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View Poll Results: How long before all LLLL .co.uk domains will be bought up?
No more than six months 2 6.45%
Between seven months and 12 months 0 0%
Between 13 months and 18 months 3 9.68%
More than 18 months 18 58.06%
Never 8 25.81%
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Old 04-04-2008, 09:07:07 AM     #11 (permalink)

 
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What's interesting is that nearly one third of forum members think that four letter .co.uk domain names will never be bought up completely.
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nearly one third of forum members that have voted in the poll think that four letter .co.uk domain names will never be bought up completely.
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I like LLLL .co.uk domains, I have made various sales for £xxx with them.
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I like LLLL .co.uk domains, I have made various sales for £xxx with them.
Can you quote a few examples?

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I dont want to quote any as they were private sales. I do recommend snapping up the premium letter domains though.
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Of the dictionary match 4letters I've found that all but a dozen or so are regged. The non-dictionary anagrams / slang / etc are a mixture of companies, private regs & free.

I don't think there will ever be the demand for these like the .coms.

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That's my view too, if it makes a word then of course these wil lbe regged, but I don't see people regging zyjq.co.uk just in case someone decides to buy it...
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My feeling is that four letter domains have to be long term holdings. It may take 10 or 20 years before such names find an end user, if ever.

But I think four letter .co.uk domains will have a value above reg fee because they generally are a good alternative to longer and harder to remember domains.

Admin, in your example you picked a domain that is clearly unattractive. But 3 letter .coms and 3 letter .co.uk s with non-premium letters sell for respectable prices. Similarly, there is every chance that 4 letter .co.uks will go up, though by not as much, and not as fast, obviously.
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It will be a very long time before anyone begins to speculate heavily in LLLL.co.uk domains... It will happen, but not for many years, if it does it will be at least 6-8 years dependant on market growth of course.

In any case, there is definate value in four letter domains... Ive had two low-mid £xxx offers on four letter .info's and one LLLL.net this week...

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Ive got a few.

idmm (Google it )

mnop (nice alphabetic flow AND I was going to develope under the idea of "Make No Other Plans")

Both were expired with a bit of history
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I'm not sure these will ever get sold out but I think all CVCV and VCVC will go at some point (if not already)

I have a few, including: jova.co.uk, viko.co.uk, ziga.co.uk and xiga.co.uk.

Instead of going for acronyms I went for strong sounding, brandables. I have 24 LLLL.coms too of reasonable quality, and some of my LLLL.co.uks receive comparable traffic.
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