I thought I might make another thread about LLLL.com Value again. The last one I remember was about a month or so ago. And I think most people agreed that the prices then for the crappiest LLLL.com was at least $30-$35. I think it's safe to say now that the crappiest LLLL.com is at least $45-$50 after a month. My opinion is that LLLL.com will continue to go up, but at a slower rate, for the crappy ones at least. The LLLL.com that are premium or prounciable we should still see some significant growth in value in the next 2-3months. So I think it's still a good time to pick some up if your interested. With that said the LLLL.net market seems to be taking off a bit, as some people think it's going to be the next boom. But I really doubt that's going to happen. .net are worth about 10 times less than .coms. What would probably end up happening after the .net loses momentum, ppl will start balling out and this would probably affect the LLLL.com in a positive manner giving it another boost. But we have to wait and see. One thing that I think most people can agree on, is that LLLL.com are a good long-term investment, esp the prounciable and premium ones. There are no more left and their will never be even though the internet continues to grow.
I agree that LLLL.com are a fabulous investment for the next few years, even at today's prices. But I wonder about the oft-heard advice that the premium LLLL.coms will outperform the minimum price domains. The best thing we have to compare with is LLL.coms. But the value difference is not so large there. Here is some data from Italiandragon, quoting NameBio.com on another forum, that I have re-arranged. These are from Late November, Early December: {Words, removed from consideration: via.com, our.com also removed an outlier: nak.com $27,135 (pronouncable - or short for naked?).} Tri-premium: cgf.com $14,500 lhg.com $13,613 one semi-premium: okf.com $8,500 mje.com $10,734 wae.com $10,099 hya.com $7,499 yrd.com $9,100 One non-premium: qee.com $10,882 Two semi-premium: utw.com $10,100 vfk.com $15,750 one semi-premium, one non-premium: nyz.com $10,605 kxr.com $7,101 Three semi-premium or worse: vkx.com $6,200 Granted this is a small sample - and we must remember that the percentage of all-premium LLLLs is roughly 1/3 less than that of all premium LLLs (one more letter to multiply, a third of which are non-premium). Still, while there is a general decrease of value as letter quality decreases, it is stunning to me how small that difference is, given the 8:1 ratio of current all-premium to anti-premium (worst) LLLL prices. Will demand for "any" LLLL outweigh demand for the "best" LLLL? Are anti-premiums really the best investment? Probably be best to have a range. Premium domains are great for bragging rights, but often the ROI is better in less flashy categories --- finding those categories is not always easy.