Dynadot

LLLL.com COUNTDOWN!

Spaceship Spaceship
Watch
Impact
298
COUNTDOWN COMPLETE!

NO MORE 4 LETTER DOMAIN AVAILABLE TO REGISTER!
_______________________________________________________________

Since early 2005, I have been investing/trading with 4 letter domain names. I started this thread due to the large variation in opinions on how many four letter domains there are available. When I started, I heard a range on viewpoints ranging from 200,000 down to nothing. What I learned that most people did not know how many were available.

Sources of Error for the estimates in number of available 4 letter domains include:

Traffic Testers: These are people who buy thousands of domains at a time to see if the domains are being visited and only keep the small percentage of domains that have regular visitors and cancel their orders for the domains that don't have a regular flow of visitors.

Inefficient ways of making estimates: There are over 450 thousand possible 4-Letter domains. There are short cuts that people can take in estimating the number that been registered that don't include all domains. One short cut that is often taken is for somebody to search through a list of previously available 4 letter names that they purchased (or got for free) and assume that all the names that are not on that list are registered.

People quoting old information:The variation in the number available changes all the time. Estimates that are months old are very different than up to date estimates.

People manipulating information for a sale:It definately is true that incorrect information on the available number of 4-letter domains can intensionally be manipulated to sell 4-letter domains at a higher price. Typically the lack of supply tends to motivate people to pay higher prices.

As a 4-letter domain trader, I believe that the information of how many 4-letter domains there are is extremely valuable for two main reasons. Firstly, my pricing of my names is subject to the amount of work it requires for customer to find for similar name. Secondly, if I want to increase my stock of 4-letter names than the information of how many there are at reg fee prices is essential.

I decided to update this thread when the number of available 4-letter domains dropped to the following levels:
22% Remaining - 25th January 2006
19% Remaining - 31st March 2006
16% Remaining - 29th June 2006
13% Remaining - 1st August 2006
10% Remaining - 15th February 2007 (crossed without traffic testing early April)
9% Remaining - 26th February 2007 (crossed without traffic testing early May)
8% Remaining - 2nd March 2007 (crossed without traffic testing in June)
7% Remaining - 21st March 2007 (crossed without traffic testing early July)
6% Remaining - 3rd July 2007(crossed without traffic testing some time in July)
5% Remaining - 1st August 2007(crossed without traffic testing August 11)
4% Remaining - 14th August 2007(crossed late August)
3% Remaining - 15th September 2007(crossed In September)
2% Remaining - 14th October 2007
1% Remaining - 31st October 2007
0% Remaining - 2nd November - COUNTDOWN COMPLETE!

Although, the number of available domains does sometime rise straight after it drops due to traffic testing and people dropping their domains, I don't consider it worth mentioning unless the rise is as significant as a 3% rise in the number of available domains.

Types of Four Letter Domains that have run out include:
- ALL OF THEM!

Since I started this thread important event about four letter domains that are worth mentioning happenned:

1: Late March/Early April 2006 there was a significant shift in the market for brandable (fake words) 4-letter domains and they started selling at significantly higher prices and the market for the names has been a lot more active ever since.

2: In July 2006, a namepros member 3par launched DYYO.com as a site committed to educating people about 4 letter domains. This is an excellent resource for those who are interested in 4 letter domain names.

3: In early February 2007. All the 4 letter domains starting with the letter A ran out.

4: wasistdas won QQNQ.COM, PCZV.COM & IQKE.COM for the competition for predicting when the 4 Letter domains would run out
_______________________________________________________________
Initial Post
Less than 23% of the 4 letter domain names are unregistered. I thought I'd try to keep this thread updated every time I discover another 1% reduction. I am now routinely checking the percentage of unregisted 4 letter domains.
 
Last edited:
10
•••
The views expressed on this page by users and staff are their own, not those of NamePros.
NoRest said:
Regd approx 200 of these damn LLLL's in the past month. It's freaking addictive stuff.

Hoping for a payday later, of course - the parking revenue sucks.

Realistically speaking, if the value of a LLL.com is around $ 8k on average, each LLLL.com should be worth $300 or so (8,000 / 26) Simple supply & demand. :imho:
Totally agree with you, in my opinion it's just a matter of math sooner or later, hence my thread a couple of months ago:
http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/327313-minimum-price-200-any-4-letter.html
 
0
•••
NoRest said:
Realistically speaking, if the value of a LLL.com is around $ 8k on average, each LLLL.com should be worth $300 or so (8,000 / 26) Simple supply & demand. :imho:

Actually, supply and demand when factoring in relative scarcity and variable elasticities isn't so simple. While the combinations grows by a factor of 26, the market values don't grow in a linear fashion. While I'm bullish on LLLL, I think quality matters a lot here - solid acronyms, pronounceable brands, etc.
 
0
•••
I heard Verisign says that total regs for (all flavors) .coms were up 30% again last year. In any market growing that fast you just gotta find where the tide is rising.


And hope things continue for a while, nothing continues forever.
 
0
•••
crze.com recently SOLD for $3,900 on Sedo. That is a fantastic sale. Wish I was the owner. Not even Estibot could estimate that sale :)

Domain crze.com
Keywords (Autodetected) crze
Frequency 806
Anchor Text 3,000
Title 35
Backlinks 0
Alexa Ranking Not Ranked
Estimated Traffic / Day N/A
PPC Advertising Score 0/10
Search Potential/mo 0
http://EstiBot.com BETA Valuation USD 70

By the way, I regged GoSq today, Go Square - Go Squirrel!
 
0
•••
I hate these random 4 letter domain names, but I remember I used to say the same thing about 3 letter ones and look how popular they are now.
 
0
•••
NoRest said:
Regd approx 200 of these damn LLLL's in the past month. It's freaking addictive stuff.

Hoping for a payday later, of course - the parking revenue sucks.

My top parking traffic magnet is an LLLL.net, go figure :)

Regging hundreds of LLLL.coms is like playing the lottery. The more you have, the better your chance of making a single end user sale, such as crze.com as mentioned above. Just a question of numbers. However, with hundreds of names your yearly renewals can eat up some or all of the money you get from sales. I'm not saying it's a bad strategy, just musing on the topic.

I personally tend to buy the ones that are acronyms for multiple things, pronouncible or otherwise have nice letters. I figure the chances for a resale are better and less worrying about the renewal fees....

Out of my LLLL.com portfolio, UNEC.com is my favorite. Currently bidding on 3 LLLL.coms at TDNAM.

Cheers
Josh
 
0
•••
Anyone know when the DYYO registration stats for July is due?

Some descent drops today actually, I regged DFUU and OTVG (online tv guide). Yesterday I regged a vcvc, EQUW.

Cheers..
 
0
•••
I've been registering LLLL in the past few months and I think I have enough. I still have some on my list that I would have reg. but I won't so feel free to grab what want.

Available to reg.
UEYM.COM
ZEFH.COM
OVFY.COM
QOYM.COM
UWCY.COM
UWFY.COM
UWGY.COM
ZOYF.COM
OMQU.COM
 
3
•••
doggyowner said:
crze.com recently SOLD for $3,900 on Sedo. That is a fantastic sale. Wish I was the owner. Not even Estibot could estimate that sale :)

Domain crze.com
Keywords (Autodetected) crze
Frequency 806
Anchor Text 3,000
Title 35
Backlinks 0
Alexa Ranking Not Ranked
Estimated Traffic / Day N/A
PPC Advertising Score 0/10
Search Potential/mo 0
http://EstiBot.com BETA Valuation USD 70

By the way, I regged GoSq today, Go Square - Go Squirrel!

can not understand, why the price is very high... it is not pronounceable and has z-letter...
 
0
•••
doggyowner said:
Anyone know when the DYYO registration stats for July is due?

Some descent drops today actually, I regged DFUU and OTVG (online tv guide). Yesterday I regged a vcvc, EQUW.

Cheers..

Love OTVG as I think that could have plenty of potential standing for Online TV Guide as you say. All the best with it
:)
 
0
•••
AussieDomainer said:
Love OTVG as I think that could have plenty of potential standing for Online TV Guide as you say. All the best with it
:)
Thanks mate! I am kind of surprised that someone let it drop.
Online TV Guide
 
0
•••
:hi: all

Just though I would let you know that the available number of LLLL.com without x,q,z or y has dropped below the 1,000 mark. When I just checked it at dyyo.com it was at 954. This may jump back above the 1,000 mark due to tasting etc. but it is still gradually decreasing and I would be surprised if there are any left in a couple of months time.

When I first posted here with the stats only about a week and a half ago there were about 1,500 available. This number is decreasing very fast!
 
0
•••
prokol said:
can not understand, why the price is very high... it is not pronounceable and has z-letter...


Z is not always bad.....can mean Zone :)
 
0
•••
jczi.com is available.

Could be short for jacuzzi lol.
 
1
•••
i reg "nulq.com" last week there are not many premium letter but for me it's good investment for the next year
 
0
•••
Frikkle said:
jczi.com is available.
Could be short for jacuzzi lol.
Not any more :hehe:
Thanks, will add rep and send you some NP$ :)
 
0
•••
i grabbed about 5 or 6 LLqu.com. i thought these would be good (question or quote sites) i have LNQU.com & HMQU.com (loanquote, loanquestion, home etc.) it makes sense to me. there are quite a few LLqu.coms still available. im new here. tell me if im a moron. if you reg a LLqu.com id love to get a symbol or a donated NP (whatever they are?) thanks, sam
 
0
•••
0
•••
Today I hand reg'd:

FPZL.com (free puzzle)
OZCR.com (Oscar)
VLKR.com (Volker --- a name)

Let the countdown continue :) :) :)

Andrea
 
0
•••
Still Available as of now.

IKYW.COM
DZFN.COM
PVUZ.COM
YKLK.COM
PEXV.COM
JOZJ.COM
OYMZ.COM
PUZV.COM
YKAW.COM
 
1
•••
any new stats there ? How much free ?
 
0
•••
italiandragon said:
Z is not always bad.....can mean Zone :)
what about fazo.com? :rolleyes:


.. Maestrus
 
0
•••
Maestrus said:
what about fazo.com? :rolleyes:


.. Maestrus

it is nice, because it is pronounceable..

I have got these:

onjk
onpj
onql
onvf

all with idea "on" - online
 
0
•••
zoki said:
any new stats there ? How much free ?

According to dyyo.com there were 23354 available at the end of the day. Of course you have add back tasting so the real total is somewhat higher.

Also interesting to see no letters available starting with A, only 5 available starting with B and 2 available starting with C. Make that one starting with C - couldn't resist registering CZID.com. Again of course some of the B's and C's will reappear when you add back tasting.
 
0
•••
Just picked up:

RYVN.com "raven" or "raving"
YVOT.com "your vote" "why vote"

I love the dyyo search thingy! :hehe:

Andrea
 
Last edited:
0
•••
  • The sidebar remains visible by scrolling at a speed relative to the page’s height.
Back