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How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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It is predicted that by i think fall of 07 they will all be registered (cant find the site I read it on . . .I tried sorry).

Anyway, it mentioned that pronouncable 4 letter .coms are pretty much all taken.

Nowadays most domains are stuf like qgjf.com fvrt.com etc.

How valuable will these things be once all 4 letter domain names are taken? I've seen many auctions at SP where people aren't even biting at these domains.

So is there value overinflated or is it that once all the 4 letter domains are taken the value for these things will shoot up?

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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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The domain 'fvrt.com' might be useful to the 'Flooberry Vertigo Radish Troopers Inc.' but to anyone else it's pretty much worthless.

If there's no brand or company identity associated with an acronym, it's very unlikely that even a company whos name or brand could fit a non-pronouncable acronym would have any particular interest in that domain name...

For example, the aforementioned fictional group may be more interested in a 'regularly priced' domain 'flooberytroopers.com' than an auctioned domain that's an acronym for the groups registered trading name.

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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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Like Matt said they are only gonna be worth money if you managed to get something like wait.com or what.com not just random letters. You might make a few dollars but if you want to make hundreds or thousands you are better off looking for longer domains that might actually mean something to someone.


However, luckily for you the first one of those domains has still not been taken!!!
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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Lots of spamtrap/searching site companies purchased a lot of 4 letter random letter domains, just basically so they could own them, and sell them later on when they are worth something.
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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The story of every ebayers life. I would love to be able of though of something like XBOX.com or something that is incredibly mainstream now but was once probably never even though of. What do you guys think will be the future main domains of the web. (dont worry Im not gonna buy them)
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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The story of every ebayers life. I would love to be able of though of something like XBOX.com or something that is incredibly mainstream now but was once probably never even though of. What do you guys think will be the future main domains of the web. (dont worry Im not gonna buy them)


M$ would have tapped you up for that domain, claiming it was their idea since the birth of christ and before. Money wins; again.

Mike Rowe springs to mind. M$ threatened to take him to court simply because he had a domain, that was his name and was similar to M$; MikeRoweSoft.com
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Mike Rowe springs to mind. M$ threatened to take him to court simply because he had a domain, that was his name and was similar to M$; MikeRoweSoft.com


Yes, I remember that. Oh boy how much i hate microsoft. That site isn't even in use they could atleast point it to their proper site.:mad:
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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domain squatting and domain hijacking are despicable and often criminal activities.
Anyone involved in them should (and often is) sued to hell and back and ordered to hand over the good while paying compensation to the people they tried to defraud.
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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There is no crime if you just find a domain that you think might be used for a product that hasn't been made yet. I know there isn't much chance of you guessing one and I for one don't have the money to spend one hundreds of domains. I was just trying to see what other people could be popular domains in future that aren't owned at the mo. I had absolutely no intention of going and buying them. No illegal activity here don't worry
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Re: How Valuable will 4 letter domain names be . . .

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holding companies hostage until they pay millions for a domain however is becoming ever more common.
More than one case had domain squatters threaten to sell a domain name similar to the name of a company or organisation to a porn site or hate group unless the target company coughed up the cash.
Such practices are becoming ever more common, and make the lowlifes that domain squatters are even less worthy of living.
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