Ooops. Sorry. I guess I was kind of offhand with my list of "call-outs".
Thanks for your reply, maxeaus. And, you are right about one thing. Without the support of people like the regular contributors to this forum, it stands no chance of making a difference.
For clarification, here is the outline of my idea :
A "free" listing site for premium LLLL.com. (as you said, all-premium, cvcv, etc. -- some kind of agreed upon minimum quality) Not a sales marketplace, but an active index of available premium four letter domains... the only requirements for a listing would be a BIN price (link to the sponsoring marketplace, website, etc.)
Of course, it would be also acceptable to have the individual listings display with a text box so that the seller could identify an opening bid they would consider sending to auction, or offer some other payment structure besides BIN price. However, forcing the sellers to commit to a listed BIN price (even if high) will provide the marketplace with a real range of prices, and in theory, keep inventory moving.
Why do it? Why spend the money on hosting, etc. to provide free listings?
Because I'm invested in the market. I will benefit by seeing the market improve, across the board.
Because I think by organizing what is available (in terms of premium LLLL.com) on the aftermarket the whole niche might get some real momentum, and prices might start moving toward BuyDomains style four figure sales more often even for triple premiums and the rest... The top will get real hot attention, but the rest might benefit from "trickle down interest".
In a perfect world, the domain for the job of promoting the value in "premium" four letter domains, in my opinion, is the one recently sold by Reece. But since I don't have access to that, I will try to come up with something. That is, provided the members here see the opportunity as I do, and encourage me to continue, or can help me come up with a better idea. My intention is to help raise the real value of short (read: LLLL.com) domains.
Thanks again... and please keep the conversation going. Positive momentum in the market is a good thing.
