The Next BIG Thing Is 3D: Who Owns Best Domains? (Hint: Its not Me, Frank, Kevin Or Even Rick )

2010 July 11
by Michael H. Berkens

I sure blew this one.

But at least I’m not alone.

The next big thing is going to be 3D.

3D was the talk of the Consumers Electronic Show in Vegas in January.

3d Tv’s are already on sale and the World Cup was broadcast by Directv in 3D.

ESPN is launching its own 3D channel any day now on Directv.

Yup its going to be huge and I missed to boat completely.

However it doesn’t look like I’m alone.

Looking through the best 3D domains I could think of it doesn’t look like Frank, Kevin or even Rick  locked up any of the best 3D domains or at least what I consider to be the best of the best.

I thought it would be interesting to take a look to see who owns the best of the 3D domains.

Lets start with the 5 star domain for the topic,  3D.com.

Its owned under privacy at Network Solutions.

The domain name was created all the way back in 1994.

The domain goes to a Net Sol, parked page so whoever owns it, isn’t making any money off of it, and it does get thousands of visitors a month according to Compete and Alexa.

A Waste.

3DTV.COM Is owned by an end user, Brad Beckerman of Beverly Hills, California

Its actually a pretty cool flash site you should check it out.

3DTELEVISION.COM and 3DGlasses.com are owned by an end user, Deep Vision 3D, of  Hollywood, CA, although the 3dtelevision.com domain is not resolving properly for me the company sells 3DGlasses on the 2nd domain.

The domain, 3-DGLASSES.COM is owned by an end user, Theatric Support of  Studio City, California

3DTVS.COM is registered to Jon Schultz of  Blue String Ventures, Inc.

The domain, 3-dtv.com goes to a parked page and is under privacy.

Ted Amaradidis of Delray Beach Florida, owns  3-DMOVIES.COM and 3Dmovies.com and 3Dmovies.tv

3DTELEVISIONS.COM is owned by domainer,  Gregg Ostrick of  GNO, Inc.

3DSPORTS.COM is owned by our good friend Chad Folkening of  Ecorp.

3DMOVIETHEATERS.COM is owned by Ralf Schumacher, who is another fellow I know pretty well.

3DTHEATERS.COM is owned by a Daniel Symmes of  Woodland Hills, CA and is another domain not resolving properly.

The domain name,  3DADVERTISING.COM is owned by our good friend Stephen Douglas of Success Click.

The domain 3dprojectors.com is owned by Scott Bennett of  Glasgow who is using it for a blog.

3DGAMES.COM is owned by another good friend and ICANN’s worst nightmare, George Kirikos.

3D.TV and 3-D.Tv are both owned by a Guy named Ben Geren.

(If you are not familiar with Mr. Geren He also owns some of the best possible .FM domains,  including Rock.FM, HipHop.FM, Classical.FM, and Country.FM, ClassicRock.FM, and Oldies.FM just to name a few as well as some pretty good .TV Domains including, wireless.tv, channels.tv. concerts.tv and cinema.tv)

Congrats boys, you own part of the future and you all kicked my ass.

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  1. 2012 January 24

    free3dfiles.com
    3dfileshare.com

    …and just picked up feasibles.com on a godaddy coupon:

    freeze149

    New Reg @ $1.49 – a number of different extensions

  2. 2012 January 24

    Almost forgot this one:

    3dprintdownloads.com

  3. 2012 January 24

    As far as 3D Printer domains go… I only have one left (that I can recall off hand) and that is 3dBio-Printer (dot) com. I have either sold or dropped all my other names.

    Hmmm…. I still think that Bio Printing is going to be a huge market within the 3D printing world.

    http://www.organovo.com/news/press/17

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O3c3pUg0L8

    and more info along the same lines:

    http://www.gizmag.com/3d-bio-printer/13609/

    The possibilities here to extend life are pretty phenomenal in my opinion.

    Just my take on 3D printer domain names.

    Cheers

  4. 2012 January 24
    dmpartners permalink

    @leigh 3DFileShare.com huge pick up congrats

  5. 2012 January 25

    this may interest you guys
    3d-printers
    dot net currently in auction at sedo
    $500 reserve met

  6. 2012 January 25

    @ DMPartners, Thanks!

    @ 3D Games

    That bodes well, a .net and a hyphen at that for $500

  7. 2012 January 25

    International 3D Society to Welcome 3D Leaders from China, Japan, Korea, the U.K., and Europe to Creative Arts Awards Ceremony, February 1st

    3D creatives from throughout Asia, Europe and the U.S. will gather next Wednesday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel for the International 3D Society Annual Creative Arts Awards. The black-tie dinner will honor 3D movies, television programs, advertising, and video games. ‘Hugo’ Director and Golden Globe winner, Martin Scorsese, will receive the Society’s Harold Lloyd Award, and Sony Corporation of America will receive the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for 3D education.

  8. 2012 January 27

    Just caught -

    NFCFOCUS.COM

    Cheers

  9. 2012 January 27

    NFC???
    National Football Conference? (That is what I know NFC as)

    Not sure how that fits into the topic at hand unless its some obscure angle on 3D Football.

    I like the name, dont get me wrong. I am just trying to figure out how it relates to the topic. Maybe I am missing something.

    Cheers

  10. 2012 January 27

    @jack

    NFC – Near Field Communication

    You might hear about it soon.

    Cheers

  11. 2012 January 27

    There is a few sites popping up – NFCWORLD.COM and NFCRUMORS.COM sites are your best source for info mate.

    Cheers.

  12. 2012 January 27
    Louise permalink

    Check it out!

    Multi-Screen iPhone Game Expands Your Playing Space

  13. 2012 January 27
    Louise permalink

    You know what, @Jack? The above is an example of NFC, or near field communications.

    Funny. NFC searches WAY more pertain to football than radio waves. We are so ahead of the curve on this thread!

    This headline just out:

    Nintendo Chief Tips NFC, New Network for Wii U
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399469,00.asp

  14. 2012 January 28
    Louise permalink

    My bad! It’s Bluetooth technoloty, the video above. I assumed it was some kind of wireless mirroring involving nfc tech. Here is the difference between Bluetooth and NFC:

    Comparison with Bluetooth
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_field_communication#Comparison_with_Bluetooth

  15. 2012 January 28

    Jack,

    To give an indication of my potential with NFCFOCUS.COM , NFCDIRECT.COM sold for $2,688. The sale was in June 2011 but now things are starting to get more interesting on the NFC front, I hope to get more for mine.

    Cheers

  16. 2012 January 28

    lol, although the buyer bought it for – Nissan Forklift parts site , mine will be for Near Field Communication. LOL

    Cheers

  17. 2012 January 28

    The sale of NFCDirect.com is irrelevant to NFCFocus.com

    The buyer wanted NFC as their acronym – Nissan Forklift Corporation.

    “Direct” is also a much more popular ending than “Focus”.

    Comparing Apples to Oranges, but best of luck with it.

    Brad

  18. 2012 January 28

    @Brad

    I did point that out.

    Cheers

  19. 2012 January 28

    Brad said –

    “Direct” is also a much more popular ending than “Focus”.

    Is it if the site is used for infomation ?

  20. 2012 January 28

    lol, Thanks for the person who submitted the $100,000 offer for MobileWallet.net as a joke , its made my day.

    Cheers

  21. 2012 January 28

    ….or should i have said thanks Brad for the $100,000 offer but im good for now.

    I looked up the ip address for the offer and they come from Fishers Indiana , funny enough Brad is based in Fishers Indiana.

    Sorry to say brad but that is bad, very immature , how can you run a successful business with datacube.com and send daft things like that to people, hope no body sends you daft offers for your domains. I suppose domaining has its bad points, and people.

    Cheers

  22. 2012 January 28
    Louise permalink

    3DMovie.com sold for only $3704.00 last year?

    3DMovie com $3,704 May 11 Sedo 3 7 Y N http://3DMovie.com Sedo
    - DNSalePrice.com

  23. 2012 January 29

    @ WalletDomains.com

    You have no idea what you are talking about.

    I did not make an offer on your domain, and don’t appreciate being accused of it.

    I run a successful business, and have better things to do that make offers on domains I have no interest in.

    If you are going to make claims against me, and imply I am a bad person, you better be willing to back it up. Are you?

    Brad

  24. 2012 January 29

    @brad

    At 10.11am yesterday (uk time) you went onto my site or someone did in indiana and at 10.19am i receive an email offering $100,000 , coming from my site. Please provide me with a contact email and i will send u the email and a screenshot of my stat counter. Now i apologise if this was not u but it seems a bit funny with you replying to my post a minute earlier.

  25. 2012 January 31
    Giles permalink

    Just sold SolarGroup.com for USD $7700

  26. 2012 January 31

    Excellent Sale Giles, Congrats mate!

    Cheers.

  27. 2012 January 31

    Congratulations Giles, nice sale.

  28. 2012 January 31
    Louise permalink

    Heads up, @ Leigh! Cool video about augmented reality!

  29. 2012 February 1

    @ Louise

    Thanks, I just love pseudo holographic content.

    We’re not too far away from hearing the words ” when can we ditch those silly glasses” being applied to something other than 3D, which will be a good thing for all of us with interests in Holographic names.

    http://www.slashgear.com/vuzix-smart-glasses-add-ar-display-to-ordinary-looking-specs-06206668/

  30. 2012 February 1
    HGportfolio permalink

    Just picked up off the drop

    Foodprinting.net

    Goes with my .org .info and .biz..

  31. 2012 February 1
    HGportfolio permalink

    Plus:

    i3DPRINTING.com

    for £1 using code: BIGGAME1

  32. 2012 February 2
    Louise permalink

    Event status: Not started (Register)
    Date and time: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:00 am
    Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
    Change time zone
    Duration: 1 hour
    Description: Driven by the emergence of individual display applications, printed, organic, and flexible displays are poised to unseat liquid crystal displays as device portability becomes an increasing concern. As electrophoretics proved in e-readers, for an emerging technology to make an impact, it must find markets that fit its properties, performance, and cost. The market for liquid crystal displays is already well over $100 billion, so the potential opportunity for emerging technologies is enormous. However, not all emerging display technologies will capitalize on this market potential and backing the right technology at the right time is critical for success.

    This webinar will examine:

    • The future cost of printed, flexible, and organic display technologies and devices
    • The growing market size of these technologies
    • Challenges and opportunities to capitalize on emerging display innovation

    - Lux Research’s Calculating the Approaching Upheaval from Printed, Organic, and Flexible Display Innovation Webinar

  33. 2012 February 6
    Louise permalink

    Transplant jaw made by 3D printer claimed as first
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16907104

  34. 2012 February 8

    just noticed on another thread that that wallpapers-3d.net sold on afternic for $1000

  35. 2012 February 8

    Just caught –

    DigitalWallets.net

    Cheers

  36. 2012 February 8

    Just bought -

    DigitalWallets.org

    Cheers

  37. 2012 February 9

    sale confirmed
    3d-printers

    d0t net
    $500 @ sedo

  38. 2012 February 10

    Excellent article about the future of 3D :

    http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1290235/3d-the-next-dimension

  39. 2012 February 11

    @WalletDomains – nice names!
    @Holo-TV, thanx for article. It looked long, so I bookmarked it for later.

    Create a Dual-Screen Workstation with Twelve South’s Flexible HoverBar Mount
    http://www.padgadget.com/2012/02/07/create-a-dual-screen-workstation-with-twelve-souths-flexible-hoverbar-mount

    It’s all about the dual screen, baby!

  40. 2012 February 11
    Louise permalink

    3D Printing Tutorial starts 2:12

  41. 2012 February 12
    The Fisherman permalink

    @Louise

    Great Post!!!…….Most people have no clue about how 3D will impact their lives now and in the future……

  42. 2012 February 13
    Louise permalink

    Thank you, TheFisherman! Here is another:

    Views | 3D printing can revolutionize the future
    http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/13123315/Views–3D-printing-can-revolu.html

  43. 2012 February 14
    3d games permalink

    Organovo Announces $6.5 Million Private Placement to Advance 3D Bioprinting for Medical Applications

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/idUS190194+14-Feb-2012+PRN20120214

  44. 2012 February 14
    Giles permalink

    3DGo.com
    EUR 2,500

    CloudSpinner.com
    USD $1,095

    CareerCloud.com
    USD $775

  45. 2012 February 14

    WalletSolutions.com $1,100. – Afternic

  46. 2012 February 15
    dmpartners permalink

    just scored CloudIDo.com New wedding cloud lets go

  47. 2012 February 23
    Louise permalink

    Beaming Phablet: Optimus Vu
    http://www.youtube.com/v/xCfukF5VJVQ

    “The smartphone has 1024 x 768 pixel resolution based 5 inch screen that boasts of 650 nits of brightness and an 8 megapixel camera along with features like Android Beam (NFC for Android).”

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