Is 3-D Really Dead?

3-D is certainly not a sure thing.

I originally read with amusement Michael Berkens’ 2010 article regarding 3-D domain names:

I sure blew this one.

But at least I’m not alone.

The next big thing is going to be 3D.

Berkens bemoaned the fact that he missed the boat on registering 3D related domain names.

I chuckled a bit at this since I think this is probably the third time in the past 15 years that entertainment executives stated 3D was going to be the next big thing in entertainment.

But then in the year following that article was written 3D did take off, at least at the movie theater. We’ve seen more 3D movies than ever ahead of.

So I was sort of wrong.

Yet this stretch Elliot Silver pointed to a Fresh York Post article that suggested 3D was dead.

Indeed, it appears 3D in the home has been slow to take off.

What’s the net-net? Although 3D has exploded like it never has ahead of, it’s still a long way from going mainstream outside the movie theater.

That means that your long tail 3D domain names are a long, long way from paying off.

Given the thousands of comments on Berkens’ original article, many of which talked regarding what 3D domains the commenters had registered, I think a number of people are going to take a bath. They won’t renew their domains following a few years.

When you buy domain names based on trends, keep in mind it could be a long time ahead of those trends come to fruition.