XYZ Registry Domains Report – November 2023

November 2023 Highlights

• 92 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, and .Security
• Examples: Seve.xyz, Hearts.Game, and Ally.Security 

• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .Lat, and .LOL
• Highest premium sale(s): $3,000/year MSRP
  • Gold.xyz 
  • MG.xyz 
  • Mortgage.xyz
• Highest aftermarket sale reported was Powerhouse.xyz, at $49,988 
• 3-letter domains accounted for 22.22% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale MVC.xyz for $505
  • Aftermarket sale SNA.xyz for $166
  • Aftermarket sale IZI.xyz for $156

• Various individuals, businesses, organizations, and platforms launched websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • Million.Cars ($3,000 MSRP) registered by a car rental platform
  • Ally.Security ($2,500 MSRP) registered by a security company 
  • Rent.Boats** ($1,000 MSRP) registered by boat rental platform
  • Seve.xyz** ($350 MSRP) registered by a digital artist

• The top 10 most popular SLD keywords for .xyz registrations in November were: my, ai, bet, tech, web, online, app, vip, win, home
• In China, 390 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of November, including:
  • PlayEdu.xyz, a corporate training company 
  • Yunnuo.xyz, a tech company
  • Linlink.xyz, a personal website 

• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Brazil-based entrepreneur, content creator, cryptocurrency investor, and web3 builder Vinícius Bedum (Bedum.xyz) co-founded web3 solutions business iBEED.xyz and developed Linkeh.xyz, a web3-focused “link in bio” solution
  • Dubai-based entrepreneur Tarek Roumie is the founder of Moon-Rise.xyz, a Middle Eastern Japanese restaurant distinguished by its Michelin-awarded chef, and MatterNutrition.xyz, a service specializing in macro-based meals

• Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
  • Bitcoin mining pool project Ocean.xyz raised $6.2M in a seed funding round led by Block.xyz CEO Jack Dorsey¹
  • Web3 edu-tech startup OpenCampus.xyz raised $3.15M to help onboard new users onto web3 and “attract more native users to participate in education through the launch of novel Publisher NFTs”²
  • Ethereum Layer 2 network Kinto.xyz raised $5M to support its development as a secure and compliant network for financial apps on Ethereum³
  • DeFi protocol Panoptic.xyz raised $7M to build perpetual options platform for DeFi⁴
  • Crypto data platform Shadow.xyz raised $9M in a seed round led by Paradigm.xyz⁵

Words from #GenerationXYZ:

Paragraph.xyz – $9,888 Aftermarket Sale

Discover a curated selection of available .xyz domains with our .xyz premiums, .xyz numbers, and CNOX search tools.

* Premium XYZ Registry domains refer to premium domains for extensions with standard and premium domains, and XYZ’s premium namespaces such as .Cars, .Car, .Auto, .Theatre, .Storage, .Security, and .Protection.***

** “BIN” (or High/Low) priced premium domain. Domains in this tier have a premium price for the first year, but renew at standard pricing. All other premium domains have annual premium renewal fees.

XYZ Registry Domains Report – November 2023

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

More Standout Premium Registrations 

November .xyz Aftermarket Overview

(source: Namebio.com)

*** Starting March 2023, the Top 10 Trending .xyz SLD Keywords are expanded to include 2-character keywords.

Starting July 2023, we have expanded from Top 10 to Top 20 Trending .xyz SLD Keywords, and added the 2-character keyword “my” in our dataset. Though we consider “my” to be a keyword modifier, this addition is intended to align with industry focal points. 

^{1.https://www.theblock.co/post/265120/jack-dorsey-seed-round-decentralized-bitcoin-mining-pool-ocean
2.https://crypto.news/web3-edu-tech-startup-open-campus-raises-3-15m-from-binance-edu-jumps-6/
3.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kinto-raises-5-million-to-launch-first-kycd-layer-2-blockchain-for-financial-institutions-and-decentralized-protocols-301988179.html
4.https://cryptonews.net/news/defi/27868313/
5.https://www.theblock.co/post/265947/crypto-data-platform-startup-shadow-raises-9-million-in-paradigm-led-seed-round}