This is just more numbers mumbo jumbo.
The 9:1 ratio, mumbo jumbo, as you put it, was used only because you brought up the 90%-10% 3LL usage differential and I was trying to accomodate you and respond using your analytics, although you have presented no solid basis for them.
It's simply because 90% of all three char names are owned by and traded amongst speculators
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9:1 isn't my invention, it's yours. You missed my point.
It's like saying that the kid who steams stamps off his moms mail is expecting them to gain acceptance as a six digit investor items. This simply isn't going to happen, at least not this century.
This comparison is so overdrawn, it lacks any analogous value.
It is not simply the length of a name that gives it value, there are many other more important factors.
Did you happen to read the top half of my post??->
Short.
Brandable
Associative.
Memorable.
Minimalistic.
Corporate identity/image - equates w/ status = trend of businesses wishing to use initials for company monicker and/or product line.
Finite supply (ie there is only one place for a company to go if they want [theirinitials].com- the domain name "owner".
Sales leverage. (see above)
High appreciation level. Hands down, the highest increase in value of any name group over the past year.
ie Last Feb 3LL.info price, reg fee; Today, low $xxx, for 3LL w/avg projected usefullness. Last Feb 3LL.com, (roughly) $1.200-$1500; Today, (roughly) $2,500-$3,500
Liquid. Regardless of the motivation and intent of the buyer, there is a sizeable pool of motivated individuals in the market for 3LL names.
It's not a question of speculators inflating the market, it's a question of speculators inventing the market.
In responding to my original quote, you made an ommission.
I didn't say that speculators are inflating the market.
I said, "The question of whether or not speculation has inflated the market, (what you may be implying), is an issue that investors and speculators, (higher risk investors), deal w/ in any investment market..." Your omission changed the context of my statement and may confuse some readers about the meaning of my O/P and my position on the issue. Regardless, and although I don't completely agree, whether the market has been inflated or invented is immaterial. Names are bought, names are sold, revenue is realized. The name group has been the top performer of all other name groups over the past year, regardless of your analysis and regardless of whether you like it or not.
Great, but “three character domain names” is not a commodity, not listed on any commodity exchange, and not traded by anyone but domain speculators amongst themselves. People buy diamonds, real-estate, even pork bellies for reasons other than speculation.
I liken the 3char domain name market more to the diamond trade than to the commodities market, although I prefer intellectual property to rocks. The money spends the same. (also,See above)
I have never heard of anyone but a speculator buying a domain name strictly because it was three characters.
. You must have had most of your contact w/ speculators who are mentally challenged. The investors that I know that "speculate" in the 3LL market do so, because of the qualities I mentioned at the top of my O/P, not "strictly because it was three characters." That would be ridiculous, IMO.
I have recently sold one 3LL .biz, and 3 other 3char names that will cover most of the cost of my 300+ 3 char renewals for another year. I have made several other smaller sales of 3LL and 3char names over the past 6 mos. My experience w/ 3LL, and 3char names has been a very positive one for me, which, in the end, overides any theories or debates about the subject, pro or con. Hey, no one's twisting your arm to get involved w/ the 3char market. However, (back to theory), the conjectures that you have made about the market, just don't add up, or they are irrelevant to the 3LL and 3 character market that I've been experiencing.
