If you’re a Domainer it’s likely that you maybe holding few or many LLLL domains. Lately, LLLL domains became a hot category. Up until last year there were many LLLL domains were available in other extensions like .net, .org, etc. But, it’s now no more. In record time all LLLL domains in premium extensions are taken. They are available but not at registration cost.
Well, if you’ve LLLL names then following questions are important to review:
- Is my LLLL domain is pronounciable
- If it’s not pronounceable then what acronyms it serves
Well, if it’s pronounceable then it can be a brand for some company. You may either wait or contact end users or publish it at brandable market places. And, if it’s not pronounceable then you have to find the proper acronyms for your LLLL domains.
I’m here giving you an example of a domain name which I own. The domain is Y U Q L under dot com. And, I’m looking for acronyms. I checked it and found there are no active acronyms for it. Is it over. No!
I split the word YUQL to two parts one is YU and the other QL
Lets review the YU acronyms:
YU York University (Canada)
YU Yugoslavia (ISO Country Identifier)
YU Yeshiva University (New York, NY, USA; founded 1886)
YU Yale University
YU Yusuke Urameshi (anime)
YU Yarmouk University (Jordan)
YU Yeditepe University (Istanbul, Turkey)
And with QL I found the following
QL Quick Look
QL Queensland (Australia)
QL Quality of Life (USAF funding issues)
QL Quantum Leap
QL Quality of Life (well-being)
QL Query Language
QL Quality Level
QL Quadratus Lumborum (muscle)
QL Quantification Limit (chemistry)
QL Quiche Lorraine
QL Qualification Level (Canadian military)
QL Quantum Libet (Latin: As Much As You Please)
QL O-Ethyl-2-Diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonite
QL Quad Left
QL Qatar Living
QL Quality limited
QL Quality Logo
QL Quality Laboratory
Then I put in Google the following Yuniversity queensland and and with other variations following popped up:
Yunxia Zhu University Queensland
Yu Chengzong University Queensland
Youtube Quantum Leap (If Youtube is read as ‘Yu’)
Universal Query Language (If ‘YU’ is read as ‘U’ and I this order I’m able to trace more)
Your Quality of Life (If ‘YU’ is short for Your)
Well, the above are some observation of how LLLL can be an acronym for some of the businesses. What I did above is not obviously correct but brand experts often do like this to come up with some weird ideas when it comes to naming.
Also you’ve to see what are the top words your LLLL may refer to. If I analyze YUQL
Y: Yale | Yahoo | Yellow Pages | Yours
U: University | Universal | Union | Uber | | UK
Q: Quality | Quest | Quantum | Qatar | Queensland
L: Land | Limited | Lab
Since, we own very few LLLL domains – It makes sense to analyze it carefully before suggesting a price to an end user. You never know with what acronym the end user has come to ask for your domain but you can at least guess if you have taken care to know more your LLLL domain.
I used to do in similar way when I was contacting endusers myself. Thanks anyways for sharing and it’s helpful for those who are trying to find out more endusers for their LLLL names.
Thanks. I still think LLLL domains are undervalued. But, thanks to Chinese who showed us the importance of all LLLL domains. Gone days when only CVCV were considered premium.