Will '3D' Revive The Domain Industry - 3D Domain Names (?)

Just checked out a 3D TV in a Panasonic store.

Very disappointing, CANNOT see this 3D thing taking off at all, have wasted a small fortune on a load of worthless 3D domain names.





Not really




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AHhhh... Sarcasm... Love it!!
Remember though.... It took the iPhone until Generation 3 to hit the status it's at now.
The 3d TV experience at home may be a bit flawed still, but it'll all be refined like all other great things that have come along.

Remember dial up?

 

I want a 3dTV now!

Just haven't got the dosh...yet.

 

What about a 3D Laptop?

 

There is no one in this thread who is making any money off 3d domains, unless Bob Parsons is covertly participating. As far as the 'future' of most of these domains? Just as bleak as their present.

Save for the real outlying, freak occurrence and/or the handful of people who bought the top 0.01% 3d names years ago, this thread is an example of the most colossal domain related fail-boat I've seen since .tel mania. Much like another busted extension- .mobi - the participants in this fall off the proverbial cliff completely fail to realize that sometimes, 'domain names' aren't an adequate proxy for investing in a particular, broader niche. Even if mobile internet is destined to grow, it doesn't mean that .mobi will. Even if 3d is destined to be HUGE, it doesn't mean that many of these domains will be relevant to very many people, if any.

Does it effect me directly? No, but I'm not a fan of watching people light money on fire. Every single person who eventually went on to 'get' domain names was at this point. The smart ones didn't stay here very long, yet a lot of people in this thread stubbornly insist on remaining mired at the starting line.

 

just like yourself with .co eh lmao
what you just said you should take on board yourself
next .com is the new .co lmao remember argueing that ?
not one person here looks like the fool you did on this thread
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1778278&highlight=.co+new+.com
heres a nice link to the thread

 

There will be more hard-core shooters, and 3-D will be more prevalent
While stereoscopic 3-D video games have yet to hit the mainstream, the buzz will start building with big pushes from heavy hitters such Electronic Arts, Nintendo and Sony.

EA in May hinted that it will unveil a "marquee title in breathtaking 3-D" at E3. Nintendo is also expected to drop a few details about a new version of its handheld DS console, dubbed the 3-DS, which would not require wearing those wonky glasses. And Sony's PlayStation group is expected to pump up the volume for 3-D games on its upcoming suite of Bravia TV sets.

 

That's not the point. The point is that we are witnessing in this thread the very same trends we've seen with .mobi or .tel.
ignorance, stubbornness, denial, wishful thinking and overall lack of domaining experience.
The hysteria with .mobi then later .tel was bad enough but the 3D cult has definitely raised the bar.
The *exact* same dynamics are at play... and you know it.

Now there is nothing wrong with a bit of speculation, as long as:
there is no blur between expectations and reality
you don't keep all your eggs in the same basket
Actually that's the major issue in this thread, it looks like too many posters have blinders on, to the point that no domain can be good if it's not loosely 3D-related

I admit to being conservative. However after quite a few years of domaining I am biased enough to believe I might have some vague idea of what kind of names could work.
I'm seeing too many 3D + keyword combinations that just do not make sense. They would have been bad ten years earlier, they don't look good today and they will look as bad ten years down the road.
The supply of meaningful domains in any given niche is short while the supply of average to mediocre domains is virtually infinite. The odds of cashing it big one day are slim when you don't have a foot in the 'tier 1' category.
Sorry I don't know how to put it differently.

OK. How long are you willing to wait ?
IMO most people will experience serious cash flow problems within 1 year when the domains come up for renewal. Say you have 100 domains @ $8 a pop. You should generate at least $800 in sales/development/parking revenue to cover renewal. Easier said than done and I'm not even talking about a profit here, just recoup your investment.
The math is easy.

I see limited commercial appeal for many 3d names but then I see limited commercial appeal for a lot of product names. Which is why I fail to be any good at this game

Majority of 3D sales are already embedded in a business line.

I'm not going to 3DComputers.com

I'm going to Dell/HP/Lenovo etc and seeing what they have.

I still see most of the 3d sales as domainer to domainer (outside of a few category killers that can actually hit SE top page). I think the keyword market is going to lessen in the near future based on high ad position and a pulling back from search engines on providing relevant feedback i.e. less parking, more high traffic sites - BestBuy, Dell etc.

Combined with the fact that companies like Best Buy ARE already encoding semantic notation into their sites making their search integration much tighter than a domainer can have.

The market will be squeezed in a few years which is precisely when you are waiting for something to happen.

I think that what will be interesting is that what we think is a great domain now will end up junk... and some of those fringe (cringe?) worthy ones will be just off center enough to have value.

In the meantime there are some affiliate opportunities.

 

this is nothing like .tel or .mobi youcannot compare this anywhere near them
as well as 3d domains i can roughly say around 80% of posters here deal in more than 3d domains me included i also run 5 rpg games and over 40+ sites admittedly some are mere hobbys some experimental but all in all 3d domains amounts to arpound 1% of my online activity compared to what i do.
the way you search the net is "your way"
not everyone searches like that me i can go through the foirst ten pages even more looking for what i want if i want a pc the last place i would go is Dell/HP/Lenovo or similar i can get far better and cheaper elsewhere did you know you can actually get a better deal this way maybe not with dell but who on earth actually buys from dell ?
if you do then that sums you up they are crap
as for most of the sales being domainer to domainer i disagree i have seen many sites being made after domains have been purchased.
I am happy to keep around 97% of my domains as they have already recouped the outgoing cost and i am already on my way to make enough to renew each one for a min 2 years each so maybe you can do the math here they have paid for themselves evem if i let them go for a few bucks each its profit
100% profit

 

Been to the link!

OUCH!

Gimme an F.

Gimme an A.

Gimme an I.

etc etc


Nicely spotted ian123 !

 

Appreciate your input. I personally purchased a domain name for $7.95 and sold it through Sedo for $1000. The buyer, and me, the seller, had to wait 4 days for the sale to go through because it had not been 60 days (I was not even aware that you had to wait 60 days to sell a domain name). Below are my sales. While I do not like anything but .com (for type in traffic), or dashes, I believe if you put 3D in front of just about any generic name, it could be of value. 3D Laptops are just hitting the market... soon 3D Websites. If you had a 3D Website that sold Whatever... wouldn't 3DWhatever.com be the perfect name for it?? or Whatever3D.com? I am getting a lot of type in traffic from my 3D domain names. As for the 3d .info's, .nets, while they do not get much type in traffic I would believe, they are still very good brandable domain names. Computer Software gets over 4 million searches. I have 3D ComputerSoftware.com, which gets over 5000 searches per month. If you scroll to the bottom of my website, you will see a counter. I have 222 visitors from over 20 countries. This is without any advertising except "type in traffic". I am a 3D Fan (wonder if that name is still available)...

My sales:
3D Bakery.com paid less than $10 sold for $1000
3D Mobile Phones .com paid less than $10 a year (had 2 years) sold for $250 (I am sure I will regret this one day)
Buy 3DPC.com Paid $7.95 sold for $1000 in 60 days
Buy 3DLaptop.com Paid $7.95 sold for $1000 in 60 days

 

Microsoft working on glasses-free 3D display

Although today's 3D displays require viewers to wear special glasses, many research groups are working toward glasses-free 3D displays. Most recently, Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group has demonstrated a stereoscopic 3D display that projects different images to a viewer’s left and right eyes, and doesn’t require glasses. The display uses a viewer-tracking system, which consists of a camera that tracks viewers’ eyes and a lens that steers light directly into the viewers’ eyes by switching LEDs along its bottom edge on and off.

http://www.physorg.com/news195657981.html

 

if you want to buy any domain PM your price !
PRICE3DTV.COM
3DTVPRICE.BIZ
PRICE3DTV.INFO
3DTVPRICE.INFO
SAMSUNG3DTV.INFO

 

Think I'll skip on this one. best of luck tho.

 

For the record, this person is verbatim-pilfering content from a Namepros thread.

"The official 3D Showcase and Discussion"
Page 80
(sorry, can't post links)

 

I can Here, Here and Here. 3 different posts by 3 different posters... lol... Nice catch. +rep

Cheers
James

 

Can't take credit for it. Someone else caught it and pointed it out to me via PM on another forum... but, yeah, pretty lame.

 

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lmao
dont really need to say it do i ?
oh well
i cant help myself

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I think you may be onto something here.