Four Letter .COM Domains ALL Registered!
The 4 letter .com domain niche, better known to domainers as LLLL.com names, is soon to be moving into a new phase. The amount of remaining four letter combinations for the dot com TLD as of the time of this posting is estimated to be a mere 450 names. It has taken many months for the remaining registrations of “non-premium” names (those which contain the letters Q, X, Z, V, U) to take place. It seems that sometime today the chance of registering ownership of an LLLL.com domain will no longer be possible except for when they are allowed to become expired.
LLLL vs. CCCC
To clarify in common domaining terms, there is quite a big difference between 4 letter domains and 4 character domains, which are referred to as LLLL.com and CCCC.com respectively. “Characters” can include hyphens or numbers.
The LLLL.com Countdown
DYYO, the unofficial authority on four letter domain names, has a feature which allows you to browse the last few names that are available to register. This is not 100% accurate and can be a little behind in updating but is the only freely available bulk data.
You can also check out this 90+ page long discussion topic on NamePros:
The LLLL Buzz
NamePros member c4smok comments that “I am glad to see it finally over. I have followed this for the last 4 months. It’s a great day for the internet, but I am worried about the economy. Can only hope this will last.”
NoRest remarks “End of an era or end of an error? We’ll find out soon enough…”
Vurg exclaims “99.9% Registered. Cool!“
Oh man! I just refreshed the NamePros topic and it’s been reported that only 400 LLLL.com are remaining. The last letter to go was “U”, why that’s relevant I have no idea!
The Aftermath
It’s official! Every four letter combination dot com domain has been registered at one point in time. Aftermarket sales, expired drop catching or backordering are now your two options for acquiring an LLLL.com domain.
The prices are not expected to sky rocket but they will increase some, especially for those few good quality words and abbreviations. I will do my best to follow the trends on sales, LLLL domain drops and report on the latest news from around the domain industry blogosphere related to this event.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 4:52 am
Yeah! Go, go, go!
We’ll be rich once they are all gone, I think today in a few hours…
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 am
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:23 am
As of now less than 250 domains are there. The magic moment can be anytime soon
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:05 am
Glad To See All Four Letter .Com’s Are Now Taken! In Your FACE!! To Everyone Who Under Estimated The Value Of LLLL.com’s! On NamePros.com, We Counted Down Every LLLL.com Until The Last One Was Taken! Time To Celebrate This Weekend!!
P.S. I Have A Portfolio Of LLLL.COM’s If Anyone Is Interested
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
I got mine! Pronounceable, from ebay for 0.99 just a couple months ago… sweet!
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:12 pm
I have been waiting a long time for this day and now it has happened. But will this buy-out hold? I believe so. This buy-out wasn’t done by a single person/entity.
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 am
It is good to see that they have gone, however I am wondering if the fad will saty this way - will there be that much demand for something with an x and a q in it in the future? or are they just thinking that they will be like the 3 letter domains, where acronyms are much easier to make.
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
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November 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
That is amazing. How many 5 letter domains are left?
November 4th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
This is just amazing! How long until the five and six letter domains are all snatched up? How many of them will be of value in ten years?
All of this reminds me of schoolboy math; remember learning about exponential equations? I wouldn’t be surprised if the one letter domains got snatched up with in the first year … and then more and more in less time as the web becomes more central to every day life.
November 4th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
I guess it is just the ease of tying 4 letters, but I mean why other than that are 4 letter words so important? Does it help that much to have one?
November 4th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Here is a free LLLL.com Domain Name Guide that you can download (right click and save to your computer) http://www.diskettes.info/4letter.pdf
November 5th, 2007 at 11:24 am
So I have a few 4-letter domains. Are there any good places to find out the price for them?
November 7th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
People get so blinded by short domain names that they forget that short is only good as a proxy of pronounceable and memorable. What good is a four letter domain if nobody including the owner can remember it? If it’s only four letters, but it’s not pronounceable or otherwise memorable, it’s worthless people! (unless it’s an acronym, etc, but that would make it memorable).
November 8th, 2007 at 3:03 am
That’s scary. I’ve always wanted a 4 letter domain name. Guess I won’t get one now ;(
November 8th, 2007 at 7:59 am
November 15th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
I know that I will be seeing a post like this in next years about LLLLL.com 5 L’s domains and that times 4 L’s will reach $100K+ , That’s my assumption
December 14th, 2007 at 3:00 am
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December 21st, 2007 at 1:32 am
domain names has become digital real estate =)
January 5th, 2008 at 1:26 am
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January 22nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I have now the XPSO.com
(LLLL.com)
March 17th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
So how exactly do I put a dollar value on my four letter domain name?
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
I want to know can we register any 4 letter domain or they all has been taken because i have searched allot to register one, and every time i get the result that its been taken.
May 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
these days even a bad combination LLLL.com fectches at least $25 in forums, and expired domain auctions.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 am
Registering or buying just any 4 letter domain is not smart at all. What are you going to do with say YGHQ.COM? Radio statio n will buy it? How much possibility is that? You better spend your money more wisely, say on collectible banknotes, gold or immovable property.