discuss LLLL .com prices

[JudgeMind]

I am still seeing crazy prices on godaddy expiring auctions for sub premium 4 letter domains. Seems the ball is still rolling for the expiring market places but have you noticed lower prices for your own domains?

Recently I had PAQH.com in auction on godaddy which I did not buy any upgrades for. The end price was in the low $xxx range, a far cry from the normal $1500+ bids there are in expiring auctions.

How can one attract those bidders to a public auction? Well I think it's the same as any marketplace, need to get your listings exposed, I am going to try to buy category and homepage feature upgrades. Let's see if that does the trick

 

[equity78]

It's not BS, it's proven fact, backed up by boatloads of auction data within the past six months at least, as well as by Chinese domainers in multiple NP threads. Of course there are exceptions. Most domainers are looking at auctions and not end-user sales. They are two different beasts for sure.

Of course it depends on your own personal definition of "worth more". Again, Chinese investors/speculators v. Chinese business/end-users are two distinct entities when it comes down to domain "worth".

Exactly there is no BS, when you deal with Chinese buyers who are customers doing multiple transactions and you send a name with a V, I have always gotten back, Why are you sending me an LLLL with a V ? NO V.

Of course some may use vowels Qi makes sense, but most Chinese buyers are looking for No Vowel Plus V.

Bottom line 10 years ago on Namepros if I auctioned Xqqm.com I might get $6, because the Chinese buyers were not as many or as active. I auctioned it on here 6 weeks ago and it sold for $335 that was never happening a decade ago on this or any other domain forum.

 

[equity78]

From the Daily Sales Recap on TLDinvestors.com

vfiw.com 100 USD
xwiw.com 100 USD
OEQT.com 88 USD Public Auction
Xjvj.com 86 USD Public Auction
YOJV.com 80 USD
OUZR.com 71 USD Public Auction
ZNOJ.com 65 USD Public Auction

Each has a vowel or a V

No Vowel Plus V

hwei.com 2,850 USD only one with a vowel and looks to be a personal name in Chinese as one use.
ycpz.com 1,550 USD
pjhq.com 1,550 USD
ycpn.com 1,550 USD
njkm.com 1,225 USD

 

[equity78]

Maybe it's worth to mention that in these names there is not one single premium one, neither for a westerner nor for a Chinese

Exactly, I did not see the previous post and checked the auction. V in a 4L.com is the worst Letter, unless it spells a word Veil.com or a great pronounceable CVCV like COVO.com it means little in the West. It means even less to a Chinese buyer, Pinyin is a Chinese system for transliterating Mandarin Chinese with 25 European characters (the letter "v" is never used) source:http://www.zein.se/patrick/chinen8p.html

 

[NameOmnia]

hwei.com 2,850 USD

Maybe because of the similarity with huawei.
It is also quite common as a Chinese name or surname ( I am not sure)

 

[equity78]

Maybe because of the similarity with huawei.
It is also quite common as a Chinese name or surname ( I am not sure)
name.

Yeah I thought of Huawei too. I think you right about the name, I found a few people with that