Short Domain Buyout Info

[VURG]

Warning: Participating in a buyout is highly risky. While some Namepros members have made lots of money participating in buyouts, others have lost hundreds or thousands. I don’t advise anyone to be involved in a buyout without understanding that they have the potential to lose a lot of money and should take full responsibility for any failures in their actions.​

I thought I’d start this thread as a reference for short domains as to what types of domains are bought out and what types of domains are not. To be included, the following characteristics must hold:

- Domain is no longer than 5 characters in length (A character is considered a number, letter or hyphen)
- Domain type must be at least 1000 similar domains.
- Domain registration fees must be less than US$50
- Domain type must have >50% already registered or be two characters long.
- Domain types are distinguished by letter composition, NOT DEFINITION. (e.g. 4 letter .net domains with “TV” in them is not considered a type of domain as “TV” has some form of definition.)
- For arguments sake, the letter “y” is considered to be a vowel at the end of a word but a consonant at all other positions on a word.

For simplification purposes the following codes exist:

L – Letter
N – Number
C – Letter or Number (When not used in conjunction with the letter V)
C – Consonant (When used in conjunction with the letter V)
V – Vowel
P – Premium Letter (One of the following letters: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T)

Bought Out Domains

2 Character Domains
CC .com/.net/.org/.info/.us/.cn/.ca/.biz/.in
3 Character Domains
LLL .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.es*/.cn/.it/.eu/.ca/.in/.biz/.nl/.pl/.de/.co.uk/.ru/.fr
NNN .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.cn/.eu/.ca/.in/.cc/.biz/.ru
C-C .com/.net/.org/.info/.in/.ru
LLN .com/.net/.ru
LNN .com/.net/.ru
NNL .com/.net/.ru
NLL .com/.net/.ru
LNL .com/.net/.ru
NLN .com/.net/.ru
4 Character Domains
NNNN .com/.net/.mobi/.cn/.com.cn
LLLL .com/.cn/.com.cn
PPPP .net
LLLL (maximum of two letter types) .net
CVCV .net/.info
VCVC .net
C--C .com
N-NN .com
NN-N .com
5 Character Domains
NNNNN .com
L-L-L .com
N-N-N .com

* bought out or reserved
Potential Buyouts
(must be >50% regged or 2 characters with reg fees below $50US)

2 Character Domains
CC.VG > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@moniker.com for <$30/year)
CC.CX > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@Domains.cx)
CC.VC > 50% of 1296 registered (Buy@dotster.com for <$30/year - $25 with coupon)
CC.LV > 50% of 1296 registered
CC.COM.AU (Not legally tradeable, Restrictions apply) > 50% of 1296 registered
3 Character Domains
NNN.ME > 68% of 1000 are registered - link
LLL.CC > 62% of 17576 registered list
LLN.ORG >50% of 6760 registered
LLN.ORG (Premium Letters & Numbers:No JKQUVWXYZ/046) >90% registered
LNN.ORG >89% of 2600 registered list
NNL.ORG >62% of 2600 registered list
C-C.EU > 90% of 1296 registered
C-C.BIZ > 50% of 1296 registered
C-C.ASIA >50% of 1296 registered
4 Character Domains
L-LL.COM >65% of 17576 registered link
LL-L.COM >65% of 17576 registered link
L-NN.COM >60% of 2600 registered
LLLL.NET >54% of 456976 registered
NNNN.ORG > 85% of 10000 registered *HOT* link
5 Character Domains
L-L-L.DE >52% of 17576 registered list
NNNNN.NET >50% of 100000 registered link
CVCVV.COM >55% of 55125 domains registered
CVVCV.COM >52% of 55125 domains registered
CVCCV.COM (CC being same letters) >50% of 13125 registered
Palindromic CVCVC.com >82% of 2205 registered
VCVCV.COM >50% of 55125 domains registered
VCVCV.COM (Premium Letters) >95% of 10816 registered list
CVCVC.COM (Premium Letters) >83% of 35152 registered list
CVCV(+S) > 84% of 11025 registered - link
CVCCV.COM (Premium Letters) >70% of 35152 registered link

Quick Stats
>50% of 456,976 LLLL.net are registered
~50% (majority LLLL.com) of 1,307,248 CCCC.com are registered (includes hyphens)
>10% but <15% of 11,881,376 LLLLL.com are registered. stats

Significant Buyout Dates
LLL.com buyout: early 2000 ref
LLL.net buyout: early 2001 ref
LLL.info buyout: Feb. 23, 2004 ref
LLL.biz buyout: Feb. 25, 2004 ref
LLLL.com - November 2nd 2007
NNNNN.com - ?
L-L-L.com - October 2007
? - Any more?

I will aim to regularly update this initial post with more detail and relevant info. If you have any suggestions of domains that are bought out, potential buyouts, registration data on buyouts, links to Namepros threads relevant to a particular buyout, etc… feel welcome to mention it.

I don't know a lot on country codes and which domains are bought out and which domains have 2 character domains available or bought out. Some country codes don't have 2 character domains and I don't want to mention them.

 

[slumdog]

Great thread! :great:
but must point out ,there has to be a *in -2character.in(only 3character .in's are allowed )

Bought Out Domains

2 Character Domains
CC .com/.net/.org/.info/.us/.cn/.ca/.biz/.in
3 Character Domains
LLL .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.es*/.cn/.it/.eu/.ca/.in/.biz/.nl/.pl/.de/.co.uk/.ru/.fr
NNN .com/.net/.org/.info/.mobi/.asia/.us/.cn/.eu/.ca/.in/.cc/.biz/.ru
C-C .com/.net/.org/.info/.in/.ru
LLN .com/.net/.ru
LNN .com/.net/.ru
NNL .com/.net/.ru
NLL .com/.net/.ru
LNL .com/.net/.ru
NLN .com/.net/.ru
4 Character Domains
NNNN .com/.net/.mobi/.cn/.com.cn
LLLL .com/.cn/.com.cn
PPPP .net
LLLL (maximum of two letter types) .net
CVCV .net/.info
VCVC .net
C--C .com
N-NN .com
NN-N .com
5 Character Domains
NNNNN .com
L-L-L .com
N-N-N .com

* bought out or reserved

 

[mp3free4all]

5 Character Domain names

What is it with all the LLLLL names? I guess they have some use but there are still some good 5 character domain names out there that are'nt just a bunch of letters. I just bought kesha.cc for .87 cents lol.

 

[ecigs.net]

Lllll

The LLLLL COMs still haven't sold out. The bad LLLL COMs are devalued in price too. I doubt that LLLLL CC will ever sell out. There are 11,881,372 possibilities. Still, Kesha.cc is a nice name. Too bad it wasn't Kendra.cc considering what is going to happen next week. :]

 

[networkguy]

LLLL.orgs - Premium cvcv.org's GONE!

ALL Premium cvcv.org's GONE!​

I Just bulk checked the register and discovered all premium cvcv.org's are registered:lol:
There's still plenty of premium .info's though. Just wondering how this will affect the price's for premium cvcv's - not only for the org's but .com's and net's too. Still this could be great news for investors of premium cvcv's in general.

INFO:

Checked:
Premium a,e,i,o,u vowels: AEIOU (excluding the 'qusi' vowel 'Y')
Combined with:
Premium consonants: B,C,D,F,G,H,L,M,N,P,R,S,T​

 

[Alan Glennon]

updated: lll.in are all registered. occasionally there will be a lower quality drop that lingers for a few days.

 

[Dotmainer]

btw. looks like cvcv.net buyout is valid AGAIN.

Can anyone confirm ?

 

[VURG]

Just checked NNNN.org domains. There appears to be around 81% registered. It looks like not much has changed in the past 4 years.

 

[kevin smith 619]

It is clear from these numbers that .org is much more popular for letter domains as compared to numeric domains. The approximate numbers result from running some random bulk searches, the standard deviation should be within a few percentage points at a high confidence level.

N.com/N.net/N.org: 10 domains.
* All registered.

NN.com/NN.net/NN.org: 100 domains.
* All registered.

NNN.com/NNN.net/NNN.org: 1,000 domains.
* All registered.

NNNN.com/NNNN.net/NNNN.org: 10,000 domains.
* NNNN.com: All registered.
* NNNN.net: All registered.
* NNNN.org: 92.3% registered.

NNNNN.com/NNNNN.net/NNNNN.org: 100,000 domains.
* NNNNN.com: 99.99% registered.
* NNNNN.net: Approximately 51.89% registered.
* NNNNN.org: Approximately 2.52% registered.

NNNNNN.com/NNNNNN.net/NNNNNN.org: 1,000,000 domains.
* NNNNNN.com: Approximately 8.42% registered.
* NNNNNN.net: Approximately 0.96% registered.
* NNNNNN.org: Approximately 0.1% registered.

L.com/L.net/L.org: 26 domains.
* All registered.

LL.com/LL.net/LLL.org: 676 domains.
* All registered.

LLL.com/LLL.net/LLL.org: 17,576 domains.
* All registered.

LLLL.com/LLLL.net/LLLL.org: 456,976 domains.
* LLLL.com: All registered.
* LLLL.net: Approximately 51.5% registered.
* LLLL.org: Approximately 38.8% registered.

LLLLL.com/net/org: 11,881,376 domains.
* LLLLL.com: Approximately 14% registered.
* LLLLL.net: Approximately 3% registered.
* LLLLL.org: Approximately 3.65% registered.

 

[Yvonne821]

Thank you VURG. I able to know about domain from this thread.

 

[iowadawg]

Are you the author of this article?
The Great Three-Letter .Info/.Biz Buyout: Elequa Alters the New Extension Landscape


By Ron Jackson
Editor/Publisher

Found at:
http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/cover030304.htm

If you are not the author, copy/pasting and not giving the real author and where you got it from is not what you want to do here.

Decades ago radio and television adopted a system using three and four letter names to identify individual broadcast stations. They worked well because they were short and easy to remember.

 

[accent]

Thanks IowaDawg - I knew I had read it somewhere.

But it is very very timely (although maybe 7 years old). Every one interested in new TLDs should read, and re-read this article.

 

[ProSence]

And what would you say about CVVC.com

?

if it is pronounceable..?

 

[iqbal51]

Domain name selection suggestion

I write your articles. I will be very helpful for me to select a domain name. When I buy a domain I will remember that my domain name will be maximum 5 characters.

 

[iqbal51]

Domain name is most important factor for a webpage. I think I create a new website. So this content is very helpful for select a domain name.

 

[jonamx]

Hello

I am jonmax new user in this forum. It is Nice post and good information for new user.

 

[alok897]

This is really nice thread to understand the value of domain name and how it is be great benefit for us.

 

[verbster]

I haven't sold an LLLL.com in a long time.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Warning: Participating in a buyout is highly risky. While some Namepros members have made lots of money participating in buyouts, others have lost hundreds or thousands. I don’t advise anyone to be involved in a buyout without understanding that they have the potential to lose a lot of money and should take full responsibility for any failures in their actions.

Thank you @VURG for taking the time to aggregate this data in 2008.

CVCCV.COM (CC being same letters) >50% of 13125 registered

Update - 5/4/2016: 88% 11,641 of 13,230 registered

I haven't sold an LLLL.com in a long time.

I hope you held, and reaped the benefits of this last LLLL.com surge.

 

[metronome]

Would be nice to see this thread updated~~~