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

I guess I have a different view on domain name sales. I would have sold for $1200 and here is my reason:

3deep.com info $5,461 2011-04-14 sedo
3ddvds.com info $2,200 2011-04-12 sedo
3dhomecinema.com info $1,080 2011-03-07 sedo
3dme.com info $1,000 2011-02-22 sedo
3dtouch.com info $500 2011-02-19 sedo
3d-templates.com info $2,789 2011-02-05 sedo
3dpdf.com info $1,113 2011-02-04 sedo
3dgay.com info $750 2011-02-04 sedo
3dpornvideo.com info $1,000 2011-02-01 sedo
3dwebcam.com info $2,500 2011-02-01 sedo
3d-video.com info $2,488 2011-01-31 sedo
3dfusion.com info $2,000 2011-01-27 sedo
3ddigitalart.com info $500 2011-01-22 sedo
3dhumanbody.com info $250 2011-01-19 sedo
3dhq.com info $3,750 2011-01-17 sedo
3d-x.com info $1,600 2011-01-14 sedo
3dhometheaters.com info $888 2011-01-10 sedo
3dweb.com info $8,100 2011-01-07 sedo
3derotica.com info $1,500 2011-01-06 sedo
3dprinting.com info $25,500 2011-01-06 sedo

All of these are sales for 2011. 3D WEB only brought in a little over 8k, 3D Printing got a nice haul with 25K.
Nothing too superb out there for sales. Even 3D Erotica only got $1500.
Its just my opinion, but I would have sold it. I could be wrong but the porn market is a hard sale. Its more of a niche' market and not every business would aspire to have their name associated with porn. But something like 3D Scanning or 3D Sports... those are keepers. Companies (those would would invest in domain names) have no real fear of catching a name like those.

Just my thoughts.
Cheers

 

Thanks. These stats shpw that 3D is a bit overrated among us now...the market isn't that excited.

 

Dont mistake what I wrote as saying that 3D is over rated. I would say that only the premium domains will sell in 3D right now for a good price.
3D DVDs doesn't work because everyone knows DVDs are being phased out (so is blu ray but that is a different topic)
3D Home Cinema, we are not at that point yet. 3D TV sales have been going steady... but we have not met the threshold for home cinema
3D ME and 3D Touch...??? yeah... they are niche' names as well just begging to be developed. Not worth much until developed.
3D Gay, 3D Porn Video, 3D Erotica... are all around the adult theme and as a whole, are though sales and only a few names get big money.
Some of the other names are hyphens or 3 word names. Outside of 3D Web, 3D Printing, and maybe 3D HQ... the other names are not note worthy.

Still its been a rough market for all domains! Many Domain auctions are showing lack luster performance.
*GOOD* 3D is a technology is is only now starting to take off. To reach its full potential you will have to wait a few years, but even then mediocre names will only bring mediocre sales numbers.

My comment above was not to highlight that mediocre names bring mild sales numbers... it was more towards the fact that adult industry names bring in mediocre sales. Its the adult industry, its touch and go, not everyone is into it and the sales reflect that.

The same is going to be true for people who have middle of the road names. Dont expect huge sales. You will probably be waiting a long time and be very disappointed.

Just my opinion.
Cheers

 

Nokia patent reveals holographic-like mobile interface - the Communicator 3D

Nice to see 3D is attached to products with the name Holographic (Hologram) and the news article had 3D through it out as well.

www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Various/Nokia+news/news.asp?c=29564

 

Those sales listed are most likely sold by domainers to domainers. I don't think the end users are 3D ready yet anyway, and that's why it's kind of disappointing as trend. The key of this niche is patience, or selling them to another domainer that he's willing to wait longer or can afford the renewal fees. They are still a nice ROI considering the amount that is originally paid for them, which I think most likely the registration fee. This thread will keep going up and down, alive and dead, until someone here come back screaming OMFG I sold this for big bucks. This might take a while if not years.. but that's the name of the game and if you cannot wait, then maybe selling shoes could be more profitable. They will be still those douche bags that will come to talk shit about 3d names. I personally don't have anything 3D yet on hand, so I don't expect people paying money for something that is not widely accessible. Is anyone of you own any 3d device? When you do then 3d names might worth much more than you think. The key is to find the people that are thinking about the future, cos most of the people only think about today, and maybe tomorrow.

 

I myself only have one 3d domain, for the digital art / animation / behavior niche.

3D is an industry that has seen lots of recent developments, which don't necessarily reflect on the domain business. Plus, the problems that many people have with 3d (as evidenced by the increase of 3d movies and the N3DS) also cause some doubts about the way it will all evolve.

But the bottom line is, as said, that as long as there is search there will be offer.

 

3D goes way beyond just movies, animation, TVs, and glasses. 3D is a very strong name in the medial field, printing (which will probably be around for a really long time), gaming, cameras, and so forth.

The problem that I can spot with 3D is that the general public only knows of a small section of 3D and have not yet grasped the entire scope. Its still developing and will be a while before it goes mainstream. 3D printing is much more then your first thoughts. Its not about making an image that looks like its coming off the page.
That is old school 3D... and it has developed into so much more.
3D printing has evolved so much that they are now printing air plane engines. I mean physical engines that you can put in to a real plane and fly with.
They are printing food, printing body parts and the list can continue to grow. Print toys, print musical instruments... anything your heart desires, there will probably be a time that we will print it if its not being printed now.

Anyways, even though we can do the stuff mentioned in my post, we are still at the beginning stages. Its going to be a while until costs go down and efficiency goes up enough to make it main stream. Once that happens.... hold on. It will be a quick ride to the top for those who are holding onto PREMIUM domains.
Key world there is PREMIUM domains.

Cheers

 

i know what i can do with that name for myself so i know i can make a lot more from it than sell it for $1200 thats why i still have it
anyway
talking about 3d and the tech evolving soon enough it will touch everyones life in one way or another might not be for a few years yet but eventually 3d will be part of everyones life whether they like it or not i said this over a year ago here and i still stand by it
@zorlock
some of my names like the bio printing ones are going to have to wait much much longer to see what develops maybe nothing but its only two names and its not much to renew
my biggest risk was in .co i was basically laughed at when i took some names in .co now its quite funny that the same people are saying "yeh nice you have them do you" i couldnt get the .coms already taken so a bit of a gamble on .co why not if the extension was to turn out popular then i win if it dont well it was just another domain bought like all the rest.
i dont really care if none i have sell now what i have learnt over the last year and a half has led me to profit from domains so i am not complaining if every one flops that i bought to sell

 

I see you guys listing some domains in your signatures, just out of curiosity.. did you ever got any inquiries or leads because of that?

 

Not 3D names, but I have had inquiries on cloud names and also other names in the past that have been in my sig

It just gives some exposure, you never know who is watching

 

I agree, some exposure is better than no exposure. I guess I should list some too, and try it out.
The reason I asked beside the curiosity, is and no offense to anyone, DP feels like it's mainly full of people with low to medium income. There's nothing wrong with that and I'm one of them, but if you really want to sell a quality 3D or non 3D names for a decent money, the mission in here could be hard, except and like you said "you never know who is watching" hopefully an end user.

 

Yeah, but the trick is to do it at all forums, I do it at NP and DNF as well

 

Speaking of exposure, I added some of my 3D names and Zorlock's on my blog. You guys can send me 5 of your names and I will be glad to list them

 

Cloud domains are making big noises at the min.

 

Since you posted... What do you guys think of these names.
CloudScrapes.com
CloudIndexing.com

Cheers

 

Hey Zorlock

I think CloudIndexing.com has some potential for sure.

I am not sure about CloudScrapes.com...I cant see a real use for it. I may be missing something though, I haven't done any research on it.

 

Cloud Scrapes is a play on web scrapes, site scrapes, and page scrapes. Some SEOs use it to gather data about a particular site to mimic it to get better placement. Its associated with web indexing. I figure it is worth a shot.

Cheers

 

Can we keep it 3D in here and probably open a new CC thread?

 

Sorry, many of the other forums have 3D, Holo, and Cloud technologies merge into one thread. Its hard not to have that carry over here.
But you are right.

Cheers

 

Opened a new thread for 'Cloud' domain discussion, link follows:

Cloud Domain Names Thread - A new boost for the domain industry?