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michaelg314

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Hey gang,

I was hoping to have a healthy discussion on the above-referenced topic. In other words, which do you think is better in terms of long term value?

I'll start it off with my own thoughts... I think over the long term, CVCV.com's will hold their values and continue to increase in value. Over the short term, I think we are seeing this already. We have tula.com on namejet already over $4,500 and foxo.com selling yesterday for over $3K on sedo. The LLL.com market apppears to be in a downward spiral at the moment, but I think it will certainly rebound in the near future.

The value of random LLL.coms is driven by their limited supply (I think). It's hard to imagine how something like xqv.com would ever be used by an end-user. By contast, almost any CVCV.com can be used by ANY company, because even if it does not stand for the abbreviation of that particular company name, it has the protential to be the brand name of a product for that company. I think there is something inherently sexy about CVCV.coms. In sum, I'll note the following two points:

(1) There exist less CVCV.coms than there are LLL.coms. It's a matter of mathematics:

CVCV (not counting "y") = 21 x 5 x 21 x 5 = 11,025
LLL = 26 x 26 x 26 = 17,576

(2) The chances of finding an end user that utilizes the three exact letters you own is very limited. However, with a CVCV, which is clearly the easiest to pronounce of the LLLL.coms, while there may be a lesser likelihood that it will be used as an acronym for a company name, there are much greater chances that a company or product will utilize the name (unless it is a pronounceable LLL.com, which I think will always remain golden). Afterall, if I'm thinking of a name for a company or product, I'll more than likely opt for something like Gata than for Tyq.


By the way (here's my disclaimer), while I do own lots of CVCV.coms, I also own lots of LLL.coms. So I hope that both of them skyrocket in price, as I have a vested interested in both.

I look forward to your thoughts.

Thanks.
 
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I think LLL.com will still be more valuable than CVCV.com . I mean if you compare average CVCV.com and LLL.com.
 

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LLL.com forever
 
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Thanks James and Carter. What's your rationale for your answers? I look forward to your thoughts as well as for others to chime in.
 

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LLL.com for sure :)

Just based on the fact that more and more are being developed by end users...and the limited amount of LLL.com is my reasoning that the future growth in LLL.com will be much higher than CVCV.com.
 

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LLL.com always better than CVCV.COM
 

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LLL.com always better than CVCV.COM because they are more shorts, more rare, more sexy :lol:

I'm sure in the future LLL.com remains the top classy domains...even if Latona don't think like me LOL
 

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I think lll.com will always have an edge in brand value over cvcv.

Maybe the top cvcv might overtake lower llls in term of price because of higher usage potential.

But an LLL will always have a degree of credibility for a online visitor that cvcv never will. Just my 0.02
 

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lll.com all the way. Even obscure acronyms in the English language can be valuable in other tongues

cvcv.coms are often more suitable for web 2.0 companies, but the entire cvcv.com 'thing' is a construct by domainers (granted true of lll.com's to an extent also), in that often I think say a cvvc.com, like poot, or leem etc may be just as good...

A smart man would have invested in both sectors IMHO.
 

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If the prices keep dropping....the way 3character.com shows it...

maybe LLL.com won't be as valuable as CVCV's ...

Where do people buy LLL.com's for $5400 ? I don't get it.
 

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If the prices keep dropping....the way 3character.com shows it...

maybe LLL.com won't be as valuable as CVCV's ...

Where do people buy LLL.com's for $5400 ? I don't get it.

3Character.com is out of this world.
 

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Premium CVCV's over the worst, anti-premium LLL's. It all depends on quality. casi.com or qxk.com? (just examples, i have no idea what exists on these domains)
 

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I agree that quality his huge but I'll have to give the edge to LLL

I've owned my fair share of each and really like both of them but I think the prices will be dictated by end user demand. With a LLL you likely have a vanity or business end user that really wants that 1 domain while the draw with CVCV is more often brandability and an end user could choose from a handful of similar names to build on.
 

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I think a good CVCV has far more future potential than LLL. 3 character domains are way overpriced.
 

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Well if we are talking about

Good CVCV vs bad LLL.com

I'm for CVCV thats for sure

If we are taking random CVCV vs random LLL.com

I'm for LLL.com

Though I really believe the CVCV domains have bright future
 

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LLL is always better than LLLL

except we are talking about real words
then the number of characters is not relevant
 

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Thanks for those that have shared thus far. Seems like most prefer LLL.com over CVCV, but the quality of the domains have a huge impact. It's funny though, I'm still attracted to CVCVs A LOT more than most LLL.coms that are actively traded. I guess I somewhat share napa's sentiments above, except that I don't think LLL.coms are underpriced, but rather that CVCV's are underpriced. It goes back to that sexiness factor. :)
 
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where are you guys finding these bargain basement lll.com's and cvcv's?? i'm searching all over the net and i don't see any...
 

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my personal taste is neither CVCV nor LLL .coms cause their values are somewhat fixed according to market price. Unless you can get them for cheap, then I vote for LLL.coms

I rather go for dictionary 1 word .coms =)
 

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What about 5-letter .com's that are words?

The bottom line is, the market treats LLL .com as a commodity that has an established minimum value. The days of cheap LLL .com's are long gone. On the LLLL .com front however, prices fluctuate a lot.

Personally I prefer LLL .com's and I diversify my portfolio buying aged, good letter LLLL .coms. Not much into the CVCV hype.
 
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