LLLLL.coms?

[Ross]

Are LLLLL.coms worth anything at this moment?

 

[tristanperry]

Nope - not unless they look great, have all premium letters, and are (usually) of the CVCVC.com format

 

[Ross]

What is CVCVC.com format?

 

[gubera]

A name that is in the format of Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel-Consonant.

for example: games.com

 

[Ross]

Got ya thanks alot!

 

[Bannen]

Not worth much yet, but now that the LLLL are sold out, I think in about a year the LLLL will really start to dig in with value. There are still many, many LLLLL left that sound and look good, but they are disappearing fast. They're in 'kindergarten', so to speak, and I and other members post lists of available ones (see my sig, new list added today) and we're carefully regging the best ones we can find.

Best to get ones that have quite a few things going for them, like: they sound exactly like they look, and are difficult to spell in any other way; they remind you of another popular word, or they sound like a real word even though they aren't; they strongly bring to mind a feeling of how a person would use them; they are a typo of a popular word; they have reasonably high Google pages so you know people know the word; they ARE a real word; they're a somewhat known first or surname. Etc etc. There are a lot of criteria.

The main thing to remember is there are a LOT of them still left, so reg them extremely carefully rather than going hog-wild.

A very, very unique LLLLL can generate some interest even if people don't know the word. Without intending to hijack your thread, my Brudu.com in sig was regged recently and has gotten the most interest of my LLLLL.com's; it's very unique and brandable and brings a lot of google results. Another good example is one I don't own yet, it is still available and hasn't been posted on my public lists: glirg.com -- great LLLLL, but I've been holding off because it's very good but not stupendous, it doesn't sound like any other word, there are a couple alternate spellings that sound the same like glurg and glerg, and also I just couldn't imagine a strong, clear use for it and I think it would be hard to find an end user for. Great word, but far too general... and that statement is the prob right now with so many LLLLL being regged.
In other words, don't just reg a name because you like the sound/look of it (unless it is for your personal use and you want to develop it), reg a name for DEFENSIBLE reasons... that is, you can defend, explain, rationally reason out why you think it might sell, and to whom specifically, and for how much.

It's a little early to be thinking of getting good $$ for LLLLL's, but it's also the exact right time to be smartly and carefully investing in a few of them, and consider holding on to your best ones for at least 1 - 3 years before thinking they'll have profit value.

 

[Venture]

Great post.

 

[VURG]

One of my regrets with LLLL.com is that I didn't spend more time searching through lists of available domains and thinking more about features of each domain when I had the chance. I would advise trying to get huge lists of thousands of available LLLLL.com and filter down the lists to your favourite domains with a ratio of a maximum of one reg per thousand available.

There are some great LLLLL.com to be found that can be easy to flip for a profit today. (e.g. I found Chocy.com this year - Anyone got any ideas for this domain?)

Twists of the CVCV.com format in 5 letters seem to be getting more popular with time. I also think that the one syllable domains of any length are becoming more and more popular. I'm not sure if it is because they are good names or because domainers obsess with the CVCV format too much.

One thing with the LLLLL.com domains, be careful about buying a domains just because it has premium letters. My best LLLLL.com sale was Yodka.com and two of my top 3 LLLLL.com have the letter Z in them.

The reseller market for LLLLL.com is going to take a while to develope and so don't go into it unless you are willing to pay at least 3 years renewal fees.

 

[c4smok]

what about something like CVCVV ?

it can make a really good combo like one I have tetio.com

 

[dezinerite]

It also depends on how catchy they are. I've fallen in love with some excellent premium letter 5L.coms a few days ago, some are potentially brandable.

 

[Porte]

Since 4letters are sold out, yes 5letters will start the next show. But CVCVC is indeed a nice combo to lead this. :tu:

They are valuable only if they are brandable, with a nice sound.

 

[WGS_Thunder]

munor.com just got this one. Looks good?

 

[Bannen]

munor.com just got this one. Looks good?

As a brandable LLLLL it's weak; not bad, just weak. But when I saw it, I immediately thought it was a typo of minor or of munro. Both of those are common words, so if it gets typo traffic then it's worth it.
I find a lot of LLLLL that are typo's still, and I occasionally find what I think might be a good one... yesterday I regged coisn.com, a typo of coins; coins gets a lot of searches so we'll see how the typo does. I actually found this by mistake, I was typing coins + keyword into my search tool, made this typo accidentally, and just left it there from laziness, ha.

Let us know if munor gets any traffic/clicks, otherwise I'd say reg fee for now