I find the Swetha bullying situation to be annoying, and I would like to offer my perspective on the matter based on my own experience and critical thinking. My journey into domaining started in late 2017 with a small budget focused solely on CCTLD domains and .co promotions. I spent a considerable amount of time reading NamePros to learn and find my way into domain investing.
In December 2018, I came across a thread on NamePros sales report where Swetha, also known as @DNGear, was selling a few single-word domains and strong two-keyword domains for a range between mid three figures to low four figures. At that time, I wasn't interested in her sales, as I was making good money in promotions and CCTLDs. However, after a few .xyz reports, I decided to explore it as I liked the extension. After conducting a quick analysis, I discovered that the XYZ registry had removed the premium renewal/registration price from all newly dropped domains, indicating a great opportunity.
The reasons many domain investors abandoned .xyz domains were evident at that time. It was a new extension with less trust from end-users. The registry had greedy premium prices, and the initial Chinese .xyz auctions had potential scam sales, which sold for mid five figures to six figures at West.cn to generate hype in 2015. At the same time, single-word premium domains sold for three figures at NameJet and Flippa. The one cent promotion gave the extension a reputation for spam and scam. Most importantly, there was a low return for investors as there was less interest in buying a single .xyz domain and selling it for three figures or low four figures.
If you track the sales reports at that time, Swetha was selling domains like Arabi.xyz for 795 GBP, Humans.xyz for 1750 USD, Zeni.xyz for 1200 USD, Rethink.xyz for 1000 USD, and many more. For most investors, these were low sale amounts that were not worth the effort, and could be duplicated in other popular extensions with less effort. However, I saw an opportunity to sell at a volume similar to promo registrations. Additionally, the .xyz registry was offering 0.99 registration promos, making the risk low compared to potential rewards.
When I noticed the first sign of removed premium renewal/registration price at the registry, I began my research and discovered that many nice one-word .xyz domains and strong two-word domains were dropping every day, and the only catchers at the time were West.xyz and Dynadot. After additional research using whois, I found that 90% of drops went to DomainNameGear, aka Swetha.
I started using west.xyz to backorder .xyz domains, but Swetha always outbid me, and I didn't have the budget at the time to keep up with her at auctions. To be fair, I think it was me and a few Chinese investors bidding at west.xyz. I lost domains like
On the other hand, I shifted my focus to catching .xyz domains at Dynadot using PC catching software, and to my surprise, I started catching some nice domains like
Here is where I made my mistake. I completed dental college and started my internship and decided to prioritize my time to focus on my internship, which led me to completely abandon catching .xyz domains and focus on my domaining core business in my free time. After completing my internship, I had to join the army, and unfortunately, my brother forgot to renew my Dynadot domains, causing me to lose a couple of my premium .xyz domains. It was a frustrating and costly mistake, but it taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of managing my domain portfolio properly.
I'm sharing this backstory to provide context to the success story of a fellow domain investor who had an extraordinary run with .xyz domains. While she was certainly fortunate, her success resulted from her strong belief in the extension's value, as well as her strategic thinking and ability to develop a formula to scale her portfolio with high quality and low registration costs. She also focused on selling cheap to improve the .xyz poor STR at the time. Gradually, when web3/NFT/crypto booms emerged, she was already well positioned with thousands of premium .xyz domains.
However, it's worth noting that comparing .xyz to .com domains is somewhat absurd. For example, Green.com has the potential to be sold for 7 to 8 figures, while Green.xyz, Green.io, Green.co, and Green.de may have the potential to be sold for six figures. Hypothetically, if a single one-word .xyz domain were to sell for six figures, it still wouldn't necessarily exceed .com in sales. Therefore, making predictions about the future dominance of any well-established extension is simply fictitious.
In conclusion, I wanted to share this story to emphasize the importance of strategic thinking and the ability to adapt to changing market trends in the domain investing community. And now, it's time for me to rest.
In December 2018, I came across a thread on NamePros sales report where Swetha, also known as @DNGear, was selling a few single-word domains and strong two-keyword domains for a range between mid three figures to low four figures. At that time, I wasn't interested in her sales, as I was making good money in promotions and CCTLDs. However, after a few .xyz reports, I decided to explore it as I liked the extension. After conducting a quick analysis, I discovered that the XYZ registry had removed the premium renewal/registration price from all newly dropped domains, indicating a great opportunity.
The reasons many domain investors abandoned .xyz domains were evident at that time. It was a new extension with less trust from end-users. The registry had greedy premium prices, and the initial Chinese .xyz auctions had potential scam sales, which sold for mid five figures to six figures at West.cn to generate hype in 2015. At the same time, single-word premium domains sold for three figures at NameJet and Flippa. The one cent promotion gave the extension a reputation for spam and scam. Most importantly, there was a low return for investors as there was less interest in buying a single .xyz domain and selling it for three figures or low four figures.
If you track the sales reports at that time, Swetha was selling domains like Arabi.xyz for 795 GBP, Humans.xyz for 1750 USD, Zeni.xyz for 1200 USD, Rethink.xyz for 1000 USD, and many more. For most investors, these were low sale amounts that were not worth the effort, and could be duplicated in other popular extensions with less effort. However, I saw an opportunity to sell at a volume similar to promo registrations. Additionally, the .xyz registry was offering 0.99 registration promos, making the risk low compared to potential rewards.
When I noticed the first sign of removed premium renewal/registration price at the registry, I began my research and discovered that many nice one-word .xyz domains and strong two-word domains were dropping every day, and the only catchers at the time were West.xyz and Dynadot. After additional research using whois, I found that 90% of drops went to DomainNameGear, aka Swetha.
I started using west.xyz to backorder .xyz domains, but Swetha always outbid me, and I didn't have the budget at the time to keep up with her at auctions. To be fair, I think it was me and a few Chinese investors bidding at west.xyz. I lost domains like
phase, swarm, dairy, and stork, but I won domains like hometown, bookings, homecare, and blueberry.On the other hand, I shifted my focus to catching .xyz domains at Dynadot using PC catching software, and to my surprise, I started catching some nice domains like
profession and many more. I think at this time, Swetha stopped sharing sales to calm the competition.Here is where I made my mistake. I completed dental college and started my internship and decided to prioritize my time to focus on my internship, which led me to completely abandon catching .xyz domains and focus on my domaining core business in my free time. After completing my internship, I had to join the army, and unfortunately, my brother forgot to renew my Dynadot domains, causing me to lose a couple of my premium .xyz domains. It was a frustrating and costly mistake, but it taught me a valuable lesson about the importance of managing my domain portfolio properly.
I'm sharing this backstory to provide context to the success story of a fellow domain investor who had an extraordinary run with .xyz domains. While she was certainly fortunate, her success resulted from her strong belief in the extension's value, as well as her strategic thinking and ability to develop a formula to scale her portfolio with high quality and low registration costs. She also focused on selling cheap to improve the .xyz poor STR at the time. Gradually, when web3/NFT/crypto booms emerged, she was already well positioned with thousands of premium .xyz domains.
However, it's worth noting that comparing .xyz to .com domains is somewhat absurd. For example, Green.com has the potential to be sold for 7 to 8 figures, while Green.xyz, Green.io, Green.co, and Green.de may have the potential to be sold for six figures. Hypothetically, if a single one-word .xyz domain were to sell for six figures, it still wouldn't necessarily exceed .com in sales. Therefore, making predictions about the future dominance of any well-established extension is simply fictitious.
In conclusion, I wanted to share this story to emphasize the importance of strategic thinking and the ability to adapt to changing market trends in the domain investing community. And now, it's time for me to rest.
