Domaining gone CRAZY! (Part II)

[Gerry]

The past few weeks have been pretty crazy in the world of domaining, as witnessed here on this forum.

When I ran a scan on August 8 of N-N-N.com there were 617 remaining out of a possible 1000 number combinations. In less than 24 hours, more than 60 had been regged. From that point on when reported on this forum, in less than 48 hours all 1000 combinations had been regged.

We all know that the LLL.com and NNN.com have been regged for quite some time. Now the focus is obviously shifting to other areas, most notably the LLLL market. But there are many surprises there as well.

ALL LVLV.com are regged.
ALL VLVL.com are regged.
ALL VVVV.com are regged
ALL LVVL.com are regged

And add these stats:

ALL N-N-N.com are regged.
ONLY 5,820 out of 17,576 L-L-L.com remain

When I first related some of these stats (08/10/07), out of the 15,000 most popular/commonly used English dictionary words,

Only 6 remained that were dot (.) com, now there are 4;

INSOFAR-AS.com
IRRESPECTIVE-OF.com
PURSUANT-TO.com
PURSUANTTO.com

and only 37 remained in dot (.) net, now there are 27;

CHARACTERISTICALLY.NET
ILL-HEALTH.NET
SUB-COMMITTEE.NET
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.NET
NATIONALISATION.NET
LONG-STANDING.NET
IRRESPECTIVE-OF.NET
AGGRIEVED.NET
DISTINGUISHABLE.NET
INSOFARAS.NET
PURSUANT-TO.NET
CORRESPONDINGLY.NET
INDISTINGUISHABLE.NET
BY-ELECTION.NET
FULL-BACK.NET
PURSUANTTO.NET
SOCIO-ECONOMIC.NET
INSOFAR-AS.NET
PRESUPPOSES.NET
INTERGOVERNMENTAL.NET
WOULD-BE.NET
ENVISAGED.NET
IRRESPECTIVEOF.NET
DUODENAL.NET
MAJ-GEN.NET
DISPROPORTIONATELY.NET
CO-ORDINATING.NET

What’s Next?

So, it would seem that as the .com goes, so too goes the .net. I decided to run some scans on the most popular alternatives in the .net extension. It would stand to reason that the ones that went and go quickly in the .com would influence the .net registrations. This extension is very popular in the European markets and Asian markets.

These scans exclude the letters Q, X, Y, Z which I strongly believe are very marketable in their own right but for the sake of highlighting just prime and sub prime letters (as well as cut down a tremendous amount of scanning time).

ALL LVLV.net are regged.

ONLY 1,749 out of 7,225 VLVL.net remain
76% registered. This total is down from 1,790 just a couple of days ago

ONLY 160 out of 625 VVVV.net remain
76% registered. 30 less than just a couple of days ago.

ONLY 3,651 out of 11,205 LVVL.net remain.
67% registered

Scans were performed within the past couple of hours from the time of this posting.

 

[PRED]

The past few weeks have been pretty crazy in the world of domaining, as witnessed here on this forum.

When I ran a scan on August 8 of N-N-N.com there were 617 remaining out of a possible 1000 number combinations. In less than 24 hours, more than 60 had been regged. From that point on when reported on this forum, in less than 48 hours all 1000 combinations had been regged.

We all know that the LLL.com and NNN.com have been regged for quite some time. Now the focus is obviously shifting to other areas, most notably the LLLL market. But there are many surprises there as well.

ALL LVLV.com are regged.
ALL VLVL.com are regged.
ALL VVVV.com are regged
ALL LVVL.com are regged

And add these stats:

ALL N-N-N.com are regged.
ONLY 5,820 out of 17,576 L-L-L.net remain

When I first related some of these stats (08/10/07), out of the 15,000 most popular/commonly used English dictionary words,

Only 6 remained that were dot (.) com, now there are 4;

INSOFAR-AS.com
IRRESPECTIVE-OF.com
PURSUANT-TO.com
PURSUANTTO.com

and only 37 remained in dot (.) net, now there are 27;

CHARACTERISTICALLY.NET
ILL-HEALTH.NET
SUB-COMMITTEE.NET
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.NET
NATIONALISATION.NET
LONG-STANDING.NET
IRRESPECTIVE-OF.NET
AGGRIEVED.NET
DISTINGUISHABLE.NET
INSOFARAS.NET
PURSUANT-TO.NET
CORRESPONDINGLY.NET
INDISTINGUISHABLE.NET
BY-ELECTION.NET
FULL-BACK.NET
PURSUANTTO.NET
SOCIO-ECONOMIC.NET
INSOFAR-AS.NET
PRESUPPOSES.NET
INTERGOVERNMENTAL.NET
WOULD-BE.NET
ENVISAGED.NET
IRRESPECTIVEOF.NET
DUODENAL.NET
MAJ-GEN.NET
DISPROPORTIONATELY.NET
CO-ORDINATING.NET

What’s Next?

So, it would seem that as the .com goes, so too goes the .net. I decided to run some scans on the most popular alternatives in the .net extension. It would stand to reason that the ones that went and go quickly in the .com would influence the .net registrations. This extension is very popular in the European markets and Asian markets.

These scans exclude the letters Q, X, Y, Z which I strongly believe are very marketable in their own right but for the sake of highlighting just prime and sub prime letters (as well as cut down a tremendous amount of scanning time).

ALL LVLV.net are regged.

ONLY 1,749 out of 7,225 VLVL.net remain
76% registered. This total is down from 1,790 just a couple of days ago

ONLY 160 out of 625 VVVV.net remain
76% registered. 30 less than just a couple of days ago.

ONLY 3,651 out of 11,205 LVVL.net remain.
67% registered

Scans were performed within the past couple of hours from the time of this posting.

wow. thanks for research Doc

 

[Gerry]

Now only 156 vvvv.net.

None starting with the letter "A" available (there were only 2 left and I had to have those.)

Here are the remaining ALL VOWEL .net:

eaii.NET
eaue.NET
eaui.NET
eauu.NET
eeiu.NET
eeua.NET
eeue.NET
eeui.NET
eeuo.NET
eiiu.NET
eiue.NET
eiuo.NET
eiuu.NET
eoau.NET
eoeu.NET
eoii.NET
eoiu.NET
eoou.NET
eoua.NET
eoue.NET
eoui.NET
eouo.NET
eouu.NET
euai.NET
euao.NET
euau.NET
euei.NET
eueo.NET
euii.NET
euiu.NET
euoa.NET
euoe.NET
euoo.NET
euou.NET
euui.NET
iaau.NET
iaui.NET
iauo.NET
ieai.NET
ieeu.NET
ieiu.NET
ieou.NET
ieue.NET
ieuo.NET
ieuu.NET
iiau.NET
iieu.NET
iiue.NET
iiuo.NET
ioeu.NET
ioue.NET
iuai.NET
iuao.NET
iuau.NET
iuea.NET
iuei.NET
iueu.NET
iuia.NET
iuie.NET
iuii.NET
iuio.NET
iuoi.NET
iuou.NET
iuue.NET
oaau.NET
oaeu.NET
oaiu.NET
oaou.NET
oaue.NET
oaui.NET
oauo.NET
oauu.NET
oeeu.NET
oeiu.NET
oeou.NET
oeua.NET
oeuu.NET
oiau.NET
oieu.NET
oiiu.NET
oiua.NET
oiue.NET
oiui.NET
oiuo.NET
oiuu.NET
ooau.NET
ooeu.NET
ooua.NET
ooue.NET
ouao.NET
ouau.NET
ouee.NET
ouei.NET
oueo.NET
ouiu.NET
ouoe.NET
ouoi.NET
ouua.NET
ouui.NET
uaai.NET
uaie.NET
uaiu.NET
uaoe.NET
uaoi.NET
uaou.NET
uauo.NET
ueai.NET
ueao.NET
ueau.NET
ueea.NET
ueeo.NET
ueie.NET
ueii.NET
ueio.NET
ueiu.NET
ueoi.NET
ueoo.NET
ueou.NET
ueua.NET
ueui.NET
ueuu.NET
uiae.NET
uiao.NET
uiau.NET
uiea.NET
uiei.NET
uieu.NET
uiie.NET
uiio.NET
uioi.NET
uiou.NET
uiua.NET
uiuu.NET
uoae.NET
uoai.NET
uoao.NET
uoau.NET
uoee.NET
uoeo.NET
uoeu.NET
uoia.NET
uoii.NET
uoiu.NET
uooa.NET
uoua.NET
uoue.NET
uoui.NET
uouu.NET
uuao.NET
uuea.NET
uuei.NET
uueo.NET
uuia.NET
uuoa.NET
uuoe.NET
uuoi.NET

 

[PRED]

Geez Doc!
I'm gonna start calling you Prof! :nerd:

 

[hugegrowth]

Thanks for the research, love reading this stuff. What is so great about VVVV.net or .com for that matter? Never seen anyone looking for VVVV in the wanted threads.

I think this shows people will have to start to pay up for certain .com and .net letter/number strings, or they will have to move to .info, .org, .biz and cctld.

 

[hugegrowth]

double post

 

[leo]

Sweet Doc ..so the prices of L-L-L.com should increase in a while..how much should be expected?

 

[gawnd]

i'm not sure what's so great about vvvv.net, but i found myself registering some anyway.
thanks doc!

 

[GAMEFINEST]

BUT ....tons of them are dropping everyday too .....or are being held by snapnames for dumb prices ....even the crappy letters

 

[PRED]

Sweet Doc ..so the prices of L-L-L.com should increase in a while..how much should be expected?

wait till they're all regged, which imo is a matter of weeks.
still 5k to go.
the developed sites list that i'v been eworking on has thrown up hundreds of sites, there thousands of them!

once smaller businesses & medium busineses realise they cant handreg anymore theyr'e gonna have to start buying them.
they'll always be second best to LLL
But second best could be a great place to be. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Gerry]

Thanks for the research, love reading this stuff. What is so great about VVVV.net or .com for that matter? Never seen anyone looking for VVVV in the wanted threads.

I think this shows people will have to start to pay up for certain .com and .net letter/number strings, or they will have to move to .info, .org, .biz and cctld.

I am not too sure the mystique of the VVVV other than the simple fact, again, of supply and demand. There can only be 625. That's it. And when you are talking an LLLL, that is a very small fraction of the total available. Most of the VVVV.com I have seen recently on the drop or at auction are bringing very good prices.

Break it down even further, there can only be 125 starting with each letter of the alphabet. So now we see where all .net beginning with the letter A are taken.

I was fortunate to snag some vvvv.com early on. None are developed but all are very good for traffic and some pay very nice PPC.

I mentioned in another thread of a particular eiea.net getting thousands of hits a month, mostly Asian. Difficult to optimize but I am getting some searches entered on it which tell me what people are looking for so I may be close to actually setting some keywords.

 

[PRED]

I am not too sure the mystique of the VVVV other than the simple fact, again, of supply and demand. There can only be 625. That's it. And when you are talking an LLLL, that is a very small fraction of the total available. Most of the VVVV.com I have seen recently on the drop or at auction are bringing very good prices.

Break it down even further, there can only be 125 starting with each letter of the alphabet. So now we see where all .net beginning with the letter A are taken.

I was fortunate to snag some vvvv.com early on. None are developed but all are very good for traffic and some pay very nice PPC.

I mentioned in another thread of a particular eiea.net getting thousands of hits a month, mostly Asian. Difficult to optimize but I am getting some searches entered on it which tell me what people are looking for so I may be close to actually setting some keywords.

I'd love to see your portfolio Doc. (don't worry, not in that way :-#: :smilewinkgrin
LOL

You're one of the most forward thinking domainers i know & were probably doing things 7/8 years ago not many others were thinking of

 

[DomainBELL]

you always have such informative - complete posts...

thank you for sharing the information...
smile...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

 

[Gerry]

I'd love to see your portfolio Doc. (don't worry, not in that way :-#: :smilewinkgrin
LOL

You're one of the most forward thinking domainers i know & were probably doing things 7/8 years ago not many others were thinking of

I wish that was the case. I was doing this FOR OTHER PEOPLE as an advertising exec. They were the ones reaping the benefits. I know that sounds odd, but I was not doing this as a sideline or as a hobby for myself but only for clients.

One group that I consulted with had me create more than 200 potential NASCAR domain names for potential websites. They liked every one and had me register them on their behalf.

Some turned into very successful and profitable sites. My payment was in the form of consultation fees and bonuses.

Understand that I can not (by contract or by choice) disclose who some of my clients are or have been, thanks to either non-disclosure agreements or not wanting others to hone in on the action. I would be a fool to betray this association and trust that I have build up over the years. Some of these firms are no slouches and a couple are in the Fortune 100 as well as national (US based) and international.

Never, ever burn bridges. Always maintain contacts with business associates. It really does pay off in the long term scheme of things.

I still do consulting for some firms and still do some freelance graphics and design and layout and even some illustrations, when I have the time which has not been much lately due to family illnesses.

It was only about 10 or 11 years ago I regged my first domain for my sole use. It was purely for vanity and business use. But I have learned a tremendous amount over the years working with these different groups and all sorts of techheads, copyrighters, corporate attorneys, and just listening and reading up on things.

That's why as soon as some of these hospitals I work at find out about my background they want me on every damn committee there is. I originally consented but now have backed off. Most I have resigned from as in my spare time I am assisting taking care of my mother.

At times I wish I had done things differently but still I have no regrets. I remember registering names for firms when they were $99 per year. I think that is one big reason I did not get into it early on. I saw no point in it. But, the companies had much deeper pockets than me and as long as they were paying me then all was good.

But now it is time to look ahead, not behind. That is why I am posting many of these lists.

Gotta go. Taking a break at work but now it is back to the rounds.

 

[hugegrowth]

Rock on Doc!

 

[PRED]

Rock on Doc!

:yes: Thanks Doc. Great Insight.
Great to have you on our side :smokin:

 

[edyst3]

Wow.. THanks for your info. You are really a good researcher

Btw do you know how to valu 4 - 5 characters domain? Perhaps you can refer a site such as 3character.com (guide to value 3 char domain price ).

Thanks

 

[Gerry]

Excluding the letters q, x, z, scan for cvcv.net with letter "Y" re-ran and there are none available.