More LLL.com than ever

[Chappy]

Has anyone noticed more and more LLL.com's for sale these days? It seems there is new ones for sale each day on the boards whereas only 6-12 months ago you would perhaps see one a week crop up.

Is this a sign that more of them have ended up in the hands of domainers and are simply 'doing the rounds' in the domain community?

What we need is some end-user sales to add fuel to the fire.....

Am I going crazy? :blink:

 

[NeeJam]

Its becuase of the prices for them these days.

 

[Sam]

I did a scan and it seems around 1/2 of all LLL.com are owned by end users... that is SIGNIFICANTLY higher then any other extention

 

[Spade]

Matt -

If you do a review of how well lll.com's do at SnapNames when they drop - you'll see they are usually fetching a min of 10k (atleast, this is the trend since Dec). Due to the increased number of domainers and investors, recognizing the value of rare domain names, LLL.com's are not creaping up in value, they are exploding in value. It is my belief that within the next few months - LLL.com's will have a min resale value of 4.5k - compared to about 3k a few months ago. Now of course, this is only my opinion, but just do a search on NameBio.com and see the kind of sales people are getting on these names.

Just my 2 Cents,
Justin

 

[Chappy]

I agree they are increasing in value - like most "commodity" (i.e. 2/3 letter) domains. It just seems like there are more being made available for sale on the forums, etc. than before. I guess people are cashing in on their high value right now.

 

[Spade]

I think in the last year, a lot of domain resellers went after the domain holders - who may not have been domainers themselves asking to buy for less than 1k. I would imagine a few of these unknowing people sold for way too cheap. Also considering if you were to buy a few a couple years ago - now would be a great time recoup on that investment.

Justin

 

[cache]

wish I could own a lll.com

 

[Domainate.com]

It's a lot easier to sell to other resellers than to end-users. I think it's a sign of more and more LLL.com's ending up in the hands of domainers with lots of domains, who don't really have the time to go around and market them to end-users (companies with the same initials). Not only that, but Afternic and Sedo are getting worse and worse as far as venues to sell names at (Afternic no longer allowing adult/gambling names, Sedo's service amazingly enough getting worse by the minute). I've gotten only low-ball offers for OTY.com on Sedo...no one's really stepping up to the plate, so now I'm going to try and sell it to businesses. I've never actually sold a domain to someone I've approached by email though, so my expectations aren't too high on that.

 

[TOXX]

LONG LIVE LLL.COM's!!!

 

[complexs6]

wish I could own a lll.com

Me too, lol. But just give me time guys, rome wasnt built in a day.

 

[Spade]

"Grizzly Adams did have a beard"....

Sorry for those who dont know this line - but for some reason I just started to think about it. LoL!

 

[HcDomains]

I don't have a LLL.com, and don't have so much money to buy one at this moment. Hope I would luckly get 1 or 2 in future

 

[snoop]

I'm not sure the volumes for sale has really risen, about 4 years ago the volumes being offered was much higher than today. Alot of names were sold around $200-300, probably hundreds. The market seems to be tighter than back then.

 

[TOXX]

I'm not sure the volumes for sale has really risen, about 4 years ago the volumes being offered was much higher than today. Alot of names were sold around $200-300, probably hundreds. The market seems to be tighter than back then.

WOW! That sounds SO WEIRD now!
$200-300 for a 3 LLL .COM ???!!! :lol:

 

[Domainate.com]

I'm not sure the volumes for sale has really risen, about 4 years ago the volumes being offered was much higher than today. Alot of names were sold around $200-300, probably hundreds. The market seems to be tighter than back then.

When I look at the reg date of some of the names I've purchased from other people, I can believe that LLL.com's were that cheap back then. Seems like some amazing names were available 4-6 years ago, before I was in this biz.

 

[TOXX]

Think of 4-6 years from NOW!

 

[Keynes]

Think of 4-6 years from NOW!

By that time, .museum will have overtaken .com for sure...

 

[TOXX]

By that time, .museum will have overtaken .com for sure...

HAHAHA, YEAH...4 sure! :hehe:

 

[snoop]

When I look at the reg date of some of the names I've purchased from other people, I can believe that LLL.com's were that cheap back then. Seems like some amazing names were available 4-6 years ago, before I was in this biz.

The market hit rock bottom around mid 2002. Bad 3 letter .net's used to be considered worthless, some people literally gave them away at renewal time. The funny thing is about the lowest quality 3 letter .com is they were considered to have almost zero enduser appeal and ppc revenue back then, very little has changed today. They have just risen with the market and have value as a collectors item. I don't think many people would have guessed domain prices generally would have risen like they have.

Think of 4-6 years from NOW!

Well either the market will be higher, lower or about the same, the idea that some have about the market being a never ending spiral up is very flawed. This market has big rises and falls.

 

[sanatana]

In my experience, there are 2 types of domain sellers. Seller A will sell their domain, if and only if, they are offered their price, said price having no empirical data to support it. Seller B is a more willing seller, who will accept a fair price based on recent market resales.

To a degree, it is very similar to the housing market. Seller A markets his house at the price he insists on. It just sits there, month after month, unsold. Seller B establishes a fair asking price based on what similar homes in his neighborhood have sold for and, before long, the right buyer appears.

Presently, there are approximately 1100 3-letter .coms for sale. Monthly unit sales run around 25. That means that there is almost 4 yrs. worth of inventory for .coms. What is obvious from this is that, as a general rule, owner expectations are out of line.

Too, I agree that there is this underlying belief that prices can only go higher. Let's hope so, but I'm not convinced that the spiral is w/o end.

3 letter .coms with stratospheric asking prices are, in general, not moving.