LLLL.net vs LLLLL.com which do you prefer?

[Chapel]

If you had to concentrate on one or the other which would you choose.

i think the counts are hard to keep up with.

LLLL.net's only 45% remain

LLLLL.com's there is combinations of approx 12 million

Food for thought: if you were going to buy a domain to brand a new website or product would you rather have a .com or .net

That's how I'm looking at it. But I was just interested to see what you guys thought

 

[PowerUp]

Let's be realistic. There is little to zero chance of a buyout of LLLLL.com. There will be buyouts for CVCVC.com, or VCVCV.com or other pronounceable combinations but buyout for the entire LLLLL.com, is almost impossible.

 

[Zalaki]

No one considers waiting for a buying to see the worth and potential of 5L.com's
I have already sold many, more then I can ever sell a 4L.net for right now.

I have sold 5 is the past 2 weeks, ranging from $30-60 - and I sold 1 on Sedo for $100

Personally I see potential for end users, brandable names for development potential and more with 5 Letter .com's - with 4L.net all I see is a lame struggle trying to follow the .com so people can TRY and make the same amount of ROI as the .com investors did.

 

[Basement]

I prefer 5L.com's if I want the name for a new site I'll be developing as there is a lot of choice left while choosing your own 5L.com.
Albeit, a 4L.net would be obtainable but a decent pronounceable at reg fee? I don't think so.

 

[tristanperry]

I'd prefer a decent LLLL.net to a poor LLLLL.com any day.

 

[Zalaki]

Thats just it, theres tons of not poor 5L.com compared to all poor 4L.net

 

[Chapel]

so i bought a few .net's that are acronyms, I think they will have some value.

FWRD.net forward
BWRD.net backward
RVSE.net reverse
RWND.net rewind

Still deciding on some brandable LLLLL.com's

 

[namenut]

LLLLL.COM

great "Brandables" and "Pronounceable".

Possibly, in time, better than the LLLL.COM market. Let alone the LLLL.NET. Under the school of thought that LLLL.any extension would have less end user possibilities.

When we see the LLLLL.COM "buy-out" the group would have many more "pronounceable" thus "brandable" names. You would have a lot of average sales and then some "huge" sales that I think would aggregate a more lucrative "niche" than the current LLLL.COM market.

In my humble "O"

namenut

 

[DnEbook]

i choose LLLLL's

witvg = world internet tv guide
etvme = internet tv me ?
w3dtv = world 3d tv or wireless 3d tv

some acronyms for both i feel

 

[Chapel]

even though I bought a few .net's I think i'm starting to lean LLLLL.com's

 

[dezinerite]

I prefer LLLLL.com.

 

[Chapel]

ok 2 months have past.

Let see if the opinion has changed.

LLLLL.com's having a slight edge over LLLL.net's

 

[thebrokenbox]

I like LLLLL.com's. I own only 1 but have been looking at others that I may register soon. Better branding opportunities but it may take a while for a buyout. long term investment.

 

[domainhunt]

like llll.net because it will be over first for sure...

it worth more than lllll.com

comparing

adke.net and adked.com

i vote for adke.net!!!

 

[raredn.com]

like llll.net because it will be over first for sure...

it worth more than lllll.com

comparing

adke.net and adked.com

i vote for adke.net!!!

Everything is relative, adke.net is better then adked.com because adked.com sux, adked.com is bland and has nothing going for it and also lacks in pronounceability factor on top of that !

Then again a name like mozzo.com, crute.com, blate.com, crame.com and many other 5 letter.com's will have far more value than just about any llll.net's

5 letter.com's are regularly bought by the holy grail of domaining 'end users'

How many llll.nets are bought by end users? As far as I can see llll.nets are just traded amongst domainers (not that that is that bad, many domain names are just traded amongst domainers) and it is very rare that llll.nets ever leave domainer circles

That is why in my opinion LLLL.net does not stand a chance against 'QUALITY VARIETY' 5 letter .com's

Plus 5 letter .com's are about finding high quality pronounceation, smoothness or how funky and catchy they are, they are not a buy out fad. Look at the price of CVCV.com's even amongst domainers (many thousands of dollars each), most of this is just because most CVCV.com's are brandable

 

[ezimedia]

HI

I think LLLL.net and LLLLL.com are very close right now... but I think 5L.com is a better investment long term...

Im still buying and selling both..

Thanks
Tom

 

[labrocca]

I am not sure the sellout of LLLL.net's are going to get the same reaction the .com's did. Notice the CCC.net's sold out months ago and they are still at the bottom for pricing. I have decided to skip entirely from buying any LLLL.net's. Most of my concentration is brandables.

Agoti.com
eZood.com
Fruny.com
GLIVA.COM
KHITY.COM
ALOLU.COM
ZOWIN.COM
OBUBO.COM
Grusp.com
Hapzo.com
Hoxar.com
Paloopa.com
Reomo.com
Sluxo.com
Thuza.com
Thuzo.com
Voglo.com
Vucky.com
Vuwin.com
Yecca.com
Yorika.com
Zanmo.com

All good brandable domains that would look attractive to anyone trying to start a site for various reasons. I may not get $xx,xxx for these but imho it's not unreasonable to score high $xx or low-mid $xxx. I might even get $x,xxx for some as time goes on.

I just can't see a day where gtzq.net is going to sell for $xxx. dot com is the sought after commodity...I love dot nets but the LLLL's imho...unless pronouncable or obvious good names....overall stink.

We have even seen a complete drawback of pricing of the LLLL.com's especially the non-premiums. They are starting to be $20-$25 again. I think that's a stable enough price for them to hold but I don't believe they will be moving up anytime soon.

 

[Tempest111]

I love dot nets but the LLLL's imho...unless pronouncable or obvious good names....overall stink.

So what are you saying, this isnt true for .COMS?

Anyway, i say LLLL.nets are way better. Mainly because they have better chances of finding endusers. They're millions of companies out there with names that can use a LLLL as an acronym, not so with LLLLL. With 5L names you're just praying some funky startup like flikr or something approaches you for your name. And you know what, they dont need your 5L. They'd be content to hand register something else before dealing with domainers who want way more for the name. Thats my .02

 

[mahadeva]

Voted 5L .com - wider choice to pick good names and less competitive after-markets IMHO.

 

[glabnet]

Like and have only LLLL.net. If I was end-user and to me have liked LLLLL.com which sells by domainer, I would pick up is better and have registered LLLLLL.com. And .net more fit for the Internet than .com

 

[labrocca]

Anyway, i say LLLL.nets are way better. Mainly because they have better chances of finding endusers. They're millions of companies out there with names that can use a LLLL as an acronym, not so with LLLLL. With 5L names you're just praying some funky startup like flikr or something approaches you for your name. And you know what, they dont need your 5L.

Dangit...had long response but browser crashed while viewing some other crap page.

Basically you just have to view Alexa top 500 and point out the LLLL.net's ...you won't find one. However you will find MANY 5L's or higher BRANDABLES.

Name me one company that's successful using a LLLL.net.

If a company startup has $xxx,xxx or higher startup budget...they are going to look for dot com and brandable a lot more than some acronym in a secondary TLD.

Monetizing the LLLL.net vs the LLLL.com is vastly different. The dot com will earn as parked while the .net equivelant is going to earn peanuts in comparison.

If you are going to like LLLL.net's that's fine but don't create a dillusion that LLLL.com's are less attractive. They are MORE attractive and for obvious reason. The only problem with 5L's is the combinations are vast and making sure your portfolio has quality brandables is very important. The criteria for what makes a good 5L brandable is subjective but I believe my portfolio is an example of an overall good quality set.

I believe a 5L brandable needs to be easily pronouncable and not a stretch to say it. The brandable shouldn't sound too much like a real word because that will only encourage typo's. Witza.com is perfect example imho. The radio test is a real litmus for brandables.

Lastly...you say that there are millions of companies that can use a LLLL.net and boy...that's a real stretch of the imagination for me. For one most companies do not use 4 words as a company name. For another they would want the dot com acronym. Lastly they would probably opt instead to have a shorter version that's NOT an acronym. Companies need to BRAND...and acronyms don't normally do that. (IBM maybe the exception).

I see this:
Apex Industrial Widget Company

and I don't see this as their url:
AIWC.net

I see this:

ApexWidget.com
ApexIndustrial.com
ApexIndistrialWidget.com

Maybe that's just me though.

And I just realized for SEO...the acronym is a crapper. You want a name that's going to be indexed properly. Any SEO expert will advise the company of this.