Ghostpia.xyz – Onamae customer (Japan)
Ghostpia.xyz is a visual novel available on the iTunes App Store with a solid 5-star rating, and on Ghostpia.xyz. From a team of comic creators, composers, and storytellers comes a story unlike anything you’ve ever read – or played. So when it’s time for you to pick up your next book or video game, and if you’re fluent in Japanese or want a stunningly animated visual novel, we suggest you check out this week’s #WebsiteWednesday – Ghostpia.xyz.
Ghostpia.xyz’s creators are a group of current and former college students known as Super Water Supply, who in addition to Ghostpia.xyz have published 6 other visual novels. Players on Ghostpia.xyz can click through stories to discover more about the protagonists, their world, and the mysteries that surround their existence in their quiet ghost utopia. Ghostpia.xyz’s excellent soundtrack is available for download on their Soundcloud or on Amazon.
As the domain extension for every website, everywhere, .xyz is especially popular with Japanese creatives who use the domain to connect with others outside of Japan. With its gentle, atmospheric music, adorable characters, and compelling storyline, Ghostpia.xyz is an excellent example of the creative work .xyz has become known for.
If you’re looking for a great new game to play, or your next favorite book, then check out Ghostpia.xyz today. Follow @xyz on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more great .xyz use cases.
YoungCollective.xyz – Network Solutions customer (Sweden)
YoungCollective.xyz is a creative charity organization helping proven institutions raise money through non-traditional thinking and marketing. If you are interested in the business of making the world a better place, this week’s #WebsiteWednesday is for you!
Led by PR consultant Erik Isberg, one of YoungCollective.xyz’s first projects was Picture: Connection, a website selling the work of Swedish photographers. The project earned coverage in Elle Sweden, and all of its proceeds went to continuing music education for children in war-torn countries. Shortly after, YoungCollective.xyz launched the Glove Is Love campaign, a set of 5 different, limited-edition condoms promoting conservation, with the donations from each prophylactic going to a specific cause. After Isberg wrote a column in the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter, publications like Sputnik News also covered this unique campaign to save the environment.
“Young Collective is built around the idea that the people around you, their skills, knowledge and background is a part of you as well. Your colleagues, friends and family gives through them a wide array of experience and know-how that are yours to draw from. That’s why we call ourselves a collective, spanning around the globe through the people in our life.”
– From YoungCollective.xyz’s About Us page
YoungCollective.xyz is committed to tackling the world’s future problems, and they do this by connecting with, and appealing to, the future leaders of the world: generations X, Y, and Z. By working with young people and choosing a domain representative of their audience, YoungCollective.xyz is a perfect example of an organization using a .xyz domain to make a statement about who they are and who they’re looking to connect with.
If you’re trying to change the world for the better, or you’re interested in supporting some of YoungCollective.xyz’s projects, reach out to them today. To see more of their work, follow them on Instagram. And as always, to see more great .xyz use cases, follow @xyz on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Veldt.xyz – Gandi customer (France)
Safety is an important consideration for anyone riding a motorbike. Helmets especially must be safe. But can they also look good? This week’s #WebsiteWednesday teamed up with design pioneers like Vanguard Motorcycles and added a touch of retro motorcycle racing’s storied past. The answer is Veldt.xyz.
Founder of Veldt.xyz, Jean-Etienne Prach, has a solid track record as a helmet designer and used to work at Les Ateliers Ruby. Their helmets came to be known around the world for their sleek designs and customizable colors, but the company closed its doors in 2014. So having an entrepreneurial mindset himself, Jean-Etienne founded Veldt.xyz, a new project that would allow him to continue producing minimalist motorcycle accessories, but with a new focus on customization.
Veldt.xyz’s helmets have proved to be darlings of the design industry, drawing rave reviews in MotoFire, RideApart, American Iron, BikeExif, The Economic Times of India, Forbes, and Return of the Racers just to name a few. But what really sets Veldt.xyz apart from other premium retro helmet makers is the ability to customize your helmet. You can either buy a good looking off-the-rack Veldt, or you can fire up their excellent helmet customizer and get the exact helmet you’ve always dreamed of. Create your custom-designed helmet and share it with us on Instagram by tagging @xyz and @veldthelmet!
The word Veldt describes an “open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa.” And this is exactly what Veldt.xyz is all about – giving their customers a basis to bring the creative ideas for their helmets to life. The creators, designers, and makers of the future turn to .xyz when they want to build the next big thing. Check out everything Veldt.xyz has in store for the motorcycle world on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. To see more incredible designers and creators that use .xyz domains, follow XYZ on Instagram.
Constructive.xyz – NameCheap customer (China)
Constructive.xyz is a Shanghai-based consulting group that uses LEGO® and the transformative power of play to solve real-life business problems for their clients. If you want to use your childhood imagination to get better at solving business problems, check out this week’s #WebsiteWednesday: Constructive.xyz.
Constructive.xyz has worked with clients like IMAX, H&M, Dell, The British Consulate-General of Shanghai, Condé Nast, McDonalds, The University of Manchester Business School, Bayer, Cisco, Unilever, and others. Their transformative play process has been featured in Neuroscience News, Time Out Shanghai, and many more. Clients are engaged in a problem-solving workshop that encourages play as a means to spark creativity, facilitate problem solving, build relationships, and enable teams to reach their full potential.
Constructive.xyz helps companies in dynamically changing markets by training decision making in a playful environment. Constructive.xyz chose an amazing domain name to represent their brand. “Constructive” can be both interpreted as building up something useful with a purpose, or refer to something you are creating from scratch. Constructive.xyz is yet another great example of an XYZ user that built their web presence on one of the most popular domain extensions in the world.
If you want to play with legos and help your business solve problems in a meaningful way, reach out to Constructive.xyz today. Follow @xyz on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more great .xyz use cases.
XYZ knows that the internet of tomorrow is being built by the minds of children today. That’s why we’re excited to announce our partnership with Junior Achievement (JA) to invest in the future of young entrepreneurs in a meaningful, hands-on way.
Every year, approximately 10,000 high school students from 65 regions across the United States participate in the JA Company Program®, where juniors and seniors (and a few lucky sophomores!) learn how to run their own company by developing a business plan, operating within an organizational structure, and even liquidating at the end of the program.
This year, JA and XYZ are taking this 13-week intensive entrepreneurship program even further by implementing a company website development component for three regions: Southern California, Austin, and Ft. Lauderdale. With over 50 businesses launching in these areas, each one will receive a free .xyz domain, Weebly website builder, and WHOIS privacy protection.
“Junior Achievement is excited to partner with XYZ to enhance the authentic startup experience for students in the JA Company Program®. Branding, web presence, marketing, and sales are crucial to business success and now JA students have access to additional resources that have the potential to increase current business performance and inform their future entrepreneurial endeavors.” – Andy Schenck, Curator – Entrepreneurship Experiences, Junior Achievement USA.
Since this is probably the first time many of these students will be building out a website, we’ve developed a microsite with tips and resources to help them get started (students: ask your teachers for the password). And to help these young business leaders make the most of their unique opportunities, Team XYZ will be visiting a handful of schools in the Southern California area to train classes on choosing the right domains for their business, how to build their websites, and other best practices.
XYZ’s partnership with the innovative JA Company Program® is just another example of our dedication to helping the next generation of entrepreneurs get online with .xyz. XYZ also has a longstanding history with partners like CoderDojo, Product Forge, General Assembly, and Hustle N’ Code. Be sure to follow us @XYZ on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of our trips to the classrooms, and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the program’s progress!
For students in need of assistance, click on the link below for access to videos, how-tos, FAQs, and more (ask your teachers for the password). And don’t forget to message us once your website is live for a chance to get featured in our weekly #WebsiteWednesday series!
