new gtlds .XYZ set to be TOP extension in 2 years time! OFFICIAL Countdown and celebration thread

[MadAboutDomains]

This may be news to some people, but I have been lovingly informed many times that .XYZ is going to overtake .COM as the top extension online within 2 years. Here is but a few:

xyz will be the first choice next 1 -2 years

I'll bet you right here on this date that XYZ will grow bigger than .com in the next two years, and then you, my friend, will have nothing but regret.

Well, I know that most people on here won't want to miss the boat on this one, so this thread can serve as a tracker for .XYZ's great rise to greatness and hegemony !

People said that when .top was the number 1 new GTLD in terms of registration count for a few months at least, that it meant it was going to be the top one overall, but unfortunately that didn't happen, >>all of the signs were there<<, but now LITERALLY ALL of the signs are there for XYZ and we're going to make sure it's on track. This thread is going to serve as undisputable proof of such signs to show that it's on track to being #1.

.XYZ has a chance because it's three seldom used letters at the end of a domain instead of a word like .TOP (or worse, the sickening and wholly useless .COM , for which it is now impossible to find a good domain) and domainers are saying it is so more often this time than with .top and they are more invested this time than ever before, so it must be true and who am I to say otherwise?

So this is it people... by posting this thread I am starting the:

2 YEAR OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN TO XYZ's METIORIC RISE TO THE TOP .

Post rules:
I would appreciate it if you could keep all posts in this thread to factual and numeric updates on the meteoric rise of .XYZ so that it can be understood by all. It is not a debate thread, nor is it to discuss whether or not this is going to happen, that is cut and dried now - it's happening, I have been told too many times. 2 years and it's done, we can put it to bed, I'll have egg on my face but we can all get on with our lives and make a killing as we've all been warned now.

NO thanks
- Debates
- Slating .XYZ
- Lies

YES please
- The number of days counting down to 24th August 2024
- Cold hard figures from reputable source(s) that compare .XYZ to .COM to show the progress of the inevitable and METIORIC RISE of .XYZ. Including but not limited to counts of: total registrations, developed domains, parked domains, registrations per day, sales figures and likelihood of reaching goal
- Include sources
- Whether it is on track to being the TOP extension or not given the figures

NB: The examples given are for representative purposes only, please don't goad them, this post isn't intended to target them, it's not that serious.

 

[Andreas B.]

I look at those CRAZY sales of "new" extensions like xyz (here at reported name sales, or at opensea for .eth),
and I much rather would be one of these holders of xyz / eth names, than of tlds that are not hyped (and priced) as much... atm.


All a question of frequency:
If net or org domains would sell that frequently to such high amounts, I'd rather be on that side.


So, rather then to look at 'how many websites run which tld',
it'd be better to look at the domain sale statistics, regarding:
a) frequency - how often?
b) price - how much?
c) which tld's are prefered by new tech?



However: it does not mean that holding .org or .net domains in general is a bad idea...
it's just a question of 'when & at which price will they sell'?

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

I look at those CRAZY sales of new extensions like xyz (here at reported name sales, or at opensea for .eth),
and I would like to be one of the sellers...

All a question of frequency:
If net or org domains would sell that frequently to such high amounts, I'd rather be on that side.

Startups aren't interested in .net as it's seen as antiquated. They would rather invest in .Io . co .xyz and .org (esp Crypto companies). Even .network and .tech seem more popular for tech companies than .net

 

[Recons.Com]

xyz deserves all the respect and all the glory and this is what is happening right now

All that remains is to pick the fruits for those who managed to purchase when it was still possible 3-4 years ago the premium words

Keep counting it's healthy...

Did you read the article above? In case you missed:

https://www.spotvirtual.com/blog/the-perils-of-an-xyz-domain/

What glory??? Email services treat it as spammer domain extension. SMS services won't even show the messages that contain it. General population doesn't think well of it.

It is hyped within a hyped little industry and once that is over, it is gone.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

It is hyped within a hyped little industry and once that is over, it is gone.

Good job making light of Crypto, Fintech and Web3 hehe. You're trying at least...

 

[Recons.Com]

Good job making light of Crypto, Fintech and Web3 hehe. You're trying at least...

Within Crypto and Fintech, .xyz usage is very low. Where it might be higher is web3, pretty much.

 

[redemo]

I love Namepros, never a dull moment, even on a Sunday night. It's just so liberating being alive as .xyz takes control of the domaining universe from .com and becomes the universal standard domain name extension in every country. I hope I'm alive in two years to witness this seismic global event.

 

[HotKey]

Lol. Good laugh thread. As stated previously.

Though,

Did you read the article above? In case you missed:

https://www.spotvirtual.com/blog/the-perils-of-an-xyz-domain/

What glory??? Email services treat it as spammer domain extension. SMS services won't even show the messages that contain it. General population doesn't think well of it.

It is hyped within a hyped little industry and once that is over, it is gone.

Recons, who and what is spotvirtual and how do they define an entire extension by a blog post? I mean like seriously, email, sms, whatever else, and the general population are just fine with dot-xyz. What planet are they living on and why are you choosing to reside there?

I have more dot-coms blocked than any other extension, ever.

 

[Recons.Com]

Lol. Good laugh thread. As stated previously.

Though,


Recons, who and what is spotvirtual and how do they define an entire extension by a blog post? I mean like seriously, email, sms, whatever else, and the general population are just fine with dot-xyz. What planet are they living on and why are you choosing to reside there?

I have more dot-coms blocked than any other extension, ever.

Spot is actual business that is providing the actual data from experimenting with both .xyz and longer com

I have zero reason to doubt that they did not make up the data and they have no reason for this.

.com blocks are domain specific based on their history.

.xyz, on the other hand, is often blocked by default. Because most business have a) ZERO partners, suppliers, clients that use .xyz b) just putting the rule "if email from *@*.xyz, then delete" could cut considerable amount of spam and malware.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

just putting the rule "if email from *@*.xyz, then delete" could cut considerable amount of spam and malware.

That is quite a good rule.

and the general population are just fine with dot-xyz.

In the main I couldn't even be confident that any of my friends would know it exists, never mind that they're fine with it and it's history of being a free for all, even if that's not the case anymore in comparison to other extensions.

Their Twitter feed is even spam... The content in their site in my eyes is propagandised guff. I'm sure they won't categorise it as so, though.

 

[redemo]

Should we start off-loading .com now and only register .xyz?

 

[ZION]

Should we start off-loading .com now and only register .xyz?

Reg both but xyz for me is a totaly "game changer"

 

[redemo]

xyz for me is a totaly "game changer"

Totally agree, .xyz is going to be the best and most used domain name extension in the world in 2024. No doubt about. What an incredible change we are about to witness. All hail .xyz.

 

[bmugford]

Totally agree, .xyz is going to be the best and most used domain name extension in the world in 2024. No doubt about. What an incredible change we are about to witness. All hail .xyz.

I am just impressed the only term used was "game changer", and not "paradigm shift" or "disrupt".

Clearly .XYZ is going to make all other extensions obsolete. All the largest billion and trillion dollar companies are just going to mass delete their current domains in unison.

(end sarcasm)

Brad

 

[ZION]

Give it a chance...xyz make a great year...let's talk year later

 

[jmcc]

These are the breakdowns of .XYZ by last new addition of the 01 August 2022 domain names in the zone. Basically, it is backstepping the zone across the period in which the gTLD has been live.

gtld - 2014 - 2015 -2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022
.XYZ 0.50% 0.62% 0.61% 0.87% 1.23% 1.65% 3.73% 41.80% 48.99%

The .COM is somewhat different.
3.35% 3.88% 4.44% 5.42% 6.38% 7.76% 11.51% 19.30% 13.78%

The Y2 (new in the last 2 years for .XYZ is 90.79% (of the zone).
The Y2 (new in the last 2 years for .COM is 33.08%. (of the zone).

The .COM has a depth that .XYZ does not have yet. Though .XYZ is outperforming some of the other new gTLDs, it is not a .COMkiller just yet. It is not a perfect metric but strong TLDs tend to resemble each other and TLDs using discounting tend to have different characteristics to the legacy gTLDs.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Lox]

Totally agree, .xyz is going to be the best and most used domain name extension in the world in 2024. No doubt about. What an incredible change we are about to witness. All hail .xyz.

It's a lot harder to sell bc the hype (movement) is over ... but this is not meant to downplay the role of xyz.

Regards

 

[jmcc]

Just to put those cumulative registrations in to some perspective, these are the .COM figures from September 2021:
New: 656,323,065
Deleted: 490,047,343
(Probably an excellent droplist.)
The .XYZ will take a long time to beat those figures. The claims of it overtaking .COM in the next two years may be somewhat optimistic.

Regards...jmcc

 

[comRaid]

In the next two years? I don't know if this will ever happen, but definitely not in the next 2 years. The world economy along with crypto is heading downhill and most probably it would take at least 2 years for a recovery.

The .xyz extension was also fitting–Spot being a 3d virtual workplace in the browser–as it pertains to the multi-dimensional nature of our product.

Interesting. I never thought this way - xyz representing multidimensional nature.

 

[jmcc]

In the next two years? I don't know if this will ever happen, but definitely not in the next 2 years. The world economy along with crypto is heading downhill and most probably it would take at least 2 years for a recovery.



Interesting. I never thought this way - xyz representing multidimensional nature.

The .COM went negative for three months in 2022 (more deleted from the zone than added). It is coming back up again now as the months from April to August always see a slow down. The daily .COM and .NET figures are available from Verisign:
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/channel-resources/domain-registry-products/zone-file/index.xhtml

The .COM is a very different gTLD to .XYZ in that most of its registrations are long-term ones. The .XYZ is the largest of the new gTLDs but most of its registrations are not long-term. All retail TLDs see a number of first year registrations being dropped. Even with .COM approximately 45% of new registrations from 2021 drop rather than renew.

Because of the discounting model used by .XYZ, its first year non-renewal % is somewhat higher. To maintain its present number of registrations, it has to keep adding new registrations to replace the ones that drop. As a new gTLD, the .XYZ is probably one of the more successful ones in that its management understands the discounting model and has worked on building the gTLD. What has happened is that it has become an alternative to .COM in some developing markets because it is cheaper to register a .XYZ than the equivalent domain name in .COM (the equivalent generic may also be long-gone in .COM). There's also a speculative group of domain names in .XYZ that drops without ever being developed. With the new gTLDs, the number of domain names in the zone file is no longer a reliable metric due to the use of discounted registrations.

In terms of the domain name lifecycle, the domain names registered in August 2021 are now entering the renewal/deletion phase and that can last as long as three months. It won't be until around April 2023 that the full renewal/deletion figures for the gTLDs in 2021 will be available.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564682333520769024

 

[MadAboutDomains]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1564682333520769024

Shame NFTs are dead now.

 

[ZION]

Shame NFTs are dead now

Shame NFTs are dead now.

i dont know what you see or drink but NFTs just born and very much alive !!!!!

 

[Recons.Com]

The .COM went negative for three months in 2022 (more deleted from the zone than added). It is coming back up again now as the months from April to August always see a slow down. The daily .COM and .NET figures are available from Verisign:
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/channel-resources/domain-registry-products/zone-file/index.xhtml

The .COM is a very different gTLD to .XYZ in that most of its registrations are long-term ones. The .XYZ is the largest of the new gTLDs but most of its registrations are not long-term. All retail TLDs see a number of first year registrations being dropped. Even with .COM approximately 45% of new registrations from 2021 drop rather than renew.

Because of the discounting model used by .XYZ, its first year non-renewal % is somewhat higher. To maintain its present number of registrations, it has to keep adding new registrations to replace the ones that drop. As a new gTLD, the .XYZ is probably one of the more successful ones in that its management understands the discounting model and has worked on building the gTLD. What has happened is that it has become an alternative to .COM in some developing markets because it is cheaper to register a .XYZ than the equivalent domain name in .COM (the equivalent generic may also be long-gone in .COM). There's also a speculative group of domain names in .XYZ that drops without ever being developed. With the new gTLDs, the number of domain names in the zone file is no longer a reliable metric due to the use of discounted registrations.

In terms of the domain name lifecycle, the domain names registered in August 2021 are now entering the renewal/deletion phase and that can last as long as three months. It won't be until around April 2023 that the full renewal/deletion figures for the gTLDs in 2021 will be available.

Regards...jmcc

Could be just some people trying to reg before the price hike. Once the +7% is in place, the regs/renewals should fall off. If there is 7% decline or near that, it might give verisign a hard pause for the next year's increase.

 

[jmcc]

Could be just some people trying to reg before the price hike. Once the +7% is in place, the regs/renewals should fall off. If there is 7% decline or near that, it might give verisign a hard pause for the next year's increase.

There is always a slow-down between April and September every year in .COM and registrations begin to pick up on the approach to the holiday season. The problem for .COM is that there are a lot of registrations that were registered during the Covid pandemic in 2021 and 2020 that are now washing out of the zone. This morning's zone count for .COM is edging back into net positive territory for .COM. The big advantage that .COM has over .XYZ is the distribution of the age of its registrations. The .XYZ is concentrated in the last two years. The longer a domain name is registered, the more likely it is to be renewed. Long term registrants are more likely to absorb the price increases by Verisign especially if they have developed websites or use their domain names for e-mail. There's also a lot of brand protection registrations by businesses and these also renew well. The .COM is the de facto US ccTLD and that means that most of its registrations are dependent on US economic conditions. Verisign mentioned in an earnings call earlier this year that the .COM and .NET would not perform as well this year as they had previously but this had more to do with Covid registrations than the price increase. Because of the historical registrations, any decline in .COM (if there is one) is not likely to be a straight 7% decline. It is still ahead of last year's figures but Q4 will be interesting. The official Q4 figures won't be available until March/April 2023 as it takes about three months for domain names to renew/delete.

Regards...jmcc

 

[jhon7610]

This may be news to some people, but I have been lovingly informed many times that .XYZ is going to overtake .COM as the top extension online within 2 years. Here is but a few:




Well, I know that most people on here won't want to miss the boat on this one, so this thread can serve as a tracker for .XYZ's great rise to greatness and hegemony !

People said that when .top was the number 1 new GTLD in terms of registration count for a few months at least, that it meant it was going to be the top one overall, but unfortunately that didn't happen, >>all of the signs were there<<, but now LITERALLY ALL of the signs are there for XYZ and we're going to make sure it's on track. This thread is going to serve as undisputable proof of such signs to show that it's on track to being #1.

.XYZ has a chance because it's three seldom used letters at the end of a domain instead of a word like .TOP (or worse, the sickening and wholly useless .COM , for which it is now impossible to find a good domain) and domainers are saying it is so more often this time than with .top and they are more invested this time than ever before, so it must be true and who am I to say otherwise?

So this is it people... by posting this thread I am starting the:

2 YEAR OFFICIAL COUNTDOWN TO XYZ's METIORIC RISE TO THE TOP .



NB: The examples given are for representative purposes only, please don't goad them, this post isn't intended to target them, it's not that serious.

I got to learn a lot here