{"id":8875,"date":"2006-03-31T14:21:51","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T21:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/31\/masters-of-their-domains-2.html"},"modified":"2006-03-31T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T21:21:51","slug":"masters_of_thei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/31\/masters_of_thei.html","title":{"rendered":"Masters of their domains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a cool new domain for your business, and want something short and pithy? You’re probably SOL<\/a> because …<\/p>\n

… every one of the 676 two-byte .COM domains is registered (and registrars now require domains to be at least three characters long).<\/p>\n

… every one of the 17,576 three-letter .COM domains is registered. If you throw in numbers, of the 46,656 possibilities there are only 228 open, but not available for another month (and speculators are circling like vultures).<\/p>\n

Of the 456,976 four-letter domains, a whopping 97,786 are free, a bit over 20% of the possible combinations — if QFEV.COM is what you’re looking for. Add in numbers, and there are 1.16 million available. You, too, can make ML7G.COM a household name!<\/p>\n

And of the five-letter domains, only about 8% are taken. Huzzah!<\/p>\n

The average .COM domain is eleven letters long. The maximum is 63 letters — and, yes, DIDYOUKNOWTHATYOUCANONLYHAVESIXTY-THREECHARACTERSINADOMAIN-NAME.com is already taken<\/a> (but for sale).<\/p>\n

The article has many more fun stats, including how many of the most common male and female and family names are already taken (don’t hold your breath). Fun stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a cool new domain for your business, and want something short and pithy? 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