N-L / L-N .co.uk

[dhscott]

Does anybody have any recent sales number for either combination of these? I want honest numbers please also

 

[i4v.net]

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i wondered this also.

I reg'd 24g.co.uk with 24hr gambling in mind but I see many ppl think only LLL is worthwhile.

I can tell you now that I'd rather have a meaningful and LNL, NNL etc than a crappy three letter domain for the sake of it?

 

[dhscott]

i wondered this also.

I reg'd 24g.co.uk with 24hr gambling in mind but I see many ppl think only LLL is worthwhile.

I can tell you now that I'd rather have a meaningful and LNL, NNL etc than a crappy three letter domain for the sake of it?

The sort you are talking about are 3 character domains, there are plenty of these available, but as you say, a meaningful 3 character name has a lot of potential.

24g was worth the registration IMHO

I'm specifically asking about hyphenated 3 character domains. There aren't many of these about compared to other 3 character domains and so based on that merit they should be more valuable. My question is, what exactly is the range of their value?!

 

[i4v.net]

ok

sorry, yes I see your point.

Well I guess its down to the name in question?

but I think 'th return of the hyphen' is coming.


give me an example.

 

[dhscott]

I'm not asking for appraisals, I'm asking for stats on sales of hyphenated 3 character domains, but if you want to know:

http://www.n-6.co.uk
http://www.x-8.co.uk

 

[i4v.net]

hmm

i'd say that 3 char .co.uks with hyphens that dont form a well known meaningful aCRYNOmn (e.g. A-1.co.uk) are propbaly not worth the reg fee..?

 

[dhscott]

i'd say that 3 char .co.uks with hyphens that dont form a well known meaningful aCRYNOmn (e.g. A-1.co.uk) are propbaly not worth the reg fee..?

Any basis for that?

 

[i4v.net]

basis

well,

imho, if it Does Not:

• have no traffic
• have type-in traffic
• have no branding potential (eg memorable like a-1)
• mean anything to anyone (eg U-2, o-2 etc)
• form an acyrnm for something else

then I think the only thing going for it, is that its short.

On that basis, as an investment, for me its not going to be worth much. Take o-9.co.uk for example - what could u do with it, its only really worth what someone will pay for it, other than that...?

maybe someone else here can point somthing out we've missed?

 

[grantw]

As a rough guide, r-h.com just sold on DNF for $1.1k

Grant

 

[i4v.net]

.com

thats a dot com, the scope is much bigger.

im only offering opinion on a N-L.co.uk

if anyone can get £1.1k for something like 4-o.co.uk (with none of the for mentioned attributes) then i'll eat me shorts!

 

[grantw]

My point was that $1.1k is not a high price, which indicates L-L.co.uk have a low value, which indicates further that N-L/L-N.co.uk have even less value!

Grant

 

[dhscott]

I'd still say that any hyphenated 3 character domain still has more value than a generic LLN or LNL or NLL domain, no matter what extension.

I think the problem is with hyphens is that no-one wants them, despite what I have just said above. No one is giving sales figures probably because they don't have any! Or they don't want to give them. Perhaps.

Maybe it also has something to do with that the following N-L.co.uk are free to register:

3-X
8-A
8-B
8-C
8-E
0-L

All L-N are taken, the two I registered were the last two free. It was why I registered them

 

[i4v.net]

I'd still say that any hyphenated 3 character domain still has more value than a generic LLN or LNL or NLL domain, no matter what extension.

i cant see how a good generic LLN or LNL or NLL or even NNL domain is worth less than hyphenated 3 character domain.

i think the fact is there all pretty shite unless its really special like abc.com
etc, but using these crap domain examples:

your saying: 24g.com is worse that 2-g.com or IY2.com is worse that I-2.com or 2-Y.com etc?

their only 3 char, and i can see the attraciveness of having a short domain, but their almost impossible to develop. would u chuck money at advertising a hyphenated domain only to miss traffic because your customer forgot to put it in?
i'd far rather have the non - hyphen unless its incredible rare like A-1.com which aint gunna happen!?

 

[dhscott]

i cant see how a good generic LLN or LNL or NLL or even NNL domain is worth less than hyphenated 3 character domain.

i think the fact is there all pretty shite unless its really special like abc.com
etc, but using these crap domain examples:

your saying: 24g.com is worse that 2-g.com or IY2.com is worse that I-2.com or 2-Y.com etc?

their only 3 char, and i can see the attraciveness of having a short domain, but their almost impossible to develop. would u chuck money at advertising a hyphenated domain only to miss traffic because your customer forgot to put it in?
i'd far rather have the non - hyphen unless its incredible rare like A-1.com which aint gunna happen!?

I'm saying q9x is bad, 24g can be a typo of 24h or represent 24 grams, 24 gigs, it has plenty of meanings. Note I did not suggest NNL were bad, you can stick meanings onto plenty of them and plenty of those have more than one meaning. I agree that hypenated domains are the same as a q9x type of name, but there are significantly less of them available, some have meanings as you say also.

So what I mean is if we are comparing crap 3 character to crap 3 character, the hyphened crap is worth more. With the TLDs, the hyphened 3 characters were registered long before the q9x's were, there are simply less names to register.

q9x.co.uk is unsurprisingly available to register.

 

[i4v.net]

q9x.co.uk is unsurprisingly available to register.

yikees! id better reg q9x.co.uk!

yeah i see your point, the interesting thing is that in 10 years time will a 3 char .com or .co.uk (no matter what combo) be worth 10 times more than what it is now on the basis that they are rare.

thinking about it - is a LLN or LNN rarer than a LLL as there are less combos?

 

[dhscott]

thinking about it - is a LLN or LNN rarer than a LLL as there are less combos?

You make a valid point, one for which I have no answer!

3 Character dot coms are already big bucks, only LLL.co.uks are. The .commers are out to try and reg all the LLLLs out there. I honestly think that that is just trying to create a hype where there isn't one.

 

[rob]

I have a few L-L.co.uk 's and never had an offer or interest.

Rarity has to be coupled with useablity. 45245fgfd.co.uk is rare as there is only one of it, however no one would ever buy it

LLL.co.uk are solid as there is a finite reasonable number, useful for company names / acronyms / not hard to cock up spelling / looks posh for a company etc.

 

[i4v.net]

3-x.co.uk

ok, ok im gunna take some flaming for this probably but i just reg'd 3-x.co.uk

i figured it has good relevance to 3 G applications (3 Xtimes the speed etc) I can easlily create a sexy looking webpage for a 3G mobile related affiliate page.

also i see thAT 1-X, 2-X, 4-X.CO.UK ALL GONE so at least im not the only fewl:mrgreen:

(god i need to gt my nominet membership sorted so i can reg doma for 0.75p instead of £5)...

 

[rob]

(god i need to gt my nominet membership sorted so i can reg doma for 0.75p instead of £5)...

so do I if thats the price they are charging now!

 

[dhscott]

so do I if thats the price they are charging now!

£25 last time I checked, or was that a drop catcher service?

I agree with Rob on the LLL, they just have so many uses.

N-6 i'll probably make a property kinda thing for the N6 postcode
X-8; I have no idea!