Three Letter Domain Names (i.e. LLL.com) What Gives?

[Salient]

I thought I had a good understanding of the value being placed on LLL.com's or really any variation of letters and numbers. However, a discussion with a colleague of mine, who is not operating full time in the domain industry, made a good point to me when we were discussing the "true" value of three character domain names.

It started with a question from him; "Why has the price on three character domain names risen so much?"

I went on to explain all three character domain names have been registered and shorter domain names tend to be more attractive to domain name holders. This is a generalized exlanation.

His retort: "I still dont get it. I can understand a three character domain like yes.com, wax.com, sex.com, and any other possible combination that actually mean something being worth a good amount of dough. What I dont get are the asking prices of domains like; vxq.com, zjr.com, and other names which would be difficult to even use as an acronym. It appears to me domain name investors are inflating the price on domains which in reality have no long term monetary value. And they are doing this using the model of "it's next to impossible to get your hands on a three character domain name anymore, and the fact the domain name is short." It appears to me domain investors of random three character domain names (to include LLL) should unload them as quickly as possible because the market is being driven by the domain investors, not by a legitimate market/consumer(s) outside the domain industry. In my opinion this is an example of the proverbial bubble, and it will pop."

Any thoughts? I personally do not own any three character domain names. I would like to know what people here think about the theory.

Regards,
Stuart.

 

[DN BROKER]

I thought I had a good understanding of the value being placed on LLL.com's or really any variation of letters and numbers. However, a discussion with a colleague of mine, who is not operating full time in the domain industry, made a good point to me when we were discussing the "true" value of three character domain names.

It started with a question from him; "Why has the price on three character domain names risen so much?"

I went on to explain all three character domain names have been registered and shorter domain names tend to be more attractive to domain name holders. This is a generalized exlanation.

His retort: "I still dont get it. I can understand a three character domain like yes.com, wax.com, sex.com, and any other possible combination that actually mean something being worth a good amount of dough. What I dont get are the asking prices of domains like; vxq.com, zjr.com, and other names which would be difficult to even use as an acronym. It appears to me domain name investors are inflating the price on domains which in reality have no long term monetary value. And they are doing this using the model of "it's next to impossible to get your hands on a three character domain name anymore, and the fact the domain name is short." It appears to me domain investors of random three character domain names (to include LLL) should unload them as quickly as possible because the market is being driven by the domain investors, not by a legitimate market/consumer(s) outside the domain industry. In my opinion this is an example of the proverbial bubble, and it will pop."

Any thoughts? I personally do not own any three character domain names. I would like to know what people here think about the theory.

Regards,
Stuart.

Bradning is very important in the corporate world we live in today... even zzk_com is worth branding your new company /product VS TheGreatVacumZZK.com


Your friend doesnt realize that there is 160 million domains registered... 3 letter domains are Priceless in 5+ years. Its worth the investment!!!

 

[stock_post]

Law of Business is DEMAD and SUPPLY

 

[B.King]

any body who feels this bubble is about to burst , contact me via pm ASAP , Ill take em off you

 

[DN BROKER]

any body who feels this bubble is about to burst , contact me via pm ASAP , Ill take em off you

me 2 k:

 

[DNP]

any body who feels this bubble is about to burst , contact me via pm ASAP , Ill take em off you

PM sent. :lol:

 

[Busynic]

me 3

 

[simon]

There is more demand than the supply. this is the primary factor for the price rise. this might help your friend understand the basic

 

[BiggieBiggie is verified member.]

I thought I had a good understanding of the value being placed on LLL.com's or really any variation of letters and numbers. However, a discussion with a colleague of mine, who is not operating full time in the domain industry, made a good point to me when we were discussing the "true" value of three character domain names.

It started with a question from him; "Why has the price on three character domain names risen so much?"

I went on to explain all three character domain names have been registered and shorter domain names tend to be more attractive to domain name holders. This is a generalized exlanation.

His retort: "I still dont get it. I can understand a three character domain like yes.com, wax.com, sex.com, and any other possible combination that actually mean something being worth a good amount of dough. What I dont get are the asking prices of domains like; vxq.com, zjr.com, and other names which would be difficult to even use as an acronym. It appears to me domain name investors are inflating the price on domains which in reality have no long term monetary value. And they are doing this using the model of "it's next to impossible to get your hands on a three character domain name anymore, and the fact the domain name is short." It appears to me domain investors of random three character domain names (to include LLL) should unload them as quickly as possible because the market is being driven by the domain investors, not by a legitimate market/consumer(s) outside the domain industry. In my opinion this is an example of the proverbial bubble, and it will pop."

Any thoughts? I personally do not own any three character domain names. I would like to know what people here think about the theory.

Regards,
Stuart.

there is some truth in what your friend thinks about some LLL coms'

some are junk and only get resold to other domainers, over and over again

each time with a price increase

 

[Focus]

The few I have are all premium letters and have traffic/rev..the last one I had I sold for xxx,xxx that cost me just a fraction when I bought it...so tell your friend he was'nt cut out to be a domainer...domainers need two things..Vision & Luck! k: (and deep pockets help too!)

 

[DN BROKER]

The few I have are all premium letters and have traffic/rev..the last one I had I sold for xxx,xxx that cost me just a fraction when I bought it...so tell your friend he was'nt cut out to be a domainer...domainers need two things..Vision & Luck! k: (and deep pockets help too!)

Vision and Luck - WELL SAID k:

 

[Focus]

word.

 

[hugegrowth]

letter quality is subjective, many Chinese words start with Q or X, in Hawaii there are a lot of K words, in India a lot of J words, etc. So an ugly looking LLL.com to an english speaker may be gold elsewhere in the world.

 

[stock_post]

letter quality is subjective, many Chinese words start with Q or X, in Hawaii there are a lot of K words, in India a lot of J words, etc. So an ugly looking LLL.com to an english speaker may be gold elsewhere in the world.

This is where I am going with my 4 letter .com domains
Hope I can sell some for $1,000.00 to 10,000.00 in the next 10 years.

Thanks

 

[Focus]

keep in mind there are ALOT more 4 letters than 3 letters..due to this fact they will ALWAYS be dropping and in much lower demand...

 

[David G]

I also feel the bubble is soon going to burst on the wildly inflated 3 letter com's. How could names like zkx.com be worth 10k or whatever? How many companies out there could have an ZKX company name or acronym product use? The market seems to be mostly from domainers selling to each other in addition to the occasional end-user coprorate sales of good letter ones.

The market appears to be at or nearing a peak and reminds me of the real estate market in 04 and 05 when it topped-out and been coming down hard since then. I would advise you to sell your 3 letter names now, both the bad ones and good names. Just my 2 cents. I could be wrong of course.

 

[JohnnJohnn is verified member.]

The price of these 2/3 letter .com will always go up as the 'demand and supply rule' applied.

Little by little these names will be leaving domainers and go to the end-user. I just had a meeting with a client last week for a brand new website for the company and the ceo asked me if his can buy the three letter .com (his initials) for under 10K. When I told him the price he then settled down with his first initial and last name.

Look at the sales history in the past 4 years!

 

[Focus]

Yes, quality 3 letter .com'd and even .net's are going to skyrocket while the lower quality letters will decrease or stay the same...but as mentioned what may be "poor quality" to one person may be gold to another...or in another country, language, etc..which is why .com is the KING because it is universal...and weed is cool. k:

 

[JohnnJohnn is verified member.]

Yes, quality 3 letter .com'd and even .net's are going to skyrocket while the lower quality letters will decrease or stay the same...but as mentioned what may be "poor quality" to one person may be gold to another...or in another country, language, etc..which is why .com is the KING because it is universal...and weed is cool. k:

Right on Chris, I turned down a $8K offer for a 3-letter .net recently.

John

 

[Focus]

nice! may I ask which one?

(does'nt it feel GREAT to turn down offers? I do it once a day at least..makes me feel important lmao)