3 Letter Domain Names Hit Hard Times — Low Quality

Recent sales at Sedo show scarcity is less notable than potential use.

Domain names aren’t like baseball cards. Just since something is scarce doesn’t mean it’s more valuable.

This stretch’s completed sales of three letter domain names at Sedo show weakness in low quality three letter domain names:

MWX.com $4,000
FGZ.com $4,000
VZJ.com $3,499
JQF.com $3,333

This parallels a fad in the domain market during 2008. Since all four character .com domain names were registered, people assumed that they had value. Even if they were filled with x, z, and q. Just since they’re all taken and “rare” doesn’t mean they’re valuable. Unless the domain can eventually be used for a logically associated web site, there’s little value in these names.

Here’s a look at other (mostly non-three letter) domain name sales completed at Sedo over the past week:

yog.com 29,500 USD
nihao.com 23,000 USD
starship.com 22,500 USD
easyweb.com 20,500 USD
ificandream.com 20,000 USD
fortus.com 20,000 USD
cybercom.com 20,000 USD
atonce.com 19,000 USD
wedo.com 16,700 USD
couriers.com 15,000 GBP
fps.com 11,100 USD
willows.com 11,000 USD
upliv.com 10,000 USD
koz.com 9,600 USD
ballsbridgeinn.com 9,590 EUR
teatros.com 8,000 EUR
workmaster.com 6,500 USD
bynett.com 6,500 USD
inmemoriam.com 6,000 USD
energyone.com 6,000 USD
auxtv.com 6,000 USD
travelcube.com 6,000 USD
ceskykrumlov.com 5,000 USD
refinity.com 5,000 USD
sugardaddysearch.com 5,000 USD
bearpaw.com 5,000 USD
blackjack.it 29000 EUR
holzspielzeug.de 11000 EUR
esalon.co.uk 10950 USD
fashionweek.de 9000 EUR
capeverde.co.uk 7621 GBP
brainstar.de 6500 EUR
minijobs.ch 5000 EUR
calcolo.de 5000 EUR
pokergratis.it 5000 EUR
lufthansa.cn 5000 USD
rocks.co.uk 4500 EUR