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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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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