.XYZ below 5 million. Dropped 168k today

[Fancy.domains]

According to Domainpunch, .xyz today dropped 168170 names and is now below 5 million in total. Maybe not much of a news update, but just FYI.

 

[EmotiveDomains]

Was always going to happen.

 

[CJ6]

Was always going to happen.

I think everyone expected it. The question is how many will stay registered in about 2 years from now.

I'm curious what kind of goofy birthday stunt will occur next year by Daniel.

 

[jmcc]

It was about 2.8 million regs before that penny promotion.

The total exposure is about 3.37 million for the period of the 1c promotion.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Fancy.domains]

at this stage most people woudln't even bother with xyz even if it was free.. or the very close to free 1cent promo imo

Have sold .xyz for about 10K. Just sold one to a member here, about 24 hours ago.

It is up to the names

 

[bmugford]

at this stage most people woudln't even bother with xyz even if it was free.. or the very close to free 1cent promo imo

I will consider regging some when they start paying me

Brad

 

[Mark White]

google likes .xyz as well. I'm late to the party, but holding tight. imo, somethings up!

 

[NigelD]

I will consider regging some when they start paying me

Brad

agreed - but it would have to be more than a cent

 

[Mifuru]

who remember .top 168K drop? newgtld losing grounds. .com 4ever

 

[jmcc]

who remember .top 168K drop? newgtld losing grounds. .com 4ever

Actually some of them are not doing too badly. The focus at the moment is on the deleting domain names but there are still new domain names being registered in the new gTLDs.

Rough cumulatives for the new gTLDs:
01 Jan 2017 New: 1,498,458 Deleted: 1,380,736
01 Feb 2017 New: 1,164,548 Deleted: 864,254
01 Mar 2017 New: 1,414,918 Deleted: 1,109,196
01 Apr 2017 New: 1,898,585 Deleted: 2,685,492
01 May 2017 New: 1,284,639 Deleted: 1,821,231
01 Jun 2017 New: 1,055,397 Deleted: 1,125,337
01 Jul 2017 New: 955,533 Deleted: 1,597,015

Regards...jmcc

 

[jmcc]

Dropped 1,174,063
https://namestat.org/xyz
The XYZ count is now 2,579,162

Regards...jmcc

 

[JB Lions]

Dropped 1,174,063
https://namestat.org/xyz
The XYZ count is now 2,579,162

Regards...jmcc

Damn, over 1 million in 1 day. I believe the number is now less than the number of regs when that penny promotion started, think it was about 2.8 m.

Also, overall - https://namestat.org/s/newgtld-summary

20,884,551 - could drop to under 20 million soon

 

[jmcc]

20,884,551 - could drop to under 20 million soon

At this stage, 'will' is more likely than 'could'.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Embrand]

An auction for web.xyz at Sedo just ended unsold (reserve not met) with a high bid of 1,100 euro.

Surely, "web" is a top keyword in almost any extension, so it is more bad news for .xyz I think.

 

[jmcc]

A quick comparison of new XYZ domains from June 2016 with today's XYZ zone shows the following:
Total New June 2016 (20160601 to 20160701): 3,373,359

Not deleted: 360,941
Deleted: 3,012,418

That's approximately 10.7% not deleted yet.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Fancy.domains]

Crazy drop rates!

I knew that the drop would be massive, but I was not sure it would be THIS massive.

I wonder if Negari "knew"?! The 1,1 bil crazy thing seems to be a fiasco.

 

[Fancy.domains]

.Xyz, .top and .loan will see further drops. .Win has even lower renewal rates, but will probably face many drops as well.

 

[jmcc]

Crazy drop rates!

I knew that the drop would be massive, but I was not sure it would be THIS massive.

The thing is that most people don't realise that the drops are this large. For heavy discounting promotions, the percentage of drops are higher so if the renewal rate comes in around 5% (approximately 168K) it will be doing well.

I wonder if Negari "knew"?! The 1,1 bil crazy thing seems to be a fiasco.

I think that the strategy was understood as it had parallels with the .INFO gTLD's early days.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I had the only one .xyz and I dropped it as well...

 

[Fancy.domains]

The thing is that most people don't realise that the drops are this large. For heavy discounting promotions, the percentage of drops are higher so if the renewal rate comes in around 5% (approximately 168K) it will be doing well.

I think that the strategy was understood as it had parallels with the .INFO gTLD's early days.

Regards...jmcc

Yep, but this are beyond promotion regs.

 

[Fancy.domains]

.Xyz had more names in May 2016, before the giveaway madness started.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Most were used like condoms...
Don't take so seriously this drop...

 

[JB Lions]

.Xyz had more names in May 2016, before the giveaway madness started.

Yep. Even before the penny promotion they were going for .99 cents, and still are at 13 or so different places. https://namestat.org/xyz

Usually that alone is a great deal, the penny just took it to another level of discounting. So all those are going to normal renewals as well.

 

[4pm]

...looks like .xyz is not even the "most popular" nTLD anymore:

1 .top 2,615,724
2 .xyz 2,579,162

per Namestat.org

 

[Fancy.domains]

...looks like .xyz is not even the "most popular" nTLD anymore:

1 .top 2,615,724
2 .xyz 2,579,162

per Namestat.org

There is even a thread dedicated to this fact.

Guess by who?

Answer: https://www.namepros.com/threads/breaking-top-topped-xyz.1030283/

 

[CJ6]

So, when is Daniel selling .xyz? I think that will ultimately happen.