Short Domain Buyout Info

[VURG]

Warning: Participating in a buyout is highly risky. While some Namepros members have made lots of money participating in buyouts, others have lost hundreds or thousands. I don’t advise anyone to be involved in a buyout without understanding that they have the potential to lose a lot of money and should take full responsibility for any failures in their actions.​

I thought I’d start this thread as a reference for short domains as to what types of domains are bought out and what types of domains are not. To be included, the following characteristics must hold:

- Domain is no longer than 5 characters in length (A character is considered a number, letter or hyphen)
- Domain type must be at least 1000 similar domains.
- Domain registration fees must be less than US$50
- Domain type must have >50% already registered or be two characters long.
- Domain types are distinguished by letter composition, NOT DEFINITION. (e.g. 4 letter .net domains with “TV” in them is not considered a type of domain as “TV” has some form of definition.)
- For arguments sake, the letter “y” is considered to be a vowel at the end of a word but a consonant at all other positions on a word.

For simplification purposes the following codes exist:

L – Letter
N – Number
C – Letter or Number (When not used in conjunction with the letter V)
C – Consonant (When used in conjunction with the letter V)
V – Vowel
P – Premium Letter (One of the following letters: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T)

Bought Out Domains

2 Character Domains
CC .com/.net/.org/.info/.us/.cn/.ca/.biz/.in
3 Character Domains
LLL .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.es*/.cn/.it/.eu/.ca/.in/.biz/.nl/.pl/.de/.co.uk/.ru/.fr
NNN .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.cn/.eu/.ca/.in/.cc/.biz/.ru
C-C .com/.net/.org/.info/.in/.ru
LLN .com/.net/.ru
LNN .com/.net/.ru
NNL .com/.net/.ru
NLL .com/.net/.ru
LNL .com/.net/.ru
NLN .com/.net/.ru
4 Character Domains
NNNN .com/.net/.mobi/.cn/.com.cn
LLLL .com/.cn/.com.cn
PPPP .net
LLLL (maximum of two letter types) .net
CVCV .net/.info
VCVC .net
C--C .com
N-NN .com
NN-N .com
5 Character Domains
NNNNN .com
L-L-L .com
N-N-N .com

* bought out or reserved
Potential Buyouts
(must be >50% regged or 2 characters with reg fees below $50US)

2 Character Domains
CC.VG > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@moniker.com for <$30/year)
CC.CX > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@Domains.cx)
CC.VC > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@dotster.com for <$30/year - $25 with coupon)
CC.LV > 50% of 1296 registered
CC.COM.AU (Not legally tradeable, Restrictions apply) > 50% of 1296 registered
3 Character Domains
NNN.ME > 68% of 1000 are registered - link
LLL.CC > 62% of 17576 registered list
LLN.ORG >50% of 6760 registered
LLN.ORG (Premium Letters & Numbers:No JKQUVWXYZ/046) >90% registered
LNN.ORG >89% of 2600 registered list
NNL.ORG >62% of 2600 registered list
C-C.EU > 90% of 1296 registered
C-C.BIZ > 50% of 1296 registered
C-C.ASIA >50% of 1296 registered
4 Character Domains
L-LL.COM >65% of 17576 registered link
LL-L.COM >65% of 17576 registered link
L-NN.COM >60% of 2600 registered
LLLL.NET >54% of 456976 registered
NNNN.ORG > 85% of 10000 registered *HOT* link
5 Character Domains
L-L-L.DE >52% of 17576 registered list
NNNNN.NET >50% of 100000 registered link
CVCVV.COM >55% of 55125 domains registered
CVVCV.COM >52% of 55125 domains registered
CVCCV.COM (CC being same letters) >50% of 13125 registered
Palindromic CVCVC.com >82% of 2205 registered
VCVCV.COM >50% of 55125 domains registered
VCVCV.COM (Premium Letters) >95% of 10816 registered list
CVCVC.COM (Premium Letters) >83% of 35152 registered list
CVCV(+S) > 84% of 11025 registered - link
CVCCV.COM (Premium Letters) >70% of 35152 registered link

Quick Stats
>50% of 456,976 LLLL.net are registered
~50% (majority LLLL.com) of 1,307,248 CCCC.com are registered (includes hyphens)
>10% but <15% of 11,881,376 LLLLL.com are registered. stats

Significant Buyout Dates
LLL.com buyout: early 2000 ref
LLL.net buyout: early 2001 ref
LLL.info buyout: Feb. 23, 2004 ref
LLL.biz buyout: Feb. 25, 2004 ref
LLLL.com - November 2nd 2007
NNNNN.com - ?
L-L-L.com - October 2007
? - Any more?

I will aim to regularly update this initial post with more detail and relevant info. If you have any suggestions of domains that are bought out, potential buyouts, registration data on buyouts, links to Namepros threads relevant to a particular buyout, etc… feel welcome to mention it.

I don't know a lot on country codes and which domains are bought out and which domains have 2 character domains available or bought out. Some country codes don't have 2 character domains and I don't want to mention them.

 

[gavinchao]

me too

 

[epasaport]

you did not write LLL.eu and NNN.eu bought out , L-N.eu only 6 domains available at the moment, you wrote NNNN.org 10000 , it is 100000.

 

[vlad74]

you did not write LLL.eu and NNN.eu bought out , L-N.eu only 6 domains available at the moment, you wrote NNNN.org 10000 , it is 100000.

which eu are available? I want them

 

[epasaport]

which eu are available? I want them

thanks to jhony he did a full scan

total these 19 is Available

N-L.eu

0-c.eu
0-d.eu
0-f.eu
0-h.eu
0-i.eu
0-j.eu
0-n.eu
0-o.eu
0-q.eu
0-r.eu
0-t.eu
0-u.eu
0-v.eu
0-z.eu

L-N.eu only 5 domains available

q-0.eu
s-0.eu
u-0.eu
w-0.eu
y-0.eu
__________________

 

[VURG]

Thanks for the list.

I think LL.vc is nearly gone, also other LL.cc names are near and past buyouts. Have been planning a consolidated list of the LL.cc market for years, but information is very contradictory.

Where can you buy LL.vc and are they affordable?

you did not write LLL.eu and NNN.eu bought out , L-N.eu only 6 domains available at the moment, you wrote NNNN.org 10000 , it is 100000.

Thanks for the .eu info.

4 N's in NNNN.org and 4 0's in 10000. No error there.

 

[epasaport]

thanks to jhony he did a full scan

total these 19 is Available

N-L.eu

0-c.eu
0-d.eu
0-f.eu
0-h.eu
0-i.eu
0-j.eu
0-n.eu
0-o.eu
0-q.eu
0-r.eu
0-t.eu
0-u.eu
0-v.eu
0-z.eu

L-N.eu only 5 domains available

q-0.eu
s-0.eu
u-0.eu
w-0.eu
y-0.eu
__________________

There is a speedy gonzales only 2 domains remain to L-N.eu bought out
these are
y-0.eu
q-0.eu

but N-L.eu 's are still 14 available

Where can you buy LL.vc and are they affordable?



Thanks for the .eu info.

4 N's in NNNN.org and 4 0's in 10000. No error there.

vurg you are right I thought you have mentioned 5 N .

 

[vlad74]

thanks to jhony he did a full scan

total these 19 is Available

N-L.eu

0-c.eu
0-d.eu
0-f.eu
0-h.eu
0-i.eu
0-j.eu
0-n.eu
0-o.eu
0-q.eu
0-r.eu
0-t.eu
0-u.eu
0-v.eu
0-z.eu

L-N.eu only 5 domains available

q-0.eu
s-0.eu
u-0.eu
w-0.eu
y-0.eu
__________________

Thanks for the list :bingo: , I regged these today:


w-0.eu
u-0.eu
s-0.eu
0-u.eu
0-n.eu
0-t.eu
0-r.eu

 

[abid286]

Please add .asia also

 

[VURG]

Are two character .asia domains available?

Can't add .asia domains unless I know the stats and there are >50% of a type bought out. Too busy to do the scans myself.

 

[theparamount]

Was looking for a list just like this. Thanks VURG. Rep +1!

 

[Travis]

Please add .asia also

I seriously doubt anything in those will ever be bought out.

 

[Malaysia]

L-L.asia only 98 of 675 left so its more than 50% oredi

 

[VURG]

Sorry, I am treating L-L.asia as a subset of C-C.asia domains as I don't want categories of domains that have less than 1000 domains. Once I know that another 70 of the C-C.asia domains are registered, I will include it as well.

L-L.asia only 98 of 675 left so its more than 50% oredi

 

[xman]

LLL.ES > 90% of 17576 registered (bought out?)

I think the available ones are reserved. I found a few of them and they told me they are reserved and they end up giving me a refund.

Where can you buy LL.vc and are they affordable?

Dotster cost $29.95 and with a coupon it will only cost you $25

 

[metronome]

heh, I thought all L-L.asia are gone.

 

[VURG]

heh, I thought all L-L.asia are gone.

Only happenned recently. The C-C.asia category has been added.

 

[Jo]

Great thread!

I've done a little research and here is what I've found:

From site: http://3character.com/3-letter-domains-the-history-and-the-future.html

LLL.com buyout: early 2000
LLL.net buyout: early 2001

From another forum post it was reported (and also mentioned in the above article

LLL.info buyout: Feb. 23, 2004
LLL.biz buyout: Feb. 25, 2004

 

[Malaysia]

Great thread!

I've done a little research and here is what I've found:

From site: http://3character.com/3-letter-domains-the-history-and-the-future.html

LLL.com buyout: early 2000
LLL.net buyout: early 2001

From another forum post it was reported (and also mentioned in the above article

LLL.info buyout: Feb. 23, 2004
LLL.biz buyout: Feb. 25, 2004

.biz 2 days later..must be some big domainers's work! :lol:
nice stats..i never read that part..

 

[james0306]

Dotster cost $29.95 and with a coupon it will only cost you $25

Thanks for the info. Just registered bb.vc.
There are still many LL.vc available as $29.95 with Coupon code "bargaincat.com" .

 

[srigopaldaliya]

Can anyone tell me, where can i buy short .co.in or .in domain ????

 

[Malaysia]

Thanks for the info. Just registered bb.vc.
There are still many LL.vc available as $29.95 with Coupon code "bargaincat.com" .

how many LL.vc are there? do u have the available list?

 

[xman]

Just registered bb.vc.

Nice one.

I thought all double repeating letter were gone. I only collected double letter in .VC

 

[VURG]

Some updates thanks to the LLL info from the following thread:

http://www.namepros.com/short-domain-discussion/468482-lll-de.html

I only list info that I know somebody else verifies and so there are probably many bought out domains that I don't know that aren't listed.

 

[james0306]

Nice one.

I thought all double repeating letter were gone. I only collected double letter in .VC

True, it was the last double repeating letter left on .vc
Probably a drop.

 

[DomainName1]

what about NLL.org in the potential buyouts? Does anyone know how many are still available?