The .xyz registry seems quite influential

[789.xyz]

Just discovered that all platform accounts of the XYZ Domain Registry are XYZ.
Also have xyz .com, xyz .xyz in hand.
twitter .com/xyz
instagram .com/xyz
facebook .com/xyz
threads .net/@xyz

There are often high-priced transactions involving the Indian queen Swetha on the xyz platform, and online rumors suggest that this might be orchestrated by the xyz registry itself. For instance, the $100,000 sale of SPORTSBET .XYZ in May 2022 seems quite suspicious. Given the xyz registry's influence, this kind of speculation could very well be true.

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

What "serious" crypto company or project (who else is buying xyz-names?) is going to call themselves Boss? Interval, otoh, why not. That's the only thing I'm looking at. I don't give a rat's ass who the seller is.

Boss is more relevant & precise brandable imho since The word "boss" can convey ideas of leadership, authority, and being in charge - qualities that could appeal in the decentralized crypto space.

This is like someone says what serious company or project is going to call themselves 'bull' while bull.xyz sold for 200k$ in past.Its buyer who choose the brand name while the unhappy sellers can criticize everything here.


Peace.

 

[MKA]

I don't give a rat's ass who the seller is.

But the seller does matters. Whether you want to attribute it to skillful marketing and negotiation, or some form of behind-the-scenes market manipulation doesn't matter. There's a hard discrepancy between good domains sold by Swetha and good domains sold by anyone else. So if you're "anyone else" then the non-Swetha sales should be more relevant to you.

 

[Jannes]

But the seller does matters. Whether you want to attribute it to skillful marketing and negotiation, or some form of behind-the-scenes market manipulation doesn't matter. There's a hard discrepancy between good domains sold by Swetha and good domains sold by anyone else. So if you're "anyone else" then the non-Swetha sales should be more relevant to you.

Fair enough, but could be as simple as pricing high vs low (=understanding the buyer pool or not).

 

[789.xyz]

But the seller does matters. Whether you want to attribute it to skillful marketing and negotiation, or some form of behind-the-scenes market manipulation doesn't matter. There's a hard discrepancy between good domains sold by Swetha and good domains sold by anyone else. So if you're "anyone else" then the non-Swetha sales should be more relevant to you.

Fair enough, but could be as simple as pricing high vs low (=understanding the buyer pool or not).

Swetha just closed her account. Because she felt that there were many rumors about her in the forum. Unfortunately.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Another huge loss. There is 100 people to take her place. Quantity>quality
To stay on topic, the investor holding 888.xyz sure has a lot of unregistered names for sale at dan.com. Prolly forgets to remove their listings. You know how it is.
See you at the other places Swetha

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Just switching between Dan, Afternic, and Efty landers every few days.

Is this an effective strategy to increase sales for .xyz or even any other domain? Or does Google stop indexing them or even potentially adds them to the spam list after a while?

Compared to other non-legacy tlds, .xyz seems to have had more prominence on the web. Do frequent DNS changes help? Improves ranking, maybe, in some cases?

 

[Kyle Tully]

You can do it individually (assuming you have the links ready), but for 20,000 domains that's not feasible.

Bulk edit. 3 seconds. I can’t take you seriously if you don’t understand this basic element of domain management.

But we're specifically talking Swetha's sales. If renewal prices don't matter that much then there was no reason for you to even question the renewal price of boss.xyz as a reason for why it sold for $1,125 when halo.xyz sold for $85,000.

Boss was a sedo auction which are generally more wholesale than retail.

She doesn't own the best names, she owns some good names. 20,000 isn't a lot in this context.

The simple fact that she has sold more names to crypto companies than anyone else proves my point.

The fact that you still don’t understand the difference between wholesale and retail markets is quite amusing.

 

[Kyle Tully]

Is this an effective strategy to increase sales for .xyz or even any other domain? Or does Google stop indexing them or even potentially adds them to the spam list after a while?

Compared to other non-legacy tlds, .xyz seems to have had more prominence on the web. Do frequent DNS changes help? Improves ranking, maybe, in some cases?

Some potential buyers either manually visit the website or setup alerts for Whois/DNS changes. It’s common knowledge in the domain world that changing nameservers from time to time triggers a flurry of visits/enquiries.

 

[DNAAS]

Some potential buyers either manually visit the website or setup alerts for Whois/DNS changes. It’s common knowledge in the domain world that changing nameservers from time to time triggers a flurry of visits/enquiries.

I was not aware of that and makes sense.
I always get sales which of course abandon on Sedo after adding them on - but I don't use their NS but do have a txt DNS

Maybe I should move them more. Will give it a go

Really not sure about this anti-Swetha bias/hatred just because she is doing so well - well above these men.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

I was not aware of that and makes sense.
I always get sales which of course abandon on Sedo after adding them on - but I don't use their NS but do have a txt DNS

Maybe I should move them more. Will give it a go

Really not sure about this anti-Swetha bias/hatred just because she is doing so well - well above these men.

Well, perhaps that is one of her winning strategies.

And I will always admire the fact that, as a female domainer, Swetha really has made tremendous progress in what seems to be an otherwise male-dominated field.

 

[Kyle Tully]

Well, perhaps that is one of her winning strategies.

I just randomly checked a few of her names and yes she is likely doing this on the entire portfolio as a very deliberate strategy.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

I just randomly checked a few of her names and yes she is likely doing this on the entire portfolio as a very deliberate strategy.

Wow! So frequent marketplace rotation may be partly why .xyz has been so influential? In some respects, doesn't thsat force them to compete with one another?

Think about it. If any one given marketplace wants to have as many of a domain seller's listings, they would know that they need to make the sales happen to get more "DNS" exposure from that individual?

That seems to be a very powerful strategy. Otherwise, if a domain seller purely commits to one marketplace for an extended period of time, then the motivation for that platform to make the sale is less. After all, wouldn't the traffic generated to their marketplace be potentially more valuable than the actual commission from a sale?

Thanks, Kyle, for checking!

 

[Kyle Tully]

It also lowers your payment risk as you’ve got money coming in from different places.

 

[DNAAS]

Rotation 1 of my NS experiment has begun

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Rotation 1 of my NS experiment has begun

So now you can see if this makes YOU more influential!

It would be curious to see if successful .xyz sellers in general have used a similar DNS-rotation strategy, and with what marketplaces.

 

[Kyle Tully]

It would be curious to see if successful .xyz sellers in general have used a similar DNS-rotation strategy, and with what marketplaces.

This isn't an xyz thing

 

[DNAAS]

So now you can see if this makes YOU more influential!

It would be curious to see if successful .xyz sellers in general have used a similar DNS-rotation strategy, and with what marketplaces.

I am influential dammit!!!

I checked with my wife - I am allowed to say that!

 

[MadAboutDomains]

There is one thing that I am certain of, and that is that .XYZ domain names are utter and generally dealt with by cry babies. Most names are spam.

Just my honest opinion and two cents regarding the influence of XYZ and their domains.

Have a great day one and all

 

[DNAAS]

There is one thing that I am certain of, and that is that .XYZ domain names are utter and generally dealt with by cry babies.

Just my honest opinion and two cents regarding the influence of XYZ and their domains.

Have a great day one and all

What an amazing generalisation about a tld!
How do people get so emotive over tlds?

 

[MadAboutDomains]

What an amazing generalisation about a tld!
How do people get so emotive over tlds?

Check spam stats and XYZ always features. Nobody trusts it. It's doo doo central.

The second thing is absolutely and utterly true, just look at this thread.