3 letter domains

They have: 3 posts

Joined: Mar 2002

I remember a few years back, during the "gold rush" years of the Internet, that everyone was busting to get 3 letter domains eg. abc.com

Eventually people were literally selling these things for thousands of dollars.

Are 3 letter domains still worth it? Are they still as expensive as in previous years?

I offered to buy a 3 letter domain from someone once and they asked for $100,000 + for it. After I finished laughing and reminded them that the golden days of high prices for domains was over 2 years ago, I got to thinking, is it actually over? Do people still pay massive amounts of money for 3 letter domain names?

If so, are they only good for top level names (.com, .net, .org) or do 3 letter, country specific names sell well too (abc.com.ca, abc.com.uk etc)

What about 4 letter domains? (1234.com) Are they worth much?

What is the general consensus?

Busy's picture

He has: 6,151 posts

Joined: May 2001

they are only worth what someone is willing to pay.

I personaly wouldnt pay more than $10 for a name

The Webmistress's picture

She has: 5,586 posts

Joined: Feb 2001

I say it's much better to buy generic domain names with your specific keywords in them, more likely to get guessed name traffic and it helps with SE work and I definietly wouldn't pay for a name that someone else has bought to sell on.

Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....

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