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Llll .com Domain investment Strategies and future values of 4 letter.com

Four letter domain names are very hard to find these days . As you might know literally all combinations of four letter .com generally referred as LLLL.com domains are registered. You can search any combination of 4 letter domains its taken.

Reasons
1. Four letter LLLL.com are Brandable and easy to sell
2. It is easy to remember
3. LLLL .com domains are ranked higher by search engines

Some websites like circy.info ,1domainaday.com, 1domainaday ebay store sell these 4 letter domains, there are many sellers and buyers on Sedo too. Personally I buy from ebay because its cheaper and not many domain investors are searching in ebay. So you get good 4 letter lLLL.com domains for less in Auction.

Try to buy pronounceable domains
LLL.com:
Min Wholesale: $4800
Double Premiums: $6200
Triple Premium: $12000
LLLL.com:
Minimum Wholesale: $22
CCCC: $21 ($500)
CCVC: $26 ($600)
CVCC: $27 ($600)
CCVV: $44 ($600)
VCCC: $30 ($750)
VVCC: $32 ($1000)
VCCV: $34 ($1500)
CVVC: $45 ($1800)
VVVC: $75 ($1000)
VCVC: $75 ($4000)
CVVV: $85 ($900)
VVCV: $90 ($1500)
VCVV: $100 ($2000)
VVVV: $250* ($1500)
CVCV: $300 ($9000)

* Insufficient sales data to conclusively provide a minimum valuation.
The letter Y was considered a consonant for the purpose of this price guide. In reality, it can serve as both a consonant or vowel, however this often becomes somewhat subjective and open to bias (eg. sellers will always think their domain is more pronounceable than buyers).
single premium: $25
double premium: $29
triple premium: $35
quad premium: $240
triple letter: $200 ($800)
triple repeat: $350 ($1800)
palindrome: $300 ($1200)
ABAB: $275 ($1000)
AABB: $400 ($1500)

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Watch ICANN’s new TLD lottery online

The biggest sweepstakes in the history of ICANN is coming . Do not miss this.

ICANN is going to hold its new TLD lottery “prioritization draw” on December 17 in Los Angeles.

The results are used to determine the order in which the initial evaluation results are released. This will have for sure some correlation to when you can actually get your TLD live on the web, so it’s a big deal.

ICANN is doing four things for the draw to make things smart:

1. It’s at the Hilton LAX. You can literally fly into LAX and make it to the hotel in 15 minutes.

2. You don’t have to be present for the draw to participate. You can buy your tickets as early as December 12 and then go home — you’re entered into the draw when you buy your tickets.

3. The draw will be broadcast live online.

4. You can send a proxy to buy your ticket. If you don’t have one, ICANN will help you find a no-charge proxy.

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Why Should You Invest In IDNs?

Jan 17, 2011 11 Comments by IDNBlog

A few good friends started a casual email discussion as to why IDNs are valuable. Spurred on by their thoughtful responses, here are my thoughts on the matter:

Pent-Up Demand Leading to Future Value:
In many countries IDNs will displace Latin domains as the domains of choice since native language domains are preferred. As an example, see .РФ names where in two months since release, over 700,000 Russian IDNs were registered. As another example, see China where long strings of numeric domains were used as a makeshift solution for the lack of Chinese domains. Imagine if you, as an English speaker, had to register domains in Chinese for all these years and then awareness just began to build that English domains are becoming available on both sides of the dot — this is the excitement that many non-English speakers feel towards IDNs. Natives have native language keyboards, mainly read native language newspapers, magazines, and internet content, write native language emails, letters and watch native language movies and T.V. As awareness continues to build that IDNs exist and native language domains are available their adoption will continue to spike.

Cost Effectiveness:
For $500, a startup Israeli company for instance can get a Hebrew domain that is infinitely more memorable than a Latin domain that can be purchased for $500.

Brandable Value:
Many customers could more effectively remember and relate to a brand in one’s native language. Some Asian companies have even branded as “(Japanese name).com” first before realizing that it is possible for them to register the corresponding IDN.

SEO Value / Search Volume:
There is a great deal of search volume for non-Latin terms. Buying an affordable IDN with over 500,000 exact GAKT searches a month is very doable. As the ElliotsBlog/IDNTools contest demonstrated, buying high-search volume handregs is also very possible.

SEO Value / SERP Ranking:
Owning an IDN is a huge competitive advantage SEO-wise, leading to mom-and-pop IDN stores being on the first page of Google for major terms.

Six-Figure IDN Resales:
It wasn’t long ago that IDN buyers were being laughed at for “wasting” low $x,xxx on IDNs. Those investments have paid dividends for domain resellers as just this past year there was a handful of 5-figure and 6-figure IDN sales. Examples include: 日本.com for $100,000 (“Japan” in Japanese) and рф.com for $60,000 (“RF” in Russian) (see IDN Tools Sales Chart for more). This is pretty impressive given that IDN awareness is still in its infancy.

IDN Passive Income:
Many custom made IDN parking platforms now exist like NameDrive and Wixi.jp. Many affiliate programs also exist for IDNs such as Amazon.co.jp, and Linkshare.jp among hundreds of others. It has never been easier to monetize your IDNs.

How to Start
It is not easy learning how to register top IDNs, but the thousands of members at IDNForums will be more than happy to show you. If verifying translations is tough for you, we put together the IDN Newsletter which sells domains with certified native translations. And if you are a bargain hunter, check out our IDN Droplist. Feel free to shoot me a question or comment at any time — whether you use one of our services or not — and I’d be glad to try and help.

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Domain Investment Strategies and things to consider

If you’re are a domain investor and considering purchasing domain names for investment in the form of new registrations, or in the secondary resale market), it’s important to focus on how you’re actually going to make money from your portfolio of domains.
Without a clear, up-front vision of the “path to liquidity” for your domain investments, it’s better to stay out of the investment side of the business entirely. Remember, a domain name that is gathering virtual dust (i.e. that’s not generating traffic or sales inquiries) is worth nothing at all. In fact, it has a negative value since you’ll be required to pay a renewal fee every year to maintain the registration.
On the other hand, if you can find ways to generate revenue from a domain name even while you’re waiting to unlock much greater value from it through sales or leasing transactions, you’re in a much stronger position. As long as a domain name pays for its own upkeep over the course of a year, there’s nothing, in theory, to stop you from holding on to it indefinitely.
Before getting into the monetization of domain names, let’s look at some of the other risks inherent in domain name investments and how it adds up to the type of risks people take when investing in stocks.

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How to Buy Domain Names Like a Pro: 10 Tips from the Founder of PhoneTag.com

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DNSR Announces that Super Premium Domain iSay.com is Going Up for Sale for the First Time Ever

DNSR.com (Domain Name Sales Report) is pleased to announce that the generic domain iSay.com first registered in 1996 is going up for sale for the first time ever. iSay.com represents a very unique opportunity for any company or individual who is interested in owning a highly brandable domain name.

Delray Beach, Florida (PRWEB) July 17, 2012

iSay.com, a domain that was first registered in 1996, is going up for sale for the first time ever. The generic, yet highly brandable domain has received more than 500 unsolicited offers over the last sixteen years. Since it was being used for a project until recently, those offers were ultimately ignored.

Now the owner of the domain is looking to move on with other opportunities and has decided to offer it for sale. However in this case unlike most domain name sales, it will not be sold off to the company or individual who is willing to sign the biggest check.
The owner of the domain has a great amount of personal attachment to it, so where it ultimately ends up is of great importance and will in fact play a very big role in determining who it is sold off to.

According to the founder of DNSR.com, also known as Domain Name Sales Report Sean Sullivan, “iSay.com is a really incredible domain and one that I think would be extremely beneficial to a number of corporations. As we have seen in the past from the efforts of others, these types of domain names are essentially lightning rods for attention and often become the cornerstone for an emerging brands marketing campaign. It is rare that these domains ever come up for sale and most often they are quickly and quietly acquired in private deals. We anticipate receiving even more interest from potential buyers in the coming weeks.”

The popularity of these types of domain names is well known and in many cases they end up being the center piece for a large corporation’s key products and services. Often the most valuable of the domain names are sold for six and seven figures. Most notably with iReport.com being sold to Time Warner for $750,000 in 2008, iGuide.com for $100,000 in 2009 and it has been speculated that others have sold for millions in private deals that were locked under non-disclosure agreements.

While the sale is expected to bring a considerable amount of money, ultimately that is not the deciding factor.

Sullivan explaining further, “As ridiculous as it might sound to some people, the owner of the name has a real emotional attachment to it. For those of us working within technology our whole lives, domains can become the (almost) physical embodiment of a dream. So when you have to let go of that, and move on from it, it can be tough. The owner is interested in working with DNSR for the purpose of not only publicizing the sale, but making sure that the domain finds a home where it will be put to good use. We think that over the next few weeks we will be able to accomplish that goal.”

Interested parties should go to the information page regarding iSay.com which can be found at this link. iSay.com Domain Name.

About DNSR:

DNSR is not a domain brokerage company, but instead acts as a third party that can often help companies and intellectual property owners find the middle ground to increase the probability of a sale. Most often using quantifiable research data and analysis to determine the most accurate price range for a domain name and or website.

DNSR will connect the buyer and seller and in some cases work with domain brokers on both the buyer and sellers side and then assist in the logistics of completing the transaction.
DNSR also provides it’s clients with legal support and has full time in house counsel to defend domains from UDRP. It has successfully defended clients from several Fortune 500 companies against UDRP, Domain Name Hijacking and TM applications for the purpose of UDRP.

DNSR is based out of Delray Beach, Florida

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Selling only Premium Domains

I figured that would get your attention. The weekly inspirational sales report from Sedo has arrived. This week’s list contains some names that are great buys and some that prove yet again, that domains are all unique and what they sell for should never surprise you. Buy it now reached 44%, making domains look like Auto Nation where people no longer want to haggle for prices. Just tell me what it costs. Here is this week’s list.

Domain name	Price	Currency
.COMs
ssm.com	25,000	USD
wardrobes.com	20,600	USD
officedeskchairs.com	19,000	USD
pict.com	14,995	USD

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Premium LLLL.com Value Rises 101% In Less Three Weeks

Thanks to Dominik for pointing me to the new LLLL price guide published by Reece Berg. Reece is an LLLL investor with a portfolio of over 1800 domains, he is also a moderator at the NamePros community. His last price guide was published on December 18th.

Pricing Your Domains for Sale With Confidence
What do your prices say about your domain names for sale?Read below for some suggestions and tips for pricing your domains for sale.
Selling an $8 domain name!You’re saying, “I have a domain name that is not valuable and I don’t really want it.” This is an attempt to get your registration fee (domain investment) back. Destined to expire.Selling a $25 domain name!You’re saying, “This domain has moderate value to me but I would like to get it off my hands and double my money. Good luck reselling this name for more.” A good price for flipping a hand registration at a surprisingly big profit percentage.Selling a $50 domain name!You’re saying, “I may have planned on using this domain name for my own project. This domain has good potential for an end user or earns a little revenue of some kind.” If this domain provides a benefit to the buyer in any way, they will probably be willing to pay.Selling a $100 domain name!Be careful with this one. What you should be saying, “My domain has premium letters and a clearly defined purpose.” What you could be saying, “I don’t really want to sell this domain right now so I’m just pricing it high or it could be that I really don’t know how much this domain is worth.” Probably less.Selling a $1000 domain name!You’re saying, “Premium domain for sale!” If you have done your research and have a premium domain. Take note, premium domains come in many different forms; LLL’s, sweet LLLL’s (4 letter domains), generic terms, prime keywords, profitable industries and brand names to name a few. Try to market your premium domains to end users or place them in publicized auctions to get the most out of your investment.Take these recommendations with a grain of salt, they are merely my reflections from my experience in domain sales. I can say that I own premium domain names, but I have not sold one yet. I personally like to sell the majority of my domain names for $35, please view prices at my portfolio of domains for sale. I would love to hear your comments/critiques regarding my pricing tips.

LLLL Values Are UpDomains with four premium letters increased in value by 101% with an average sale price of $303 up from $151 on Dec. 18th. Here are some examples of these types of names: CGLP.com, VYYY.com, GCBL.com, PDOP.com, UJIL.com, EDIJ.com, LSAL.com, HMCT, PPRD.com.The minimum wholesale price for LLLL domains averaged $14. Regardless of quality of letters, registering any LLLL.com domain that expires can net you at least 200% profit! According to the report, if you’re looking to invest some money into four letter domains, the best deals can be found at NamePros, eBay, and TDNAM.Summary of LLLL.com SalesSales under $150.00 represented 15.7% of LLLL.com spending, bringing in $39,965 out of $255,053 reportedly spent on LLLL.coms in December. …there were 228 sales over $150, largely dominated by quad premiums, CVCV’s and VCVC’s. These 228 sales brought in $224,288.50 for an average of $983.72 (each). Median price in the $150+ category was $309.50.Total of $255,053 spent on LLLL.com domains in December.Interesting ExclusionsThese notable LLLL domain sales were excluded from the report so they would not skew data.XIAN.com fetched $40,000. It is the name of a city in China.VSIA.com, a typo of VISA sold for $10,000.

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Domain investment guide : Keywords with Highest Cost Per Click

For all domain investors,Here you go, this list is current:

Always remember buy and develop websites with high CPC so that you will get paid more for each click.
Rank Term CPC
1 donate car to charity california $130.25
2 donate car for tax credit $126.65
3 donate cars in ma $125.58
4 donate your car sacramento $118.20
5 how to donate a car in california $111.21
6 donate your car for kids $106.01
7 car insurance quotes colorado $100.93
8 nunavut culture $99.52
9 dayton freight lines $99.39
10 harddrive data recovery services $98.59
11 donate a car in maryland $98.51
12 motor replacements $98.43
13 cheap domain registration hosting $98.39
14 donating a car in maryland $98.20
15 donate cars illinois $98.13
16 criminal defense attorneys florida $98.07
17 best criminal lawyer in arizona $97.93
18 car insurance quotes utah $97.92
19 life insurance co lincoln $97.07
20 holland michigan college $95.74
21 online motor insurance quotes $95.73
22 online colledges $95.65
23 paperport promotional code $95.13
24 onlineclasses $95.06
25 world trade center footage $95.02
26 massage school dallas texas $94.90
27 psychic for free $94.61
28 donate old cars to charity $94.55
29 low credit line credit cards $94.49
30 dallas mesothelioma attorneys $94.33
31 car insurance quotes mn $94.29
32 donate your car for money $94.01
33 cheap auto insurance in va $93.84
34 met auto $93.70
35 forensics online course $93.51
36 home phone internet bundle $93.32
37 donating used cars to charity $93.17
38 phd in counseling education $92.99
39 neuson $92.89
40 car insurance quotes pa $92.88
41 royalty free images stock $92.76
42 car insurance in south dakota $92.72
43 0 apr on balance transfers for 12 months $92.63
44 webex costs $92.38
45 cheap car insurance for ladies $92.23
46 cheap car insurance in virginia $92.03
47 register free domains $92.03
48 better conferencing calls $91.44
49 futuristic architecture $91.44
50 mortgage adviser $91.29
51 auto insurance quote new jersey $90.98
52 criminal justice accredited degree $90.61
53 la patagonia $90.57
54 cheapest car hire malaga airport $90.53
55 operator assisted teleconferencing $90.36
56 university of maryland mba online $90.11
57 dallas real estate license $90.10
58 semi dedicated servers $90.07
59 auto insurance in el paso tx $89.83
60 low balance transfers creditcards $89.42
61 balance transfers zero $89.25
62 colorado mesothelioma lawyers $89.19
63 immediate car insurance $88.99
64 swan foods delivery $88.93
65 country vet supplies $88.90
66 studet credit card $88.83
67 car insurance free quotes online $88.24
68 car insurance quote nj $88.22
69 web site design cheap $87.85
70 masters in education online degree $87.76
71 0 interest transfer balances $87.66
72 find out your family history free $87.49
73 injury lawyers in nj $87.32
74 course online medical billing and coding $87.26
75 fire and water damage restoration company $87.23
76 uop com $87.09
77 bcbg clothes online $87.00
78 hosted dedicated servers $86.54
79 18000 flowers $86.50
80 create adwords account $86.14
81 donate cars in maryland $86.13
82 host free domain $86.09
83 free email logo $86.07
84 txt att $85.27
85 unmetered dedicated hosting $85.16
86 domain registration bulk $85.13
87 cheap invitations for baptism $85.00
88 abercrombie flare $84.67
89 buying annuities online $84.54
90 donate a car in virginia $84.47
91 apr card credit fixed low rate $84.01
92 downy com $83.93
93 instant car insurance quote online $83.44
94 toyota new vehicles $83.43
95 email bulk service $83.26
96 pbx small system $83.11
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Domain name investment business what you can expect as a return for your investment

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Domain Names With Geo Specific Keywords Offer Local Ranking Opportunities [Study]

Most local search professionals will tell you that citations and site relevance to the target geo are the keys to ranking in local search engine results pages (SERPs).

Testing and retesting old methods is part of maintaining SEO strategies so it seemed a smart choice to take a closer look at one of these key onsite factors and conduct a small study on the weight of domain names in rankings. The goal was to evaluate the performance of a related series of keywords in 10 different geographic locations and put them head to head against a term directly associated with the domain name.

For this test we elected to do a study on the University of California school system and produce a small article on the spring break dates for 2012. The domain we chose to test on was Travelfromlosangeles.com, which at the time had 32 total links and had been in existence for about a year. The domain is a typical WordPress blog with beginner basic optimizations and full metadata descriptions and tags.

The specific article page was +1'd and tweeted a couple of times by our team, but over the course of a few months it appeared on the third page of the SERP. The page continued to climb and in February it achieved the top spot for “UCLA Spring Break 2012,” even edging out UCLA.edu.



Surprisingly enough, the page climbed to the optimum position for the key phrase, and we were curious to see how it fared for the other University of California institutions. Upon further review, it was clear that UCLA centered terms garnered a much higher position than those surrounding other schools like Santa Barbara or San Diego.



Utilizing Google Webmaster Tools’ data, we looked at a constant series of terms that only varied in the school location and pulled ranking data for the past 30 days on Google. The data seemed to have a pattern of rank decreasing as distance from Los Angeles increased, so it was compiled it into the graph below. Strangely enough, no data was pulled in by Google WMT on UCSF so that locale was excluded from the graph.

Key Takeaways
UCLA Spring Break 2012 outpaced any other university search term by three spots without receiving the advantage of a mention in the title tag.

The average SERP position for universities has a correlation with the distance they are located from Los Angeles. The trend line shows the furthest institutions as the lowest performing keywords in the SERPs, with the exception of UC Santa Cruz.

Conclusion
While this data is seasonally impacted, it still establishes a clear connection between domain name and ranking opportunity with geo specific keywords. The SEO value of having Los Angeles in the site name is clearly defined by the No. 1 ranking for UCLA Spring Break 2012. When looking to build out a site for a specific geographic region it is advisable to seek out a domain name that references the area in a distinguishable manner to not only the search engine bots but to the searchers as well.

This piece and the research behind it was a collaboration between Michael Martin and his colleague Danny McElroy, SEO specialist, Covario.

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Six-Figure Sale at Sedo and Clamor for Country Codes Kept Cash Registers Ringing This Week

Sedo.com claimed the top spot on our all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart this week with a nice six-figure sale brokered by one their most consistent producers, Dave Evanson. They chalked up a cool $125,000 for Channel.com. Sedo went on to pile up eight of the 20 chart entries and played a big role in an outstanding week for the ccTLDs.

Seven country code domains earned places on the elite list, led by the $47,000 sale of #2 CheapVacations.ca (Canadian ccTLD) at Frank Schilling's DomainNameSales.com. They notched another one with #13 (tie) VacationPackages.ca at $15,000.

Sedo rang up three of the charted ccTLD sales with #4 Sportbekleidung.de ("sportswear" in German) leading their power trio at $33,000. Brands-and-Jingles was right behind with #5 Instant.ly (Libyan country code) at $32,000. FabulousDomains.com.au added yet another impressive sale to the ccTLD onslaught with #10 MIA.com.au (Australian country code) at $17,400.



By Ron Jackson

Two other five-figure ccTLD sales just missed taking places on the Big Board. In the weeks 21st and 22nd highest reported sales, Sedo sold Hack.me for $10,560 and DomainNameSales moved Longboards.co.uk for $10,500.
DomainNamesSales had a hand in five charted sales including #3 PlatformGames.com at $36,000. Four of the five were from their own listings with the fifth, #17 WebContacting.com at $12,000, being a DomainAdvisors.com domain that was sold on the DomainNameSales platform.

The AfternicDLS also had a big outing with four entries on the leader board, led by #6 OnTime.com at $25,000. They also had the week's biggest non .com gTLD sale (and the only one from that category to make the all extension Top 20) APS.net at $15,000.

The .coms once again took the most chart positions with a dozen, including #7 Others.com, a name that Luc Biggs sold for $23,000 in a private transaction - a very nice return on the $6,250 investment he made when he acquired the domain just a week earlier!

Here's how the sales leaders stacked up for the week ending Sunday, March 18:

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Clements Brothers Launch New Domain Name Auction House and Brokerage Service

wo domain industry veterans who also happen to be brothers, David Clements and Toby Clements, have joined forces to launch a new domain name auction house and brokerage
service called Brannans.com. The name pays tribute to Sam Brannan, a 19th century San Francisco publicist, merchant and publisher whom historians credit with helping to trigger the California Gold Rush that started in 1848. The name seems appropriate since the Clements brothers have long been part of a modern day gold rush in which domain prospectors pan for valuable pieces of Internet real estate.	David Clements (left) and Toby Clements
One thing that they say sets them apart from the crowd is a focus on selling domain names as brand building tools for business end users. Founder and CEO David Clements said, "End-user marketing and sales is about building relationships with business owners and their key decision makers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, businesses with less than 500 employees account for 99% of the independent enterprises in the US. When domainers refer to the term end-users, they really mean these businesses and to sell to them you’ve got to build rapport first. Only then can you educate them on the value of using a relatively new asset class for branding and marketing." Toby Clements said, “I’m very excited to be partnering with my brother David on this new venture. Brannan’s offers additional value and opportunity to domainers and especially to my current newsletter subscribers at TobyClements.com. It gives me another tool to market domains without getting things too overcomplicated or watered down.” David added that he and Toby will also work with all of the other auction houses and brokers in the industry to give sellers the maximum possible exposure for their domains. David noted, "Our first priority is to speak to domain investors. If you own or manage a large portfolio and we haven’t met or spoken or emailed in the past two months, please reach out to me at your earliest convenience. I’d love to help you sell some domains at our upcoming first auction and I can also talk to you further about our targeted business brokerage division." That first auction David referred to is a week-long online event scheduled for April 2, 2012. The deadline for auction submissions is March 28, 2012. You can find submission guidelines as well as a form for submitting your domains here.

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Investing in Quad llll.com Premium domain guide and tips

Like LLL.coms, it’s important to invest in quality if one wishes to be minimally exposed to future risk. As I’ve said many times before, I’ve long believed the triple premium segment is heavily undervalued (or that single/double premiums are grossly overvalued in comparison if you’d prefer to look at it that way). A quad premium isn’t better than a triple premium because it has more premium letters, rather, it’s better because it usually has a better chance of finding an enduser (that’s the whole premise behind premium letters). When that’s not the case, eg. a no traffic, no acronym, low google frequency, seemingly unbrandable quad premium is imho still considerably overvalued at $210. Why a triple premium with better enduser possibilities (eg. something with 3 strong letters and a U/W) might go for half of that is anyone’s guess — we see this in the LLL.com market as well. I blame it on most domainers not doing enough research before investing and taking the “lazy domainer” approach that quad premium > triple premim, despite the fact that in some cases single premium > quad premium. It’s always important to consider who will buy a domain before investing in it. The only true thing that should separate a quad premium from an LLLL.com available for less is the fact that the quad premium has a better chance of finding an enduser now or in the future — if that’s not the case, you really shouldn’t be paying a 1000% premium over what other LLLL.coms can be had for.

With Quad Premiums, I try to stay away from the letters F,G, and H, which routinely report the lowest sales results. Whenever possible, sticking to LLLL.coms containing 1 (or ideally 2-3) A,E,S, which almost always make for very strong LLLL.coms and letters C, I, L, O add powerful brandability (as do A,E,S once again, of course), especially as ending letters.

Assuming you’re buying near minimum wholesale (eg. under $225 per), I think you’re quite safe and insulated from future risk by staying away from quads containing F,G,H. Of course some quads with those letters are good, but as a general rule they do tend to report lower sales results. Very few domaining segments have as much data readily available to be analyzed as the LLLL.com market — this can be both a blessing and a curse. When it comes to LLLL.coms, statistics is your friend and going with “what sells” really is the only way to go.

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Some Tips to invest in domain names ( top 10 best used)

1. Attempt to Predict the Future

You may not have the genius of renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil who has been hired by Bill Gates on numerous occasions just to talk, but you can still predict the future of the domain industry. By the time a child born today graduates from college, Kurzweil believes that poverty, disease, and reliance on fossil fuels will be a thing of the past. Ray bases his predictions on the exponential growth in the power of technology, or as he calls it–the Law of Accelerating Returns. We can apply futuristic predictions to valuable domain name investments. Think outside of the box; education & technology, information syndication, social networking, robotics, alternative energy…you get the picture.

2. Stick With the “Dot Com”

This suggestion could be argued, but generally successful investors and domaining old schoolers will tell you that they will put their money on “.com” remaining at the top of the food chain for quite awhile. If you get in the market early for a popular ccTLD (country code top level domain) like .us, .tv, etc.; you may be able to snag a great name. The risk factor for “.com” is significantly less than the other extensions. Maybe we should ask Kurzweil what he thinks.

3. Keep it Short and Sweet

In the world of domains, generally speaking; 2 letter names are a fool’s dream; 3 letter names are king; 4 letter non-sense names are an easy sale; 5 letter names bank a small fortune. You would, however, be hard pressed to find any of those to add to your portfolio. My best suggestion to you is not to stray past two words within a domain name. Memorability, ease of typing and visual aesthetics play a big part in a domain’s value.

4. Keep it Brandable

Make sure the words you choose in your domain flow well together; repeat your name aloud several times to see how it sounds spoken. Ask your friends and family what their first impression of your name choices are. Does your name relate well to the industry or audience the website would be targeting?

5. Keep it Real

We have all seen them, invented names or characters mashed together that form pronounceable syllables–Yahoo, Google, Twitter, Tumblr. While many popular websites today have done well with these odd brand names it would be hard to market a cheaper version of these names to anyone, which brings me to my next point…

6. Have a Buyer in Mind

Before investing your money into a domain name, ask yourself a few questions about your future buyer. Would anyone want to buy this domain name today? What niche industry or population could I market this name to? Is this domain relevant to a small business industry, a single person or a large movement? The more potential buyers the better.

7. Don’t Spend More than Current Value

Do your homework. Research aftermarket domain sales portals such as Sedo, TDNAM, Afternic as well as domain forums for current sales prices of similar names. You can get a good idea of the value of your domain and some insight into how its value may mature in the future. I suppose there can be some exceptions to this tip if you’re Mr. Moneybags and find a name you are just sure is going to be a hit.

8. Don’t Sell Until it’s Ripe

Imagine you’re at the 1923 World Series and Babe Ruth tosses your baseball back to ya with his name jotted down in fresh black ink. A friend of a friend of your second cousin offers you $50 bucks for the ball a week later… you simply don’t sell your green bananas! The amount of people logging on to the internet and developing their own websites increases tremendously each year. If you think you’ve got a keeper, do just that.

9. Develop Relevant Content

Search Engines today are a key element to driving traffic to our names and essentially allow certain websites to be discovered. There are vast amounts of information and domain names that are essentially hidden to the world simply because webmasters do not take the steps to publish and promote quality information. If nothing else, setup a WordPress blog script on your domain name, get some quality web hosting and regularly publish relevant content to your domains.

10. Nurture Your Name

Incoming unique visitors, Google’s PageRank, backlinks and web reputability can add significant value to any domain. While publishing current events and related content to your domain name, manually submit your site to quality web directories. Social networks such as MyBlogLog, StumbleUpon and Bumpzee can also add reputation and send visitors to your name.

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LLLL.com Price Guide

LLLL.com Price Guide
New Price Guide coming soon at:

LLLL.com Price Guide is a guide to domain investors , we gathered this information from our experience.

Time until Expiration/Renewal (subtract $0.60 from the values reported below for every month less than 1 full year remaining on the registration).

Numbers in parentheses reflect maximum likely obtainable prices in a reseller environment for domains fitting a particular letter pattern. Sales near the maximum suggested prices are generally for quad premium examples which are pronounceable, memorable, and acronym-friendly. Rare LLLL.coms are treated separately later in the price guide. All prices quoted are reflective only of what one could expect to pay in a reseller environment — suggested maximum prices have no meaning if you’re targetting endusers or selling generic 4 letter .coms.

LLLL.com Price Guide s wholesale / double / triple premium .coms

LLL.com:
Min Wholesale: $5800
Double Premium: $6600
Triple Premium: $10000
LLLL.com:
Minimum Wholesale: $22
CCCC: $22 ($500)
CCVC: $25 ($600)
CVCC: $27 ($600)
CCVV: $30 ($600)
VCCC: $30 ($750)
VVCC: $32 ($1000)
VCCV: $34 ($1500)
CVVC: $45 ($1800)
VVVC: $75 ($1000)
VCVC: $75 ($4000)
CVVV: $85 ($900)
VVCV: $80 ($1500)
VCVV: $100 ($2000)
VVVV: $250* ($1500)
CVCV: $300 ($9000)
* Insufficient sales data to conclusively provide a minimum valuation.
The letter Y was considered a consonant for the purpose of this price guide. In reality, it can serve as both a consonant or vowel, however this often becomes somewhat subjective and open to bias (eg. sellers will always think their domain is more pronounceable than buyers).
single premium: $22
double premium: $26
triple premium: $35
quad premium: $210
triple letter: $200 ($800)
triple repeat: $350 ($1800)
palindrome: $300 ($1200)
ABAB: $275 ($1000)
AABB: $400 ($1500)
Quad Premium rares (triples, palindromes, ABAB, AABB) generally sell for 1.5 to 2.5 times quoted minimum wholesales.
Triple Premium Breakdown
Prices in parentheses reflect maximum likely prices in a reseller environment for cookie cutter examples (as defined above) which lack significant distinguishing features (such as much pronounceability). Prices to the left reflect the minimum wholesale prices per type of triple premium LLLL.com.
Q/X: $35 ($60)
Z: $40 ($80)
Y: $45 ($90)
J: $50 ($100)
V: $65 ($100)
K: $60 ($120)
U: $75 ($130)
W: $80 ($150)
Pronounceable Performance Breakdown
When dealing with pronounceable 4 letter .coms, the question often arises whether the letter “Y” takes on the properties of a consonant or those of a vowel. When dealing with CVCVs, a “Y” found in the 4th position is often considered to take on the properties of a vowel and when found in the 2nd position, the role of a consonant.
Recent sales data follows which should help better elucidate the difference between valuations of CVCY/CYCV, as well as demonstrate the differences in value between a CVCV containing no “Y” and one containing a “Y”.
CVCV:
cuji.com $854 07/16/2008 SnapNames
keqa.com $500 07/16/2008 BQB
Lodo.com $17000 07/16/2008 RickLatona.com
nize.com $1664 07/16/2008 Sedo
cegu.com $1109 07/14/2008 Sedo
hene.com $1900 07/14/2008 Sedo
kiqe.com $407 07/11/2008 Sedo
zuso.com $1250 07/11/2008 Sedo
gofu.com $1450 07/10/2008 Sedo
kiqe.com $407 07/10/2008 Sedo
pafe.com $1806 07/10/2008 Sedo
buli.com $2200 07/09/2008
hopa.com $15000 07/09/2008 Afternic
mafa.com $3000 07/09/2008 Sedo
sule.com $2291 07/09/2008 Sedo
tezi.com $1355 07/08/2008 Sedo
vuqu.com $360 07/05/2008 Sedo
piwu.com $1001 07/04/2008 Sedo
vudi.com $664 07/04/2008 Sedo
jisu.com $3988 07/02/2008 Sedo
CYCV:
dypa.com $490 07/17/2008 Sedo
hypi.com $3000 07/16/2008 Afternic
gyqa.com $110 06/20/2008 Sedo
CVCY:
kedy.com $1360 07/17/2008 Sedo
lesy.com $1027 07/09/2008 Sedo
moky.com $1600 07/09/2008 BQB
raxy.com $353 07/07/2008 Sedo
cavy.com $3134 07/04/2008 Sedo
noqy.com $191 07/03/2008 TDNAM
posy.com $2,202 06/27/2008 Sedo
cufy.com $510 06/21/2008 Sedo
rizy.com $675 06/20/2008 Sedo
CVYV:
goyo.com $3970 ($9000) 07/02/2008 Sedo, resold on 07/14/2008 at TDNAM
woya.com $4500 07/02/2008 Afternic
mayu.com $2001 07/01/2008 Sedo
YVCV:
Yeco.com $1022 07/09/2008 NameJet
yuzu.com $3800 07/08/2008 NameJet
yuki.com $8850 07/07/2008 NameJet
VCVC:
icav.com $506 07/14/2008 NameJet
iduf.com $130 07/09/2008 Private
avos.com $3093 07/06/2008 NameJet
ases.com $4100 07/02/2008 Sedo
ocal.com $2550 07/02/2008 Sedo
upax.com $4418 07/02/2008 Afternic
igax.com $176 06/30/2008 NameJet
ocal.com $2550 06/27/2008 Sedo
avof.com $243 06/26/2008 Sedo
upaj.com $3000 06/25/2008 Afternic
ases.com $4100 06/24/2008 Sedo
ocal.com $2550 06/22/2008 Sedo
inoq.com $177 06/21/2008 Sedo
aqit.com $140 06/20/2008 NameJet
uzuf.com $105 06/20/2008 NamePros Auction
aced.com $12500 06/19/2008 Afternic
ataw.com $310 06/19/2008 NameJet
umuj.com $150 06/18/2008 Private Sale
erar.com $970 06/16/2008 NameJet
axah.com $145 06/14/2008 BQB.com
VCVC (containing Y):
oyom.com $175 07/09/2008 TDNAM
ufyl.com $29 07/04/2008 DigitalPoint
eyah.com $1061 07/03/2008 SnapNames
ywew.com $31 06/12/2008 SnapNames
ahyn.com $162 06/11/2008 Sedo
ymel.com $252 06/07/2008 TDNAM
obye.com $211 06/06/2008 SnapNames
OSYT.com $160 06/06/2008 NamePros
yqiq.com $42 06/03/2008 TDNAM
unyf.com $71 06/02/2008 NameJet
yruf.com $47.99 06/02/2008 eBay
VCCV:
afcy.com $95 07/17/2008 Sedo
erdy.com $75 07/16/2008 Afternic
ilqo.com $80 07/15/2008 TDNAM
ufgo.com $133 07/15/2008 TDNAM
ufgo.com $133 07/14/2008 TDNAM
uyri.com $51 07/14/2008 TDNAM
ipyi.com $82 07/09/2008 Pool
ozmo.com $25,000 07/09/2008 Sedo
opli.com $360 07/05/2008 NameJet
ihpy.com $52 07/04/2008 TDNAM
udqu.com $25 07/04/2008 NamePros
ugzi.com $29 07/04/2008 TDNAM
uxzy.com $29 07/04/2008 DigitalPoint
uhqu.com $25 07/03/2008 NamePros
ilfa.com $560 06/25/2008 Sedo
umno.com $2,500 06/25/2008 Ebay
ezsa.com $250 06/24/2008 NameJet
ahza.com $121 06/20/2008 NameJet
eqgi.com $51 06/18/2008 TDNAM
VCCV (containing Y):
afcy.com $95 07/17/2008 Sedo
erdy.com $75 07/16/2008 Afternic
uyri.com $51 07/14/2008 TDNAM
ipyi.com $82 07/09/2008 Pool
ihpy.com $52 07/04/2008 TDNAM
uxzy.com $29 07/04/2008 DigitalPoint
ujly.com $180 06/18/2008 Sedo
ijgy.com $53 06/16/2008 TDNAM
ihqy.com $28 06/12/2008 SnapNames
ikfy.com $110 06/12/2008 SnapNames
YMNY.com $200 06/12/2008 NamePros
ytda.com $60 06/12/2008 SnapNames
iyki.com $90 06/11/2008 SnapNames
ynca.com $2736 06/06/2008 NameJet
ingy.com $691 06/02/2008 NameJet
ilgy.com $100 06/01/2008 NameJet

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buy expired domains with traffic and monetize it

Recently i was looking at some godaddy expiring domain auctions. What interested me was the domains with traffic, so i thought i will invest some money buying them and use one of the turn key websites i bought on ebay a http://bit.ly/FOWHPS nd make money with google adsense from the traffic its getting everyday.

My website is www.netjobsdirect.com

The trick worked, i bought a domain which was getting 1k visitors , and i was able to make atleast $10-$15 per day .. Not bad uhh ..

I will share more info on its progress

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Blockbuster .Net Sale One of Two 6-Figure Deals That Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart

A blockbuster .net sale - the year's biggest non .com gTLD sale reported to date - claimed the top spot on this week's all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart. Frank Schilling's DomainNameSales.com did the honors with CDN.net at an astounding $185,000 - more than triple the amount paid for the previous 2012 leader in this category (DIY.org at $60,000).

The runner up position went to another six-figure 3-letter domain - SOL.com, sold at Sedo.com for $127,400. We learned about yet another three-letter .com purchased by Danish businessman Marcus Kocak for $150,000 in a private transaction, however that one was made under a non-disclosure agreement. In addition, DomainNameSales had another six-figure .com sale this week that they could not release due to an NDA.

That left the #3 position open for the week's biggest ccTLD sale, Online-Casinos.de at €65,000 ($84,500) via Sedo. Just last week Sedo sold the un-hyphenated version of that domain for the same price.



By Ron Jackson

Sedo went on to sweep 15 of the 23 chart entries (the extra positions resulted from a four-way tie for the final spot). Their roster included three of the four non .com gTLDs on the elite list, including #9 (tie) Surgeon.org at $19,000. They also rang up all three country code sales on the Big Board with #11 TalkFusion.de ($18,850) and #12 Life.me ($17,450) Joining Online-Casinos.de in the ccTLD camp.

DomainNameSales also had another solid week with five charted sales including three of the first six. Their group included #4 Deng.com at $65,000 and #6 PrivatKredit.com at $35,000.

That left just three openings and the AfternicDLS took every one of those with a power trio led by #8 GetMoneyFast.com at $19,850.

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Forbes publication : Owning a domain name is forever if it has “Google juice”

A really interesting article was just published by Forbes entitled “Owning a domain name is forever if it has “Google juice”

The article talks about the dangers of re-branding from an existing domain name to another domain and letting the old domain drop.

“”Planning to revamp your branding? Maybe relaunch your company or product line?Then before you say “we’ll just point the old domain name to our new domain and let the old one expire” consider the following tale”

I’ll let you read the entire article but here is “The moral of the story”

” If you decide to refocus your marketing and branding and switch to a new new domain name when you’ve had an online presence that has worked to any degree then never, ever let the old domain name go … you’ll have to plan to own it forever.”

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Investing in .us domains good or bad ?

Someone asked me the other day what the highest .US domain sale was. I honestly had no idea so I started my search in the DNJournal archives and on NameBio and DNSalePrice. I wasn’t expecting a lot but I was a little surprised when I saw how few .US domain sales reported even break the $25k mark. I understand .COM is the TLD that people in our country recognize and use but .US is still the official ccTLD of the United States.
The .US TLD is the most underperforming ccTLD in existence, I’ve felt this way for a long time. When you look at ccTLD’s like .DE, .EU, .CO.UK, .FR, .CA and even .PL, .NL, .SE and .CC their top sale, sales volume and average sales price all dwarf .US sales stats. Below are the list of documented .US sales above $15,000 (prices rounded to nearest thousand) all the way back to 2004.
Video.us $75k (2007)
Taxi.us $35k
Job.us $35k
SexToy.us $51k
Jew.us $29k
Jews.us $25k
Famo.us $25k
Baseball.us $25k
Voip.us $25k
Foods.us $20k
Football.us $19k
Video.us $18.5k (2008)
Computer.us $17k
Bingo.us $15k
Miami.us $15k
You’ll notice that Video.us is on this list twice. And according to DNJournal this is accurate – the top selling documented .US domain was resold a year later for a seventy five percent loss! Ouch.
I can’t remember all the .US domain names I have but I am pretty sure if I rounded them all up it would be enough to count on one hand. I also can’t remember making a significant sale of a .US domain name. Does this mean I think ALL .US names are worthless? No. I think it means that the best ones are undervalued and also that besides true premium .US names, other investments in the space are not worthwhile.
I do expect that with the rise of gTLD’s, .US will gain some more traction. .US could also really use some help from its parent company Neustar which has done next to nothing to help promote the .US brand over the last few years.

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Tuesday Big Old List of Domains At Auction, Dropping, or For Sale Around the Net 3-13-12

One of the down sides of having a brick and mortar business is you have to come in contact with people. Hundreds of them. Any one of them could be a petri dish of disease. Shaking hands, talking close. Add in an all weekend trade show and I didn’t stand a chance. Throw in 37 miles running and I’m as good as dead. And that’s how I felt yesterday. I apologize to all those that I told off or made cry yesterday when I was in my bad mood. Now on to today’s names.

Paymachine.com Good mobile wallet name. 7 years old. Also my title around the house.

Hoarded.com Could pretty much sell anything you want. I almost didn’t even want to share this name as I have nightmares for 3 days after every show of hoarders.

SurfingKites.com Not a huge sport but growing in popularity every year. I think Woody Harrelson kite surfs and if he does it, it’s cool. Lots of ads but valuate.com doesn’t like it

VintageCoupons.com I’m pretty sure they’re all going to be expired

1stFamily.com I like firstfamily better but still worth a few hundred and more if built out. 15 years old and that alone gives it some value.

Snuffed.com Dictionary word with no bidders……until now

FlooringOptions.com Great name for a flooring company and there are already many companies that share that same thought. Values at $1000

BikerLady.com Cool but not sexy. I picture saggy boobs, tats, and leather, like in leather skin.

PetLane.com I heard they are adding new lanes on all California streets for people that drive with their dogs in their laps. It allows everyone else to get the hell away from those crazies.

GeoTarget.com I would think a bunch of people in our industry would like this name.

DealJump.com Very common, easy to spell words and contains the word deal. Good brand.

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Four letter llll .com investment guide

Reece of Four Letter Noob released his 4 letter dot com price guide today. This is the mid-March update which as always goes into plenty of detail and statistical analysis. It shows what everyone has predicted, a staggering increase in LLLL.com values!


The minimum wholesale price of 4 letter domains has increase 114% over the last month. Excellent news for any 4 letter domain investor and not just for the single reason that ‘our’ stock has increased in value but because if 4 letter domains increase enough over regfee there will be no reason for anyone to drop them. Buy bargain llll.com domains from ebay.With a decrease in drops and supply and an increase in demand and end users (as many predict), prices will continue to rise.

I see ebay listing many llll.com domains. I was interested in one particular seller 1Domainaday.com his ebay seller id 1DomainADay , i have bought many domains from him, he always sells quality domains.

My eyes are on RDoy.com ,waiting for auction listings.

I think this week I will evaluate my portfolio based on Reece’s price guide and report the increase in my portfolios value… that will make an interesting article I’m sure!

After visiting a few domain forums doing a little research on some domains. I was baffled by the fact that there was a few threads tracking the value of "lll.com" and "llll.com." To my amazement I couldn't imagine why anyone would want to own four l's for a domain. Since it doesn't actually describe what the website is about. Then I thought about the human nature aspect of owning a domain name with four letters or numbers. Since, not many people will actually be able to own that kind of domain name! Of course, that adds to the value that four letter domain names, but since the internet is constantly growing. Even becoming more popular every year and has even more time to grow I think the value is reaffirmed.

The internet is massive and is constantly growing with the introduction of blogs that allow people to interact. Since, technology also keeps expanding into more powerful languages like Ajax, PhP, and Java continued expansion is a logical assumption. Not only that, hosting and storage prices have come down a lot since 2000. Making it much more cost effective to host your own website. Which again adds to the value of domain names, since it's adding demand for the need of domains. In my opinion as long as storage becomes cheaper, technology makes websites file sizes more compressed, then demand will continually rise for domain names. Including the domains that are four letters with no apparent value other than there demand.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/3588531

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Future is in Social networking domains

A survey shows that in 2011 over 47% of American adults used a social network.

"Social networking sites are hugely popular because they bring people together and they can interact with each other and find users with similar interests. Users can share ideas, activities, events, photos. Users can contribute content which can be broadcasted and uploaded so selected friends can view them. Social networks connect people at low cost and make it easier to keep in touch with others around the world" said Paul Wilson, domain name expert.

Social networks can also be based on shared business needs or experiences. Social Interaction is very rewarding for everyone because common interests can be shared internationally. Companies can use social networks to create brand awareness, to recruit, as an online reputation management tool, to learn about new technologies and competitors, and as a lead generation tool to find potential clients.

"The future of publishing is on the Internet and SocialMagazine.com is the perfect domain name for an online magazine covering the social world or as a social site itself. The social activity is online so it makes sense to cover it with an online magazine. Social users are international and the proper extension to cover this huge international market is the dot com."

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Five Top Domain Investment Strategies

Five Top Domain Investment Strategies – Part 1 of 5
There are essentially five domain investment strategies that work better than most others. This is not information most people would be willing to share, but I thought I’d let it out there – if it helps one person register better domains, all the better.
Investment Strategy # 1: Geo Domains
City names, state names, country names in any tld are called Geo domains. Such names might be tough to monetize without development, but resale values are usually substantial and most extensions will get traffic and thus revenues. Generally locations with population greater than 100,000 are considered worthy of owning, but high value niche locations can be just as lucrative.
These domains are tough to hand register, but you can pick up drops here and there and when new TLDs are introduced these are the first to get sold out, specially if its a ccTLD or a TLD that matches the geo location.
I’ll give a few examples of core geo domains – NewYork.com, NewDelhi.com or even Mumbai.in would be core geo domains.
Second rung geo domains are of the type CityState.tld or CityCountry.tld or even CityStateabbreviation.tld – such domains are best restricted to the top 3 gtlds – .com / .net / .org or their local ccTLDs; Examples of such names would be MumbaiIndia.com or MumbaiMH.com;
Valuations of such domains are tough to ascertain and thus extreme care should be taken to ensure that you do not overpay for such domains as traffic is usually extremely restricted to these.
The third rung of Geo domains are what are known as Keyword Geo domains.These only make sense for extremely high population areas like Capital cities and Major Metros. Again, these are best in .com / .net / .org or geo matching tlds.
A lot of these are still available and in some locations end users love them as it allows them to get to the top of the SEO heap pretty easily. I’ve seen quite a few end user and bulk sales of these type of domains to brick and mortar companies or professionals who get the whole PPC game.
Examples of Geo Keyword domains are AttorneySeattle.com or DoctorsLondon.com or CarDealerNewYork.com or MumbaiMart.com and ChaloIndia.com – which are the first domains I ever registered back in 1998. They are still developed sites though due for a makeover soon.
Even developed, these are tough to monetize, though the amount of local goodwill one can gather from these is tremendous and this creates a good amount of leads for other related service offerings.
I will say here that my Geo Domain holdings are extremely minute and only represent less than 1% of my domain portfolio and are only limited to my own Geo location and sphere of work.

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