We are out of 4 letter .com domains

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25 points·Duskic··11 comments

For some it's old news, but it's good to remind ourselves.

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Just some promotional blog post for their Domain API.

"We just checked 456.976 domains with our API"

"I hooked up with 10 chicks last month"

In both cases, no one cares.

Every 1, 2, 3, and 4 letter dot-com has been registered for ages. Why is this on the front page of HN?

This has been known to be the case for many years now. What's the news?

Are .com(s) really worth their value anymore? With so much success with companies using alternative domain extensions, I see the value of a .com dropping sharply in the near future.

Onve a company is big enough, this is, regular people start using it, a .com address is a must.

I think so. It's still the main domain and probably the only tld that should exist (outside of .org and .gov) to avoid confusion. Even before the most recent additions of tlds .com maintained its dominance with .co, .name, .info, .biz, etc. Personally I would trust an entity with a .com for a given domain name (even over .net). .menu, .uno? Wtf... ridiculous.

I think .com is still worth it for YourCompany.com. But in the case of these short domains like PQIU.com, I think not. Those seem to be more useful for URL shorteners or static asset hosts. In which case, a human being will barely need to remember the domain and any 2-letter TLD will work fine.

And? so what? who wants AAAA.com? and if you do you probably have some other domains to choose.

We've long been out of four-letter domains.

And don't custom TLDs render this moot (well, for companies that can afford 185k then 25k each year on it) anyway?

I own Eibx.com :) - But I did have to buy it from another person.

But still available some 4 letter-digit combinations

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