.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]

.Xyz, .top and .loan will see further drops. .Win has even lower renewal rates, but will probably face many drops as well.

 

[jmcc]

Crazy drop rates!

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

The thing is that most people don't realise that the drops are this large. For heavy discounting promotions, the percentage of drops are higher so if the renewal rate comes in around 5% (approximately 168K) it will be doing well.

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

I think that the strategy was understood as it had parallels with the .INFO gTLD's early days.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I had the only one .xyz and I dropped it as well...

 

[Fancy.domains]

The thing is that most people don't realise that the drops are this large. For heavy discounting promotions, the percentage of drops are higher so if the renewal rate comes in around 5% (approximately 168K) it will be doing well.

I think that the strategy was understood as it had parallels with the .INFO gTLD's early days.

Regards...jmcc

Yep, but this are beyond promotion regs.

 

[Fancy.domains]

.Xyz had more names in May 2016, before the giveaway madness started.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Most were used like condoms...
Don't take so seriously this drop...

 

[JB Lions]

.Xyz had more names in May 2016, before the giveaway madness started.

Yep. Even before the penny promotion they were going for .99 cents, and still are at 13 or so different places. https://namestat.org/xyz

Usually that alone is a great deal, the penny just took it to another level of discounting. So all those are going to normal renewals as well.

 

[4pm]

...looks like .xyz is not even the "most popular" nTLD anymore:

1 .top 2,615,724
2 .xyz 2,579,162

per Namestat.org

 

[Fancy.domains]

...looks like .xyz is not even the "most popular" nTLD anymore:

1 .top 2,615,724
2 .xyz 2,579,162

per Namestat.org

There is even a thread dedicated to this fact.

Guess by who?

Answer: https://www.namepros.com/threads/breaking-top-topped-xyz.1030283/

 

[CJ6]

So, when is Daniel selling .xyz? I think that will ultimately happen.

 

[offthehandle]

So, when is Daniel selling .xyz? I think that will ultimately happen.

When it gets up in value according to the advertising and can trade equally as a bitcoin!

 

[offthehandle]

...looks like .xyz is not even the "most popular"

The most popular dropping extension.

 

[GoKaizen]

Lots of .XYZ domains have been dropping at Namecheap for awhile. Probably due to the fact they stopped support.

http://adamyamada.com/namecheap-drops-support-xyz-registrations-transfers/

Not enough new regs to cover this drop rate though.

 

[DNGear]

Lot of spam sites and spam registrations were getting dropped. Its getting clean.

 

[offthehandle]

Its getting clean.

Hmm. It's more like cleaning up nuclear waste, once exposed and damaged you never can get rid of the previous contamination.

 

[jmcc]

Hmm. It's more like cleaning up nuclear waste, once exposed and damaged you never can get rid of the previous contamination.

Not really. Most TLDs have domain names that drop without anyone noticing. It is like the only people who remember are domainers or people who deal with TLDs. There are more deleted domain names than there are currently active domain names.

Regards...jmcc

 

[offthehandle]

Not really. Most TLDs have domain names that drop without anyone noticing. It is like the only people who remember are domainers or people who deal with TLDs. There are more deleted domain names than there are currently active domain names.

Regards...jmcc

I am referring to the perception of the entire extension, especially when you give them away for a penny, it ruins any perceived value....though the markets do have short memories.
I like your website btw, thanks for it! I used the 500 top list ing.com, .ers.com for sorting expired lists, thanks for hosting it!

 

[jmcc]

I am referring to the perception of the entire extension, especially when you give them away for a penny, it ruins any perceived value....though the markets do have short memories.

The market seems to have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. There are more domain names deleted than are currently registered. The 1c promo was a calculated move by XYZ. Normally, about 5% or so of heavily discounted domains renew. If XYZ manages to get close to that, the promotion has been a success. But it does make it a lot more difficult for people who are developing websites on the TLD when people start to think of it as a wasteland or zombie gTLD.

I like your website btw, thanks for it! I used the 500 top list ing.com, .ers.com for sorting expired lists, thanks for hosting it!

Thanks. I must update some of those lists. I've built a table with the most popular domain names across all the legacy gTLDs (COM/NET/ORG/BIZ/INFO/MOBI/ASIA) and the new gTLDs that might be of some use. Have to get the time to merge it into the site.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Add .PRO (2004) into your legacy list...

 

[4pm]

got 2 emails today - Europe Registry ( europeregistry.com ) and Only Domains ( onlydomains.com ) offering me a free .xyz domain...

"Limited time only! Offer expires July 31"