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I have a few 5L domains in mind that I'm thinking of purchasing. Some are in the category VCVCV, others CVCVC and one is CVVCV (pronounceable and brandable in my opinion). Should I go for it? Do you think the market for this category will be better or worse in 2018? Do you have reported sales or get offers for your domains?

Thanks in advance,
Merakilous
 
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I have few but selling for low .
 
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Yes but we are not in 1996, we are in 2017 and 130 million domains are registered in .com alone. The .com zone has been mined to the death by thousands of speculators over the course of two decades. If you find a name that nobody claimed for $10, ask yourself how you are going to resell it for more. It could happen. Maybe it is just a question of timing, being at the right place at the right time.
Of course, there are exceptions like recent drops, but a good name shouldn't remain unregistered for years.
The yet unknown domain names we are talking about must have been scanned hundreds of times, yet discarded by domainers. Maybe there is a reason. Just saying.
Now the names may be pronounceable and fairly brandable, but that still doesn't mean there is a buyer. Millions of decent names are waiting for a buyer that will never come, such is the reality of our trade.

I totally understand your point Kate. I try to be cautious when buying domains because you can never be sure that someone will buy it, even when more experienced domainers say to you that you should go for it. It's risky, it may be a total failure but sometimes you have to risk to gain.
 
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Kate make a good point, as always. Watching 5 / 6 letter selling for 2k+, reg-fee domains look like a good deal so a plan and caution are important.

I picked Uneqld for reg-fee.


Like Max Erhmann once said "Always exercise caution in your business affairs"
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Tons of domains could have been overlooked over the years.

New technologies, new terms, new trends are all factors that can make a worthless domain suddenly appealing.

Also people are uneducated. If a domain is available they think its worthless. If a domain is for sale, they think it must have value.
 
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CVVCV (pronounceable and brandable in my opinion). Should I go for it?

What is the last vowel? The last vowel usually makes or breaks a 5L. Thanks in advance.
 
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What is the last vowel? The last vowel usually makes or breaks a 5L. Thanks in advance.

It is just my opinion, but I think E, U and I at the end is weaker than A and O.
 
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You are doing well if you are finding them for reg fee

I own a few bought for reg fee some listed on bb and others ejected by bb but it's getting extremely difficult to find good 5L. Coms for reg fee as I spend a bit of time trying to find good 5L. Coms for reg fee
 
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It is just my opinion, but I think E, U and I at the end is weaker than A and O.

So Zieca.com is ok and biexa are ok but bioue.com and Pioue.com not as much
 
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The person on here I can't remember his username on here but he owns AbleBrands they have some pretty decent 5L. Coms and quite a large quantity of them and they posted examples of recent 5L sales which gives an idea shat is selling
 
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So Zieca.com is ok and biexa are ok but bioue.com and Pioue.com not as much

The message was referring to the last vowel. Not the other letters.
And my opinion was based on a general rule and not a specific name.

Still from your example, yes, I would prefer Zieca and Zieco to Ziecu, Ziece and Zieci.
 
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The person on here I can't remember his username on here but he owns AbleBrands they have some pretty decent 5L. Coms and quite a large quantity of them and they posted examples of recent 5L sales which gives an idea shat is selling
Thanks. I've been looking at recent sales and current 5 letter domains at auctions to see what names are doing good and names that aren't doing so good...
 
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It is just my opinion, but I think E, U and I at the end is weaker than A and O.
Yes, I understand your point but for instance Pikei.com was sold for $606, Ponge.com was sold for $423 and there are other decent sales ending in I, E, or U.
 
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Just because it's pronounceable doesn't mean it's any good. There is tons of of pronounceable 5L's that are pure junk. When you find one ask yourself if you would use it or if you could picture someone else actually using it. If not then don't register it because in a few years you will end up dropping it. Remember there are tons of choices for potential buyers to choose from at every price point.
 
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5Ls are nice, but the issue with them is that each one is a little lottery ticket. If the name has no real meaning and no existing potential end user, you're playing a waiting game, hoping someone will come along and like it. A solid (maybe optimistic) expectation would be to sell 1 or 2 percent of your 5L portfolio per year, which means you really need to be buying and selling them at the right price to not only break even, but make profit from them.

Some users on here make the model work quite well. Perhaps @JimJammy would be willing to jump on and spread some wisdom...

The best model I've seen is to invest heavily in good, solid, pronounceable names, and give them a lot of exposure. If you don't own a portfolio site that gets a lot of traffic, that means hoping they get accepted at a marketplace like BrandBucket where they can get a lot of eyeballs on them from real buyers, and can sell for 100 to 300 times their purchase price. And for the ones that don't get accepted, you put them up on every major aftermarket site with a reasonable BIN.

5Ls are not a fast path to easy money. I only own a few because I refuse to spend more than GD closeout prices on them, and I'm picky enough that I like to be able to derive meaning from the name without having to think too hard.

I've never had a sniff on my meagre collection of 5Ls, but I like them enough to hold them for a while:

Cabya
OMGok
Nomry
Adzow
Fisqa
Zazya (might drop this one)
 
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Yes but we are not in 1996, we are in 2017 and 130 million domains are registered in .com alone. The .com zone has been mined to the death by thousands of speculators over the course of two decades. If you find a name that nobody claimed for $10, ask yourself how you are going to resell it for more. It could happen. Maybe it is just a question of timing, being at the right place at the right time.
Of course, there are exceptions like recent drops, but a good name shouldn't remain unregistered for years.
The yet unknown domain names we are talking about must have been scanned hundreds of times, yet discarded by domainers. Maybe there is a reason. Just saying.
Now the names may be pronounceable and fairly brandable, but that still doesn't mean there is a buyer. Millions of decent names are waiting for a buyer that will never come, such is the reality of our trade.
Exactly why we now buy mostly Chinese pinyin names-great post-thank you.
 
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No doubt, pronounciable 5L.com would be the next big thing in a couple of years. Shortnames.com report proper sales of these items. A meaningful keyword in the 5L serves as the icing on the cake.
My few 5L.com purchases that I would like to hold for now: botxy, enrzy, enrzi, enrjy
 
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Thank you to everyone participating in this thread. I'm reading all your posts and learning a lot. If someone wants to spread more wisdom on this matter please jump on :xf.smile:
 
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How would you rate letter priority in CVCVC:

1st: Any consonant can start. Maybe x, y, w, q are less valuable.
2nd: any
3rd: q, w, x, y, j no so popular, also hard to pronounce c or h
4th: a, i preferance
5th: s looks best, mayde d, c, r...
 
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I have a few 5L domains in mind that I'm thinking of purchasing. Some are in the category VCVCV, others CVCVC and one is CVVCV (pronounceable and brandable in my opinion). Should I go for it? Do you think the market for this category will be better or worse in 2018? Do you have reported sales or get offers for your domains?

Thanks in advance,
Merakilous


I would not go for it unless the domain makes sense
based on other rules then the one you quoted
 
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I would probably stay away from VCVCV unless its a really good pronounceable name like iLive etc

I prefer CVCVC names, i recently sold on Rekut(.)com for $340 on NJ
 
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The same we could say for registered domains but not developed :xf.wink:


I think so, there are tons & tons of crappy registered names!!! :xf.eek:


Now the names may be pronounceable and fairly brandable, but that still doesn't mean there is a buyer. Millions of decent names are waiting for a buyer that will never come, such is the reality of our trade.

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As an incorrigible optimist I regged ByHap.com :xf.grin::xf.grin::xf.grin:

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Thank you to everyone participating in this thread. I'm reading all your posts and learning a lot. If someone wants to spread more wisdom on this matter please jump on :xf.smile:
We bought recently Wkii.com ( obviously a play on Wiki.com with over 1 billion results ) and we paid no more than we would for a quality 5L.com We'd rather have Wkii.com We think it could be a great name for a future cryptocurrency or whatever in other words more chance to sell it for a large sum of money. One 5L.com we recently missed was Bingzo.com which we thought was a great 5L.
 
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