Results · 2026-07-22

# TBR Drop Report: July 22, 2026

The CIRA TBR pool released 9,389 domains Wednesday morning, and 256 made it off the bench—a crisp 2.73% catch rate that suggests either fierce competition or a lot of chaff in the mix. WHC Online Solutions Inc. came in hot with 159 catches, leaving everyone else chasing dust; BareMetal.com inc grabbed 52 and MyID.ca INC. rounded out the podium with 25. The rest scattered single-digit hauls across the board. It was a week where volume mattered, but precision mattered more.

WHC Online Solutions Inc. ran the clinic. Beyond the volume play, they snagged premium real estate: the 3-char ixu.ca and sli.ca, the dictionary word vessa.ca, and a mid-length stack including adopter.ca, experimental.ca, ethnology.ca, and safest.ca. That's not spray-and-pray; that's a methodical collection of usable names. BareMetal.com inc matched that precision with fewer pulls, hooking rang.ca (four-letter dictionary gold), the French pastry dream brulee.ca, pastiche.ca, tempting.ca, and sitar.ca. Two registrars, two different philosophies, both working.

The standout individual catch belongs to MyID.ca INC. on hab.ca—a perfect 3-character brand score of 100, the kind of name you build a company around. Register.ca Inc. and PlanetHoster each grabbed one headline-worthy domain apiece: cloudberry.ca and vouch.ca respectively. Not volume players, but they timed it right when it counted. PlanetHoster in particular deserves a nod for pulling the 5-char word vouch.ca in a 1-catch performance—pure focus.

The slip-throughs are worth noting. rase.ca, fele.ca, zibe.ca, and ebbs.ca all carried perfect brand scores of 100 and landed in the 4-character sweet spot. None got picked up. utterances.ca, fatale.ca, aircrew.ca, mimes.ca, arsed.ca, and redora.ca are all solid dictionary words with brand scores in the 80s—still available in the open pool. Whether these were overlooked or strategically passed is hard to say, but it's unusual to see that quality inventory left on the table in a TBR session.

The math tells the story: nearly 9,100 domains didn't move. That's either a sign the release was soft on quality, or the catching window for high-value .ca names is tightening fast. WHC Online Solutions Inc.'s dominance suggests they knew what they were hunting and they brought nets. This week's TBR had winners and a whole lot of also-rans.