What a short .guide name is actually worth

A free appraisal will give sdl.guide a number. That number is a model, not a market. Automated tools are trained mostly on reported .com sales, then stretched across newer extensions with a blunt discount. Useful as a floor conversation. Useless as a price.

The right comparable is not “any three-letter .com.” Those names are a different asset: the default extension, a century of habit, and a buyer pool that includes funds. A three-letter name on .guide is scarce inside its own extension, and it carries a word the buyer does not have to invent. Those are two separate premiums. They do not add up to a .com price.

What buyers actually pay for is use in a place. A Scottsdale resort, brokerage, or publisher that can put the city on the exact name will pay more than a speculator who needs the next buyer to agree. That is why this sale is private. The number depends on who is asking and what they will build here.

If you are pricing a name you own, start with reported sales of the same length and extension, then adjust for the word, the industry, and whether the buyer is an end user. Ignore traffic if there is none. Ignore “brandability scores.” Then talk to a person.

sdl.guide is offered that way. No published bin price, no countdown, no invented comps. Write with a use in mind and you will get a straight answer.