LLLL.com's prices going down....?

**Chappy** · 03-07-2008, 12:26 PM

As I feared a while back - with the market so flooded with LLLL.com's the supply is exceeding demand. The boards are cluttered with people selling poor lettered LLLL.com these days. The prices seems to have slowed as a result.

It's a shame because I was starting to build a nice portfolio of premium LLLL myself and now not sure what to do.

**Stian** · 03-07-2008, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Chappy

As I feared a while back - with the market so flooded with LLLL.com's the supply is exceeding demand. The boards are cluttered with people selling poor lettered LLLL.com these days. The prices seems to have slowed as a result.

It's a shame because I was starting to build a nice portfolio of premium LLLL myself and now not sure what to do.

What's a shame? I don't get it .. If you have a nice portfolio of LLLL.com's with premium letters, you should be happy. I am pretty sure the value will double within a year or less.

**DomainMagnate** · 03-07-2008, 12:44 PM

I've published a small post here with my opinion on the LLLL matter.

**BLazeD** · 03-07-2008, 04:06 PM

Buyer confidence is down, people don't see them going back up

**rkbdomain** · 03-07-2008, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by BLazeD

Buyer confidence is down, people don't see them going back up

Why are some people panicking that prices have dropped? As an observer (I don't own any LLLL's) this seems to be a normal correction given the market dynamics. The panickers seem just as insane as the people who were predicting that these things are going to keep increasing in value 10x per year (and probably many are the same people

) until eternity. Anyways, domains over time will continue to increase in value at a nice rate, most likely the LLLL's aren't going to appreciate as fast over the next 5 years as they have over the last 5 months. It seems like some people are just realizing that for the first time.

**acesfull** · 03-07-2008, 05:15 PM

Most of this talk about LLLL.com domains is a bunch of HOGWASH!

Sure, you can talk about prices and give examples all day long. You can cite who is selling what, and for how much. You can talk about how "X" is a premium letter in China. You can talk about domains that begin with, or end with whatever "premium" letters. You can talk about how "pronouncable" an LLLL.com is (most often pronouncable only after drinking a 6-pack of beer). You can talk about how good it is, having a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel pattern. You can report stats and do whatever analysis you wish.

If you think the value of LLLL.com is going up, maybe that's just because the value of dot-com domains, in general, is going up.

You could similarly talk about 3-word, dotcoms. There are great 3-word combinations, and not-so-great 3-word combinations.

One thing I do like about LLLL.coms, is that they sometimes are given new meanings, with the creation of new companies, new medical terms, diseases, product descriptions, services, initials of couples - or anything else that can be acronymized with four letters, at which point any LLLL.com has the potential to instantly zoom in value.

I'm sure many people have sold domains in the $10 to $100 range, when the end-user buyer would have been prepared to pay $5,000 - or maybe much more.

The bottom line is, though LLLL.com is a distinctive category, the value of the domain is made on a case-by-case basis - and that is for all 456,976 combinations.

The value comes down to traffic, the revenue it earns or is projected to earn, what meanings and uses it may currently be known to have, and often, it is based on YOU, if you can negotiate the best possible deal for the domain - which may not be easy to pin down, and, if you do wait for the right buyer, that could possibly be a long time.

Now, with all of this being said, with me as the authority on LLLL.coms, this thread may now be closed.

**Yaadoo** · 03-07-2008, 05:29 PM

crappy LLLL.com may never come back up in anytime soon meaning 1-2 years.

But for good ones like prounciables, Trip Prems, With Meaning LLLL.com or Quads are bound to still go up.

This is just a temperoary slow down because LLLL.com has went up so much and so fast. And so many people are cashing in their money right now.

**domaingeneration** · 03-07-2008, 05:32 PM

I purchased a number of LLLL last year and tested them with parking. Most contain
letters like X, Z, W, Y, K, Q, J, etc. They not only get traffic, but some of them
generate up to $xxx revenues. I hope my sharing will help you stick with LLLL -
the value is rising not just because they're all registered, but also they're bringing
traffic and revenues for long term business.

All the best,
DG
Domain Parking Expert

**Dale Hubbard** · 03-07-2008, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by acesfull

Most of this talk about LLLL.com domains is a bunch of HOGWASH!

Sure, you can talk about prices and give examples all day long. You can cite who is selling what, and for how much. You can talk about how "X" is a premium letter in China. You can talk about domains that begin with, or end with whatever "premium" letters. You can talk about how "pronouncable" an LLLL.com is (most often pronouncable only after drinking a 6-pack of beer). You can talk about how good it is, having a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel pattern. You can report stats and do whatever analysis you wish.

If you think the value of LLLL.com is going up, maybe that's just because the value of dot-com domains, in general, is going up.

You could similarly talk about 3-word, dotcoms. There are great 3-word combinations, and not-so-great 3-word combinations.

One thing I do like about LLLL.coms, is that they sometimes are given new meanings, with the creation of new companies, new medical terms, diseases, product descriptions, services, initials of couples - or anything else that can be acronymized with four letters, at which point any LLLL.com has the potential to instantly zoom in value.

I'm sure many people have sold domains in the $10 to $100 range, when the end-user buyer would have been prepared to pay $5,000 - or maybe much more.

The bottom line is, though LLLL.com is a distinctive category, the value of the domain is made on a case-by-case basis - and that is for all 456,976 combinations.

The value comes down to traffic, the revenue it earns or is projected to earn, what meanings and uses it may currently be known to have, and often, it is based on YOU, if you can negotiate the best possible deal for the domain - which may not be easy to pin down, and, if you do wait for the right buyer, that could possibly be a long time.

Now, with all of this being said, with me as the authority on LLLL.coms, this thread may now be closed.

Err -- you are not the 'authority' at all. Stop being pretentious. And also refrain from being the 'guiding light'. Some people might be mistakenly sucked in. And who are you to demand a thread is closed?

If you had a vague inkling you'd know what investing in LLLL.com means.

"This thread may now be closed?" Behave please.

**Acro** · 03-07-2008, 05:36 PM

TGIF.com gets my vote for the day's best LLLL .com

**acesfull** · 03-07-2008, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by aZooZa

Err -- you are not the 'authority' at all. Stop being pretentious. And also refrain from being the 'guiding light'. Some people might be mistakenly sucked in. And who are you to demand a thread is closed?

If you had a vague inkling you'd know what investing in LLLL.com means.

"This thread may now be closed?" Behave please.

Actually, I do have a vague inkling, as I started buying LLLL.coms in 1999. Also, I'm afraid you wouldn't know a touch of humor if it hit you in the face with a big rubber chicken.

**Chappy** · 03-07-2008, 07:16 PM

I wish I owned STFU.com right now....

**Acro** · 03-07-2008, 07:20 PM

Chappy, nice sig

**dannbkk** · 03-08-2008, 01:57 AM

Un-pronouncable domains or non premium LLLL's seems to be going up in price very slow the past few weeks, but are stilll sitting around a nice min $50 each. but 4LLLL.com as a whole will continue to go up in price without a doubt.

**VTEC** · 03-08-2008, 04:09 AM

Originally Posted by Chappy

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**italiandragon** · 03-09-2008, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by BLazeD

Buyer confidence is down, people don't see them going back up

oh yeahh very down...

http://www.dnforum.com/f529/aaas-com...ad-283523.html

$2,400 won`t buy you AAAS.com .....what a distrace.

ACROPLEX and CO : try harder......you may pick up some XZQY below $100 before it`s too late.

**gooster** · 03-09-2008, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by italiandragon

oh yeahh very down...

http://www.dnforum.com/f529/aaas-com...ad-283523.html

$2,400 won`t buy you AAAS.com .....what a distrace.

ACROPLEX and CO : try harder......you may pick up some XZQY below $100 before it`s too late.

If you see what Acro, others and I are saying, it is that premiums will continue to go up. See who bid $2.5k - Reece. He recently sold off a bulk load of "bad" LLLLs and seems to now be investing in premiums. This is exactly what I would advise.

**Stian** · 03-09-2008, 01:47 PM

Looking back at the incredible LLLL.com price evolution makes me want to sit on my premiums for another year before I sell them.

**tphelan** · 03-09-2008, 02:25 PM

I've noticed eBay sales of LLLL.coms picking up recently. I mean, there were definately some sales below $50 that I saw last week, but now I'm seeing more like these:

DRXE.com $107 with 1 hour left
LDYU.com $102 with 1 1/2 hours left
PQNV.com $102 with 2 hours left
IJEK.co $430 with 3 hours left
IWEJ.co $300 with 9 hours left
ZOGD.com $237 with 9 hours left
IOVZ.com $305 with 9 hours left

I tried selling LLLL.coms on eBay a few times in mid 2007 and didn't get one bid. The marketplace seems to be getting more knowlegeable as time goes by.

**Acro** · 03-09-2008, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by gooster

If you see what Acro, others and I are saying, it is that premiums will continue to go up. See who bid $2.5k - Reece. He recently sold off a bulk load of "bad" LLLLs and seems to now be investing in premiums. This is exactly what I would advise.

Finally some logic.

italiandragon likes to play the game of impression but he conveniently forgets my 3-pointer posts.

Go back and read them.