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Just curios how the market is for these domains right now.
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This is supposed to be about sales...if you don't have any sales to report
please don't post for the sake of posting
This whole page has nothing to do with the title, get it back on track!
That was answered. What is being discussed :loosely: is
"Just curios how the market is for these domains right now."
I think we're seeing disagreements because the simple fact is.... no one with what they regard as a "decent" name is selling - they are waiting. So the market is HOLD.
We hear much of "offers" but not of sales.
At some point the scales will tip back down because 3d will be an assumed add on. PS3 and Microsoft area already releasing Kinect and Move. Games have been "3d" for years. Not to mention that 95% of 3d is driven in one market segment: TV. TV hardware is on the decline... so the argument is that you get 3d phones... or 3d Laptops...
Well there is Movies.. but the novelty HAS worn off.
I don't search for Hi Def Phones - but that was a recent selling point. You search for Android/iPhone/Blackberry or brands. Same with HD TVs - you ASSUME they are HD now - soon TVs will be the same. When every TV is a 3D TV - then what? The technology is not a HUGE change - it's a simple add on.
The danger that many have is that they do a search for something like "Touch 3D" and see 1000's of answers... but miss the point that the results are:
No Touch 3d screens, or HTC Touch 3D... or Multi Touch 3d Screen...
The 3d qualifies secondary object. Even so the market seems to have offered GilesColey more than I would ever deem it worth. Congrats to him
So the market is... probably not at it's zenith for good or misunderstood names...and will quickly fall off because 3d will not remain a worthy differentiator. GilesColey seems to have the best set of names I've seen. I would expect him to have the best idea of the market.
I think overhyped. Frankly. I'm already looking to sell my 4d names.
The 3d qualifies secondary object. Even so the market seems to have offered GilesColey more than I would ever deem it worth. Congrats to him
Members like defaultuser, Snoop, DubDubDubDot and sdsinc all make valid points and I think a lot of people here need to appreciate the views and listen to their advice as they have been in the industry a lot longer than a lot of other members in this thread (me included) and we can all learn something from their comments, even if it means people are just bit more cautious about what names they run out and register, especially the newer members who are learning. If all they saw was how great 3D names were, they would run out and register 3DHikingBackpacks.info and waste their money, so getting a nice balanced view is important.
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I don't search for Hi Def Phones - but that was a recent selling point. You search for Android/iPhone/Blackberry or brands. Same with HD TVs - you ASSUME they are HD now - soon TVs will be the same. When every TV is a 3D TV - then what? The technology is not a HUGE change - it's a simple add on.
I think overhyped. Frankly. I'm already looking to sell my 4d names.
Two years ago there was no 3D sales thread because there was no market to speak of.
3D domain sales this year are perhaps 3,000% higher than 2 years ago. That's a market! And a growth rate few other name categories can match.
Throughout history every 'boom market' has had its "naysayers". Like in the Gold Rush days of the old American West. True, most who hitched their wagon to the dream of striking it rich never did find gold.
And, looking at it through the narrow naysayer lens, the Gold Rush was a failure because most domains did not pay-off.
However, looking at it through a wider lens its clear the Gold Rush was a great success because it established a market eco-system where there was none. It "settled the west".
Miners / Domainers who did not find gold took what they learned and applied it to other (speculative) fields like oil, timber, ranching, merchandise, scouting etc..
Likewise, the exposure and experienced gained by some 3D domainers will likely lead to business in other areas of graphics, websites, marketing etc..
In addition, the narrow naysayer lens is blind to the value of legacy. From the California Gold Rush we get everything from blue jeans, and 'Westerns', to the added value of land that was once a miners / domainer's 'grub stake'.
The recent resurgence of 3D has seen the (legacy) value of old 3D movies increase and has made the millions of 3d photos taken between 1840 and 1910 highly collectible.
Who's to say that 3D domains reg'd in the post Avatar 'Gold Rush' won't have more value than ones reg'd a year later?
Yes, just as the first settlers out west got the best ocean front property, most of the best 3D names were reg'd years ago. Nobody is arguing that.
But even late arrivals, who bought inland -even ghetto, properties, own a piece of the dream. They may not ever sell it for a nice profit. But its not always only about money, its also about community. About identity. Engagement. About "getting a shot".
Yes, we are in this biz to make money. But I think we all have names that we renew each year because that's who we are.
You don't have to open your naysayer lens too wide to see that.
Depends how much we are talking ? 18 UV/month against 9 the previous month ?Regardless of what people say interest is growing in 3d domains. My parked page views are more than double from about 4 months ago.
3dmovie.com - €2,499.00
What made 3D EEP.com and 3D ESIGN.com worth so much?
i'm wondering the same thing
guessing:
both sites are developed (doubt they were sold that way though)
3Design
is a PR 3
regged since 1999
listed in Dmoz
alexa - 1.6 mil
it doesn't have the repeating 'D's' (eg - 3 DD esign) (?)
and
3Deep?
PR 4
regged since 1998
no alexa - no dmoz
also avoids the repeating 'D's'
this should probably taken off that list - this does not appear to be a '3d' domain name .. i think it means more '3 Layers Deep'
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3dMovie.us is currently $38 on the BIDO block
lol, I just let that expire? Good luck to the seller
Actually you sold it to me