I was recently doing some research on LLLL.com sales when evaluating a potential portfolio acquisition, and came across a great chart at LLLLSales.com, which is shown below with the permission of the site owner.
It shows pricing for quad premium 4L.com’s back to 2007, with a huge spike up to around $350 in 2008, a dip to between mostly $100 – $150 from 2009 until last year, and a recent significant upward shift to the $200+ range.
Russell Panella is the owner of the site, and cautioned that GoDaddy’s decision to stop showing sold domains in December of last year can result in a small sample size, and sharper than normal spikes. However, the general upward trend in pricing from the end of 2012 to today is evident.
Shane has talked about 4L’s extensively, including in his 2015 forecast, where he said in part, “I am on the BUY side and think everyone should have 5 to 10% in LLLL.coms in their portfolio” and “All LLLL.coms regardless of letter quality have some value. Figuring out which one is better than the rest is still the big mystery. Everyone has their own formula but guarantee that most can’t come within 10% of where an auction will finish.”
Following that recent uptick in pricing and popularity, Sedo is currently running a dedicated 4L.com auction, with 33 domains available and the auction ending tomorrow. All of the domains have a reserve below $500. Currently, only one has met reserve, while 15 more have bids. A sample of those domains:
- UBYD.com – reserve met
In addition, in Sedo’s regular marketplace auctions, a couple domains have hit higher prices and their reserves are met, such as ESBO.com and EASX.com.
If you’re in the mood for even more LLLL.com, there are dozens of them currently for sale at no reserve in a portfolio auction over at NameJet, including UAFO.com, UILE.com, KLYE.com, ZAAW.com and many more.
Of course, most of the domains listed above are better than the ‘average’ 4L.com domain, and there are plenty that sell under $100 every week……..with the minimum wholesale pricing for low quality 4L.com’s probably closer to $30.
However, it’s fun to check out the highest priced domains that are selling every now and then, and with a quick NameBio search, I looked at some of the pricier recently reported LLLL.com sales, and a sample is listed below. My predictive abilities certainly fall into the category of Shane’s comment, “most can’t come within 10% of where an auction will finish”.
MITV.com – $75,000 – DomainNameSales
ZOOX.com – $70,000 – DomainNameSales
HOOQ.com – $50,000 – Sedo
IFCS.com – $35,000 – DomainNameSales
KUHE.com – $17,500 – DomainNameSales
EATZ.com – $15,000 – Sedo
EZPR.com – $14,500 – Sedo
YATM.com – $13,000 – DomainNameSales
OPIA.com – $10,000 – NameJet
BGEO.com – $10,000 – Sedo
RBHD.com – $8,000 – DomainNameSales
ZAIH.com – $7,950 – Sedo
ASET.com – $6,766 – GoDaddy
URLE.com – $5,605 – DomainNameSales
JGDD.com – $5,059 – DropCatch
ICHU.com – $5,004 – NameJet
XGOU.com – $4,964 – DropCatch
QIGO.com – $4,100 – NameJet
KJDS.com – $4,000 – DomainNameSales
Thanks Aaron for sharing the stats. Some great LLLL sales specially ZOOX and IFCS.
Thanks AbdulBasit, I should have mentioned your BMGL.com sale. I enjoyed reading about that previously.
http://www.abdulbasit.com/domain-sales/new-year-starts-with-a-five-figure-sale
Glad you like reading about that sale 🙂
Great post……Some great information ……Thanks
Thanks Eric.
Good article. I purchased 3 LLLL.coms recently (average purchase price is $ 300).
Thanks Krishna, feel free to share the domains, if you’d like.
Thanks for sharing the report. Very good to see the high price range of non-acronym friendly domains. I have a good portfolio of llll.com domains too.