Quad Letter Domains

I’ve noticed a few sales threads on Namepros recently that have received little interest from prospective buyers even though some of the domains on offer are of a reasonable quality. The majority of the domains in question are CVCV.info’s which were initially bought in bulk and should be fairly easy to shift considering their desirability and the current influx of high value CVCV.com sales. I personally have had much success in selling CVCV.info domains and am always seeking to invest in more.

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written by Richard \\ tags: cvcv.com, cvcv.info, domain expiry, expiry date affect sales, expiry dates, LLLL.com, LLLL.info

A regular member of Namepros is actively developing an excellent application that helps investors determine the value of four letter domains by automated appraisal. Glabnet, aka George is a Microsoft Certified Applications Developer and has been working on the ’Smart selector for expired, refunded and available domains’ since last year. The latest version (V2.1.1) is available to download from his website LLLY.net, is free to try and costs just $22.65 for the full version. At LLLY.net you will also find links to download other applications currently under development.

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written by Richard \\ tags: domain appraisal, four letter domain appraisals, glabnet, llly.net, smart selector

I finalised my first purchase at BQB.com this morning. After browsing the growing database of domains on offer I decided to make a quick purchase to see how the process works. I settled on HCTO(.)com, a nice quad premium domain with trailing ‘O’. The auction ended with me being the highest and only bidder at $390. I immediately received an email stating that I had won the domain, clicked the link and followed the payment instructions. Although there are still a few design and usability features that need to be improved upon the process was very simple and easy to use.

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written by Richard \\ tags: bqb, bqb.com, domain auctions, short domain market venue, short domains

Sitting in traffic a few days ago, initially I was oblivious to what was staring me in the face while I idly tapped along to music on the steering wheel. It was then that I had the idea of publishing evidence of four letter domains in use by end users when I noticed that the company van in front of me was utilising a quad letter domain!

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written by Richard \\ tags: .info, end users, four letter domains, LLLL.info, m&m asset maintenance, quad letter domains

I have observed some excellent examples of quad letter domains being used by end users recently so I have created a new catagory called ‘Spotted’. On my travels or even when I am simply online I aim to record and publish evidence of four letter domains being put to good use by end users. 

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written by Richard \\ tags: end users, four letter domains, quad letter domains, Spotted

Reece of Four Letter Noob has opened his site, BQB.com, for BETA testing! In this phase of testing Reece has decided to restrict access to recognised members of Namepros and DNForum only. He is manually accepting a limited number of user accounts so if you would like to take part in the BETA testing, PM Reece on either forum as soon as possible!

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written by Richard \\ tags: bqb beta testing, bqb.com, reece, short domain market place

Ty Maier wrote a blog post today which I felt compelled to reply to. I thought I’d expand on my comments a little and add further thoughts here. Ty’s opinion is that you should renew your domains based on quality. This is true in some respects (especially when considering extension) but you should always look at the bigger picture. I frequently use the quote, ‘One Man’s Rubbish Is Another Man’s Gold’. There really is no way of knowing about the end user hell bent on owning the very name you were embarrassed to showcase and have stashed away at the back of your portfolio.

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written by Richard \\ tags: domain investment planning, domain registration, domain renewal, planning for renewals

Its been nearly four months since I wrote the article “PR1 - A step in the right direction!” and for some reason I decided to check some general stats about the site to kill time before I go out tonight. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Quad Letter Domains now has a Page Rank of 3! We are ‘moving on up!’

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written by Richard \\ tags: backlinks, google page rank, pr

There is only one four letter domain in the DNJournal Domain Sales Report this week. Show.org was sold privately for $13K but its a dictionary word and shouldn’t be included in any reseller sales analysis. In any case, an encouraging sale for any .org enthusiast although in my opinion the plural ’shows’ may better serve the needs of the new owner but it really does depend on how the name will be used in the future.

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written by Richard \\ tags: dnjournal, dnjournal domain sales report, sales analysis, sales trends

Sedo simply doesn’t like to post information about failed sales or auctions that did not meet reserve, it’s simply not good marketing. Unfortunately for us it makes it very difficult to report these failed transactions. I missed the final few minutes of the Bond.com auction that ended on the 24th April but thankfully Michael of DomainMagnate commented today letting me know just how far off the mark many people were with its valuation.

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written by Richard \\ tags: bond.com, domain magnate, james bond, sedo auction, the names bond