January new registration is 5647. The available number goes down by 3312. Looks like the decline ratio of 4 letter domains settled down to 3000 per month since last October. The big news last month is that all domains started with 'A' are registered, except for a few random drops. On the letter quality side, all domains contain only the so-called 17 good letters along with 'K' are all gone; and those with 'W' are almost gone. It is quite encouraging to see that random 4 letter domain, even that contains 'Q/X/Y/Z', can be sold at registration fee on Ebay. Check dyyo for a graphic view.
I wonder if all the LLLL.com will ever get registered. I believe that there are over 200,000 possibilities
As one thing is now sure that even random 4 letters are getting Regfee or more then regfee. People will not be afraid to make an investment in the 4 letter .coms And as soon as the bottom line is $10 all the domains will be swept off.
Quite encouraging? No-sense four-letter domains are worthless, so you need a potential eBay's victim fished out to get more than the registration fee.