question About .xyz

[nomen]

.XYZ seems to be doing okay when it comes to registrations. Yes, they used questionable tactics but nevertheless numbers indicate that there's some demand for the extension in Asia. Does anyone know if xyz has any actual meaning in e.g. Chinese? Is it an acronym or something like that? Or is it just because of the letters (plus the heavy discounts) they find, um, pleasing.

Just thinking out loud here. .xyz really doesn't need west if east takes off. At all. And I'm trying to figure out if there's a possible aftermarket (emerging) for .xyz in asia.

Any insights, knowledge, opinions, insults welcome

P.s. Not a big fan of the extension but they're cheap and I'm exploring possibilities.

 

[Ms Domainer]

In American English slang, "XYZ" is an acronym/euphemism for "examine your zipper." It's a polite way to let someone know that his/her zipper is down.



I'm not sure I'd want to build a business on such a model.



Aside from that, if the owner of .xyz is using questionable ethics to pump up his numbers, how do you know he wouldn't screw over his customers if he made him a buck?

 

[nomen]

Yeah, I don't like Negari's tricks either but then again business is business and if you gotta run, you run. That aside, not that interested about the extension's future in the west (which I don't see)... Just wondering if it's gonna become popular in China, for example.

 

[anhnguyenict]

I don't know why dot xyz is promoted as alternative of dot com.

Personally, I will use net, org, co, biz if them available instead of xyz

 

[Constantin S]

I don't know why dot xyz is promoted as alternative of dot com.

Personally, I will use net, org, co, biz if them available instead of xyz

Exactly, personaly I used multiple times .org and .net as alternative, they've build a trust (in many years, not months as Mr. Daniel Negari wants) as a secondary option in case .com is not available, while .xyz want to take the shortcut and simply say "give us your money because we can be trusted".

 

[dordomai]

but nevertheless numbers indicate that there's some demand for the extension in Asia

I think the main reason for the demand is:

1.It gets featured prominently on the homepage of many asian registrars.
2. It costs $1-$2

Just thinking out loud here. .xyz really doesn't need west if east takes off. At all. And I'm trying to figure out if there's a possible aftermarket (emerging) for .xyz in asia.

Then you need to buy strings of the left on the dot that are suitable for the asian market.

Some investors here speculate in .xyz because if has many registrations (most from asia) but buy keywords for the north american market.

 

[brandnow]

I think the main reason for the demand is:

1.It gets featured prominently on the homepage of many asian registrars.
2. It costs $1-$2

Which is why it probably will be very successful long-term, even if some people doubt it now.

 

[dordomai]

Which is why it probably will be very successful long-term, even if some people doubt it now.

maybe. they buy exposure and registrations. They pay for them. Is it profitable and can be sustained? No idea. What happens if they stop pushing it? No idea.

Do you believe it will be successful in the US? I don't think it is selling so well there, or did i miss something?

 

[brandnow]

maybe. they buy exposure and registrations. They pay for them. Is it profitable and can be sustained? No idea. What happens if they stop pushing it? No idea.

I think it's profitable because they are making tons of money from being the #1 nGTLD. I mean, the application process for a nGTLD costs $175,000, right? They have definitely made that money back and millions of dollars more. Now whether they are balancing their budgets with marketing costs, of course there is no way to know for sure. I guess they are doing very well though financially.

 

[Genius327]

Personally I believe majority will never take .xyz seriously.

 

[nomen]

I think the main reason for the demand is:

1.It gets featured prominently on the homepage of many asian registrars.
2. It costs $1-$2

But other extensions are also heavily promoted by the registrars. And it doesn't seem to affect their numbers that much. Yes, it's cheap.

 

[nomen]

Personally I believe majority will never take .xyz seriously.

Does that apply for Asian, mainly Chinese, majority as well? That's what I would like to know...

 

[brandnow]

Chinese in general has a lot of "z" "x" sounds.. and I think XYZ is very easy to remember. I think Chinese people will like it because it obviously sounds sort of Western, but it could also be Chinese sounding. Of course, XYZ doesn't have any meaning in Chinese because X Y Z are Roman characters.

 

[nomen]

Some investors here speculate in .xyz because if has many registrations (most from asia) but buy keywords for the north american market.

Yeah, I see zero use for it in the West, those are wasted dollars. Interested mainly in pinyin, numbers and selected (pinyin) acronyms.

 

[dordomai]

i think the asian market is really though to enter for a western company. Many tried and many failed. Too many cultural differences. XYZ doesn't have a competitive advantage there.

they did't really take off in the US where they tried to launch it. Now they are trying it in asia. Let's wait for another year or two to see how they do.

 

[mad409]

.xyz is the most generic gTLD available and it's an acronym, just like PBR .com etc... PBR is an acronym and can mean whatever the the site stands for.

I've had some register issues with the .xyz domains I own and their support is great. Actually the owner got involved on a few of my issues and took care of the problem.

Class act IMO whether you like them or not.

 

[brandnow]

i think the asian market is really though to enter for a western company. Many tried and many failed. Too many cultural differences. XYZ doesn't have a competitive advantage there.

they did't really take off in the US where they tried to launch it. Now they are trying it in asia. Let's wait for another year or two to see how they do.

I'm a Westerner living in the East and I completely disagree with this statement.

Three words: Apple (iPhone, iPad), KFC, and Friends (the TV show).

But in all seriousness, just going by the hard statistics. It appears as though .XYZ has already had its break through moment in the East thanks to the low cost of XYZ and also it being featured at registrars throughout Asia.

 

[dordomai]

i don't know. when it was launched there was a lot of hype and some believed that i would become the next big thing in the western markets. After one year it has become apparent that this is unlikely to happen. Now at year 2 it is discussed that it will become the next big thing in asia. Again mostly based on a lot of hype and artificially boosted registration numbers.

What will happen in year 3?

Dropcatching?