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Andreas B.

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In all honesty:

Before I took a wide & deep look into .xyz sales, I just thought:
"Ok, there might be some fake .xyz sales (to boost the adoption & hype), but in generall ~80% of those sales should be legit..."


After I checked the TOP 100 .xyz sales (from namebio), one by one, and found out that

a) 50% of all domains aren't either developed or resolve

b) some of the other 50% forward to strange abandoned twitter accounts, that were active ~1 year ago (and have in total like 3 posts),
or have a simple static site with a logo,
or forward to completely different domains (in .com),

and that in total 5 domains still forward to their sales page (at dan), without nameserver change since the 'sale'
(one, sold more than a year ago),


I must say that this errupted my trust into many of the .xyz sales, that are being reported.


Additionally to that, I took a look at the quality of the names itself, and as we discussed in the 'Swetha - the truth may shock you' thread,
at least 6 domains are very niche-like names / or just mean nothing (like taiko or kylin), but still happened to get sold for $30-40k!


If someone tells me in all seriously that I have to take this for real, simply believe in its trustworthy, and not question it...
then I have to say that something is wrong with your attitude, not mine.


I am simply looking at the names, and asking myself:
a) what the heck does that mean?
b) would I (or any serious business man I know) pay $30 to $40 thousand for such a niche of a niche (of a niche) name??
in .xyz?


Of course not.



So, in all honesty:
There's something very strange here.

Niche keywords (or even words, that you cannot explain; that aren't even a niche) are being sold for HIGH 5 digit prices!

(in an alt. extension, not in .com)

This raises suspicion & questions.

Then again, 50% of the TOP 100 .xyz sales aren't developed / resolving.

Many more forward to 'questionable' social media handles or static logo pages / or to completely different websites.


And finally: No other domainer makes the same experience, as swetha.


I asked for someone, who may show a niche domain sale (in xyz) for a high 5 digit price.


Well, there is none up to this date, by my knowledge.


Other domainers may sell .xyz domains, but the prices are so far off from what swetha sometimes posts, that the difference is more than noticeable.


And if you then take a look at the domains, they are at least dictionary words / typ. web3 keywords.


So, that all makes not that much sense, to put it politely.



If you stumble upon another very strange / very rare .xyz sale, you might post it here.

And if there is another .xyz domain, which was sold for high 5 digit prices, but does neither resolve or is developed, also.



I know, that after all discussions and all the evidence swetha has shown (look into my account, I really sold this or that domain),
swetha's sales have gained popularity.


BUT:
a) it is not just about swetha
b) if about swetha:
do you know with how many people she might work together?!

I could call my friend, he could set up an afternic / dan account, and buy my domain for $20k.


The fee could be called 'marketing budget', and we could make a lot of money, if we would hold many many .xyz domains...
right?

Just as example.


In other words: Even if swetha proofs sales; we still DON'T know the buyers.
And if that domain is not developed (or behaves strange), then this is a problem.

Who says, that it might not be like that?
(inside trading would get a whole new meaning)




Or: she might have ties to the official .xyz emittent.


As data shows, they felt like they had to acquire the domain 9.xyz for $125k.

And then found no use-case for it, so just forward it to their off. website, gen.xyz


Why would an off. emittent do this??
(in 2015, when .xyz was just a year old, and had no adoption).


This all sounds to curious to me....
 
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You claim to look for truth, but in reality, you don't want truth.
You claim to look for the truth, but in reality, you don't want the truth.
I'm not looking for the truth from you, that's for sure.
 
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You claim to look for the truth, but in reality, you don't want the truth.
I'm not looking for the truth from you, that's for sure.
You already have the truth. You are incapable of accepting it or just unwilling.

It is, however, clear to me that you have been around too long to accept new ideas and instead have chosen to spread misinformation and ill will.
 
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You claim to look for the truth, but in reality, you don't want the truth.
I'm not looking for the truth from you, that's for sure.
I suppose this thread is not for actual discussion. Why? Because..

1. I have not seen a single [fake sale] discussed.

2. Discussion involves differing opinions otherwise it is what is called an echo chamber.
 
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You already have the truth. You are incapable of accepting it or just unwilling.

It is, however, clear to me that you have been around too long to accept new ideas and instead have chosen to spread misinformation and ill will.
And ill will? I guess that's still will.
Incapable? Are you offending me now? What truth should I accept?
"It is, however, clear to me that you have been around too long to accept new ideas"
What? What ideas? What are you talking about? Also, what's the problem of me being an old member here?
"and instead have chosen to spread misinformation and ill will"
What misinformation am I spreading?
You are trying too hard to force your opinion. Just stop embarrassing yourself.
 
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I suppose this thread is not for actual discussion. Why? Because..

1. I have not seen a single [fake sale] discussed.

2. Discussion involves differing opinions otherwise it is what is called an echo chamber.

I'm pretty sure there are domains mentioned in the thread.
There are plenty of different opinions in the thread as well. I guess you don't want to read them. It's OK. You can keep your own opinion.
 
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And ill will? I guess that's still will.
Incapable? Are you offending me now? What truth should I accept?
"It is, however, clear to me that you have been around too long to accept new ideas"
What? What ideas? What are you talking about? Also, what's the problem of me being an old member here?
"and instead have chosen to spread misinformation and ill will"
What misinformation am I spreading?
You are trying too hard to force your opinion. Just stop embarrassing yourself.
I have no beef with you. But I will engage you any time you feel the need to address my posts in a thread not created by you.

I'd suggest you move along and continue where you were before you felt the need to engage me.
 
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I have no beef with you. But I will engage you any time you feel the need to address my posts in a thread not created by you.

I'd suggest you move along and continue where you were before you felt the need to engage me.
Try to engage me with logic and arguments next time.
Also, keep your suggestions for yourself. I don't need your suggestions. You made yourself (regarding your way of thinking) very clear. :)
 
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Try to engage me with logic and arguments next time.
Also, keep your suggestions for yourself. I don't need your suggestions. You made yourself (regarding your way of thinking) very clear. :)
I have no interest in engaging you otherwise I would have. You initiated this waste of time and I'm ending it. In the future a simple reaction will do.
 
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I have no interest in engaging you otherwise I would have. You initiated this waste of time and I'm ending it. In the future a simple reaction will do.
Reaction? This is not a social media.
You should work on accepting other people's opinions. Also, giving arguments instead of offending would be even better. Good luck
 
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You should work on accepting other people's opinions.
This is exactly what you need to do and stay out of my business.
 
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This is exactly what you need to do and stay out of my business.
Stay out of your business? Where did this come from? Now I'm really laughing out loud.
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There are plenty of different opinions ....

Order Messari Pro Fundraising Data $29.99 /mo (link) and study . Plenty of xyz.

Regards
 
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I made a post. It was well received by most. Then here you come with silly attempt to dissect my post. Perhaps you should dissect the OP's post and leave others alone. What are you some kind of stalker?
 
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I made a post. It was well received by most. Then here you come with silly attempt to dissect my post. Perhaps you should dissect the OP's post and leave others alone. What are you some kind of stalker?
And now I'm a stalker? Still using the personal attack tactics to avoid giving arguments? Whatever man/woman/however you identify yourself, I'm done with you. You made yourself clear enough with all these last posts. Also, thanks for the laugh.
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And now I'm a stalker? Still using the personal attack tactics to avoid giving arguments? Whatever man/woman/however you identify yourself, I'm done with you. You made yourself clear enough with all these last posts. Also, thanks for the laugh. Show attachment 232623
Yet you continue to persist like a mosquito. Go back to what you were doing. I did not initiate the conversation, but consider this me ending it.
 
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Did you know that Swetha sold roboswetha,xyz some years ago for 45K to a sheeple, but the buyer dropped it after a year of no usage? :ROFL:
p.s. the com even was not taken!
 
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About 2 years ago, I used to believe she's a complete fake, also her sales are fake. I mean, how the hell one person can sell a crappy extension for such money?

After a bit of thinking, I decided to hand reg around 200 .xyz domains, and make an experiment. I could afford to lose $200. At that time, you could still reg .xyz, on drops, names taken in 80-100 extensions, without using a drop catcher. That was May 2021.

So, I got 200 domains, and listed them at Dan, Sedo and Afternic. And, to my surprise, I sold 5 domains by the end of the year, for a total of around 9k.

Of course, I was not able to hit a xx,xxx sale, simply because I don't have her strong 1 word English keywords, or other brandables taken in 160+ extensions, but overall I could say she put some nice money in my pocket. And I have to say a big thank you Swetha for that! If she kept everything to herself, and didn't share anything, I wouldn't have invested in .xyz in my life.

That's my experience with .xyz. But of course, there will always be people who'll say the grass is blue and the sky is green.

P.S. - don't be fooled, there are some big domain brokers who made really nice money from .xyz. But, of course, they don't share that.
 
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I don't personally invest in .xyz domains but I will say that having sold hundreds of dot coms @ $,$$$ to $$,$$$ each. Most of them do seem to go undeveloped. No idea why... But for whatever reason that is very common.
 
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I agree your with skepticism, but there is no concrete evidence so far to question the legitimacy of the sales; therefore, it's best to take her claims at face value and proceed. Personally, I don't purchase XYZ don't see any value.

The ignorant ones will believe anything, that is our society.

SOCRATES.XYZ and others reportedly sold for a substantial sum, but it's puzzling how a brand with no marketing recognition, advertising, or word of mouth could justify investing such an amount in an XYZ domain without any established presence. Anyways move along your journey and worry about yourself.
 
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