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Is 5 the new 4 ?

April 26, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

5NDomains

I remember about a year ago I saw a x,xxx five number .com sale. I asked a friend what he thought of them ? He just yelled, “Shut up, stop, nnnn.com ok, but five is junk”.

I never purchased any back then, just kept an eye on them. I started seeing domain wanted threads on Namepros for 5N.com, there were some that made it to Go Daddy Closeouts, mostly with 4’s in the domain.  Over the last couple months even those names are getting picked up and every 5N.com without a 4 that I look at that’s about to drop has the backorder on Name.com at $49.99 for their domain nabber product.

Yesterday on NameJet 37778.com had 68 backorders for it with interest as high as $600.
High Bid: $600 USD
Type: Wish List
Your Last Bid: $59 USD
Bid History: 68 bids

NameJet was unsuccessful in catching the name. 37778.com is one of the naming patterns that are getting the most interest, especially with a triple 7 or triple 8, I have had clients tell me they have budgets $500 plus for these names. A lot has changed in a year, the registrant who owned 37778.com regged it just a year ago and certainly would have gotten a nice return on 4.CN or Go Daddy Auctions.

Of course 4N.com is still the more valuable numerical category, but 5N.com is certainly garnering more and more interest.
Here is a list of sales in April, these sales took place on 4,CN, Go Daddy/Afternic,Sedo and Flippa.

Mike Berkens let me know he sold 12304.com for $4,500 and 10018.com for $4,888. a couple weeks ago.

90777.com  $2,801
16188.com    $2,605
00004.com   $2,000
55585.com    $2,000
37445.com    $155
67272.com    $479
54955.com    $131
89273.com    $285
62537.com    $197
75886.com    $529
32527.com    $229
53692.com    $251
72528.com    $297
22852.com    $255
88647.com    $135
72827.com    $264
98873.com    $272
78273.com    $240
32682.com    $259
23267.com    $264
21302.com    $243
72225.com    $609
76537.com    $273
76557.com    $331
53700.com    $331
62878.com    $369
57168.com    $895
57419.com    $91
92820.com    $288
53418.com    $78
02096.com    $132
40288.com    $321
14981.com    $112
65782.com    $393
38531.com    $393
23082.com    $323
21739.com    $263
94883.com    $153
53342.com    $132
64890.com    $72
26846.com    $62
19644.com    $125
88617.com    $746
22339.com    $815
25837.com    $305
35287.com    $345
34537.com    $192
72739.com    $371
72687.com    $353
66274.com    $125
22743.com    $115
24255.com    $168
95754.com    $112
35350.com    $1,075
47475.com    $321
08082.com    $289
74242.com    $317
59439.com    $102
57743.com    $177
64228.com    $152
53669.com    $610
26936.com    $434
76863.com    $434
73629.com    $418
83726.com    $385
26963.com    $450
75973.com    $467
77453.com    $209
37993.com    $455
17042.com    $166
48938.com    $119
36905.com    $405
81478.com    $100
61695.com    $336
71020.com    $305
85365.com    $202
17916.com    $163
17598.com    $366
60063.com    $186
59152.com    $155
22744.com    $434
52179.com    $148
08700.com    $185
54900.com    $185
16011.com    $165
85692.com    $110
76257.com    $138
52682.com    $125
37296.com    $101
62723.com    $100
44414.com    $660
33226.com    $774
86225.com    $149
42836.com    $42
48546.com    $42
47413.com    $42
42846.com    $42
42097.com    $42
64239.com    $42
46495.com    $42
46519.com    $42
41792.com    $42
75924.com    $42
49641.com    $42
45752.com    $42
76314.com    $42
64103.com    $42
46417.com    $42
74297.com    $42
76794.com    $42
58724.com    $37
42697.com    $37
40275.com    $37
49624.com    $37
79724.com    $37
42793.com    $37
74891.com    $37
48953.com    $37
57984.com    $32
79492.com    $32
76497.com    $32
74371.com    $32
92483.com    $32
65974.com    $32
54570.com    $32
74279.com    $27
70347.com    $27
64940.com    $27
06344.com    $27
91974.com    $57
43886.com    $60
42886.com    $77

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, Numerical Domains

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. Jean Claude says

    April 26, 2014 at 9:35 am

    Great post… Own a few and offers picked up in April big time.

    • AbdulBasit Makrani says

      April 26, 2014 at 9:59 am

      I have a few owned since the beginning of this year but so far not much traffic or interest… Will have to keep for several years to get something out of it…

      • Raymond Hackney says

        April 26, 2014 at 10:02 am

        Thanks for the comments guys, do they have 4’s in them ? I am surprised you have had no interest. What kind of pricing are you looking for ?

        • AbdulBasit Makrani says

          April 28, 2014 at 6:03 am

          Yeah, they have 4 once in each of them. That can be one of the reason for not attracting the buyers…

  2. Domaneer says

    April 26, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    How does Verkens get those kinda prices ? I don’t get it.

    • Raymond Hackney says

      April 26, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      He’s Berkens. No I think probably because he can ask for bigger prices and will not have any problem if they walk. A small domainer trying to make his way gets $1,000 offer and says, “Can I really afford to ask for more ? what if they walk ? This name cost me $8.

      • LouChe says

        April 26, 2014 at 5:44 pm

        A small domainer trying to make his way gets $1,000 offer and says, “Can I really afford to ask for more ? what if they walk ? This name cost me $8.

        I’ve been having that dilemma a fair bit recently…

  3. Corey says

    April 26, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    37778.com and 87898 (70+ bids on namejet) got picked up by snapnames. 37778 is at $775 with two days left and 87898 is at $575

    • Raymond Hackney says

      April 26, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      Thank you Corey.

  4. brand says

    April 26, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    The number 4 is bad luck.
    The Chinese people like 8’s and 9’s the more the better, it’s good luck.
    They will pay big bucks for a license plate and phone numbers with 8’s and 9’s and now we see with domain’s.

  5. michael berkens says

    April 27, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    Domaneer

    As far as Berkens or Verking or Rick or Frank or you to get a high priced sale its pretty simple

    1. You have to ask for the money.

    2. You have to say no if someone offers you a lot less

    You don’t get to sell a domain for $25K unless you turn down $5K $10K along the way.

    You don’t get to sell a domain for $200K unless you turn down $25K 50K and $100K along the way.

    I understand, and have said many times I appreciate the fact that not all domainers are in a financial situation to turn down $1K or $5K or $10K

    You got to pay bills and do what you have to do and we sell domains we don’t love for $5K and $10K on occasion so its not like we push everything to six figures

    I got two offers on 345.com in the last two weeks at $550K from two different buyers and one for $575K from a third.

    I turned down countless offers at $100K, 200K and a few months ago I turned down $340K and $350K

    I’m holding out for $1M

    I a year or 5 years we will see if that was wise.

    By turning down offers you also have to be prepared to lose a sale and you may have to wait for years to get another offer and you may not ever get another offer as the one you turned down.

    This is life in the domain world, stock market, commodities market, real estate market, art market, every market where valuations are fluid

    • AbdulBasit Makrani says

      April 28, 2014 at 6:09 am

      Very well said Mike!

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