Time to invest .xyz

[Domain Monk]

After google decision is it worth investing in xyz extension? Will it's value increase?

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

Rick Schwartz Invested in .XYZ !!!

 

[bigdomainer]

Here is what I have so far:

DOMAINCRAZE.XYZ
PLAYOFFS.XYZ
DIRECTORIES.XYZ
DOMAINDIRECTORY.XYZ
MINISTERS.XYZ
SUBS.XYZ

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

This is nothing new. Companies have been registering other then .COM domains for a long time (mostly defensive).
But for the sake of argument, I would like to point out that Facebook, Google, Amazon, Overstock, Godaddy, Taco Bell, and many other larger companies have and use .CO domain names.
FB (dot) CO (forwards to FaceBook)
TA (dot) CO (forwards to Taco Bell)
G (dot) CO (is used by Google along with GOO (dot) GL)
A (dot) CO (forwards to Amazon)
O (dot) CO (forwards to Overstock... and they even attempted to re-brand with it at one time)

What you have pointed out is useless because these kinds of registrations have been made across a wide variety of domain extensions. We mostly refer to them as "defensive registrations" and it a sticking point for some of the people here who think that nTLDs are conning large corporations/businesses out of $$$ for defensive
registrations.

Let me bring this full circle so that there is no misunderstanding here. The moment one of these *BIG* companies (lets say XYZ since we are under that thread) uses a given extension for *MAJOR* project or re-brand is the moment that the nTLD will be thrust into the spotlight.
For this to happen (which Overstock tried and failed), it would require a massive amount of capital being invested into this entity.
For all your arguments, Google has not invested intensively
into XYZ... it made a landing page.

FaceBook utilized one of their programmers domain name as a portal for a live feed... once!
Other sites have redirects to their normal .COM sites which can be seen across many extensions.

Nothing listed above is going to reshape the domain extensions as we know it. It will take a full on capital investment either for a new start up that takes off or for a total re-brand of an existing company.
Probably not best to hold your breath for a re-brand.

With startups.... they have literally thousands of extensions to chose from.
Many people will argue that .IO is the extension for startups.
The point is that it can be any extension out there and could happen (if it does) at any time.

Dont waste your time or money registering second tier domain names. If you are going to play the nTLD game... do yourself a favor and ONLY register category killer domain names. If they are not available in a given extension... they another extension.... there are hundreds/thousands out there with more to come.

*Edit* "Rick Schwartz Invested in .XYZ !!!"
Rick Schwartz has also invested in many other extensions. XYZ is only one extension. Didnt he also have Flowers (dot) Mobi in which he got burned on big time?
Just saying

Cheers

Haha did .Mobi have one billion registered domains?

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

I agree some large capitol has to be thrown down to get XYZ in the lime light.

 

[Dondomainer]

This is nothing new. Companies have been registering other then .COM domains for a long time (mostly defensive).
But for the sake of argument, I would like to point out that Facebook, Google, Amazon, Overstock, Godaddy, Taco Bell, and many other larger companies have and use .CO domain names.
FB (dot) CO (forwards to FaceBook)
TA (dot) CO (forwards to Taco Bell)
G (dot) CO (is used by Google along with GOO (dot) GL)
A (dot) CO (forwards to Amazon)
O (dot) CO (forwards to Overstock... and they even attempted to re-brand with it at one time)

What you have pointed out is useless because these kinds of registrations have been made across a wide variety of domain extensions. We mostly refer to them as "defensive registrations" and it a sticking point for some of the people here who think that nTLDs are conning large corporations/businesses out of $$$ for defensive registrations.

Let me bring this full circle so that there is no misunderstanding here. The moment one of these *BIG* companies (lets say XYZ since we are under that thread) uses a given extension for *MAJOR* project or re-brand is the moment that the nTLD will be thrust into the spotlight.
For this to happen (which Overstock tried and failed), it would require a massive amount of capital being invested into this entity.
For all your arguments, Google has not invested intensively into XYZ... it made a landing page.
FaceBook utilized one of their programmers domain name as a portal for a live feed... once!
Other sites have redirects to their normal .COM sites which can be seen across many extensions.

Nothing listed above is going to reshape the domain extensions as we know it. It will take a full on capital investment either for a new start up that takes off or for a total re-brand of an existing company.
Probably not best to hold your breath for a re-brand.

With startups.... they have literally thousands of extensions to chose from.
Many people will argue that .IO is the extension for startups.
The point is that it can be any extension out there and could happen (if it does) at any time.

Dont waste your time or money registering second tier domain names. If you are going to play the nTLD game... do yourself a favor and ONLY register category killer domain names. If they are not available in a given extension... they another extension.... there are hundreds/thousands out there with more to come.

*Edit* "Rick Schwartz Invested in .XYZ !!!"
Rick Schwartz has also invested in many other extensions. XYZ is only one extension. Didnt he also have Flowers (dot) Mobi in which he got burned on big time?
Just saying

Cheers

I agree, re-mark It is not an option for established companies, but for new businesses is the best option, until now, many services and domains (.com, .co ) are monopolized by a few companies, but internet markets are growing always, We have not seen everything you would expect from a search engine, video website, online shopping, cloud and other products and services, so think that the game will not change It is like saying that internet is always what it is today.

About IO, IO is assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory, like .co to Colombia, but .xyz not mean anything.

What I see ?

I see Fear.

 

[jedaprin]

Lol I was Searching for Playoff.xyz I guess you beat me to the name :P
and the only way i would buy one of those site is unless it was epic like
Zuckerberg.fb.co
Amazing.a.co
Search.G.co

 

[ChubbyDfat]

I agree, re-mark It is not an option for established companies, but for new businesses is the best option, until now, many services and domains (.com, .co ) are monopolized by a few companies, but internet markets are growing always, We have not seen everything you would expect from a search engine, video website, online shopping, cloud and other products and services, so think that the game will not change It is like saying that internet is always what it is today.

About IO, IO is assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory, like .co to Colombia, but .xyz not mean anything.

What I see ?

I see Fear.

Fear? Was that directed towards me? Have you looked at my signature of late?
I am a big fan of nTLDs, I have many and I realized a while back that it is the perfect opportunity to grab CATEGORY KILLER or ultra rare domains, the likes of which I would never be able to own in .COM/.NET/.ORG/.CO.

As far as XYZ being the best option for startups... I think you missed my point. I pointed out that there are over 1,000 (with more coming out all the time) TLDs in which a new business has to choose from.
If you really look at the list you will see that there are many extensions that are ambiguous as to its content (like XYZ). There are many more who have not come out yet that will be ambiguous as well.

If you go back and read some of my old comments you will see exactly why I do not care for XYZ in its self and it has to do with the owner.
There is proof out there that he has lied, he has cheated, he has misrepresented, and has engaged in outright fabrication/manipulation of numbers on many levels.
Yes, you can say that the domains that they just inserted into peoples accounts have gone away, but one could be quick to point out that the new ploy is domains for about 50 cents (in Japan) which now makes up the bulk of their recent registrations.
There is also evidence that the registry has registered names to itself (not talking about reserved certain names... but registered names to bump up the number).

If this was a company and I was an investor... they would be in deep do do for "cooking the books", "fudging the numbers" to make themselves appear bigger and better then they are.
Its no real secret that they have done it... it has made the news when they first launched.
They seem to be getting more creative about doing it now but it seems to still be going on.

Go ahead and continue to beat the XYZ drum, it really makes no difference to me.
For someone like Jedaprin, this is why I make my comments. I just hope that he reads what I write and does the actual footwork for himself.
If he takes a moment and looks at my signature, each one of those names (good or bad), have been purchased for reg. fee with reg. fee renewals.
In my opinion, great names can be had... just need to look outside of one singular extension and try them all.

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers

 

[jedaprin]

YEa those are some premium ones A.How W.How there good names
I dont normally just splurge cash on things. I just got a gut feeling these might be the new wave of domains people might prefer, Even if it is manipulated numbers it still has everyone talking and investing more and more daily, Im happy with what i got but im going to need to sell quite a few to renew the premium ones i plan on keeping.

The Extention .xyz Sounds Cutting Edge, New and Uncharted its slowly gaining more popularity and i feel it will become just as popular as .net .org .co as long as nothing major happens

there's a famous quote from a famous guy
A Good Extension is worth a million domains

 

[SeriousName.com]

I haven't been marketing my xyz names, though I've had a company in France contact me for an xyz name still in negotiations, right now its low mid $x,xxx. Also i've recently this week had an offer on another xyz domain for undisclosed amount. I don't normally chime in on these types of convos, but to say this extension is worthless just isn't true.

 

[Atomic Domains]

imo

.xyz is in the same category as .top. Over 90% of my spam comes from a .xyz domain.

There are better places to put your money than .xyz.

 

[Dondomainer]

imo

.xyz is in the same category as .top. Over 90% of my spam comes from a .xyz domain.

There are better places to put your money than .xyz.

like what ?

 

[Atomic Domains]

like what ?

.club for example, a solid new gtld with solid sales.

.xyz is a joke. The inflated numbers, spam, etc...

Google will eventually be using abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com over abc.xyz... Says a lot..

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

If that's what you believe my friend then thats awesome for you. Go buy another name like coffee or wine .CLUB ... But for the people holding up and waiting for the big return good luck to all of us ! I personally think the overpopulation will draw the GTLD's further then TLD and ... .xyz is the Number one GTLD so hang your hats on that fact

 

[JB Lions]

.xyz is the Number one GTLD so hang your hats on that fact

In reg numbers, but how does reg numbers equate to money in the bank? Domaining is buying and selling, and from reported sales, .club is the only one I see being consistent. Do this homework for today. Head over to Namebio, DNPrices, plug in .club and .xyz and tell me number of sales over $1,000.

I'll do one for you, Namebio, sales over $1,000

.club - 91
.xyz - 7

and that's with .xyz having 4 times the number of regs. You guys with all these .xyzs gotta get those sales poppin. Let's go.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

It's not time my friend ... I keep saying that. XYZ has yet to reach its full peak.

 

[Dondomainer]

Strategy. ( I think )

e.g : LTD.com vs LTD. any extension

LTD.com = Reserve Auction Price +55,555

But obviously the final price will be much higher, So not all businesses have that money to burn on a domain name, but also, it should be added the cost of developing your software, plus hosting, plus advertising, in the end, will most likely that the domain name cost more than your own software, see a clear example of sex.com Bankruptcy.

This is the business of .com, High prices that end up destroying business, good domains with garbage service. Not thanks.

 

[jedaprin]

.Club Sounds ok but it can only be bound to so many things like Gay.Club, Fun.Club, RubandTug.club
Xyz covers all subjects in general because it has no meaning, Deos .com Mean anything i still have yet to find an answer to that one,

I personally would rather own Spend.xyz Than Spend.club
By the way .club and .space is on sale at name cheap and .tech is on sale to

 

[JB Lions]

Strategy. ( I think )

e.g : LTD.com vs LTD. any extension

LTD.com = Reserve Auction Price +55,555

But obviously the final price will be much higher, So not all businesses have that money to burn on a domain name, but also, it should be added the cost of developing your software, plus hosting, plus advertising, in the end, will most likely that the domain name cost more than your own software, see a clear example of sex.com Bankruptcy.

This is the business of .com, High prices that end up destroying business, good domains with garbage service. Not thanks.

What are you even taking about. Hosting, advertising, developing software, whatever goes into running a business, is across the board. It'll be harder for advertising when you're on some extension nobody has heard of, that might leak traffic to a .com etc. Some businesses can afford higher priced domains. For those that can't, you can get good domains for a few thousand or make up some name for reg fee.

 

[Alessandro Couteau]

What are you even taking about. Hosting, advertising, developing software, whatever goes into running a business, is across the board. It'll be harder for advertising when you're on some extension nobody has heard of, that might leak traffic to a .com etc. Some businesses can afford higher priced domains. For those that can't, you can get good domains for a few thousand or make up some name for reg fee.

You just proved my point... %40 of TLD such as .com, .net, and .org are what you just said, made up names... This just proves that .com and all TLDs are overpopulated. The fact you said no one has not heard of XYZ doesn't make too much sense as everyone who is in our industry of domains and Internet Realestate knows what XYZ is. I mean Verasign is the one bringing there publicity ! And you can bet Daniel Negari is laughing away ...

 

[phantasmagoria]

are these #'s correct?

registered.today/?tld=xyz

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