discuss What you think of .XYZ domains

[vntornado]

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Aren't some of the renewals for .xyz in the hundreds to thousands of dollar range? Perhaps I misunderstood on the registrars some of their renewal prices, but it seemed that .xzy had some of the highest renewal prices I had ever seen.

You can download in spreadsheet form the xyz premium list with prices, either all premium names or the ones available to register.
https://gen.xyz/premiums

Many words are not premium, and once registered the registry seems to respect not reclassifying unless the name drops. Therefore there are many superb names with the $10 standard renewal fee.

I believe it is true that of her almost 20,000 xyz Swetha holds only a single one with a premium renewal fee. That gives some idea of how many superb names are available at standard renewal.

It is hard to get good names available to hand register, but sometimes can get good ones at reasonable prices in auction. Make sure to check that the renewal is standard, though.

While not all names in xyz are sold to web3 startups, many are. Therefore concentrate on a word that would be a good name for a web3 startup.

The top sale in the DNJournal issue just out is an xyz.

Bob

PS I have analyzed XYZ twice in the blog:

What Sells In XYZ?
The Last 12 Months of XYZ Sales

 

[VadimK]

Read mine too and my actual question, this question comes from many K sales on 2 keyword domains reported , at the extension of .xyz
Do you personally value xyz as an extension for any keywords or not at all , that's the question.

My question is so simple you made it a long thread of no answers and non sense , wasting my yours and probably mods time watching over this.

A question on a general discussion topic of forum is to be helped by better people in the industry supposedly , in this particular thread you've been answering whatever random shit guys and girls wanted to and down voting me for no reason, I hope you're proud of who you are today.
I didn't ask you for if I should buy groceries, I didn't ask for name length that a XYZ must have.

Dude, it's just the way you formulated the initial question is pretty stupid and when people trying to explain it to you, you get aggresive.

''What do you think of .xyz domains'' - well, it's just an extension, just like any other. Some people make money with it, others don't. The majority of experienced domaines do chip in, buying major keywords and combinations. But it doesn't mean that I personally value it the same way I value dot com. I would buy a combo with the word ''crypto'' for xyz, but I wouldn't buy a combo with the word ''food'' in it (which is a very popular keyword in com too).. So, I do think that xyz has potential, but not nearly dot com, only in certain niches.

 

[Fancy.domains]

yzjanet9er.xyz 961 USD

Lol there are more these fakes.. Nobody buys that above for 900+ loool

Maybe I make thread out of this now

1. $158 ?! - https://namebio.com/yzjanet9er.xyz

2. Sold via Dynadot. Nothing to do with Swetha, as far as I know. I agree that this is a bizarre sale, but there have been many many many bizarre .COM sales as well.

 

[VadimK]

Again read my question and if you have a reply for this as a professional, perhaps by experience, comment and I'll be more than thankful to learn , I don't need the extras if I can buy groceries for 20$ , if me or anyone can afford xyz renewals that are 10$ etc..I don't care about all that.

Ok, I am out of here. I value my time too much to spend it with idiots.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

While .xyz did well in its first two years, prior to the ill-fated penny offer. It came back in recent years for several reasons, including the branding move toward single-word names, and the dearth of single-word .com within startup budgets.

The web3 association played a critical role though:

The extension has come to be associated with Web3 largely because the XYZ CEO, Daniel Negari, proposed, back in 2018, an association between XYZ and the Ethereum Name Service, ENS. It was officially announced Sept 5, 2018 by Ethereum founder Nick Johnson.

Initially ENS worked only with .eth extension names, but now works with many other TLDs that support DNSSEC, including .com, .net and many new gTLDs.

On the XYZ blog many Web3 businesses on .xyz domain names are featured.

To give a feel for the type of Web3 startups that are using .xyz, check out sites like mirror.xyz, agora.xyz, arcade.xyz and universe.xyz. I am not endorsing these, or any, site, simply using them as examples.

A recent Web3 initiative by XYZ is Eth.xyz. It allows you to automatically link your authorized NFTs to your ENS profile. Read more about it, and see some examples, at eth.xyz.

Probably the recent TechCrunch article WTF is .xyz? will spur familiarity for the extension among the general public, as well as its association with Web3.

The systematic and impressive work by Swetha to acquire many of the best .xyz names, and to price them at a level recognizing the worth that she saw in them, has no doubt contributed much. Web3 startups expect to pay a solid price for .xyz, but not as much as they would pay for the same term in .com.

-Bob

 

[wilbertti]

yzjanet9er.xyz 961 USD

Lol there are more these fakes.. Nobody buys that above for 900+ loool

Maybe I make thread out of this now

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

I mean I see a lot of cool valuable words sell on .XYZ for many thousands , but I personally think it's junk (and I might be wrong) so I want to know what others think of .XYZ
As for renewing, the main advice I'm seeing is if it doesn't sell in a year let it go for any TLD's. So you could get 20 x 2$ XYZ domains for a year and if one sells for 50-200 you're good , you can let the others drop.

As far as I'm concerned, at this point with the economy 20 x $2 buys the groceries, not domains. Even the $1 sales no longer are of interest to me. I've adopted the rule of "No Domain Sales, No Domain Buying."
That's not to say that's the answer for others. If you are finding success with your sales, great. Or, if you have plenty of money and want to speculate, that your choice. You could be successful. My feeling is that I'll bet on the groceries instead.

 

[Fancy.domains]

I have old many (about 50) one-word .XYZs for mid $xxx to mid $xxxx, and obviously I'm happy with that.

But would I use a .XYZ for a website myself?

- Probably not. I prefer a .COM or a new gTLD combo, like my user name.

Do I believe the success with .XYZ will continue?!

- I'm not sure. I think the demand might decrease in a few years. But I might be wrong.

 

[VadimK]

I didn't downvote you, but I guess it's due to the fact that there are quite a few threads on the subject, with a one central one: https://www.namepros.com/threads/xy...ion-news-debates.889882/page-118#post-8731944
Folks here don't really like when the same question is being asked over and over.

Renewal cost of /xyz is $9,99 with Epik, similar to dot com.

I agree with a previous comment that it's late to start buying xyz now, if you haven't started it 1-2 years ago.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

No at least in namecheap specifically is 2$ now and 20$ something per year.

These were when some .xyz were listed as premium domains for sale. and their renewal costs appeared very high. The whole process of declaring them as premium and having the higher renewal costs seemed curious.

 

[enterscope]

I remember a couple years ago when you couldn't give XYZ domains away.

 

[VadimK]

I didn't ask if it's late for buying xyz , I just asked if you think this extension is worthy as it is for any 1 or 2 cool popular keywords

Read my lips: IT'S WORTH IT IF BOUGHT AT A RIGHT TIME (which was 1-2 years ago). BUYING ANY 1-2-3-5 WORDS IN XYZ RIGHT NOW IS USELESS, IMO.

 

[Mytz.com]

I no have any xyz...

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Perhaps it would help if you started with what your views are on the matter.
For myself, I'm not inclined to buy domains that have potentially very high renewal costs.

It is nice, though, that recently I was able to get the domain name of one of my favorite saints in xyz, at one of those very low sale prices. My interest is more in developing it in a very small, non-profit site, even for a year or so.
Some really nice names, unavailable in the top TLDs, sometimes can be found there.

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

Your wrong
https://tldes.com/xyz
And she is a lady not a man
Your to late to the party.imo

 

[-EM-]

I mean I see a lot of cool valuable words sell on .XYZ for many thousands , but I personally think it's junk (and I might be wrong) so I want to know what others think of .XYZ
As for renewing, the main advice I'm seeing is if it doesn't sell in a year let it go for any TLD's. So you could get 20 x 2$ XYZ domains for a year and if one sells for 50-200 you're good , you can let the others drop.

It's not junk if you can make money. Use that strategy and if it works for you, do it again.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Do you think miamihotels.com can sell for more than hotel.xyz or hotels.xyz ?
(Hypothetical domains)

Yes, .COM is still King, and that fact is easy to monitor and confirm via Namebio etc.

Another factor is potential high renewals. As you know, some .XYZ names have very high renewal prices.

 

[wilbertti]

as for the downvotes , i guess its ok to be able to bring down someone just because you disagree or you're a big loser or a bitter person in life, a forum medal is all you got and that's all dead it doesn't mean you are actually anything valuable for anyone in life.

I can send you his bio its outrageous, the same guy has account too here in namepros. He/SHE is not legitimate seller..

 

[vntornado]

Perhaps it would help if you started with what your views are on the matter.
For myself, I'm not inclined to buy domains that have potentially very high renewal costs.

It is nice, though, that recently I was able to get the domain name of one of my favorite saints in xyz, at one of those very low sale prices. My interest is more in developing it in a very small, non-profit site, even for a year or so.
Some really nice names, unavailable in the top TLDs, sometimes can be found there.

I mean I see a lot of cool valuable words sell on .XYZ for many thousands , but I personally think it's junk (and I might be wrong) so I want to know what others think of .XYZ
As for renewing, the main advice I'm seeing is if it doesn't sell in a year let it go for any TLD's. So you could get 20 x 2$ XYZ domains for a year and if one sells for 50-200 you're good , you can let the others drop.

 

[vntornado]

As far as I'm concerned, at this point with the economy 20 x $2 buys the groceries, not domains. Even the $1 sales no longer are of interest to me. I've adopted the rule of "No Domain Sales, No Domain Buying."
That's not to say that's the answer for others. If you are finding success with your sales, great. Or, if you have plenty of money and want to speculate, that your choice. You could be successful. My feeling is that I'll bet on the groceries instead.

LoL well but this isn't the economy and cost management forum man , trust me I wouldn't bother with this niche forum if I wanted completely abstract inputs and discussions like this or existential philosophical issues , these are non of my concerns in a "domain general discussion" forum section.

All I asked is if you guys think .xyz extension is any valuable or worth to invest.

 

[vntornado]

Also 7 downvotes for what ? Wasn't your day good enough 7 people ?

 

[vntornado]

As far as I'm concerned, at this point with the economy 20 x $2 buys the groceries, not domains. Even the $1 sales no longer are of interest to me. I've adopted the rule of "No Domain Sales, No Domain Buying."
That's not to say that's the answer for others. If you are finding success with your sales, great. Or, if you have plenty of money and want to speculate, that your choice. You could be successful. My feeling is that I'll bet on the groceries instead.

Just to clarify , .XYZ registration costs 2$ and renewal is 20$ , that isn't any pricing exaggeration.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

Renewal cost of /xyz is $9,99 with Epik, similar to dot com.

I agree with a previous comment that it's late to start buying xyz now, if you haven't started it 1-2 years ago.

Aren't some of the renewals for .xyz in the hundreds to thousands of dollar range? Perhaps I misunderstood on the registrars some of their renewal prices, but it seemed that .xzy had some of the highest renewal prices I had ever seen.

 

[LoveCatchyDomains]

"The default price for . xyz domains is $10 per year to create, renew, and transfer, including ICANN fees."

Am I talking with professional domainers here or with trollers ?

I apologize for answering to this thread and apparently not being helpful. I won't bother you anymore. Sorry.

 

[VadimK]

Aren't some of the renewals for .xyz in the hundreds to thousands of dollar range? Perhaps I misunderstood on the registrars some of their renewal prices, but it seemed that .xzy had some of the highest renewal prices I had ever seen.

Their ''premium'' words - yes, I think hundreds in renewals, but I am talking about a ''normal'' ones, 95% of regular stuff.