When they all were taken mainly by domainers they were going crazy that they'd be the new LLL.com's where the prices went from $xxx to $xx,xxx in a very short period of time.

However, what has happened with LLLL.com's is that they went very quickly to $xxx but have since dropped considerably so you can acquire LLLL.com's (4 letter.com's) from $15 upwards although if you want a really nice LLLL.com such as Made, Ball etc then those prices are different regardless of it being an LLLL or not.

Just have a look on Domainer forums such as Namepros, DNF, DigitalPoint etc and you can find some really cheap.

Yep, all 4 letter domains were registered back in 2007 (http://www.dotsauce.com/2007/11/02/four-letter-domains-all-r...).

Of course domains expire or are sold between owners so getting a 4 letter domain is still possible.

And you can get them for cheap. Got one .com as recently as last year, with the .org as a freebie. I'm now considering selling my 3 letters/numbers domain name - .net and .org.

How much was the .com? I've seen offered prices of $5K+ for fairly generic 4 letter domains...lot's of speculators buying and holdnig I guess...

Speculation- yes. I paid just below 100, and I considered that a tad expansive.

It's not a word but it is easy to say and to remember, and I needed one for a project, so I got it thinking I could reuse it later.