Last 3 Letter Domain Sales

July 13, 2008 | 3 Letter Guide | RSS 2.0

Has the domain niche that everyone thought was untouchable finally hit its peak? Over the past few weeks we have started to see a steady decline in the bottom end prices of LLL.com domains.

This is pretty far from the truth considering the recent sales data taken from multiple venues. Here are some recent LLL.com sales:

2008-06-20 - RYY.com - $7,124
2008-06-23 - XKD.com - $7,100
2008-06-26 - HMQ.com - $7,300
2008-06-26 - BIY.com - $7,400
2008-07-01 - QVK.com - $6,730
2008-07-02 - FQV.com - $6,305

You could argue that some of these aren’t of the highest quality but this is incidental considering the minimum wholesale figure doesn’t discriminate and covers all LLL.com domains.

Will this recent decrease in LLL.com domain value incite panic selling. There seems to have been an increase in LLL.com domains on the market recently and this will only decrease their value further. Greater supply is soon followed by decreased demand. Some domain investors think that this is the beginning of a LLL.com price crash and believe prices could fall below $4000 in the coming months. Has the mighty giant, the ’safest’ investment, the domain niche offering ultimate liquidity, finally hit it’s peak?

How this will affect four letter domain sales I do not know but just recently we have seen a marginal increase in LLLL.com sales figures. I believe this is because the peoples gaze has turned to the three letter domain market. Confidence is once again beginning to grow in quad letter domains because the initial scare of falling prices has passed and people have once again begun to reinvestin this niche. Who knows if this will continue as three letter domain sales inevitably affect their four letter domain offspring. They are intertwinedbut many domainers believe the huge gap between the two markets must close sooner or later. What they didn’t believe is that its LLL.com prices decreasing that is closing the gap rather than LLLL.com prices dramatically increasing.

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What are Four Letter Domain Names?

July 9, 2008 | Uncategorized | RSS 2.0

Four letter domain names are quite simply domains containing only four characters with each of these characters being a letter. Very recently, all four letter domain names in the popular dot com extension have been registered. This leads to some interesting observations and opportunities.

Not too long ago, a small pool of four letter dot com domain names were available for registration. The number steadily declined over the past two years as individuals and companies began to realize their unique value. On November 22, 2007, the scales tipped and the last of the available names in the pool were registered. Now whenever one expires it is immediately captured through a drop catching service or registered by a new holder.

Four letter domains have many benefits. Primarily, they are short and easy to remember while remaining economical for most individuals and businesses. Any shorter and the name would be much more difficult to acquire. Any longer and the name would start to lose some of its cache. A short, memorable identity provides a powerful tool for marketing and brand building. Look at some recently created brands which fit into this category: xBox, iPod, Digg, Hulu.

Four letter domains are relatively scarce. There are only 456,976 possible combinations. While this might seem like a large number, compare this to the total registered dot com names of over 55 million. As increasing number of individuals begin to see the unique value of these names, there may not be enough to go around.

In the wide world of domain names and the internet, four letter domains are certainly an area that bears watching.

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