.XYZ below 5 million. Dropped 168k today

[Fancy.domains]

According to Domainpunch, .xyz today dropped 168170 names and is now below 5 million in total. Maybe not much of a news update, but just FYI.

 

[Fancy.domains]

It will be interesting to see if most of these investors dropping them will give up on domaining altogether or look to .com. If .top and others experience the same thing, maybe this could give .com a new boost.

Most domain that are dropped now are like "cat234.xyz", "cat235.xyz" and so on. Totally stupid names, that not even are registered as .com.

 

[CJ6]

Most domain that are dropped now are like "cat234.xyz", "cat235.xyz" and so on. Totally stupid names, that not even are registered as .com.

I have seen some (well known) city names on an expiring list earlier this week. Someone picked them up, so they won't be dropping.

 

[Fancy.domains]

I have seen some (well known) city names on an expiring list earlier this week. Someone picked them up, so they won't be dropping.

Yep, a very few good names among tens of thousands of crappy ones.

 

[JB Lions]

Before the weekend it looks like, tomorrow Friday, another big drop, -212,000+, now 4,001,582 - https://namestat.org/xyz

Upcoming deletes up -
Upcoming Deletes:
945,584 (16.81%)
https://ntldstats.com/tld/xyz

-250,296
Total Domains 3,751,286
https://namestat.org/xyz

Upcoming Deletes:
1,022,410 (18.19%)
https://ntldstats.com/tld/xyz

It was about 2.8 million regs before that penny promotion.

 

[alcy]

at this stage most people woudln't even bother with xyz even if it was free.. or the very close to free 1cent promo imo

 

[EmotiveDomains]

Was always going to happen.

 

[CJ6]

Was always going to happen.

I think everyone expected it. The question is how many will stay registered in about 2 years from now.

I'm curious what kind of goofy birthday stunt will occur next year by Daniel.

 

[jmcc]

It was about 2.8 million regs before that penny promotion.

The total exposure is about 3.37 million for the period of the 1c promotion.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Fancy.domains]

at this stage most people woudln't even bother with xyz even if it was free.. or the very close to free 1cent promo imo

Have sold .xyz for about 10K. Just sold one to a member here, about 24 hours ago.

It is up to the names

 

[bmugford]

at this stage most people woudln't even bother with xyz even if it was free.. or the very close to free 1cent promo imo

I will consider regging some when they start paying me

Brad

 

[Mark White]

google likes .xyz as well. I'm late to the party, but holding tight. imo, somethings up!

 

[NigelD]

I will consider regging some when they start paying me

Brad

agreed - but it would have to be more than a cent

 

[Marka]

who remember .top 168K drop? newgtld losing grounds. .com 4ever

 

[jmcc]

who remember .top 168K drop? newgtld losing grounds. .com 4ever

Actually some of them are not doing too badly. The focus at the moment is on the deleting domain names but there are still new domain names being registered in the new gTLDs.

Rough cumulatives for the new gTLDs:
01 Jan 2017 New: 1,498,458 Deleted: 1,380,736
01 Feb 2017 New: 1,164,548 Deleted: 864,254
01 Mar 2017 New: 1,414,918 Deleted: 1,109,196
01 Apr 2017 New: 1,898,585 Deleted: 2,685,492
01 May 2017 New: 1,284,639 Deleted: 1,821,231
01 Jun 2017 New: 1,055,397 Deleted: 1,125,337
01 Jul 2017 New: 955,533 Deleted: 1,597,015

Regards...jmcc

 

[jmcc]

Dropped 1,174,063
https://namestat.org/xyz
The XYZ count is now 2,579,162

Regards...jmcc

 

[JB Lions]

Dropped 1,174,063
https://namestat.org/xyz
The XYZ count is now 2,579,162

Regards...jmcc

Damn, over 1 million in 1 day. I believe the number is now less than the number of regs when that penny promotion started, think it was about 2.8 m.

Also, overall - https://namestat.org/s/newgtld-summary

20,884,551 - could drop to under 20 million soon

 

[jmcc]

20,884,551 - could drop to under 20 million soon

At this stage, 'will' is more likely than 'could'.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Embrand]

An auction for web.xyz at Sedo just ended unsold (reserve not met) with a high bid of 1,100 euro.

Surely, "web" is a top keyword in almost any extension, so it is more bad news for .xyz I think.

 

[jmcc]

A quick comparison of new XYZ domains from June 2016 with today's XYZ zone shows the following:
Total New June 2016 (20160601 to 20160701): 3,373,359

Not deleted: 360,941
Deleted: 3,012,418

That's approximately 10.7% not deleted yet.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Fancy.domains]

Crazy drop rates!

I knew that the drop would be massive, but I was not sure it would be THIS massive.

I wonder if Negari "knew"?! The 1,1 bil crazy thing seems to be a fiasco.