new gtlds ALERT: .XYZ Registry Stealing Back Newly Registered Numerics?

[lotk]

I registered all the below domains on 6/1/2017 after searching for 10's of thousands of numerics to purchase. Since I purchased, I renewed for 1 year and parked. Last night, all the domains had my 1 year renewal removed without any notification or email (or refund) and all have been put into the Pending Delete status so the parked pages no longer resolve, again, without any notification or email.

It's ridiculous that a registry can advertise on selling numerics, we research for hours and then buy available numerics from them, and then I'm assuming is going through the processes to steal them back. I've been a supporter of the xyz registry but that may change soon. This may be a warning for all .xyz domain owners if the registry is taking back registered domains.

Here are all the domains I purchased. My name is still in the whois but as you can see the domains are now Pending Delete even though they don't expire until 6/1/2018. I have emailed both the XYZ Registry and Dynadot (where I registered the domains) about 6-7 hours ago. Still no explanation whatsoever.

I will update this thread as I get more information. Do note that I know of at least 1 other person who is in the same situation as me.

176.xyz
175.xyz
174.xyz
173.xyz
172.xyz
170.xyz
169.xyz
167.xyz
165.xyz
164.xyz
162.xyz
159.xyz
157.xyz
154.xyz
153.xyz
152.xyz
149.xyz
147.xyz
146.xyz
145.xyz
143.xyz
142.xyz
140.xyz
137.xyz
134.xyz
130.xyz
129.xyz
127.xyz
125.xyz
124.xyz
107.xyz
104.xyz

 

[Fancy.domains]

Thanks for pointing that out. You certainly have some decent one word domains. I can't argue with that. That's interesting. When you bought them were they at normal reg fee pricing? This premium pricing of other markets makes them pretty much registry exclusive end user sales, with little or no room for resellers.

And you have sold a number of XYZ's, but being on Namepros listing since 2015 leads me to believe these are mainly other speculators, but hopefully they were resold a 3rd time to end users and are in use. I would hope they were developed and not just parked. It would be nice to hear some successes people have had.

Back to my original question though, how many are .XYZ websites? I just have been through so far the top 4000 websites ranked by traffic from Quantcast. I don't recall seeing even one XYZ so far. I have been studying this to see if there are any trends that I am not already aware of.

https://www.quantcast.com/top-sites/US/50

It has been 2 years since they were released, so no hindrance of time to rank. The same goes for most all other new Extensions. Few if any. I think one .Club. Lots of dashes, .org, .net. Thanks for sharing your experience.

As far as I know, only a very few have resulted in websites. www.pie.xyz is one exemption and you can play a game of chess at www.chess.xyz I will have to check with other ones on Monday.

I have never paid any premium prices for my .xyz names. A few is bought from other domainers.

 

[Jv1999]

Agree with Lotk - if they were shown as available for registration and he registered them - then how can they snatch them back?

Do u guys remember that glitch with. Club or .something where the registry forgot to make their credit.tld premium and the dude registered it and the registry just said it was their bsd?

XYZ didn't do that

 

[Jv1999]

It's like buying a plane ticket, boarding the plane, then being told that you have to get off the plane and take another flight. BS.

They will allow you to pay more if you buy at one site compared to another. They never will refund the difference of the lowest available price. Just BS.

Ur right! .xyz registry should have punched OP, knocked out his teeth, gave him a concussion, dragged him away from his laptop, then took his domains away. That way oP could sue, and the domaining industry would be hot with support

Also, xyz ceo would have to tweet that he's sorry OP got "re-accommodated"

 

[DaveX]

Ur right! .xyz registry should have punched OP, knocked out his teeth, gave him a concussion, dragged him away from his laptop, then took his domains away. That way oP could sue, and the domaining industry would be hot with support

Also, xyz ceo would have to tweet that he's sorry OP got "re-accommodated"

Lol

 

[atinc]

I registered all the below domains on 6/1/2017 after searching for 10's of thousands of numerics to purchase. Since I purchased, I renewed for 1 year and parked. Last night, all the domains had my 1 year renewal removed without any notification or email (or refund) and all have been put into the Pending Delete status so the parked pages no longer resolve, again, without any notification or email.

It's ridiculous that a registry can advertise on selling numerics, we research for hours and then buy available numerics from them, and then I'm assuming is going through the processes to steal them back. I've been a supporter of the xyz registry but that may change soon. This may be a warning for all .xyz domain owners if the registry is taking back registered domains.

Here are all the domains I purchased. My name is still in the whois but as you can see the domains are now Pending Delete even though they don't expire until 6/1/2018. I have emailed both the XYZ Registry and Dynadot (where I registered the domains) about 6-7 hours ago. Still no explanation whatsoever.

I will update this thread as I get more information. Do note that I know of at least 1 other person who is in the same situation as me.

176.xyz
175.xyz
174.xyz
173.xyz
172.xyz
170.xyz
169.xyz
167.xyz
165.xyz
164.xyz
162.xyz
159.xyz
157.xyz
154.xyz
153.xyz
152.xyz
149.xyz
147.xyz
146.xyz
145.xyz
143.xyz
142.xyz
140.xyz
137.xyz
134.xyz
130.xyz
129.xyz
127.xyz
125.xyz
124.xyz
107.xyz
104.xyz

Take a screenshot of whois data for each of the domains.

That`s the proof that you are the current owner.

Send an e-mail to ICANN and see how it goes.

 

[slader23]

Take a screenshot of whois data for each of the domains.

That`s the proof that you are the current owner.

Send an e-mail to ICANN and see how it goes.

I've done this in a similar situation with another GTLD that I registered during a "glitch". ICANN does nothing. I proved ownership completely and even provided them my correspondence with the registrar that was cancelling the name. They replied with "There is no proof that you have registered this name". Seriously, I like NGTLD's but...in terms of proper business practice...most of them are really, really bad and not worth the time. ICANN is also of no help whatsoever, they aren't for the consumer...they're just in it for themselves. When was the last time ICANN acted on the side of a domainer?Apart from a UDRP case of course. I think in this case....some of you .xyz guy's who are getting your names cancelled should file a complaint with the FTC. It's high time they get some punishment or at least some warning.

 

[DaveX]

Okay, .XYZ is doing some weird stuff....

I registered a numeric domain yesterday morning at 9:15am at GoDaddy. Every time I register a new domain, it is immediately in my account. Never had any issue with GoDaddy registering new domains.

Well, after an hour of the domain not being in my account, I called GD. They said there was no problem and that it would be in my account shortly.

I waited for another few hours and no domain.

I called again late yesterday and they said it was very, very, rare, but that they were still waiting for registry approval.

As of this morning, still no domain. I really don't know what the problem is with .xyz. If I were not a domainer, I would be even more frustrated.

You register a domain, then a full 24 hrs later, the domain still shows available and is not in my account, and noone can explain what's really going on.

I should have never tried to reg a .xyz. Such a mess.

 

[slader23]

Okay, .XYZ is doing some weird stuff....

I registered a numeric domain yesterday morning at 9:15am at GoDaddy. Every time I register a new domain, it is immediately in my account. Never had any issue with GoDaddy registering new domains.

Well, after an hour of the domain not being in my account, I called GD. They said there was no problem and that it would be in my account shortly.

I waited for another few hours and no domain.

I called again late yesterday and they said it was very, very, rare, but that they were still waiting for registry approval.

As of this morning, still no domain. I really don't know what the problem is with .xyz. If I were not a domainer, I would be even more frustrated.

You register a domain, then a full 24 hrs later, the domain still shows available and is not in my account, and noone can explain what's really going on.

I should have never tried to reg a .xyz. Such a mess.

If its a good numeric, they're probably gonna try and keep it.

 

[DaveX]

If its a good numeric, they're probably gonna try and keep it.

I don't know if it's a good one. I really don't even know why I regged it. It's an 8N. We'll see what happens. I'm gonna pressure GD this morning. They are big on customer satisfaction. Maybe they will get it done.

 

[DaveX]

Okay, per GD just now, there is a known issue with new domain setup for .xyz, .website, and a couple of others. They have added my registration to a list of domains that have been escalated and will be fixed. Now, here's the kicker...They have no eta on when the issue will be resolved, but they assure me that I have registered the domain and that it will be in my account...someday.

What a mess.

 

[offthehandle]

Okay, .XYZ is doing some weird stuff....

I registered a numeric domain yesterday morning at 9:15am at GoDaddy. Every time I register a new domain, it is immediately in my account.

I should have never tried to reg a .xyz. Such a mess.

It's June, The XYZ'ers are on vacation in Maui. Swanky Santa Monica building they have for a startup. I wonder how many employees they have too and what the overhead is for that.

 

[DaveX]

It's June, The XYZ'ers are on vacation in Maui. Swanky Santa Monica building they have for a startup. I wonder how many employees they have too and what the overhead is for that.

I've been to their offices many times. They actually have a quite small staff.

 

[kite26]

Does .xyz extension really exists?

 

[offthehandle]

I've been to their offices many times. They actually have a quite small staff.

Thats smart. Something seems amiss here though.

 

[DaveX]

Well, I guess I like torture, so I went over to Dynadot and registered a different .xyz. This time, it came right through and the whois looks correct.

I'll have to wait on the one from GD. We'll see what happens.

 

[Marc Riccio]

.XYZ is next .COM , maybe in 2025.

Being that I am 69 years old, I can't wait another 8 years to try to make $50...

To paraphraze the Soup Nazy ---- NO XYZ FOR ME !

 

[Rammbo]

I just regged xyz numeric with GD and it went through...@Silentptnr maybe it's in your account now.

 

[GoKaizen]

.ART Registry Issues

Hello everyone,

This is my first post at NamePros, referred here by the very knowledgeable Mike at Domain Sherpa.

I'm having issues with one of the nTLD Registries, namely Art dot Art who have had found themselves out of their depth with running a professional Registry over the last 48 hours since opening their doors to professional members of the Art industry for domain name registrations, prior to general public release. They have now temporarily shut down their service.

I registered a very good four letter domain name ****.ART with them 48 hours ago for £289. The order was processed in which I received an email and payment accepted in full.

The problem came several hours later when .ART cancelled my registration saying that my purchase was on an "unpublished list" and should not have been available for registration.

Is this common place with domain name Registries or simply bad practice? I suspect that they are seeing what is of interest, cancel and will re-list at 10 or 20 times the original value. They have yet to clarify where in their T&C they are allowed to, without good reason, revoke a registration.

I'm aware that some Registry's are very honourable when it comes to domain name registrations and "mistakes" on their end:

17928-club-sells-200000-domain-for-10-99

I look forward to your replies and possibly applying pressure to any Registry to honour their agreements, else they come across as unprofessional and not trustworthy.


Many thanks,

Derrick

New G registries treat customers like sh*t.

 

[.NJ]

Here is Dynadots response. XYZ registry has not said a word.

We received an email from the .xyz registry last night. These domains were reserved/premium domains, and an error on their part allowed the domains to be registered for standard fees. They are not honouring the registrations, unfortunately.

The domains will be deleted, and your payment refunded. That should be completed either tomorrow or Monday morning.

My sincerest apologies on behalf of the registry.

Technically that is domain theft on their part.

The domains were paid fair and square and ownership was transfered to you.

You now own those domains.

You have a case if you wanted to involve an attorney.

A judge would have a field day with the registry.

Start the process for filing theft charges.

Let them answer the questions in court.

Clear cut case in my opinion.

Mistake or not, you own those domains now.

If they never got transfered to you that would be a different story.

 

[offthehandle]

.ART Registry Issues



New G registries treat customers like sh*t.

This thread of complaints has grown quite long, sorry that you guys seem to be experiencing this. Imagine being an end user customer and how they feel! At least domainers have some understanding of the process.