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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....
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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