Guide
How much are 2, 3 and 4-letter .com domains worth?
Short .com names are scarce, and every extra character changes the price. Here is what letter and number names of each length actually sell for.
Letter names by length
| Name | Recorded sales | Median | Upper quarter from | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 letters | 113 | $230,000 | $660,000 | $1,400,000 |
| 3 letters | 1,471 | $22,000 | $45,000 | $120,000 |
| 4 letters | 6,069 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $25,000 |
| 5 letters | 5,929 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $20,000 |
| 6 letters | 7,979 | $3,000 | $4,600 | $16,000 |
Based on 105,077 recorded .com aftermarket sales, updated daily. Only sales that were reported publicly are counted, and most reported sales are above roughly $2,000, so the medians sit close together: the upper quarter and the top 10% show the differences better. Most registered names never sell at all.
The step from 3 letters to 4 is the big one: there are 17,576 possible 3-letter names and 456,976 possible 4-letter names, so 3-letter names are scarce in a way longer ones are not. From 4 letters up, the meaning of the name matters more than its length.
Number names by length
| Name | Recorded sales | Median | Upper quarter from | Top 10% from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 digits | 127 | $25,000 | $140,000 | $330,000 |
| 4 digits | 337 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $41,000 |
| 5 digits | 624 | $2,300 | $3,200 | $4,600 |
Numeric names follow the same scarcity rule, with their own tastes: repeated digits and the digit 8 raise the price, and the digit 4 lowers it for many buyers.
What makes a short name worth more
- It is a word or sounds like one: a pronounceable 4-letter name can be a brand; a random string is only an acronym waiting for a buyer.
- Common letters: names without q, x, z, j or v fit more company initials.
- The .com: the same short name on another extension usually sells for a fraction of the .com price.
How much is a 4-letter .com domain worth?
Among recorded sales, the median 4-letter .com sold for about $3,000, a quarter for $5,000 or more and the top 10% for $25,000 or more. Pronounceable names and real words sit at the top; random letter strings sit at the bottom.
How much is a 3-letter .com domain worth?
Among recorded sales, the median 3-letter .com sold for about $22,000 and the top 10% for $120,000 or more. Every 3-letter .com is registered, so they only change hands on the aftermarket.
Are numeric .com domains valuable?
Short ones are. The median recorded 4-digit .com sale is about $6,000, and prices fall quickly as digits are added. Demand comes largely from buyers in China, where numbers are easier to remember than Latin letters.
More guides
- How much are two-word .com domains worth?
- Do hyphens and numbers lower a domain's value?
- Domain values by extension
- How DnRatings values domains
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