Expired Domain Note: iiiii.com and more
Joseph Peterson looks at the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet.
Market value for repeating-character domains (on average) undergoes a stepwise descent as length increases. CCs outsell CCCs, which outperform CCCCs, which outclass CCCCCs. So, for instance, the prior week NameJet sold 4 LLL.com domains above $5k. Still, as they weren’t part of the expired auction cycle, they’re not noted in this article. Instead what tops the chart at $5k is a repeating 5-letter domain: iiiii.com. Typographically speaking, it is the “shortest” (most compressed) such a domain can get.
When I look at Jibber.com ($2.6k), a miniature Mr. T pops up on my shoulder like a Disneyfied guardian angel admonishing me that less is more – i.e. “Quit your jibber jabber”, Joseph! The word actually derives from horses that would “jib” – meaning balk at an obstacle and “move restively sidewise or backward”. Such a nervous, recalcitrant animal was a jibber. By extension, somebody who jabbers on and on without moving forward … Oh, thanks, Mr. T; I get it now.
| Domain Name | End $ | Domain Name | End $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| IIIII.com | 5000 | Jibber.com | 2600 |
| AviationSupply.com | 2300 | Affilliate Marketing.com |
2000 |
| INTP.com | 1710 | SeeNewYork.com | 1700 |
| Accentia.com | 1603 | XOOB.com | 1520 |
| Goodbyes.com | 1510 | JustLaunched.com | 1433 |
| 32688.com | 1300 | SendAPrayer.com | 1211 |
| BDNC.com | 1210 | GUAP.com | 1210 |
| MarketKing.com | 1108 | SecureWay.com | 1100 |
| SoftJob.com | 909 | WireSoft.com | 900 |
| WeedMaster.com | 900 | NameCreator.com | 890 |
| MediaCasting.com | 830 | PhotoPerfect.com | 799 |
| PTBank.com | 720 | 36799.com | 673 |
| MexDer.com | 610 | DeepCold.com | 610 |
| Advocacy.net | 605 | 3UX.com | 600 |
| BWeed.com | 600 | 2SQ.com | 591 |
| PornStarVideos.com | 504 | Caola.com | 488 |
| OAZY.com | 463 | SLV.net | 430 |
| CookieLabs.com | 430 | XMGY.com | 401 |
| Candid.org | 387 | NewYork ComedyClubs.com |
360 |
| EBUP.com | 351 | FWRC.com | 350 |
| AHNY.com | 341 | International Stock.com |
329 |
| WebDomain Brokers.com |
310 | IKUP.com | 300 |
| NewYorkPhotos.com | 300 | SVIO.com | 295 |
| 56820.com | 242 | IPUC.com | 232 |
| DSBQ.com | 130 | SBWines.com | 129 |
| Catchers.net | 109 | Kuba.tv | 80 |
| GiftTags.net | 79 | 333318.com | 79 |
| DentalWhitening Kits.com |
77 | PubDates.com | 71 |
| BuyBonds.org | 69 | Nothing to See | Here |
Considering how notable affiliate programs are to business online, AffiliateMarketing.com got off easy at $2k. I might even say the same for SeeNewYork.com ($1.7k), since it’s a tourist destination seen by regarding 54 million people annually. More than a few of them will be looking for NewYorkComedyClubs.com ($360).
Seeing JustLaunched.com ($1.4k) side by side with Goodbyes.com ($1.5k) warms the cockles of my black heart. Following all the hubbub surrounding SendYourEnemiesGlitter.com, there may actually be more long-term demand – purely in a commercial sense – for SendAPrayer.com ($1.2k). Following all, thanks to the greeting card business, Hallmark amassed $3.9 billion in 2013 revenue.
Auctions like the one for WeedMaster.com ($900) intrigue me since of bidders’ mixed motives. Even though there is a trademarked herbicide called “Weedmaster”, the name fits equally well with gardening equipment; and many domainers undoubtedly had in mind not weeds but weed – that is to say, cannabis. Against multiple, legitimate, competing but non-overlapping interests, that trademark is no protection. Nufarm, makers of the pesticide, ought to have bought the .COM.
NameCreator.com ($890) reminds me of NameBuilder.com, which sold the prior week. And while WebDomainBrokers.com ($310) may look a bit clunky to seasoned domain investors, I still hear people outside the industry talk regarding “web domains”.
MexDer.com ($610) hints at MexDer.com.mx, the Mexican market for financial derivatives. Meanwhile, BDNC.com ($1.2k) matches both a Swedish IT support site (on .SE) and a German professional organization (on .DE): Berufsverband Deutscher Neurochirurgen – the Professional Association of German Neurosurgeons. If anybody can afford this domain name, a horde of brain surgeons can.
Put me down as a guinea pig for the next experiment at CookieLabs.com ($430)!
