new gtlds .88 cent domains : How many are you buying?

[offthehandle]

just like most of you, I got the email from .whatever registry today about the big .xyz sale. It suggests registering phone numbers, number sequences, IOT appliances, anything really anything. Billions of combinations. Lol.

 

[Premiums]

0

 

[teper]

none

 

[offthehandle]

Even snakeoil.xyz is taken! Ruined my day.

 

[D Haynes]

Zero

 

[Kuffy]

If they offered these promos on renewals, then people would be tempted to keep names instead of letting them drop.

 

[offthehandle]

http://domaingang.com/domain-news/rick-schwartz-bursts-xyz-bubble-epic-domain-sherpa-video/

 

[offthehandle]

http://domainnamewire.com/2017/04/14/selling-cheap-domains-ruins-tld-users/

Andrew states it well: "If you’re going to essentially give away domain names in your top level domain name in order to create an impression of great demand, then you’re killing the extension for legitimate users."

 

[hookbox]

Another giveaway from .xyz? How the hell do they make any money giving them away for the past few years?

 

[Kuffy]

Another giveaway from .xyz? How the hell do they make any money giving them away for the past few years?

from renewals.

 

[offthehandle]

if you sell a billion for essentially a dollar each. Instant cash flow! Lol. $880,000,000
This domain industry is truly is entertaining. Reinjection of capital before the previous renewal drops.

 

[Asfas1000]

Namecheap has a lot of TLDs for less than $0.88/year .....

 

[Lite]

No thanks.

 

[London555]

Zero

 

[Cdomains]

000000000000000000000000000000!!

 

[offthehandle]

I tried to reg another. JimJones.xyz! Its taken too!

For those too young to remember:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid

 

[Cdomains]

I tried to reg another. JimJones.xyz! Its taken too!

You are lucky it was regged already.

You just saved yourself from wasting $$.

 

[offthehandle]

You are lucky it was regged already.

You just saved yourself from wasting $$.

I am being very sarcastic today, in a fun way. Somebody will smack me soon. Its entertainment.

 

[offthehandle]

https://ntldstats.com/registry/XYZCOM-LLC

Last major sales spike was a year ago. June 5th 2016

 

[raceway]

None!