how many left

retired_member4 · 12-04-2009, 01:26:48 AM

Yep, I would suggest everyone grabs a handful each as I expect the good ones to be all snapped up soon.
I'm receiving offers for lll.org.uk's so they are being considered by businesses already. Not high offers, but I'm sure they will increase in time.

rob · 12-04-2009, 01:34:27 AM

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Originally Posted by FagEnd

Yep, I would suggest everyone grabs a handful each as I expect the good ones to be all snapped up soon.
I'm receiving offers for lll.org.uk's so they are being considered by businesses already. Not high offers, but I'm sure they will increase in time.

Grabbed Auz.co.uk and a mates initals etc

Not sure about grabbing stuff, there is a reason why 9000 out of 17,000 are free to register rather.

A small wary speculation punt maybe, but dont go mad chaps, you have to pay for these and the renewals!

scooter · 12-04-2009, 01:40:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rob

If this was name'pros' / dnforum etc a quest would be to INVEST and organise a BUY OUT!

But its the UK and a massive difference.

US population 304 million
UK population 61 million

If we were comparing org to org.uk, In the US alone (although .org has a world wide appeal) there is 5 times the buying power and more importantly, 5 times more potential customers for the same number of domains.

It would cost £40K to slurp up that lot. I let 30 of mine go back into the pot 3 months ago.

I don't think there is a strong enough market for them. I do think there is for generics, but I think lll's is a different kettle of fish.

I bought 80 of them. In 2 years i've had one offer. It came from a charity. They asked me how much, I said £250 and they said they hoped to get it for £50 max. After a 2 minute google, I found out it was the same charity that had just been gifted £1 million pounds from Terry Pratchett 2 weeks before!

Has there been any significant sales of them?

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scooter · 12-04-2009, 01:42:04 AM

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Originally Posted by rob

Grabbed Auz.co.uk

That was one of mine i threw back.

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retired_member4 · 12-04-2009, 02:01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by rob

Not sure about grabbing stuff, there is a reason why 9000 out of 17,000 are free to register rather.

Most of them have q z x etc. which will probably never be regged

DoubleTap · 12-04-2009, 02:03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by scooter

That was one of mine i threw back.

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That's was funny!

philipp · 12-04-2009, 02:05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rob

Grabbed Auz.co.uk and a mates initals etc

A small wary speculation punt maybe, but dont go mad chaps, you have to pay for these and the renewals!

Especially if you're prone to forgetting you registered.org.uk and not .co.uk

P.

DoubleTap · 12-04-2009, 02:07:52 AM

To save you cherry pickers the trouble:

wsj wall street journal
vjv Voyages Jules Verne
jjb sports stores
rfp request for proposal
jux record label
ijt inkjet cartridges
oka furniture store
cdw CD Wow

DaveBeasley · 12-04-2009, 11:31:36 AM

If its of any use to anyone, and will certainly save a lot of time manually doing it, HERE you can download a partial list (only got upto as far as mid G's) of all 3 letter LLL's with archive.org history. Unfortunately its not foolproof, as some of the pages aren't accessible anymore, and the number of pages archived is not really a good measure of how important the previous websites (if any) actually were. I normally put it into 'detail' view and start with the largest files first.

I'm going to continue doing the rest of the list and will post up the rest afterwards. If in the meantime anyone wants the small app. I had written to scrape archive.org then feel free to download it HERE. Some of you will perhaps remember it from a long time ago, others may not, feel free to make use if it, ask any questions via PM if you need operational instructions.

Cheers

Dave

firestars · 12-04-2009, 12:53:30 PM

In anyone new to the domain game at this late stage happens upon this thread, my advice to you would be, dont reg any.

12-04-2009, 11:31:36 AM	#19 (permalink)
DaveBeasley Nominet Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shrewsbury Posts: 218 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 9)	If its of any use to anyone, and will certainly save a lot of time manually doing it, HERE you can download a partial list (only got upto as far as mid G's) of all 3 letter LLL's with archive.org history. Unfortunately its not foolproof, as some of the pages aren't accessible anymore, and the number of pages archived is not really a good measure of how important the previous websites (if any) actually were. I normally put it into 'detail' view and start with the largest files first. I'm going to continue doing the rest of the list and will post up the rest afterwards. If in the meantime anyone wants the small app. I had written to scrape archive.org then feel free to download it HERE. Some of you will perhaps remember it from a long time ago, others may not, feel free to make use if it, ask any questions via PM if you need operational instructions. Cheers Dave __________________ Energy \| Dating \| Hotel Catering \| BuyToLet \| Personal Injuries \| Criminal Injuries \| Industrial Injuries \| Workplace Injuries \| Mobile Comparison \| FengShui \| Welsh

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12-04-2009, 01:26:48 AM	#11 (permalink)
retired_member4 Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 833 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 19)	Yep, I would suggest everyone grabs a handful each as I expect the good ones to be all snapped up soon. I'm receiving offers for lll.org.uk's so they are being considered by businesses already. Not high offers, but I'm sure they will increase in time.

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DoubleTap Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,228 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / 0)	To save you cherry pickers the trouble: wsj wall street journal vjv Voyages Jules Verne jjb sports stores rfp request for proposal jux record label ijt inkjet cartridges oka furniture store cdw CD Wow

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firestars Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Suffolk Posts: 3,260 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 29)	In anyone new to the domain game at this late stage happens upon this thread, my advice to you would be, dont reg any.