Quad Letter Domains

That rock was nice and cosy!

Richard — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:24:05 +0000

I’ve been in hibernation for the past few months and my focus has been far from the short domain marketplace hence the lack of posts here at Quad Letter Domains. Just a quick post to say that I am still alive and well, just concentrating on some other projects that I have been trying to get finished for some time now but there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day.

Just a quick note to say that I stumbled on Reece’s new site today , LLLL.com and noticed that he has published his first post on the new blog. I hope seeing Reece back in action will motivate me to resurrect Quad Letter Domains and continue writing. Oh and just because I haven’t been blogging here for a while doesn’t mean I haven’t been renewing my four letter domains… In fact I have renewed all of them and will continue to do so for as long as I can.

Huge list of four letter domains for sale!

Richard — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:01:03 +0000

I am still in need of some funds to support a fairly big project I have in the pipeline at the moment and am therefore offering a portion of my quad letter domain portfolio for sale. Please see this thread at Namepros for updated pricing.

I am very eager to sell in bulk at highly discounted costs so if you are interested please contact me via PM at Namepros or using the contact form here.

Triple repeating LLLL.com for sale!

Richard — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:39:33 +0000

As many of you know I very rarely sell any of my LLLL.com’s but I need some funds to support another project so here it is, an excellent triple repeating LLLL.com for sale!

Domain: YYYB.com
Registrar: GoDaddy
Expiration Date: 04/24/2009
Price: $1200 > $1000

I am flexible on the price and will listen to any offers so if you would like to buy this domain please either add a comment to his thread or send an email to: richard(at)quadletterdomains.com

The domain is also listed on Namepros so please check this thread for further BIN reductions! Grab a piece of prime quad letter domain realestate while you can!

Available VCVCV.com domains - July 2008

Richard — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:22:11 +0000

As a follow up to a previous article I thought I would write a quick update on how the VCVCV.com market is progressing. I ran a scan last night on all VCVCV combinations. You can find the results and available domains list below.

Scanned: 55125
Registered: 32604
Available: 22521

Percentage registered: 59.1%
Percentage available: 40.1%

So it appears since my last scan there is very little, if not no movement in this domain niche whatsoever. There has been a fluctuation of +70 domains registered over the past month. Certainly nothing to write home about!

For a list of all available VCVCV.com combinations click here.

Three letter domain value decreasing?

Richard — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:51:11 +0000

Has the domain niche that everyone thought was untouchable finally hit its peak? Over the past few weeks we have started to see a steady decline in the bottom end prices of LLL.com domains. 3Character.com still reports that the LLL.com market is increasing stating that the current observed minimum wholesale value is up $50 this month to $7650.

This is pretty far from the truth considering the recent sales data taken from multiple venues. Here are some recent LLL.com sales:

2008-06-20 - RYY.com - $7,124
2008-06-23 - XKD.com - $7,100
2008-06-26 - HMQ.com - $7,300
2008-06-26 - BIY.com - $7,400
2008-07-01 - QVK.com - $6,730
2008-07-02 - FQV.com - $6,305

All of these recent sales are below the current ‘observed minimum wholesale’ value posted on 3Character.com on the 1st July 2008. It seems the site isn’t all that accurate after all. You could argue that some of these aren’t of the highest quality but this is incidental considering the minimum wholesale figure doesn’t discriminate and covers all LLL.com domains.

Will this recent decrease in LLL.com domain value incite panic selling. There seems to have been an increase in LLL.com domains on the market recently and this will only decrease their value further. Greater supply is soon followed by decreased demand. Some domain investors think that this is the beginning of a LLL.com price crash and believe prices could fall below $4000 in the coming months. Has the mighty giant, the ’safest’ investment, the domain niche offering ultimate liquidity, finally hit it’s peak?

How this will affect four letter domain sales I do not know but just recently we have seen a marginal increase in LLLL.com sales figures. I believe this is because the peoples gaze has turned to the three letter domain market. Confidence is once again beginning to grow in quad letter domains because the initial scare of falling prices has passed and people have once again begun to reinvestin this niche. Who knows if this will continue as three letter domain sales inevitably affect their four letter domain offspring. They are intertwinedbut many domainers believe the huge gap between the two markets must close sooner or later. What they didn’t believe is that its LLL.com prices decreasing that is closing the gap rather than LLLL.com prices dramatically increasing. What do you think?

Traffic on the increase!

Richard — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:19:34 +0000

I’ve put a lot of hard work into promoting this site and the four letter domain market over the past few months and it seems my efforts are beginning to pay off. This month has been the best the site has seen and traffic has increased beyond its original peak in February this year when four letter domains were at their strongest.

It seems my lack of articles throughout March and April really damaged traffic ratings as my Alexa rank plummeted from 138,000 to nearly 700,000 last month. I’m pleased to say its now back on track and rising once again!

I hope you continue to come back and read future articles as I have now set new targets to reach and beat for this month!

Month in review - June 2008

Richard — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:29:08 +0000

It has certainly been a rough ride for quad letter domain investors throughout June this year but it has been an interesting month nonetheless. This is the second ‘month in review’ article I have written and it won’t be the last so just in case you missed some important articles here are ‘the best bits’.

Feel free to comment on any of the articles listed and post any questions you may have and I will try my best to answer them!

Four letter domain resources:

BQB.com continues to grow in popularity and now has an Alexa rank of 126,384.

Recommended articles you may have missed:

CVCV.net’s proving to be a solid investment! - Pronounceable .net domains continue to perform well.
The latest price guide plus my two cents… - My thoughts on where the four letter domain market is headed and what I am going to do with my investment.
Sometimes bargains are not always a good thing… - It’s all in the title, be careful and understand your niche.

Site News:

Latest acquisitions! - You can now see what domains I have been buying.
List library updated - A new list of all possible VCVCV combinations is available to download from the list library.
Contact - I’ve added a contact page to the site. If you have any questions or requests feel free to drop me a message!

Sales analysis and trends - End of June 2008

Richard — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:11:15 +0000

Aside from the sale of Jaho.com that was finalised last week there has been little significant quad letter domain activity at the main arenas according to DNJournal’s mid-late June sales report. In fact there have been just eight reported LLLL.com sales over $2k and a mere smattering of global contender transactions.

Short domains in general had little impact on the chart but it is clear from the top four that pronounceable quad letter domains once again take centre stage:

JAHO.com - $18,000
GUSA.com - $3,269
ZUPP.com - $2,050
UPAJ.com - $3,000
CGCS.com - $3,000
KVAS.com - $2,888
KMLZ.com - $2,000
SCMC.com - $2,501

What’s great is seeing diversity and a mixture of CVCV, VCVC, quad premium and ’less desirable’ names sold at good solid prices even though they are limited in number.

Heading up the global contenders chart was the fantastic sale of JIEE.org. Healthily past the 5k mark this domain has surely found its way into the hands of an end user as there are plenty of acronyms already in use for this combination of letters.

The full list of global contender sales is as follows:

JIEE.org - $5,300
ARES.net - $4,300
PRIS.net - $1,750
VUKA.net - $1,151
NHFS.net - $1,000

And to wrap up this months, all be it short report, was just one ccTLD. PIES.ca just made it into the chart and sold for $1,032.

JAHO.com sells for $18,000!

Richard — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:39:21 +0000

I’ve been waiting for a sale like this for a while now. The sale of a quad letter domain for a 5 figure sum that has nothing to offer other than itself. Take a look at the stats, it has no Page Rank, isn’t DMOZ listed, has an Alexa rank of over eight million, and after checking archive.org has never hosted a developed website other than countless holding pages offering the domain for sale.

This sale doesn’t obey the rules of the ’system’. It is a pronounceable CVCV.com, but is just a triple premium which should sell in the region of $4k. This name sold at four times that amount and the only reason for this is because it found an end user.

Its not a dictionary generic, its not a quad premium, its not got masses of traffic or good webmaster statistics to back it plus the term ‘jaho’ only returns 142K search results. It has been bought because an end user wanted it, nothing more, nothing less. In fact the only significant references I can find to the term ‘jaho’ are a classical singer ’Ermonela Jaho‘ and two websites for the company that produces ‘Jaho Coffee & Tea‘. I’m stumped as to what it will be used for. Any ideas?

Sometimes bargains are not always a good thing…

Richard — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:01:39 +0000

I was sifting through some of my drafts and almost deleted this article which I’ve been meaning to complete for a while now. I decided some of the points to be made back in April are still relevant now. After I wrote ‘Still ‘biting’ for bargains!‘ I thought it would be good to look at the market from a different view point. The question that springs to my mind when so many people are finding so many bargains at so many market venues is, ‘why are there so many?’

Well, put quite simply, bargains indicate that a market is in decline because people are selling cheap in an attempt to cut their loses. ‘We already know this’ I hear you cry, but what amazes me is that so many people still believe they are getting a bargain even after the a numerous discussions that have taken place regarding market correction, recession and depreciation.

They aren’t bargains, not in the current market. Prices have fallen dramatically over the past couple of months and this domain niche is so fluid it is ctitical you remain up to date. In any market you should strive to stay current and be self educated. Analyse your niche and understand it. A bargain yesterday could well be an overpriced item today.

The point I’m making is not to discourage anyone from participating in the 4 letter domain market but to understand that sometimes bargains aren’t always a good thing, and more often than not bargains aren’t bargains at all. Do your research and plan your purchases carefully plus look beyond the immediate future and realise the potential that this market has to evolve in later years because that is when we can look back and truly say we grabbed a bargain.