One letter domains

cipcip · 07-21-2010, 03:36 AM

How good are one letter domains on ccTLD's ?

I have found a ccTLD where the whole alphabet from a to z is available and also the numbers from 1 to 9.

I secured just one g.??? Not disclosing the ccTLD for now..

I want your opinions, thanks

Nathan K · 07-21-2010, 04:09 PM

There are no 1 letter domains available in any extension. You sure it's not a subdomain?

sdsinc · 07-21-2010, 05:27 PM

Most of the time they are vanity items because the TLD is not popular.

maximum · 07-21-2010, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Nathan K

There are no 1 letter domains available in any extension. You sure it's not a subdomain?

As to any actually currently being available for normal registration, I'd assume your 100% correct...some big spenders grab them all when new ccTLD's open-up. But as to them not existing: Actually quite a few ccTLD's (those belonging to countries) allow them (albeit, at very high prices or at auctions when they first became open). They just don't exists as still grabbable (other than buying from current owner if already registered - grand-fathered-in) in the gTLD's (generics, like .com, .net, etc).

The single character generics that are owned/registered:

- i.net Ltd Future Media Architects
- q.com owned by JG Qwest
- q.net owned by Private Owner (Whois database not required to list any name on this one due to French law.The owner had it up for sale about 2-3 years ago, via Sedo and Afternic, but never sold. ) -- If I had that kind of $ to spend, that I could put toward a domain, that would have been my baby

(q.net: "questions about the net": users-answering-users FAQ site

)
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/short-domain-discussion/667903-one-letter-domains.html
- x.com owned by PayPal -- my ULTIMATE domain dream - "X marks the spot!"

- x.org owned by X.Org Foundation
- z.com owned by Nissan Motors

I don't recall all the ccTLD's that offered or ever did offer single characters, but Afternic currently has 46 up for sale (list has 49, but I'm not inclucing sub-domains of the country-extension):

Code:

http://www.afternic.com/names.php?src=1&skeyword=&tld[]=any&sta=0&cat0=0&cat1=0&lop=&hip=&slength=1&length=1&within=0&ipp=100&sortby=n

Add to that list, that some ccTLD's aren't on that list. For example, I know they are/were avaibale in .tv, for example.

VURG · 07-21-2010, 06:12 PM

Depends.

Are your annual fees below $50/year?
Are the domains transferable to the international market?

If so, then they probably would have great potential.

Nathan K · 07-21-2010, 06:17 PM

Maxium: I didn't say they didn't exist I just said there were none available.

maximum · 07-21-2010, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Nathan K

Maxium: I didn't say they didn't exist I just said there were none available.

Originally Posted by maximum

As to any actually currently being available for normal registration, I'd assume your 100% correct...some big spenders grab them all when new ccTLD's open-up.

Didn't want someone else to misunderstand, by thinking they don't exist or are never available (some newbies don't know that

). I did say "As to any actually currently being available for normal registration, I'd assume you're 100% correct."

kev · 07-22-2010, 05:30 AM

I know what extension your talking about and they've already sent me an email saying 1 letter domains can't be registered.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=667903

Syntactic rules

A domain name is a series of alphanumeric characters including letters from A to
Z, numbers from 0 to 9 and the sign minus ““.
From a syntactic point of view domain names cannot be registered when:
a) The names have only one character;
b) The names have only two characters;
c) The names begin or end in minus ““;
d) The names have more than 63 characters;
e) The names begin with any two alphanumeric characters followed by two minuses

Sorry to burst your bubble. You'll probably get a refund for your order though

XDuncan · 07-23-2010, 11:55 PM

Hi,

I managed to register a few one letter domains last year. They are worth a few hundred minimum.

Kamikaze · 10-15-2010, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by nbaera

is there any more one letter domain still available now? as a.com, or b.com ?

Yep !
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=667903
Also sex.com and casino.com are available !!
You must be joking...

lothos · 10-15-2010, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by nbaera

is there any more one letter domain still available now? as a.com, or b.com ?

no.

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kev KevinMacpherson.co.uk Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dundee, Scotland Posts: 3,886	I know what extension your talking about and they've already sent me an email saying 1 letter domains can't be registered. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=667903 Syntactic rules A domain name is a series of alphanumeric characters including letters from A to Z, numbers from 0 to 9 and the sign minus ““. From a syntactic point of view domain names cannot be registered when: a) The names have only one character; b) The names have only two characters; c) The names begin or end in minus ““; d) The names have more than 63 characters; e) The names begin with any two alphanumeric characters followed by two minuses Sorry to burst your bubble. You'll probably get a refund for your order though __________________ One Letter Domain Names for sale including F.AF - 40 other names available all priced to sell

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07-21-2010, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nathan K New Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 8	There are no 1 letter domains available in any extension. You sure it's not a subdomain?

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VURG VURG Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 2,565	Depends. Are your annual fees below $50/year? Are the domains transferable to the international market? If so, then they probably would have great potential.

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Nathan K New Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 8	Maxium: I didn't say they didn't exist I just said there were none available.

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