Yes, I have a 3 letter .us domain that I’ve had for a while. Hard to get a three letter domain in any other popular TLD.

There are still many thousands of three-letter domains for (third-party) sale on .com/net/org though. Sedo.com lists a handful of .net domains that are under $100. Most are more than that though.

> for (third-party) sale

Many of us find it unethical to give money to scalpers.

> a handful of .net domains that are under $100

And this is why.

Yeah... my .com renewal lapsed due to an expired credit card, and it was snatched before I realized it. They've always wanted $2k for it.

Even if I was OK paying in principle, that's too much for a personal blog that gets one post every 4 years.

can't say .expert that its popular by any measure but I have https://use.expert

In my opinion, there are still some really great short domains available. I actually even know some but don't have the budget to buy them.

The thing with domains is also that they aren't one time, I mean I am happy paying for domains which are 20$ say once even (and this comes as someone frugal but I just love domains) but most of these domains cost quite a lot.

For example use.expert would cost me around 40-50$ per year. I mean its 3-4$ per month so I am happy with it but still, my point is that I absolutely know more domains which I wish to buy but it would just be an hassle long term. I can probably sell them at cheap auctions to recoup the price but it just doesn't feel that worth it to me but overall, yeah.