Care to rephrase or maybe at least consider it a possiblity Dotcom?
What the heck am I rephrasing?
Again, go back and read the original question.
Saying that NNNNN.com is the
next rush when it has already happened is like a Wall Street analyst predicting the DOW will top 10,000 for the first time ever.
There is a serious difference between reading and reading comprehension.
What are you gonna do with numbers, "COME VISIT MY WEBSITE AT 2578.COM" ?? (im not saying for domains like 2424.com 2552.com)
3 NNN at least it could be memorable
A phone number is 7 digits, with area code 10 digits. But we have several memorized.
I would stay with perhaps 7 or less, the fewer the better. 3 is area code, 5 zip code length.
But numbers have one thing that letters or characters do not have...universal meaning. The same number has the same intrinsic value no matter where you are. So number can and do say a great deal in many different cultures.
In China, number 8 is good luck, number 4 is bad as it sounds too much like the chinese word for "death". The Summer Olympics in Beijing will officially commence at 08:08:08 on 08/08/08.
In the US, lucky "7" is good, 8 not so good when you are playing billiards and scratch, and of course 666 has it's own meaning.
So numbers can represent a date, a zip, a phone, and any number of things. Check out t9.com and see what words you can make out of a string of numbers. And with the saturation or over-saturation of the .com market, numbers represent a great alternative as a generic domain.