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The 4L.com chip market is getting it’s butt kicked

September 26, 2018 by Raymond Hackney

Taking a look at four letter Chip .coms shows a market continuing into further decline.

Using data from Namebio let’s dive in.

Back in 2017 outside of one outlier $210 sale the lowest 4L chips (no aeiouv) were going for $770 – $840 at the low end. Namebio recorded 2129 sales.

zrpb.com 201 USD 2017-11-03 Dynadot
zrqr.com 770 USD 2017-07-12 NameJet
jrdd.com 780 USD 2017-10-06 Dynadot
hysm.com 800 USD 2017-07-31 Flippa
pqmr.com 805 USD 2017-05-30 NameJet
sqng.com 830 USD 2017-08-17 NameJet
jjbf.com 830 USD 2017-08-17 NameJet
npnf.com 835 USD 2017-10-26 GoDaddy
zqkp.com 840 USD 2017-08-23 NameJet
zmxs.com 840 USD 2017-08-23 NameJet
thxg.com 840 USD 2017-08-23 NameJet
sqxz.com 840 USD 2017-08-23 NameJet
tqwt.com 840 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
jjbr.com 845 USD 2017-08-17 NameJet
zzrp.com 846 USD 2017-08-17 NameJet
mpdy.com 850 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
rmtq.com 850 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
mdpy.com 850 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
lqlr.com 853 USD 2017-09-29 Dynadot
gjtj.com 857 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
bdpy.com 858 USD 2017-08-18 NameJet
wpzl.com 859 USD 2017-08-11 NameJet
plkk.com 860 USD 2017-08-11 NameJet
gwlg.com 860 USD 2017-08-11 NameJet
mftx.com 861 USD 2017-08-18 NameJet
tgck.com 861 USD 2017-08-16 NameJet
qsqd.com 863 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
jjry.com 866 USD 2017-08-08 GoDaddy
rnyg.com 870 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
ctyg.com 870 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
mwff.com 870 USD 2017-08-16 NameJet
rlmh.com 870 USD 2017-08-13 NameJet
jwxz.com 870 USD 2017-08-13 NameJet
mqmc.com 870 USD 2017-08-12 NameJet
wkgb.com 875 USD 2017-08-13 NameJet
kcrk.com 875 USD 2017-08-03 NameJet
fzrb.com 877 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
znmn.com 877 USD 2017-07-21 DropCatch
qfwq.com 878 USD 2017-08-02 NameJet
kpmt.com 880 USD 2017-08-10 NameJet
ynyc.com 881 USD 2017-09-05 NameJet
blsr.com 881 USD 2017-08-10 NameJet
krmy.com 881 USD 2017-08-02 NameJet
fywj.com 882 USD 2017-08-23 NameJet
cwjg.com 882 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
hgtk.com 885 USD 2017-08-22 NameJet
yzgb.com 886 USD 2017-08-02 NameJet
djlz.com 888 USD 2017-12-03 Flippa
ncjx.com 889 USD 2017-08-21 NameJet
qhcg.com 890 USD 2017-11-01 NameJet
cbyf.com 890 USD 2017-08-20 NameJet
jplb.com 890 USD 2017-08-19 NameJet
zpwx.com 890 USD 2017-08-16 NameJet
dmlz.com 890 USD 2017-08-09 NameJet
qsry.com 890 USD 2017-08-08 NameJet
bwxl.com 890 USD 2017-08-07 NameJet
crpq.com 890 USD 2017-08-04 NameJet
mhgr.com 892 USD 2017-10-14 GoDaddy
hqft.com 892 USD 2017-10-13 GoDaddy
mbzw.com 893 USD 2017-12-14 Flippa
jbfk.com 893 USD 2017-12-14 Flippa
wrpn.com 895 USD 2017-08-09 NameJet
nhmn.com 897 USD 2017-11-01 NameJet
dbzk.com 897 USD 2017-08-06 NameJet
bshj.com 897 USD 2017-08-03 NameJet
nzjh.com 897 USD 2017-07-30 NameJet
yzky.com 898 USD 2017-08-19 NameJet
tsgp.com 898 USD 2017-08-14 NameJet
ktpp.com 898 USD 2017-08-04 NameJet
qcwb.com 899 USD 2017-12-18 Flippa
wqnr.com 899 USD 2017-11-01 GoDaddy
xwrh.com 899 USD 2017-10-30 GoDaddy
rxfd.com 899 USD 2017-10-30 GoDaddy
sfsr.com 899 USD 2017-10-27 GoDaddy
fxph.com 899 USD 2017-10-22 GoDaddy
wbqm.com 899 USD 2017-09-24 GoDaddy
hpxx.com 899 USD 2017-08-10 NameJet
kpdl.com 899 USD 2017-07-27 GoDaddy
ryhj.com 900 USD 2017-12-08 Sedo
pqkz.com 900 USD 2017-12-07 Flippa
hysm.com 900 USD 2017-11-18 Flippa
cmtn.com 900 USD 2017-10-18 NameJet
hdlb.com 900 USD 2017-10-18 NameJet
phkp.com 900 USD 2017-09-21 Sedo
ybzc.com 900 USD 2017-09-21 Sedo
kkhn.com 900 USD 2017-09-21 Sedo
nwfp.com 900 USD 2017-09-21 Dynadot
jxby.com 900 USD 2017-08-20 NameJet
hwwz.com 900 USD 2017-08-19 NameJet
fbsd.com 900 USD 2017-08-11 NameJet
ffsl.com 900 USD 2017-08-10 NameJet
lbrp.com 900 USD 2017-08-05 NameJet
nlyf.com 900 USD 2017-08-01 NameJet
jklk.com 900 USD 2017-08-01 NameJet
ljyp.com 901 USD 2017-10-09 DropCatch
qxfr.com 902 USD 2017-11-01 Dynadot
mlpk.com 903 USD 2017-07-24 Sedo
qsmp.com 905 USD 2017-10-31 NameJet
ckcj.com 905 USD 2017-10-16 NameJet
srkw.com 905 USD 2017-10-03 NameJet

Taking a look at 2018 volume and prices are down, only 654 sales through the first 9 months. Prices are now as low as $354.

wjmq.com 354 USD 2018-09-17 NameJet
qphs.com 394 USD 2018-09-14 NameJet
ktys.com 395 USD 2018-09-22 NameJet
dngh.com 398 USD 2018-09-20 NameJet
rcmz.com 402 USD 2018-09-13 GoDaddy
pjmp.com 410 USD 2018-09-24 NameJet
bydp.com 410 USD 2018-09-19 NameJet
wjnk.com 410 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
cbkp.com 410 USD 2018-09-15 NameJet
ljmq.com 410 USD 2018-09-06 NameJet
fwnn.com 411 USD 2018-09-19 GoDaddy
gjtd.com 415 USD 2018-09-19 NameJet
dqyt.com 417 USD 2018-09-23 NameJet
jzmg.com 418 USD 2018-09-23 NameJet
ckby.com 418 USD 2018-09-22 NameJet
ntgn.com 418 USD 2018-09-19 NameJet
cbrk.com 420 USD 2018-09-15 NameJet
lfrj.com 421 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
khjl.com 425 USD 2018-09-18 NameJet
mzbx.com 430 USD 2018-09-20 NameJet
lsyp.com 430 USD 2018-09-20 NameJet
rjcg.com 430 USD 2018-09-13 NameJet
wkqz.com 430 USD 2018-09-12 NameJet
fgfb.com 431 USD 2018-09-22 NameJet
xjtg.com 433 USD 2018-09-19 DropCatch
hfnm.com 448 USD 2018-09-17 DropCatch
kqmk.com 449 USD 2018-09-15 GoDaddy
bcnj.com 450 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
wtpl.com 450 USD 2018-08-15 Flippa
chqr.com 451 USD 2018-09-07 NameJet
wfzk.com 454 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
xwsz.com 456 USD 2018-09-07 NameJet
dktl.com 460 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
lszt.com 460 USD 2018-09-06 NameJet
plyg.com 470 USD 2018-09-22 NameJet
wjsf.com 470 USD 2018-09-22 NameJet
kwmt.com 471 USD 2018-09-10 DropCatch
pxpd.com 476 USD 2018-09-08 DropCatch
wbfj.com 480 USD 2018-09-14 NameJet
kmld.com 484 USD 2018-09-25 DropCatch
bzyn.com 489 USD 2018-09-10 DropCatch
hcfw.com 490 USD 2018-09-23 DropCatch
dxxz.com 490 USD 2018-09-05 NameJet
wjys.com 491 USD 2018-09-20 NameJet
ncyh.com 492 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
lyhn.com 492 USD 2018-09-10 NameJet
wqmr.com 494 USD 2018-09-24 NameJet
sgth.com 500 USD 2018-09-08 DropCatch
mknh.com 500 USD 2018-08-27 DropCatch
wrjm.com 502 USD 2018-09-15 NameJet
pjyc.com 510 USD 2018-09-25 NameJet
mnxy.com 510 USD 2018-08-26 GoDaddy
kqtr.com 515 USD 2018-09-08 GoDaddy
qnfs.com 527 USD 2018-08-17 NameJet
nwcj.com 531 USD 2018-09-12 NameJet
kdnh.com 535 USD 2018-09-14 NameJet
clnp.com 535 USD 2018-07-18 NameJet
tbhh.com 537 USD 2018-09-19 NameJet
lkkr.com 540 USD 2018-07-12 NameJet
dmdx.com 541 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
gsjw.com 541 USD 2018-08-19 NameJet
mbnd.com 549 USD 2018-09-20 NameJet
lgcd.com 549 USD 2018-09-15 NameJet
bhpr.com 550 USD 2018-09-11 NameJet
fgfn.com 550 USD 2018-08-31 NameJet
gwqt.com 550 USD 2018-07-19 NameJet
phyf.com 555 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
pkkh.com 556 USD 2018-09-16 NameJet
kgbq.com 557 USD 2018-08-24 DropCatch
trws.com 558 USD 2018-09-10 DropCatch
rwkp.com 560 USD 2018-09-05 NameJet
lfgb.com 560 USD 2018-08-23 NameJet
wgps.com 561 USD 2018-09-12 NameJet
lsmb.com 561 USD 2018-08-21 NameJet
tshp.com 565 USD 2018-09-14 GoDaddy
zwwf.com 565 USD 2018-09-08 GoDaddy
cjsk.com 565 USD 2018-08-29 NameJet
prfs.com 569 USD 2018-09-04 NameJet
bykx.com 570 USD 2018-08-26 NameJet
jhdr.com 576 USD 2018-08-22 NameJet
wzsr.com 588 USD 2018-09-19 NameJet
jtyl.com 595 USD 2018-08-22 NameJet
yrng.com 600 USD 2018-08-19 DropCatch
gjnh.com 600 USD 2018-07-30 DropCatch
kxpc.com 600 USD 2018-07-12 Flippa
rsry.com 601 USD 2018-08-29 NameJet
xtfx.com 615 USD 2018-08-27 DropCatch
krqz.com 635 USD 2018-07-10 GoDaddy
fnmn.com 650 USD 2018-08-30 NameJet
ktyl.com 650 USD 2018-08-11 DropCatch
jfyh.com 650 USD 2018-07-12 Sedo
swyf.com 651 USD 2018-09-17 DropCatch
bhgm.com 651 USD 2018-09-12 NameJet
wrtf.com 658 USD 2018-08-23 NameJet
brnh.com 658 USD 2018-07-01 NameJet
ggbd.com 659 USD 2018-09-18 GoDaddy
zjrl.com 663 USD 2018-09-23 NameJet
nxcd.com 665 USD 2018-08-26 DropCatch
hxbr.com 670 USD 2018-08-24 NameJet
dnjn.com 671 USD 2018-08-28 NameJet

2016 showed a much better time when the 100th lowest sale was still $1,200.

nnnx.com 600 USD 2016-07-13 Bido
mszn.com 733 USD 2016-07-07 Bido
jkpl.com 790 USD 2016-06-27 NameJet
npnw.com 800 USD 2016-07-08 Bido
xgft.com 800 USD 2016-07-06 Bido
tlnn.com 800 USD 2016-07-06 Bido
fktn.com 852 USD 2016-07-12 Flippa
jgnw.com 860 USD 2016-06-28 DropCatch
pnkd.com 900 USD 2016-06-22 Flippa
xwpb.com 906 USD 2016-06-25 4.CN
bzpy.com 910 USD 2016-06-21 GoDaddy
fwct.com 918 USD 2016-07-14 Flippa
dynj.com 935 USD 2016-06-24 NameJet
glch.com 950 USD 2016-06-28 Flippa
fktp.com 956 USD 2016-07-12 Flippa
xcbf.com 980 USD 2016-06-28 GoDaddy
kcwj.com 980 USD 2016-06-22 GoDaddy
tngn.com 991 USD 2016-06-24 GoDaddy
dwtj.com 1,000 USD 2016-08-04 NameJet
krbg.com 1,000 USD 2016-07-02 GoDaddy
syzz.com 1,002 USD 2016-07-06 Sedo
tyfk.com 1,007 USD 2016-06-29 4.CN
byhc.com 1,010 USD 2016-07-01 NameJet
bcrx.com 1,020 USD 2016-07-08 NameJet
jbyn.com 1,021 USD 2016-07-12 NameJet
lgyf.com 1,024 USD 2016-07-11 NameJet
lwtl.com 1,028 USD 2016-07-11 GoDaddy
rgyd.com 1,031 USD 2016-07-13 NameJet
gjlh.com 1,032 USD 2016-07-13 NameJet
tnxk.com 1,035 USD 2016-07-12 GoDaddy
bkhy.com 1,036 USD 2016-07-11 NameJet
dpyk.com 1,040 USD 2016-06-16 NameJet
jpyg.com 1,047 USD 2016-07-13 4.CN
dkbx.com 1,050 USD 2016-06-09 Flippa
xcln.com 1,050 USD 2016-05-03 Flippa
pxsg.com 1,054 USD 2016-06-24 DropCatch
fltj.com 1,070 USD 2016-07-12 NameJet
dyyw.com 1,076 USD 2016-07-11 4.CN
hwql.com 1,100 USD 2016-07-29 Flippa
pcpq.com 1,100 USD 2016-07-22 NameJet
xwkr.com 1,100 USD 2016-07-12 NameJet
fkbg.com 1,100 USD 2016-07-12 Flippa
kjmp.com 1,100 USD 2016-06-17 GoDaddy
kdrd.com 1,100 USD 2016-06-12 Flippa
wqmd.com 1,100 USD 2016-01-09 Flippa
dfnm.com 1,106 USD 2016-06-21 NameJet
cpcd.com 1,107 USD 2016-05-05 4.CN
nqhs.com 1,108 USD 2016-06-21 NameJet
bgtj.com 1,110 USD 2016-09-07 NameJet
hjtn.com 1,110 USD 2016-07-19 NameJet
mwyn.com 1,110 USD 2016-07-19 NameJet
pfnh.com 1,111 USD 2016-07-18 NameJet
bkrp.com 1,114 USD 2016-07-11 NameJet
rtxc.com 1,119 USD 2016-06-17 NameJet
nhfb.com 1,120 USD 2016-09-07 NameJet
rtlj.com 1,120 USD 2016-07-20 NameJet
tpjr.com 1,120 USD 2016-07-11 NameJet
prjy.com 1,121 USD 2016-07-12 NameJet
wqlj.com 1,125 USD 2016-07-28 GoDaddy
pfnk.com 1,125 USD 2016-07-26 GoDaddy
bxxs.com 1,130 USD 2016-06-02 Flippa
xtrh.com 1,134 USD 2016-07-20 NameJet
tpwj.com 1,150 USD 2016-06-12 Flippa
cqdg.com 1,150 USD 2016-06-09 Flippa
fnmy.com 1,150 USD 2016-05-06 Sedo
hkjw.com 1,160 USD 2016-07-04 DropCatch
rbnn.com 1,163 USD 2016-06-21 DropCatch
tjph.com 1,170 USD 2016-07-12 NameJet
znmx.com 1,189 USD 2016-05-25 4.CN
kxgs.com 1,190 USD 2016-07-09 NameJet
bwrt.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-30 NameJet
khnm.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-28 NameJet
nqsr.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-28 NameJet
lhsr.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-26 NameJet
qkck.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-16 GoDaddy
zxdx.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-16 Sedo
kygq.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-15 GoDaddy
nlhq.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-15 GoDaddy
dghf.com 1,200 USD 2016-09-13 NameJet
krkz.com 1,200 USD 2016-08-26 NameJet
nwrr.com 1,200 USD 2016-08-10 Sedo
rnrf.com 1,200 USD 2016-08-05 NameJet
hprr.com 1,200 USD 2016-08-04 NameJet
rnzm.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-27 NameJet
zbwr.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-26 NameJet
lwnk.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-25 NameJet
wbrx.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-21 NameJet
qyns.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-19 NameJet
nxgh.com 1,200 USD 2016-07-19 NameJet
dfpy.com 1,200 USD 2016-06-15 NameJet
dzmb.com 1,200 USD 2016-06-10 NameJet
wkbc.com 1,200 USD 2016-06-04 NameJet
mhth.com 1,200 USD 2016-05-31 NameJet
zfnp.com 1,200 USD 2016-05-30 Sedo
hhqr.com 1,201 USD 2016-08-08 4.CN
tpgf.com 1,201 USD 2016-07-26 GoDaddy
ggyb.com 1,201 USD 2016-07-17 NameJet
mhcp.com 1,201 USD 2016-06-29 NameJet
dttf.com 1,201 USD 2016-06-02 4.CN
zygn.com 1,201 USD 2016-04-20 Sedo

 

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Filed Under: 4 letter domains, Domain Sales, Domain trends

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. eric freedman says

    September 26, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    I expect prices to become lower I think the chip market is doomed. At the peak they were selling for 2-3k Joe they are in the $300-400 range Did the bubble pop? Well it did to me. Idk about you guys that are still buying them. I do wish everyone luck cause it will be needed to recover your money imo

    • Trent says

      September 26, 2018 at 10:28 pm

      Weren’t you the guy on namepros buying them all day long, cryptocurrency made this whole sector worthless, nobody wants the coveted jxzf garbage that used to command $2500 on the drop of a dime all day long

  2. Barry Felds says

    September 27, 2018 at 12:27 am

    Are those were the days.. I remember them well…

    Domain Shane not letting any negative ‘china bubble’ comments appear on his blog.. He and his Team China new best.. they had the inside mail on this ‘China Place’.. all learnt thru hands on experience via multiple visit to their local Chinese restaurant.

    Namepros day traders busily registering all the available combinations of the square root of 8m x 8 \ 8 tigers – 4 + Chairman Mao’s Birthday

    A spike in ‘lucky pinyin’ searches on google

    A spike in google searches from the US asking ‘where is this China place’

    The makers of the board game Scrabble being petitioned by domainers to let all 4-5 letter combo words without vowels to be deemed to be ‘real words’ with multiple business opportunities and vast riches awaiting a budding chinese entrepreneur toiling away in a factory Guangzhou.

    US domainers demanding that the Pandas at the San Diego zoo be renamed ‘chip’ and ‘Pinyin’

    Are those were the days..

    P.S. All is not lost. I did read on namepros that if there is life on Mars that them aliens 👽 would need a domain name chop chop and that they like emoji domains because they are superior beings and commicate in their own language. Domain Shane and his ‘Team Mars’ confirmed this but added that Martians have a preference for .ws domains

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