Hi Gang,
As most domainers know, I was one of the few domain buyers looking at the 3D and Future Trend domain buying strategy back in 2004. I also let the cat out of the bag when it was sleeping just fine in there. I revealed my strategy on Monte Cahn’s “DomainMaster Radio” interview in October 2006.
Guess what? For all you old-timers, it’s time to “Erase Your Head!”
Those future trend domains are now maturing faster than expected and have started selling nicely, thank you. My domains were purchased from mainly OOTB, but I also bought domains from private sellers and in auctions and domain “listing” sites, like Buydomains. I got very good prices from all because most of them weren’t keyed in with information I was reading daily in my “future tech” science report searches.
A good buddy and brilliant domainer, Michael Berkens (Em-Bee) posted an article on his blog TheDomains.com about the emergence of value in 3D domains over 3 months ago that has now reached past the 550 (!) comment mark, which I believe is a record for his blog site (and many other domain blog sites). Suddenly 3D domains have gone ballistic. We have noobies picking up domains for OOTB’s and getting four figure offers on them within less than six months. Talk about striking it rich!
Now it’s time for me to reveal the secret of 3D, Hologram/Holographic, and other future trend domains: If you’re not investing in now, you will be paying huge prices for them in the next year or two, or kicking yourself for not nabbing them when they began to blossom. Even now, 3D products and services are so huge in consumer trends, and every major corporation is looking at “New Media” advertising, including 3D displays and gimmickry. The public LOVES it. The manufacturers are scrambling, the New Media crowd is falling over itself to jump on this bandwagon, and most of them already have to some extent.
Deloitte, the top financial advisory firm in the world, has a nice pdf to download regarding the direction towards 3D marketing. Get it. (this link is iffy, if it doesn’t work, let us know)
There’s some fun facts right now to impress you with what’s happening just with 3D prodservs.
1) Samsung has sold over 300,000 units of 3D-based TV’s since June 2010. They’re said to own almost 90% of the market in 3D TVs.
2) Sony has said they expect to sell over (read this right) a whopping 2.5 million 3D TV’s in the next year. Expect new technologies to make those TV’s obsolete before the end of 2011. Hey, for now, you can be the coolest house on the block with a 3D TV.
3) Most consumers surveyed about their opinion on 3D entertainment said that other than having cheap 3D optics (glasses), when they get good glasses and a great TV presentation, the experience is fantastic.
4) Drawbacks to 3D consumers talked about were “headaches from bad 3D glasses” and poor migrations of 2D films into 3D films.
5) The “coolest” TV to own right now, under 60 inches, is the Samsung UN55C7000
6) Here’s what we can we expect from 3D advertising: Every major corporation has a 3D New Media campaign already produced, in the works, or planned to head up a campaign. Even billboards on the side of the road will be freaking out drivers… and premiere’s for every new high level product, place, service, will have a 3D ad campaign to back it up. That’s only the start. Every major company is involved.
7) Cellphone apps are being made, along with cellphone technology, to take, project and view 3D images.
My article only covers 3D products and media. There are many other future tech prodservs to immerse your mind and dollars into right now. This is where the big domain money will be in the next 3 years.
I’m offering anyone looking into purchasing Future Trend domains, including 3D, Holograms, Solar, Robotics, Cellphone Apps, Green Prodserves and electric fashions, a FREE place here to discuss their domain purchases, sales, opinions and expectations for future trend domains.
I am opening my blog site and will feature any and all of your submissions, both in comments and domains you are trying to sell. I’m going to do everyone a favor and let my blog be an OPEN FORUM for future trend domains.
If you aren’t on board with future trend domains now, you will be by 2011, but by then, it might be too late to get the current maturing domains for less than $5000, if that.
Have fun, and I look forward to future technology domains and your opinions! Show us what you got and what you’re doing with it!
Here is a link giving infornation on the possibility of 3d Printers being used to print drugs. In anticipation I have registered 3Designerdrugs.com and 3DDesignerDrugs.com.
I own 3dChemist.com
http://news.techeye.net/science/3d-printers-to-create-living-room-drug-labs
I had a thought. I have a pile of future trend domains that I can not afford to renew. I would be willing to provide a list of the domains to the readers of this forum and if there are domains that my be useful, I would simply push to the requested account and the recipients would of course just have to renew, before expiration. Let me know if there is any interest.
Robert McLean
@3DSavvy, For one, you HAVE to add a couple paragraphs ORIGINAL content that you wrote or paid Textbroker to write, on the homepage of your developed sites. That’s the hard lesson all domain owners/developers have learned since 2008, even big companies.
Two, Keep The3DPrinter.com – 3d printer is hot!
@Louise
Thank you for your comment Louise.
Frankly, it is really not your business the origin of any content of any of my sites. The fact that you research this is cause for concern.
If you are employed by Google, well, I would suggest, again, that we are all in trouble.
The fact that you step over boundaries in this manner, I would suggest, is an issue, well… you can have it.
Robert McLean
I don’t work for Google. Google scares me. I absolutely keep a low profile with Google, and sign up for as few things as I have to. When the announcement was made of Google’s change of privacy, and that there would be a window to delete your history, there was nothing for me to delete, because every search I tried to make as anonymous as possible!
All I did was copy and paste a line from your top article in double quotes in the Google search bar, and several sites appeared with the exact same text. Google penalizes sites that use the exact same text, or content. One’s own words – even thought they may not be the most professional! – are better than someone else’s.
I didn’t get DualScreenPhones.com to rank page 1 of Google for both the plural exact match, AND the singular, by not knowing what I am doing.
Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
New sale
3dworld.com
$10,100
***************
from: DNForum.com
@3dsavvy
This price is insane. Let’s see which “high rollers” in the domain industry will pick up this domain at this “steal” price and show all FT domainers that they are now believing in what we’ve been perfecting for the last five years. TheDomains.com did an article on Rick Schwartz, he of the “everyone else is buying pigeon shit domains”, who suddenly got an urge to buy “smartglasses.com” based on Google’s new glasses for interactive mapping on the go. Rick paid $4000, according to Berkens. I know for a fact that some of our FT domainers in our group have bought better domains for this product, at OOTB prices. Isn’t it interesting? Remember this: The big boys will WAIT YOU OUT before they buy your domains. They don’t think you have the capital to continue renewing the domains you buy, so the most important thing for ALL FT DOMAINERS is to have a filtered list of their FT domains, evaluated to know which domains in their portfolio are worth renewing so they don’t waste money renewing domains that won’t be worth anything, thereby hurting their ability to renew the PREMIUM FT domains they do own. You only need to own 20 killer premium domains to become a millionaire in this business.
Get your full portfolios evaluated (contact us for that — $1 per domain for 250 or less, and $.50 for all domains over 250). We’ll help you sort out your list for renewals, buildouts, deletes, and confirming your PREMIUMS. We are the only domain industry experts who provide EVALUATION services using MANUAL reviews, and NO AUTOMATION. If you’re worried you bought too many domains in the FT category, and you need to filter them out before you lose $10 each for the renewal, get them EVALUATED by our team at Successclick.com
It’s the season of the tablet hybrid:
Intel Shows Off Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Running Windows 8
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/04/intel-cove-point-ultrabook-tablet-hybrid-running-windows-8
Need to develop TabletHybrid.com pronto!
@ Stephen Douglas, do you think this label has longevity? Or grab the traffic I can while I can?
@Louise,
I think you can do some quick affiliate buildout on that domain, but I see it as the adjective first, don’t you? (HybridTablet.dotcom)
However, with some decent SEO and some original articles I know you can write pretty well, you can possibly push that brand to the top 20 on SE. Good luck!
NFC4U.COM
Cheers
‘Mobile Wallet’ Pay Technology Industry Outlook
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/72769078/
Hi Folks,
Just to keep you in the loop I received offers on two of my 3D Food Printing domains last week via Sedo.
The offers were in the high $*** and much less than I would entertain, even at this stage in the game.
“The big boys will WAIT YOU OUT before they buy your domains.” – You’re spot on there Stephen.
I keep close tabs on who’s visiting my sites so I have a good idea of who is showing interest, it is illuminating to say the least. Those offers were clearly “testing the water”.
Rather than contact me directly and enter into negotiations this potential buyer prefered to stay anonymous and go via Sedo.
All I can say is if the big boys want to wait me out they’d better have some patience.
@Leigh,
Not sure which domains people are trying to bid on, but food printing domains — yeah… better get low to mid five figures bro. Those products are going to hit big. You know it, and so does everyone in the FTN. hang tough. It really doesn’t matter who is bidding at this point. What matters is when they get serious and give you a real bid. Keep us updated.
2nd that, @ Leigh! You have the great names, keep going!
Did you see my comment where I congratulated you on 3Dtrailers.co.uk?
Congrats on your new investment, @ FUTRS!
Congrats to Leigh on Augmented Reality domains with this news:
Google Begins Testing Its Augmented Reality Glasses
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/google-begins-testing-its-augmented-reality-glasses
Top news on Techmeme right now!
@ Leigh, wrong one! It’s this one, for 3DTrailers.co.uk:
Movie trailers have become a main event
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-fi-ct-trailers-20120410,0,6503131.story
@ admin, Thanx for feedback. You’re right. When I checked Google Insights, HybridTablet is the term.
It makes sense, except I want to apply, “left of the dot” navigation possibly for:
laptop.tablethybrid.com
phone.tablethybrid.com
ultrabook.tablethybrid.com
“Phone tablet hybrid,” and “laptop tablet hybrid” are searched terms. I own, PhoneTabletHybrid as well. PhoneTablet by itself is a huge term.
Sometimes the reverse keywords sell as well. That is why I kept SodiumLow.com, because it indexes well for the reverse.
Sale -
CouponWallet.com – $2,167
Just hand registered
Consumer3dPrinting.com
Consumer3DPrinting – great!
More news on marketing in 3D via press release on MarketWatch.com / The Wall Street Journal http://on.mktw.net/I8DS0r
@Lucy,
Check out this article on Smartplanet regarding 3D printing… weird! but of course, more value info for our FT domains in 3d:
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/3d-printing-turning-your-home-into-a-drugstore/25961?tag=nl.e660
cheers!
A .com millionaire emailed me this link this morning.
http://domainnamewire.com/2012/04/24/3d-printing-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-1611205
I couldn’t help myself…here is what I posted in response….
Soothsayers of domain name values with an axe to grind for missing the boat. Hmmm..
Imagine that, cut-throat, nasty, malicious expert domains deficating on other domainers.
Taking pride and joy in the failures of others. … nice
I would like to be a fly on the wall of the domain portfolio of the .cc 3dprint domain salesperson. I would bet that every product short of shit is coupled with printing, printer. In that case the one posting here taking joy in the “pedia players” misery will have a good laugh.
Everyone’s an expert and from my experience each domainer is nastier and more mean-spirited than the last.
Here’s to the geniuses..
here here!
cheers
Robert McLean
Per dnjournal.com
3dstorm.com $4,000
@Stephen said, “I see it as the adjective first, don’t you? (HybridTablet.dotcom).
Look at today’s headlines!
Tim Cook on Windows 8 laptop / tablet hybrids: ‘anything can be forced to converge’
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/24/2972571/tim-cook-on-windows-8-laptop-tablet-hybrids-anything-can-be-forced-to
“The smartphone tablet hybrid did not really . . .”
- ZTE follows Samsung’s lead into the tablet-smartphone combo
Can the enterprise popularize notebook, tablet touch hybrids?
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/can-the-enterprise-popularize-notebook-tablet-touch-hybrids/74498
Here, “hybrid” is the noun. Since I started buidling TabletHybrid.com two days ago, when I first comented, the news about laptop/tablet/phone/hybrids is exploding! Oh, my goodness!
Sorry I got excited!
You’re probably right, @ Stephen. Back when I registered, TabletHybrid, HybridTablet was available, but it didn’t occur to me. It got snapped up 5 months later. But I’m okay, at least I got SOMETHING singular dot com, for a change.
Yesterday, CEO Tim Cook of Apple said:
“You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but you know those things are not going to be probably pleasing to the user,” during a conference call with investors. The blogoshere is having a ball with that!
Microsoft’s PR chief, Frank Shaw, shot back via Twitter: “must be a typo. it’s not a toaster/fridge. It’s a toaster/oven. Those seem pretty popular. Just saying. #win8 #toasterovenFTW”
And someone registered FridgeToaster on twitter, and his first tweet is:
“Hey, Tim Cook: Bite my shiny metal ass.”
- http://twitter.com/#!/FridgeToaster/status/194904181012828160
Hybrid tablets are a big topic in the tech blogs, because of that! Maybe it’s a turning point for apple. I think most people want a hybrid which runs Windows.
I’m still excited. “Louise, you have to calm down.”
@Louise
LOL
That last statement is a winner.
Some big news just landed here in the UK -
O2 mobile wallet app launches text message payments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17842926
I had a very strange conversation this morning with a member of the Afternic staff.
I was told by this person that with my domains parked on Afternic, the method of exacting sales is simply waiting for inquiries to forwarded to Afternic. Let me get this right. Domains parked on Afternic are sold when and only when someone expresses and interest in a name by making an inquiry. Domaining parking on Afternic is farmed out to a “parking company,” revealed to the parker of the domains as a surprise after the fact of parking the domains on Afternic.
I am guessing that there is some value in having the domains parked, both for Afternic and the domain parking company they are farmed out to. I am also guessing that there has to be more money in it from a parking point of view for Afternic and the domain parking farm than the $.37 a month that is promised to the domain owner.
lol What exactly is up here? Here we have Afternic with a 3,000,000 plus domain inventory making undisclosed amounts of money from parked domains, professing to be a fair and open marketplace from where domain owners can sell the domains.
The staff and ownership of the site, Afternic, also domain owners and actively engaged in buying and selling domains. Can you say, “Conflict of Interest.”
So, let me get this straight. Johnny Afternic employee, receives and inquiry from an enduser buyer on a domain, bumfuck.com, and is willing to pay $1,000,000.00. Bumfuck.com is owned by dumbfuck, who, has had his domain parked with Afternic for 3 years. Johnny Afternic employee just happens to own bumfucks.com. Bumfucks.com is sold to the enduser buyer with dumbfuck being left in the …. well… you get my point.
Don’t try and sell me on this never happening.
tisk tisk tisk
Robert McLean
I know now, my place, in the domaining world.
I haven’t a hope.
check this link
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57418250-93/meet-the-mann-who-registered-14962-domains-in-24-hours/
Distribution partners? Top ten registrars?
The individuals that own the ten top registrars or distribution partners, as you call them are, to a person, domainers! Domainers, that are not only in direct competition with the very registrants that support their registies, but in direct competition for the end user dollars. I think the cloud of the Wild West dust is imparing your vision.
Now, I do appreciate the fact that you have taken some time to address the note I offered and I do believe that you are sincere in wanting to help me, however, when I read that you want somehow to offer advice about my choice of domain, well, no thanks.
I want help in selling my domains and for that a commision is paid, that’s it. I will rest the weight of any sales on the quality of my domains. Don’t worry, I have had the pleasure of countless domainers from newbies to .com millionaires happily slamming the quality of domains that I have been able to folio. You can spare me the indignity of your experts’ criticisms.
The domain business is controlled by a couple dozen sharpies that were first to the .com generic trough, circa 1995 – to – 1999.
Now we have this. Bullies. Registrars, and auction sites, the employees and owners for which compete directly with their own customers and submitters.
All I want to do is sell domains. I don’t want to be educated, dressed down, threatened, cheated or bullied.
The domain business is what it is. No amount of bullying from you directed at me will change it.
The domain business is crooked, skewed, unfair, unregulated…
How’s that for a start.
I have never made a dime from any of my domains on &%^$#$#>, either in parking or sales.
What exactly will you be taking from me by closing my account?
Robert McLean
Thanks for your time in crafting your letter to me and thank you for expressing your enormous pride. In answer to your granting me the right to use or not use your service, well thank you again.
It is with great pride that I choose to continue the great and unusual opportunity of displaying my meager wares on the **&^#$@$.
Thank you for not closing me down.
Colorfully yours,
Robert McLean
@admin: @Louise
LOL
That last statement is a winner.
****end quote*******
Cuckoo for cocoa puffs! Cuckoo for cocoa puffs!
No Tablet Hybrid for Apple
http://www.laptops.co.uk/news/2012/apr/no-tablet-hybrid-for-apple.html
Hands up, I’m guilty!..
3ddrugprinters.com
3dmedicineprinters.com
3dmedicineprinter.com
It’s painful to watch and to be apart of this domaining scam. Recited time and time again from those on the inside of the domaining industry is the mantra, “Lottery!”
To be “lucky” enough to hand register a very valuable domain is akin to buying a winning lottery ticket!
A fools game. “Domaining is characterized by those working in the industry.. as a Voluntary Tax on the POOR.”
The Lottery?!
@ 3DSavvy, you are clearly a very intelligent man.
Given the pennies paid for them I thought that 3 word, exact match, generic domains within a multibillion dollar industry which is going to change the face of manufacturing might just be worth a bet.
Clearly I was wrong, silly me, if only I could shake the slavery mentality so prevalent within my unwashed class. Woe betide me.
@Leigh
You are being far too kind to me. My lack of intelligence is more evident with the passing of each dillusional hour, slaving the domain registry pit.
Personality defects aside, my whining and complaining is never a comment on the viability of your domains Leigh. Who the hell am I? I haven’t got a clue. Without knowing anything about you I would be very happy to see you retire a wealthy man with the sale of
3ddrugprinters.com
3dmedicineprinters.com
3dmedicineprinter.com.
When it comes to domaining acumen I am afraid I am one of those that must make all of the mistakes along the way. That is the way that I am wired. For me, real learning is learning the hard way.
I do appreciate the time you have taken in making comment and again, I do not make comment on the value of anyones domains.
I haven’t got a clue what is what in this business. But I do know that there is something very flawed with it.
I watched an interview on DomainSherpa.com a couple days ago about a new domain appraisal-parking-full package site: DomainWorth.com
http://www.domainworth.com
Onward and Upward,
Your slave,
Robert McLean
Don’t be so hard on yourself Robert.
I’d say it’s more like a horse race than a lottery, study the form and there’s a chance that you might just get it right…
but even then then there’s still every chance that an outsider comes in and you lose your shirt..or win a million.
I would like to ask everyone here a question (or 3):
- do you own 3d domain names with over 1000 (exact) monthly searches – what are the domains? are they local or global searches?
@ Ze, I have one:
“3d design software” High 9,900 2,900 $2.19
[3d design software] High 3,600 1,000 $2.45
What about it?
Someone has to supply the design software for the DIY 3D printers!
3D Printers: Make Whatever You Want
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/3d-printers-make-whatever-you-want
“Apple’s 3D Map App? Insanely Cool” nbcsandiego.com http://bit.ly/IK8XU7
Doesn’t help with domains but it will be interesting if Apple starts to go with 3D
@Stephen I like the new look!
More on Apple and 3D http://bit.ly/JB2kDh
Admin & giles
Dear god giles, stop posting on forum after forum with sales. Reason being, especially this forum for some reason, admin will respond with anything you write – “congrats giles, was this a private sale or did you contact the buyer, and was the buyer a “ft domainer” and did everyone want to buy this domain or did you know the buyer?” . Fuck me, just do us all a favour and say before you you write the comment – “this is not my domain but someone else sold – #@$%#@.
I can see through what you are doing.
@ Alan P –
Are you revealing that Giles is posting domain sales that aren’t his own, and this bothers you? I don’t understand why you are unhappy with Giles and his comments.
For my money, posting ANY FT domain sale amounts right now isn’t indicative of the power of FT domains in the right time with the right end user. Do you have info or any connection with FT domain investing that we can learn from? Thanks for taking the time to post here.
Go graphene!
5 materials that could change the world
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/300573,5-materials-that-could-change-the-world.aspx
3dshow.com $3,000
sold on afternic
3dz.com $4,600
dnjournal.com May 16, 2012
3dz.com sold for $4,000
reported on DNJournal.com
May 16, 2012
@alan p
See you’ve taken your happy pills today, relax and chill out dude
If its my sale, I will write “my sale”…does that make it a bit easier for you to understand… anything else is just informing other domainers in this area of sales that are happening.
If you don’t like the posts, just skip them and move onto the next one…I think most people are quite happy to see the sales…except you lol
@Alan P
And by the way, please inform us “what we are doing”…I have always posted domain sales in certain niches, just so other people get an idea of what’s selling, there is nothing sinister to this, just information…get over yourself and post something useful would you!!
Sorry, but I cant stand people who don’t post anything, but when they do, its something bloody stupid..
Ok, rant over
NAB: yap.TV Offer New Sync-to-TV Capabilities
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/483329-NAB_yap_TV_Offer_New_Sync_to_TV_Capabilities.php
Just searched, Sync to TV, since I registered it a while back. Guess I should develop it . . .
Good news for domainers! Windows phone leads iPhone in China – yay!
Only Two Months After Launching in China, Windows Phone Market Share Surpasses iPhone!
http://futurecellphonetechnology.com/home/only-two-months-after-launching-in-china-windows-phone-market-share-surpasses-iphone
@ admin, Did you sell a couple robotics on Afternic?
roboticscenter.com
$1,688.00
roboticszone.com
$1,688.00
@Louise,
I would never sell a robot domain for under $5000, even those mid level domains that sold. They were at least bought at 30% of their minimum value. Kudos to who bought them, hopefully an FT domainer, but I feel bad that the seller let them go at such low prices. Thanks for pointing out these sales, Louise.
roboticszone.com
roboticscenter.com
Both domains registered originally in 2003, 9 years ago.
Note to self: Self, wait for a period of time well over 5 years to even begin thinking about selling a hand regd domain today.
Thank you all, good to know.
Robert McLean
@Robert,
RoboticsCenter.com, is a killer domain. You better hang on to that one! kudos
Interesting: New Apple patents reveal 3D Safari web browsing http://bit.ly/JEyFhX (3D desktop environment)
@ Lucy
Yep, it looks like we crazy FT domainers are not so “crazy” after all! Thanks Lucy for the link.
You go, @Lucy! I don’t think Lucy was thinking about 3D Safari the BROWSER when she registered 3D, though.
Moniker kept one of my 3D hand regs, which had expired. Mafia bait.
Just registered makerbureau.com & botbureau.com
Want to run a 3d printing bureau like i.materialize.com or stratasys.com
exploding markets
3dsavvy