium Canadian geo domains for sale to the highest bidder. The three domains are perfectly representative of their particular region and all have tremendous upsides. Cities and towns are off-limits for most Canadians when it comes to registering them in dot ca as they are reserved for the exclusive use of the particular city or town. Here we have three domains that can be used by anyone and thus are rare by any measure. The three Canadian domains are: EasternCanada.ca, NorthernCanada.ca PacificNorthwest.ca. All have perfectly clear and clean histories and have a thousand and one potential end uses. These domains are not misspellings, typos or in non-natural language. The domains are exactly as Canadians use them in natural every day conversations, on the news, in print media, on maps, and referring to history etc. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:49:42 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56 Pool.com who is one of the largest domain name sellers and a great place to back order expiring dot ca domain names has announced a slew of new changes to the their domain marketplace. Probably recognizing that the domain industry is also suffering because of the recession and subsequent downturn in the economy, Pool.com is offering their users the ability to list their domain names for free on their system. That's right - free. You can't beat that. You only pay if your domain name sells. The current commission rate is 10% with a minimum $40 US charge. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:19:20 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55 When trying to log in to the TBR system for NamesPro.ca I noticed the following message regarding their dropping domain name bidding system. Attention to all TBR bidders, We are in the process of rebuilding our TBR system in order to serve you better. All TBR bidding will be temporary disabled to ensure the new system is properly tested. Service and bidding will resume for the TBR session on January 13, 2008. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:19:24 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54 Better than an early Christmas present comes NamesPro.ca's super Thanksgiving transfer sale. NamesPro.ca is the domain name registrar of choice for .ca domains for FYO Canadian Domain Names. You will not find a better registrar for customer service, reliability and overall customer satisfaction. And at a rate of $9.88 per year it's the best deal in Canada! NamesPro.ca is the registrar for Canadian universities, colleges, businesses big and small, political parties, charitable organizations and users from coast to coast. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:36:56 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53 As some of you are already aware, there has been a marked downturn in the domain and website sales pace experienced in the past couple years. The general malaise in the wider economy is surely playing its part. This doesn't mean there hasn't been some large sales, because there has been many, and it also doesn't mean that new sources of information and places and opportunities haven't arisen. For those investing in Canadian domain names and dot ca websites there has been two new newsletters started. And .ca auctions by MyID are coming back soon. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:32:47 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=52 According to a press release by The Go Daddy Group, Inc, GoDaddy.com are going to start offering Canadians and others able to meet the Canadian presence requirements the opportunity to register .ca domains. To help advertise this move, Go Daddy will be a broadcast sponsor of a NASCAR event on Canadian television. A Go Daddy subsidiary - Go Daddy Domains Canada is a certified .CA registrar and is based in Ontario. Through this relationship Go Daddy will be able to offer dot ca domains. Go Daddy is known for having value priced domains and cheap web hosting. It is not yet known at what price they will be offering .ca registrations, renewals and transfers. How they handle registrar and registrant transfers is still unknown as well. This writer believes that Go Daddy coming into the world of dot ca domains came in large part to their recent hiring of the successful Canadian domainer Adam Dicker of DNForum. It would not be surprising to see Go Daddy also become heavily involved in the weekly TBR - To Be Released - drops. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:22 -0700 http://www.fyo.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=51 DomainAssets.ca is launching the first Canadian domain newsletter to serve the growing .ca domain name aftermarket. The newsletter will bring together buyers and sellers of .ca domain names in a marketplace that specifically serves Canadians. Canada's internet domain extension - the ".ca" - has reached the 1 millionth registration, and continues to be grow. Canadian businesses are getting onboard the .ca bandwagon by increasingly using Canadian domain names for their marketing in television, newspapers, billboards and direct marketing. "Businesses recognize that ".ca" means "Canadian" and it's important to use the .ca brand domain name in their marketing to reach Canadians online. Businesses who understand the value of good domain names and need .ca's in their target niche can meet sellers at DomainAssets.ca We want the DomainAssets.ca Newsletter to help buyers and sellers of .ca domains in a marketplace just for our extension - the .ca" Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:17:40 -0700