LLLL.com COUNTDOWN!

[VURG]

COUNTDOWN COMPLETE!

NO MORE 4 LETTER DOMAIN AVAILABLE TO REGISTER! ​

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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
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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.

 

[floatingworld]

I was gonna drop QHEO but I decided to keep it

I don't think now is a good time to drop any LLLL ...sell yes, but not drop....
:imho:

 

[bricio]

I tried to buy some LLLL.com at TDnam recently and I've always been outbid. These are LLLL with 3 or all premium letters. And I've also noticed that more and more LLLL with only 1 or no premium letters are being bid as well.

it is more difficult to buy these LLLL's in the aftermarket nowadays... they r more expensive and theres a tough competition as well, so the prices are skyrocketing
i also have the impression that there r just a few good or great LLLL available in these aftermarket (i think people r sitting on them and waiting for all of them be reg'd, correct if im wrong)

w less than 3% of them available this was expected and if u want to get some i think the best time for u is right now, otherwise u will pay much more for them than youd pay today, so go and grab them as much as u can... or as much as they r available :hehe:

 

[Alex]

I recently switched to buy LLLL's in the aftermarket, and will not stop registering more than 10 names a week.

I recently bought:

Upuq.com and
Oquc.com

Two VCVC's. And they are registered from 2006, thus adding a bit to their potential value.

 

[xman]

I don't think now is a good time to drop any LLLL ...sell yes, but not drop....
:imho:

You're absolutely right. Good advise.

 

[Kaleidozone]

I like it!

Thanks for the kind words and yes I too think it was a nice reg, and I totally agree with not letting any LLLL.coms drop re those who own them

Andrea

 

[WORDSWORTH]

This one starting with S has just dropped. No others are available:

stzo.com STZO

Three premium letters

Matt.

 

[VURG]

X-List with 3 Premium Letter. Updated list in a later post.

 

[Kaleidozone]

Tonight I hand reg'd:

XRVR --- A nice and brandable LLLL.com --- "server"

 

[WORDSWORTH]

~80 LLLL.com with 3 Premium Letters + the fourth letter being the letter X.

These 77 are the ones that I know about. There may be up to 20 more but not a lot.

I recently picked up a similar domain from the drop:

EPXP.COM

I really like the X and the repeating P in this domain.

Matt.

 

[ssamriga]

Wow, EPXP is really good

 

[Alex]

I am really surprised. After checking my parking stats I saw that a recently dropped domain I catched has decent traffic. It gets about 25 - 30 a day (less in the weekend).

It is the first time (out of many many LLLL's I own), that a domain has good traffic. Don't know where the traffic comes from though. I am even more surprised because it has two semi premium letters (ubmv).

Regarding the countdown, I am pretty sure that it will go downhill. And I love to see that it constantly goes downwards. I like this, because more instead of a buyout because I am sure most of them will be renewed (look at the 3char .info's).

 

[domtastic]

Liking EPXP. Some LLLL's dont look so good on paper but sound great when pronounced, this is one of those. Something to bear in mind when scanning dyyo for nuggets of gold, I bet there's plenty more of those still waiting to be discovered...

I am really surprised. After checking my parking stats I saw that a recently dropped domain I catched has decent traffic. It gets about 25 - 30 a day (less in the weekend).

It is the first time (out of many many LLLL's I own), that a domain has good traffic. Don't know where the traffic comes from though. I am even more surprised because it has two semi premium letters (ubmv).

I wonder if it's a common typo of some popular LLLL.com site?

 

[fonzie_007]

Anyone have the last count on the total available?

 

[bricio]

right now, according to dyyo there r 12,584 available

 

[fonzie_007]

The rest of them may get gobbled up by a large investor within a few weeks...

 

[KingDon]

I was talking to someone who thought they might grab them all, but for other reasons. I believe when the LLLL's all go, the second inning of the internet will begin; and by Christmas, those of us who spent years patiently waiting, will be celebrating big time.

It won't be long, people will be kicking themselves in a few weeks.

 

[Kaleidozone]

Hand reg'd:

PKRQ --- poker questions or queue

 

[briman1970]

Hand reg'd:

PKRQ --- poker questions or queue

N... I... C... E...! Awesome hand-reg! At this late in the LLLL game, that's a real find.

 

[Alex]

Now only 12120 available. Everyday it goes down by 300 - 400 registrations constantly. This is not tasting anymore.

On another note, I regged FPQR.com ( .co.uk, .cn and .com.cn are taken) and there are quite some results on google for this letter combo.

 

[tetrapak]

Good work Alex! I'm really looking forward to the moment when all LLLL.com's are gone, will definitely have a drink.