Interesting to see Giant Games dumping so many lll.co.uk names onto DL, though all very much at the lesser end of things admittedly.
GG have never really been a motivated seller, so this is kinda interesting. Given the current selling price on lower end LLLs is low xxx, I do wonder what the reserves are as well as the long term game.
With diminishing sales on such a large holding especially lll's, I'd guess the hike in renewal fees is starting to bite. They have also dumped many nnnn's.
If the reserve is £250 thats £25 lost if its not sold. I accept its not a lot of money but several haven't been sold and the ones that have have been very low £xxx. It all counts in the end.
Well if you do the math... 8000 three letter .uk names from 1999 = 18 years spent on them. Which is (18 x 2.50 ) x 8000 = £360,000 spent already. Current renewal 8000 x £3.75 = £30,000 + VAT a year to renew. While selling to end users at 2-3 per week (max 150 a year). Which is 150 x £2000 average sale = £300,000 a year. However it would take 53 years to sell all 8000 ! So sticking 500 of the worst ones on DomainLore seems a good idea...Even if you spent up to £5000 listing them. You would save £1875 a year and maybe get £50,000