question Are LLL .ai domains actually "liquid" or just hyped?

[aeaeae]

Hi guys,

I’ve been following the 3-letter (LLL) .ai market for a while now. I see some selling for crazy prices and others sitting for months.

In your honest opinion, is the $2k-$4k floor price for LLL .ai real? Or is it getting harder to find buyers unless the letters are premium?

Would love to hear from people who actually sold one recently. Is the "AI boom" still carrying these or are we in a bubble?

 

[pb]

tbh I can't see LLLs like qyj.ai (currently available) selling for anything, so the floor price is $0.

 

[bmugford]

Outside .COM, crappy LLL combos are not even really worth owning.

Even with extensions that have been sold out out for years, like .net and .org, the bad combos barely sell for low $XXX.

Now, apply the same to an extension that is $80/year to renew. Pass.

Brad

 

[aeaeae]

tbh I can't see LLLs like qyj.ai (currently available) selling for anything, so the floor price is $0.

Fair point, but I think there’s a massive gap between 'junk' strings like qyj and brandable acronyms. One bad string doesn't necessarily define the floor for the whole asset class. I’m trying to gauge if the $2k-$4k range applies to liquid LLLs, or if that’s just wishful thinking by sellers.

 

[bmugford]

Fair point, but I think there’s a massive gap between 'junk' strings like qyj and brandable acronyms. One bad string doesn't necessarily define the floor for the whole asset class. I’m trying to gauge if the $2k-$4k range applies to liquid LLLs, or if that’s just wishful thinking by sellers.

Discussion here about the same thing.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/th...-25k-sales-is-the-upside-still-there.1374082/

 

[pb]

Fair point, but I think there’s a massive gap between 'junk' strings like qyj and brandable acronyms. One bad string doesn't necessarily define the floor for the whole asset class. I’m trying to gauge if the $2k-$4k range applies to liquid LLLs, or if that’s just wishful thinking by sellers.

You asked about "floor price" for LLL - by definition it's the lowest price, i.e. the price for which any random (the worst) item in the lot can be sold. IMO at the moment there is no floor price for LLL .ai domains. Now you're rephrasing the question to "liquid LLLs" without defining what it supposedly means. Yes, 2-4k range applies to LLLs worth 2-4k+, does that answer your question?

 

[InEgypt]

Great discussion. From what I've observed, the .ai market is very much letter-quality driven. Premium consonant+vowel combos or recognizable acronyms (think wzl, vex, kio type patterns) do carry real demand from AI startups and tech companies looking for short, memorable branding. The $2k-$4k floor discussion makes sense for truly brandable LLLs, but the key differentiator is: would a real startup want this as their company name? If yes, the AI boom absolutely supports premium pricing. If it's purely a speculative hold on a hard-to-pronounce combo, you're fighting against an $80/year renewal drag with limited exit options. The liquidity is real but narrower than people think — it's not all LLL .ai, it's specifically the ones with branding potential for the AI/tech sector.

 

[biggie]

Hi


as you can see, it’s hype


imo…