While most of the domain world is talking about new gtlds and registration numbers, 4.CN is selling some nice numeric .com domains for big numbers. The Chinese New Year was on January 31st this year, that caused a lull in selling on 4.CN the first half of February. Over the last week things have picked up with some of the biggest sales ever in the history of the site. 920.com which sold on 2-26-14 is the number 5 sale all time.
Here is a look at the numeric sales over the last week and change:
920.com $96,447
819.com $74,921
331.com $73,113
383.com $71,777
780.com $67,035
972.com $57,061
6262.com $32,863
3353.com $13,965
3333333.com $10,022
2927.com $7,357
7995.com $7,276
5105.com $6,703
795.cn $6,622
2127.com $6,572
7531.com $6,458
3973.com $6,080
7517.com $6,079
3763.com $6,079
5162.com $5,968
9612.com $5,641
793.cn $5,586
3192.com $5,395
4668.com $5,011
9273.com $4,988
2591.com $4,872
2850.com $4,847
792.cn $4,600
6810.com $4,518
0653.com $4,008
55552.com$1,643
925.org $ 425
I have been a domain investor for only 16 calendar years – that means I am the biggest student around.
In this case I have learned that selling stuff for the fireplace mantle is big business.
AND – what is wrong with that. Nothing – it is all right 🙂
Any predictions on when China will spend more on domains than the USA?
To be utterly diplomatic :
China = Bitcoin
Best of luck
As traders (and investors) ourselves, we have been involved with number dotcom names for at least 8 years now.
One thing we have noticed over the last couple of weeks is a significant surge in demand and realised prices that has led us to withdrawing our lists temporarily for fear of selling out / selling too low.
This surge has coincided with the troubles of the Bitcoin.
Being similar in many ways (intellectual property, globally openly traded, limited in numbers etc), maybe a lowering of confidence in one led directly to increased investment in the other?
Ian Andrew – Dotcom Agency
@ianandrew that’s a very interesting observation which suggests that the strong demand from buyers in China for numeric .coms isn’t being fueled predominantly by end-users but by those who view domains as being a relatively safer investment whenever bitcoin looks shaky.
I have never had so many inquiries into my nnn.com and nnnn.com in one week. some are from months ago offering close to my asking price. I have done two deals already with a third in the works. I too, am
starting to wonder if I may be leaving money on the table. for the few remaining numbers, I think I will raise the bar. maybe it’s tied to the bitcoin saga. my advise, increase your prices and let’s see how this plays out.
1159.com gets an inquiry 2-3 times a week. 75% from the usual 126.com and qq.com china tire-kicker email addresses with a whopping $1,000 offers – wow 🙂
Only one of those domains in your list has a ‘4’ in it, which isn’t a surprise.
I hope this uptick in number domains eventually gets to NNNNN.com’s. lol
Number domains in country code extensions don’t seem to sell as often, except maybe in .cn
There is a secret though: these sales occur among Chinese sellers and buyers. If you own numeric domains be prepared to be bombarded with lowballing inquiries.
On another note, 100.com sold for $950k, now that’s a stellar sale.
@Ian and Brian, the question is the same with any investment. when prices explode you must know that you are in a bubble. how long will the bubble last? nobody knows and it is a fool’s play trying to sell it only at the tip of the exponential curve.
imho one has to look at some pivot information: in December 2010 we could get NNNN.com with or without number 4 at or bellow $400 USD on Sedo, GoDaddy, and the likes in a recurrent basis. In October 2013 the low value for a NNNN.com with one or more 4s was around $2,000. now it is around $2700. considering that 10 years ago we could get nnnn.com for reg fee and plotting the values we can see a nice parabolic rise that spells warning signs all over the place. in fact, it is one of the biggest domain segments to invest in the last decade. better than LLL.com. I even risk to say better than single word generics, premium or not, if we consider the entry level, ROI and distribution probability of making a strong ROI with a NNNN.com chosen randomly.
it has been a hell of a ride, but it’s time to unload the pack and give others the dream of getting rich fast 🙂
personally, in my small nest of nnnn.com and nnn.com I am unloading as fast as a can and i don’t have any regrets of having begun to sell them in the last 4 to 5 months. I only regret not having taken the risk of buying more when I could. For instance in 2010 when the nice small list of numerics from Husam Abboud was placed on sale which you Ian got the merit of buying 🙂
btw 6262.com was one of those. very nice price that it sold now on 4.cn. don’t know for how much you sold it but nonetheless in 2010 ABAB numerics were going for 6,5k so another big bucks increase in just 4 years.
Yes that is a good sale acro 100.com – and a good sale to reference regardless – is it published with ron or somewhere else ?
Brian its the lead for the DN Journal sales report, so its a documented sale yes.
I believe I still hold the record for a NNN .org sale to this day, $25k+ for 360.org. There will always be an end-user buyer for anything, instead of selling to other domainers.