XYZ Registry Domains Report – October 2024

October 2024 Highlights

• 110 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, and.Security
• Examples: Lend.xyz, Voyage.Game, and Neplox.Security
• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ,  .Lat, and .LOL

• Highest .xyz premium sale(s):
  • BO.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP
  • Lend.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP
• Highest aftermarket sale(s) reported:
  • Create.xyz – $95,868
• 3-letter domains accounted for 18.75% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale Das.xyz for $898
  • Aftermarket sale Fox.xyz for $550
  • Aftermarket sale Go2.xyz for $105
• Various businesses and platforms launched websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • L4.xyz** ($700/year MSRP) registered by a web3 developer
  • NXI.xyz** ($350/year MSRP) registered by a web3 gaming platform
  • Healthy.Hair ($1,000/year MSRP) registered by a hair care newsletter
  • Alaris.Security ($2,500/year MSRP) registered by a cybersecurity company
• The top 10 most popular SLD keywords for .xyz registrations in October were: club, play, ai, me, win, online, sol, vip, app, slot
• In China, 494 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of October, including:
  • YPYT.xyz, a pharmaceutical distribution company
  • BianJie.xyz, a WeChat development service provider
  • WDJS.xyz, a software solutions provider

• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Payments firm Stripe acquired payment platform Bridge.xyz for $1.1B¹

• Freshly funded companies using XYZ Domains
  • AI payment network Skyfire.xyz raised $1M²
  • DeFi developer Fission.xyz raised $1.6M³
  • Web3 developer KRNL.xyz raised $1.7M⁴
  • Data availability solution HyveDA.xyz raised $1.85M⁵
  • Blockchain-based payments firm Borderless.xyz raised $3M⁶
  • Decentralized borrowing platform FluidProtocol.xyz raised $3.9M⁷
  • DeFi developer MagmaStaking.xyz raised $3.9M⁸
  • Game developer AllianceGames.xyz raised $5M⁹
  • Blockchain developer Layer.xyz raised $6M¹⁰
  • DeFi developer ShuttleLabs.xyz raised $6M¹¹
  • DeFi trading platform Azura.xyz raised $6.9M¹²
  • Decentralized EVM platform MentoLabs.xyz raised $10M¹³
  • DeFi platform Alvara.xyz raised $10M¹⁴
  • Liquid staking solution PumpBTC.xyz raised $10M¹⁵
  • Bitcoin project Citrea.xyz raised $14M¹⁶
  • Enterprise security operations firm Abstract.Security raised $15M¹⁷
  • Decentralized layer 2 blockchain developer Ithaca.xyz raised $20m¹⁸
  • Layer-2 blockchain Atlas.xyz raised $21M¹⁹
  • Cloud data security startup Stream.Security raised $30M²⁰

Words from #GenerationXYZ:

MadebyAI.xyz – Standard Registration

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 – October 2024

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

(not ranked)

More Standout Premium Registrations

October .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.

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