Quantity vs Quality in LLLL.com's

[Chapel]

Just wondering what you guys think of that statement.

Would rather have 10 really great LLLL.com's Premium letters pronounceable etc.

or

100 average not so pronounceable LLLL.com's with non premium or semi premium or mixed letters?


what would you pick?


Thanks,

Chapel

 

[domainator1]

100... but i like to have lots of things.. 88 pennies over a $1

 

[-REECE-]

10

 

[raredn.com]

A large quantity wide spread of random names is likely to 'net' end users, kind of like a drag net in the ocean for Tuna, although unfortunately drag nets tend to pick up dolphins whales and other sea life, and the mammals drown as they can not get to the surface to breathe, but thats another story not really for a domain forum, maybe an environmental activist site

 

[bentong]

Quality

 

[rbedell]

Premium, hands down. You can get better margins and are more likely to find an end user. You'll also have to spend more time selling & marketing them if you have 100.

Premium LLLL: 10 x $1,000 = $10,000
Average/Below Average LLLL: 100 x $75 = $7,500

 

[raredn.com]

Premium, hands down. You can get better margins and are more likely to find an end user. You'll also have to spend more time selling & marketing them if you have 100.

Premium LLLL: 10 x $1,000 = $10,000
Average/Below Average LLLL: 100 x $75 = $7,500

But if the letters of an 'any letters' random LLLL.com are the acronym of a company, you can charge what ever 'End User' price you want, whether the letters are premium or not, the company can't help if the letters in their company are not premium, we can't dictate what letters a company should have as their initials, they choose

 

[italiandragon]

Quantity: emerging countries love other letters

100 is not a big renewal fee and offer 10 times more sales

 

[-REECE-]

Speaking from experience here... Selling 1800+ LLLL.coms was a painful experience. First off, you know you can't be selling them 1 by 1 unless you intend on doing this as a full-time job for the next year!

Secondly, keeping track of all the LLLL.coms that are sold requires a ton of dedication, focus, and effort. Replying to 20+ pms and email inquiries a day takes it's toll as well (on some days I had upwards of 50!).

If you're going to be bulk selling/buying, make sure to assign yourself an hourly wage and see how much you're really making. I was putting in 3+ hours a day (note: I have a full time job as well) replying to pms, emails, and updating my list of available LLLL.coms -- and I couldn't keep up, my lists weren't up-to-date, and sometimes pms went unanswered. This went on for upwards of a month, before I decided to just seek out bulk buyers and sell at a discounted rate.

Now that I've moved into premium LLLL.coms (quad premiums, triple letter, VCVC, CVCV), it's an entirely different story. I carry 95% less inventory than before, yet am making a somewhat comparable income -- with alot less headaches!

If you're a full time domainer, I'd go with the lower quality names, just because as mentioned earlier -- you have more chances of finding endusers. If, on the other hand, you do this part time like me, I say the less names the better

Besides, you can use all that time you saved to seek out bargains...

 

[italiandragon]

Premium, hands down. You can get better margins and are more likely to find an end user. You'll also have to spend more time selling & marketing them if you have 100.

Premium LLLL: 10 x $1,000 = $10,000
Average/Below Average LLLL: 100 x $75 = $7,500

you got it all wrong: the World is composed by 6 Billion people and only 300 million americans and just a few hundreds domainers who can`t get in their head that English is not the only language in the world.

Plus an enduser won`t pay just $75 for their domain if they want it.

 

[Chapel]

ok everyone has made excellent points.

ItalianDragon: the language is always a strong point
Reese: less headaches for equal payouts I like that.
Raredn: Company acros make sense to me.

I guess like Reese said it depends how you work your domains. full time part time bulk or one at a time.

I'm battling this because I'd like to increase my portfolio with some premium LLLL's but don't have to cash at the moment to dive head first into the LLLL.com's market. So i was going to sell some to buy one or two premiums. But I can't decide. So I thought I'd ask you guys. Great answers but unfortunately it puts me in the same boat but better informed.

Thanks guys your opinions have always made me a better domainer. And I use the terms better domainer loosely cause I'm still a noob.

Chapel

 

[filter]

find a balance, and pick carefully (premiums at bargain prices if/when you find one) - and undervalued "anti-premiums" if you see potential acronym or end-user or just some esthetic quality that the rest of the market has missed.

As Reece pointed out, managing and trading 100+++ domain names does take a lot of time and attention that could be put to more profitable use.

And, as Lorenzo points out - "bad" letters may be currently undervalued when looking at the market from a long-term perspective. So if you're just buying to accumulate rather than flip, it's nice to have 100 "end user lottery tickets" in your portfolio if you can pick them up for less that they're truly worth at current prices. Premiums get more attention, and may be closer to "true value" (though still very nice to work with, and if overvalued, quite likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future anyway!)

Just pick the ones you like at prices you can afford - it's really tough to predict which niche is going to be most profitable, though everyone seems to have at least one opinion on the matter (and I tend to have several!) ...

 

[accent]

A good question.
Firstly the premise should be adjusted so that each alternative is equal current value: Put $5K into Best available 10 names or best available 100 names.

Then ya gotta decide if you are short term or long term, and, as Reece points out, how much your time is worth. I address long term holding below, assuming the price increases will errase most time (and renewal fee) differentials.

Often the knee jerk reaction of the experts is "quality". And there is pride of ownership of the "best".

But for non-word random LLL's I think I see a collapse of the ratio between the best ($30K?) and the worst ($6.5K) versus the best random LLLL's ($2K) and the worst ($40 - 50).

Filter may just be on to something.

 

[Ross]

In the long run i think the 10 Premium ones would be the best bet. As for now with the market the way it is i would have to go with the 100 and sell them gradually over a couple months. If i had i to choose i take the 100 right now and once i sold a couple i would get some premium ones

 

[bricio]

i prefer quality
since i am buying LLLL i bought specific niches such as premium, VCVC, CVCV or pronounceable and now i dont have many names but i think my portfolio is good enough to make a great profit in the future and to keep my renewal fees not so expensive

 

[Chappy]

OR....save your money and buy one LLL.com instead of 10 junk LLLL.coms!

 

[KingDon]

I like the 10 quality LLLL's, but am very impressed with the random letters constant rise in value. Long term, either way you go, 2 -3 years will make it worth the wait.

 

[Shasta]

OR....save your money and buy one LLL.com instead of 10 junk LLLL.coms!

It's nice to know you think that 10 "junk" LLLL.coms = 1 LLL.com.
1:10 ratio isn't bad :sold:

 

[htmlindex]

I would pick the 10 quality over the quantity. Cost you less in renewals every year as well.

 

[Sameh]

Quality for sure.