If theres 26 letters so, 26x26x26= 17576 possible combinations. What are the chances of finding one thats droped?

I think grabbing a .com three letter domain would be just about impossible. Any 3 letter combo .com has value 100+. Most resellers will use one of the snap-back services to grab it while it drops.

Even 3 letter .nets and .orgs are hard to catch.

Mike

Agree; unless you buy from resellers Or you could go for .biz/.info or .us where you may find some luck. But why would someone want just any 3-letter domain name if it is not associated with his or her business or project? For example, ont.org means nothing if you are not from Ontario (Canada).

I used to get them for $12 bucks - now cost me $7.
Not English - that language be too crowded.

DotComster I dont get it, what do you mean by not english?

i've seen a few dropped ones lately
but theyre things like
w4x.whatever
names that are rarely of use ;)
i just recently registered an open 4 letter for a customer, and was actually suprised to even find that :)

Originally posted by DotComster
I used to get them for $12 bucks - now cost me $7.
Not English - that language be too crowded.

DotComster,

$7 for what domain ext?

A agree - the easiest and cheepest is from domain resellers, some good values are offered here to.

http://www.deleteddomains.com (newest deletions) has a daily list. But search deeper and you'll see that might drop in a few weeks/months. Those you can risk $79 for at SnapNames, but most already have a snap on them.

The $7 - I ment is for available 3 leter dot coms - but I have a few numbers in my "limited volcabulary" ;)

>> I dont get it, what do you mean by not english?
Some languages use numbers as letters - It' called Lingo-Phonetic by it's French inventors, when they had to find extra letters to represent and catagorize all the languages of the World.

I guess I better start looking for some in Ebay I really want one. something with commonly use letters.

Pure 3-letter .COM domains in the wild are ultra rare; most are snapped up anyway.

I've sold one and only have 1 left. Their value can easily reach above $1,000.

3-char .COM domains are more common but some rules are more rare: e.g. domains that have 2 consecutive letters and 1 number are typically worth more than those that are letter-number-letter and so on and so forth.

In the latter category (3-char .COM domains) I have sold over 140 on ebay or via direct sales.

:) I have www.m0h.net

How much would you think a 3-letter .com would go for (from a resller of domains, not something posted on ebay, or snapped, etc.) In other words, if you were going to buy a 3-letter .com from someone who sells domains regularly, what price would you think is reasonable?

I can only speak as a seller :D
If you are asking for the max price, how much would ABC.com go for? Probably millions.

A private party contacted me for HXT.com and offered $400 outright. My minimum asking price is $2,500
As long as I keep it I only pay $7.50 /year

The current market conditions indicate this holding sentiment.

You can find lots of three letter .COMs, but they are practically useless. See the above post ;)

What would you do with a three letter domain name that didn't make sense?

I really need to put this in an FAQ for all you aspiring domain brokers out there :D

pgrote, I've sold more than 140 3-char .COM domains (and 1 3-letter .COM) this year. If you think these people had no use for these domains, I can send you a few URLs.

I would love to see how people put them to use. Send it on.

small sample:

http://www.ES6.com
http://www.V78.com
http://www.AM5.com
http://www.AZ5.com

Want an obvious use? nameservers.
Instead of NS1.LongAssDNSserver.com you can use NS1.XX9.net

Simple.

1) An abberviation on the site. Cool.
2) URL redirect. Hmmm. A good choice.
3) Copy your favorite website? Don't get it. V78?
4) Coming Soon.

Interesting. I liked the first two ideas as they worked. The last two were off the mark.

I guess the market value is in the eye of the beholder. :D

But I just grabbed a few from my list. I am not going to spend 1 hour picking out the best just to prove my point.

As I said, I've sold more than 140 3-char domains this year. Their prices vary. Some sell cheap on eBay, others sell for $150+ directly. The secret is volume and I park with a content page every domain I register.

My hot 3-char: H8S.com more than 3000 visitors in 2 months. I've turned down a $250 offer for this one.

Originally posted by timechange
But I just grabbed a few from my list. I am not going to spend 1 hour picking out the best just to prove my point.

Hey, don't think I was slamming you. I wasn't. I was really impressed by the usage of the first two. It was eye opening for me. :-)

:)
I was not insinnuating that.
The use of these domains as namservers is so simple that I am astonished by the fact that not many hosting companies use such domains for their reseller's "hidden" DNS.

i was like jumping up and down when i found a 4 letter .com i found naother that i probly get later tonight...

These are not rare at all.

http://deleteddomains.com/cgi-bin/dellist.pl?cid=34648-17250&dz=0&exh=1&dt=4

Originally posted by timechange
I can only speak as a seller :D
If you are asking for the max price, how much would ABC.com go for? Probably millions.
Heh, yeah, I wasn't talking about ABC.COM, more like HXT or something equally jhdgjhdfg-ish :D

if the name has x, w,y - usually you will get less (but depends..)