if you had the money, would you invest in 3letter.coms and hold them for a few years?

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  • buddyjuf
    • Aug 2026
    #1

    if you had the money, would you invest in 3letter.coms and hold them for a few years?

    so lets say you had some cash laying around and wanted to invest like 25k$, would you consider buying a bunch of 3 letter.coms and sitting on them for a few years until you find the proper buyer?

    do you think this is a good idea? interesting? bad?

    thanx!
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    • polish_aristocrat
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2002
      • 40377
      #2
      no i wouldn't... unless you manage to get them cheap, under current market price

      just my opinion... but fact is that i have much experience in domains, but none in 3 letter ones
      I don't use ICQ anymore.

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        • Manowar
          jellyfish  
          • Dec 2003
          • 71528
          #3
          depends on the domains

          maybe stuff that means something and you know you will monetise, but not like xqc or something.

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            • BradM
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2003
              • 3397
              #4
              bed.com
              hat.com
              wet.com

              etc sure

              not xft.com, ltr.com etc

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                • buddyjuf
                  #5
                  Originally posted by BradM
                  bed.com
                  hat.com
                  wet.com

                  etc sure

                  not xft.com, ltr.com etc
                  I was thinking more for xft.com and what not

                  companies are emerging every day, isint it only a matter of time until someone with those 3 letters wants that domain for their company?

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                    • kenny
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 7245
                      #6
                      Originally posted by BradM
                      bed.com
                      hat.com
                      wet.com

                      etc sure

                      not xft.com, ltr.com etc

                      Only problem is that you can't touch any domain like that for $25k
                      7

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                        • XPays
                          Team Player
                          • May 2004
                          • 13002
                          #7
                          3 letter .com's are worth investing in - it's common sense.


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                            • chadglni
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2002
                              • 6924
                              #8
                              Originally posted by bdjuf
                              I was thinking more for xft.com and what not

                              companies are emerging every day, isint it only a matter of time until someone with those 3 letters wants that domain for their company?
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                                • Juicy D. Links
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2001
                                  • 122992
                                  #9
                                  Buy some Gucci underwear yo.

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                                    • Brujah
                                      Beer Money Baron
                                      • Jan 2001
                                      • 22157
                                      #10
                                      Have you tried looking through Sedo and making some offers ?

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                                        • xclusive
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Apr 2004
                                          • 35218
                                          #11
                                          Of course it is and if you look around you might be able to get a package deal and get a bit more for your money

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                                            • DaddyHalbucks
                                              A freakin' legend!
                                              • Feb 2004
                                              • 18975
                                              #12
                                              Yes, if the year were 1997.

                                              But now, dunno.

                                              The prices for 3 letter DOTCOMs are much higher now; they get auctioned on SnapNames for $2500+ each, depending on the letters.

                                              WET.COM etc.. are six figures+.

                                              Although, I do like domains in general. My domain portfolio is almost 20,000 names.
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                                                • polish_aristocrat
                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                  • 40377
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by xclusive
                                                  Of course it is and if you look around you might be able to get a package deal and get a bit more for your money
                                                  yeahh... he should buy all ones from yakov for a million or whatever amount he wanted for them


                                                  seriously, if u an buy them cheap, do that.. if you pay current market price among domainers... i dont think its the best investment
                                                  you can buy a type in domain for $25k and make your $25k back in 2-4 years, and you still have the domain worth $25k

                                                  or you can buy some random names like ytb.com and hope someone buys them in few years, but it might not happen at all
                                                  and they obviously dont get much ( or any ) traffic so they wont make money in the meanwhile, you will just freeze capital

                                                  whatever, im done in this thread... theoretically you can obviously buy a name for $4k and sell for half a million but i wouldnt count on that
                                                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                    • XPays
                                                      Team Player
                                                      • May 2004
                                                      • 13002
                                                      #14
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                                                      3) backorder every 3 letter .com that is expiring. there are usually 2 or 3 every few days to keep you on your toes.

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                                                        • arg
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                          • 1164
                                                          #15
                                                          I don't think it's a bad idea, but only as a small part of a diversified investment portfolio. (Personally I wouldn't do it even as that, though I buy other domains). It's a gamble, and even with the "wholesale" prices, you're competing against other people doing the same thing, who have some decent data on which to base their pricing. It's a reasonably competitive business, and as you've described it, that's a fairly passive strategy, so I wouldn't expect quick, big returns. You can improve your odds of getting a quick return by seeking out companies with those initials and contacting them, but if you're just going to sit on them and wait, with unpopular letters, I would expect to wait to several years on average. Some letter combos, like qjk.com, it's just really going to be tough to find an interested premium buyer. You could easily go a decade without any interest, other than from other folks like yourself looking to buy low and sell high.

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                                                            • gangbangjoe
                                                              Ronin
                                                              • May 2004
                                                              • 17693
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by kenny
                                                              Only problem is that you can't touch any domain like that for $25k

                                                              yes that's the point

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                                                                • Theo
                                                                  HAL 9000
                                                                  • May 2001
                                                                  • 34515
                                                                  #17
                                                                  yes and no,it really depends on the domain and what's the price you'll pay for it.

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                                                                    • Platinumpimp
                                                                      Logos and such.
                                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                                      • 10214
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Juicy D. Links
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                                                                        • DamageX
                                                                          Marketing & Strategy
                                                                          • Jun 2001
                                                                          • 14293
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Three-letter .coms that make sense? Yes. Random ones? Not really.
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                                                                            • Nicky
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                                              • 30071
                                                                              #20
                                                                              That would depend on what names it is and what u pay for them, just like most other things

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                                                                                • polish_aristocrat
                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                  • Jul 2002
                                                                                  • 40377
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by arg
                                                                                  I don't think it's a bad idea, but only as a small part of a diversified investment portfolio. (Personally I wouldn't do it even as that, though I buy other domains). It's a gamble, and even with the "wholesale" prices, you're competing against other people doing the same thing, who have some decent data on which to base their pricing. It's a reasonably competitive business, and as you've described it, that's a fairly passive strategy, so I wouldn't expect quick, big returns. You can improve your odds of getting a quick return by seeking out companies with those initials and contacting them, but if you're just going to sit on them and wait, with unpopular letters, I would expect to wait to several years on average. Some letter combos, like qjk.com, it's just really going to be tough to find an interested premium buyer. You could easily go a decade without any interest, other than from other folks like yourself looking to buy low and sell high.
                                                                                  the master has spoken
                                                                                  I don't use ICQ anymore.

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                                                                                    • Ron Bennett
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Oct 2003
                                                                                      • 1653
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      In my view, there are better investments than 2 and 3 letter acronyms in the domain name sphere...

                                                                                      Click over to DNJournal's weekly sale list...
                                                                                      http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

                                                                                      Note most of the highest priced sellers are NOT acronyms, but rather one, and often two word, dictionary domains.

                                                                                      Shorter is not always better when it comes to value. A noteable exception to that are short domains that are actual dictionary words, such as "ax", "bed", "sex" ...

                                                                                      To be clear, short acronym domains have some value for sure, but much of it is hype ...

                                                                                      Ron
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                                                                                        • s9ann0
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Sep 2001
                                                                                          • 4873
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          >> companies are emerging every day, isint it only a matter of time until someone with those 3 letters wants that domain for their company?

                                                                                          yea then they get a trademark and just take it off you like the wankers at cjb.net did to me with cjb.com

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                                                                                            • Ron Bennett
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                              • 1653
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Acronyms are difficult to legally protect unless they are world-famous ... ie. IBM.

                                                                                              So how did they do get the cjb.com domain?

                                                                                              I could find no record of any UDRP actions for cjb.com

                                                                                              Or did they send a cease and desist and/or file a lawsuit?

                                                                                              Even if the dispute happened way back in the pre-ICANN days, most often it still took a lawsuit against the registrant to get NSI to act...

                                                                                              Unless you used fake whois info and/or allowed it to expire while it was being disputed - a quirk many registrants involved in disputes didn't know about.

                                                                                              So again, how did they do get the cjb.com domain?

                                                                                              Ron
                                                                                              Domagon - Website Management and Domain Name Sales

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