Forget 3D TVs, it’s all about 3D printing
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
When you think 3D, don’t think TVs and funny glasses.
Two years ago Michael Berkens wrote a post about how he missed the boat on the “next big thing” — 3D — when it comes to domain names.
That post along probably spurred thousands of 3D related domain registrations. (Seriously, look at the comments.)
To me the thinking of 3D in terms of movies and TV isn’t really interesting. That’s been around for a while, but the technology is getting better. We’re gradually moving to a tipping point.
What’s really interesting is 3D printing.
And while it’s still much further from mainstream than 3D TV, it’s impact on the world will be much, much greater.
Whomever bought 3DPrinting.com on Sedo last year for $25,500 will do quite well in the long run.
I sold 3dprinting.cc and 3dprinters.cc for a package price of $750, five months ago. Eventually, the 3d will be dropped for brevity’s sake, and we’ll see “shoe printers”, “jewelry printers”, etc.
I’d say the two big game-changers, economically speaking, over the next thirty years will 3d printing and crowdfunding. Our economy might actually start growing again!
3D and 3D Printing might be the next big thing, but that does not mean that translates into domain investing in any significant way.
You can’t just tack on 3D to everything and expect to make a killing. That has been a folly of many domain investors since the 90′s.
I remember one guy adding “Pedia” to the end of every word in the dictionary since Wikipedia was all the rage at one point. I watched probably 30,000 “Pedia” domains drop at GoDaddy over the course of six months in about 2005……LOL.
Poor guy! Pun intended.
In the future you will be able to “print” your own drugs rather than going to a pharmacy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17760085
3D printer is huge > check out this video from TED > http://blog.ted.com/2011/03/07/printing-a-human-kidney-anthony-atala-on-ted-com/
The 3d Printing – is AMAZING…
I’ve seen it on several TV Shows the past
60 days or so…
3d — for whatever reason is one of the
biggest donations responder base I have
on DG – they each month more than triple
the PayPal donation Thank You’s as opposed
to all the other categories and keywords
I post search results for on domains
available for Reg. Fee…
I personally have less than 10 3d related
domains… I’m not actively adding any…
just came by some I had to snag…
But those 3d Printers… They are amazing
the most interesting demo I saw was
creating a miniature replica doll…
sort of like a bobble head but no wigglin…
and scaled to human but mini-miniature…
so cute… I’m SOLD on that…
~Patricia Kaehler – DomainBELL
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
sometimes when i walk outside it looks like everything is already in 3D… but that’s just me.
C. Hayworth
whois shoeprinter.com, jewelryprinter.com
C. Hayworth
What do you want to bet the .cc 3dprinter saleperson is C. Hayworth.
infiltrant
i have a nice array of 3d related domain names, especially in 3d Printing.
I also have 3dPrinting.us, as well as 3dPrint.us
I am projecting that this name (3dPrinting.us) will eventually be a top five, top ten .us domain sale in .us history.
And for those hearing about 3d Printing for the first time, this is also referred to as ’3DP’ in the industry.
also as ‘Rapid Prototyping’
and Additive Manufacturing, although that’s a mouthful.
@robert mclean,
Those were the only two “3d” domains I had, and I picked them up for reg fee one year prior to the sale (nice ROI).
I only hand reg domains, never buy in the aftermarket – here are a few from the past two years, flame away:
beachmarket dot com
5d dot tv
gavinspointdam dot com
siouxcity dot co
hyperfunding dot com
silly dot tv
together dot tv
darkcastle dot com
jewelryprinter dot com
sandcastle dot co
vsn dot tv
There, now you can be a fly on my wall.
@robert,
Yes, as I said, I sold those two .cc domains. You are quite the investigator, knowing how to use whois and all – perhaps you should have more closely read my initial post.
Hey C. Hayworth, fly this.
jewelryprinter.com whois, C. (the liar) Hayworth.
tisk tisk tisk
petty lying … tisk tisk
good luck Hayworth
What did I lie about?
Look at these 3D printing names on Snapnames:
3dprintingcalifornia
3dprintingclub
3dprintingcolorado
3dprintingcontest
3dprintingcorporation
3dprintinggroup
3dprintinghawaii
3dprintingjobs
3dprintingjobs
3dprintingmontana
Ever heard about http://www.shapeways.com/ ? its huge Dutch start up for 3D printing marketplace.
Hopefully i have something with Buy3dprinter.com which i secured in the past
Who’s behind — Shapeways.com
AA — What’s This — Additive Manufacturing
Additive ?? How so…
~Patricia – DomainBELL
@Patricia
Shapeways came from Philips Lifestyle incubator. But acting like a Start up when they moved their head office to New York. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/17/3d-printing-startup-shapeways-raises-an-additional-5-1-million-plans-nyc-production-facility/
@ Patricia Kaehler –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing#cite_note-engineer-0
thanks for the info industry friends…
~Patricia – DomainBELL
I own 3dprinted.com and I’m looking to sale it. If interested let me know.