The Weekly 5L dot Com Sales and Auction Report

By | Jun 24, 2010

Another fantastic week for 5 letter dot coms.  There were some 5Ls on Sedo and NameJet that hit some nice numbers in the auctions.  I was part of many and sold another $800 worth this week with yesterday’s name Tonky.com hitting roughly $350, a fair price but I think the buyer can still turn this [...]

This Week’s Top 5L dot Com Sales

By | Jun 18, 2010

Another fine week for 5 letter dot com sales.  Every month there seems to be more 5Ls that are achieving prices over $2,000.   As I always do, I want to remind new domain investors to be careful with 5Ls. For every one of the sales below there are 1 million names that are worth squat.  [...]

5L dot coms are Doing Very Well

By | May 24, 2010

Five letter dot coms continue to do well in May.  Many of the top domains are reaching $XXXX at Sedo and other platforms.  As usual there are a lot of scratch your head sales and they show no real pattern except for Dibbo which is part of a lot of “ibbo” names moving lately.  ie [...]

Anyone Else Like 5L dot coms? Take a Look At a Few of My Favorites

By | Apr 26, 2010

My real domain business has and always been plant names.  I have coneflower.com, heucheras.com, vermicomposting.com, moderngardener.com, nurserycatalog, coleus.com, landscapemanager, and 100s more.  It’s how I make my real money in domaining but i DO love 5 letter dot coms.  They are such great brands.  Generally they don’t mean anything and contrary to to 4 letter [...]

Round Two: Where To Sell 5L Dot Coms

By | Apr 14, 2010

So your 5L domain made it past the “it’s not junk” test.  Now how or where in the world do you sell them.  Here are a few of the different ways I’ve used to sell them.  Before we get to that though, I want to remind you that cash is just as important as the [...]

Here are 7 Things I Think About For When Selecting “Premium” 5L dot coms

By | Apr 13, 2010

I have received a lot of emails over the last week regarding 5 letter dot coms and asking me to do a post on how I value them and suggest a good place to sell them.  5 letter dot coms like 4 letter dot coms,  are very hard to value.  While I can’t put a [...]

This Month’s 5L dot com Sales Charts

By | Apr 8, 2010

As per the usual over the last 6 months, the 5 letter dot com market is producing some great sales.  For the most part, the easy to pronounce, easy to spell names are the ones that are seeing the biggest increase in value.  The dictionary names don’t really count but I’ve still included them as [...]

A Fun Way To Find Domain Names

By | Mar 24, 2010

After about 345 articles regarding it, you’ve realized I love strong 5L domain names.  I picked up weeba.com the other day and am always looking for 5 letter words with no meaning that are easy to spell, pass the radio test, and tend to buy names that end in “o” or “a”.     Finding 5Ls isn’t [...]

A Few Rules for Deciding Whether to Drop Your 5L dot coms

By | Mar 19, 2010

I love 5L dot coms but I hate most of them.  99% of five letter dot coms are completely worthless and will $8 you to death.   Here are ten things to ask yourself before you decide to spend the money and renew it. 1.  Is it pronounceable?  If you say your domain out loud to [...]

The Trend Continues: Strong Sales of 5 Letter Dot Coms The Last Few Weeks

By | Mar 5, 2010

It may not be your “thing” but it’s certainly a trend you want to keep an eye on.  Amongst the millions of complete junk 5L dot coms out there are pronounceable, easy to spell, no meaning names that are reaching great prices.   I personally have noticed a huge increase in the prices and offers I’m [...]

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