5 letter .com names are an area that provide opportunity if you know what to look for in the name.
Catchy, memorable, easy to spell. A shorter name is worthwhile in a 140 character and mobile world. Of course even shorter could possibly be better, but you are going to pay a lot more for a two or three letter.com.
Its an area that even the new domainer can at least afford to dabble in.
This past Dn Journal had the following 5 letter .com sales:
ecola.com $2500
codee.com $2000
etrue.com $3500
yelli.com $2500 10/2005
ontro.com $2000
myomy.com $2000
askoo.com $2000 5/2006
hudou.com $2482 2007
boids.com $4900
ifast.com $5000
Altus.com $9600
You will see some of these names were regged not too long ago, and provide a nice return on a hand regged name.
Of course every 5 letter .com is not worth a lot, most are not worth the reg fee. But if you can find the right ones, with the right metrics you can make a very good ROI without investing a lot of money.
This is not a recommendation to go out and reg a bunch of 5 letter.coms, but rather to be on the look out when you see them drop, or check some handregs and maybe you will find something that meets your criteria.
Best of luck.
Zoopdotco says
I recently just bought a 5 letter .com that ends in “oo” – I’ve noticed a few sales lately with oo. Hopefully all 5L domain sales will pick up
Roger says
I like the 5l that end in oo. Hard to find any that make sense to reg. You need for the name to have a good sound to it.