3letter .com speculation?!

[wow!]

I know that members here will jump right away in this thread.

But...I did a research and find out that the 3letter .com rush is more speculation than worth realy so much.
I mean much much more domains sold for $xxxx-$xxxxxx to endusers than 3letter.com.
So I guess some big fishes that hold loads of 3letter .com
playing nice in the last 3 years to raise the 3letter value.

Hope to see here realy pro and mature posts.
Anyway good luck to all of you who sold and'll sell those LLL .com for big bucks,,,

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Kind of need to compare apples to apples...

There are only 17,576 3 letter domains available to begin with, and far less now that many have set sites (Unless you're going to buy Disney to get ABC.com... ).

So there are infinitely more possible names to sell that aren't 3 letters, so their total sum should be greater...

-Allan :gl:

 

[Shorty]

You're ignoring the more relevant data.
Compare the % of 3letter.com's that sold for a lot, to the % of longdomain.com's sold for a lot. You'll see more 3letters with a higher price than the other.

The reason you're seeing more longer domains selling for a lot is because there are a lot more, as 3letter.com's are naturally rarer.

 

[wow!]

Kind of need to compare apples to apples...

There are only 17,576 3 letter domains available to begin with, ......
So there are infinitely more possible names to sell that aren't 3 letters, so their total sum should be greater...

-Allan :gl:

You can tell these facts about 4letters and 4numbers too...

 

[equity78]

well first off all names are speculation so the research you did should have started off that all names are a speculation. There are plenty of words that have not sold, are not developed but they are great names. So I really am not sure what you are getting at your op really was not that insightful, no offense,just seemed like you were looking to stir debate for the sake of debate.

Most businesses use a 3 letter acronym, of all acronyms I believe one will find 3 letter being used the most, there are 17,576 for a whole world of businesses and organizations.

LLL fans don't really need to worry and I have not met one who ever has LLL.com has good value and so do net/org/info/biz with .us gaining ground.

And when it comes to good letter strings most LLL in .com are developed.

 

[zestydomains*com]

Hello All,

For what it's worth Michael, you make a fair arguement regarding speculation for 3-letter .com domains.

As I reflect on your point, I too see that it is indeed true that the prices of most all investments are based on speculation and yield (such as stock prices, real estate, classic cars, art). Buyers are paying higher prices for such items as they believe their purchase will result in a higher return (now and/or down the road).

In the realm of 3-letter domains, they are relatively rare and do tend to be valuable for several reasons:

1. 3-letter abbreviations are very common and easy to remember. So much of our business culture operates in abbreviations, as does our society. Whether they be 2 or 3 or 4 or more letters, the fewer the letters, the easier to remember.

2. As is commonly pointed out, there are a total of 17,576 3-letter combos. They are rare, and a large number of the 17,576 3-letter .coms reside in the hands of end-users. Thus the remaining "available for sale" 3-letter .coms are limited, and any interested buyer for any of these remaining names will have to pay a price acceptable to the domain owner to get their desired domain. As more and more 3-letter domains fall in the hands of end-users, the supply dwindles, and even if demand remains the same, this usually equals a continued rise in prices (at least on the wholesale level) for the remaining supply.

3. Given that our society does think commonly in abbreviations, most 3-letter .com domains tend to get natural type-in traffic. This traffic can vary greatly, but somewhere in the numbers game, traffic usually equals $ return in the PPC arena. In this way, the traffic and ppc income can then function as a "dividend" for the holder of the domain.

There are perhaps many more reasons for the continued rise in 3-letter .com domains (along with the other 3 Letter Gtld domains). Michael, your points are well taken. I'll admit my bias in my response, but I very much enjoy the debate on both sides.

Thanks again,
zesty