Sheba.xyz – GoDaddy customer (Bangladesh)
Over the past months, we have featured many projects of #GenXYZ that improve the quality of lives in regions less developed. Thanks to txtMD.xyz, people in rural areas can receive free access to healthcare and help prevent epidemics from spreading. LearningOnline.xyz provides a unique language learning ecosystem and Engine.xyz helps entrepreneurs getting access to MIT’s exceptional facilities. This week’s #WebsiteWednesday has secured over $70,000 in funding to bring the first home service marketplace to Bangladesh: Sheba.xyz.
Sheba.xyz is an online home service platform that allows customers to find qualified experts for any job they might need done around their house and beyond. Sheba.xyz lets users order professional home services such as cleaning, relocation, rennovation, and computer-related services with just a few clicks. Sheba.xyz relies on a network of highly trained service professionals, each experts in their field.
Being among the first to this market in Bangladesh, Sheba.xyz earned an invitation to SD Asia’s Innovation Xtreme event, where they were awarded a BizSpark/Youth Spark funding package from Microsoft, Facebook, and others. SD Asia also selected Sheba.xyz to participate in their GP Accelerator’s inaugural program, earning them a seed fund investment, access to the GP workplace, and mentorship. Sheba.xyz was also listed among SD Asia’s ‘Top Six Startups of IX 2016′, featured as one of the ‘5 Bangladeshi Startups to Follow’ by BDESH, and have a solid 5 star rating of their app in the Google Play Store.
Through all this acclaim, Sheba.xyz has kept a strong focus to reach their business goals on the one hand, but also to bring progress to their country on the other hand:
“Our vision is to be the leading Service Platform at a local and international level. We want to move beyond making profit only and improve lives in Bangladesh. By 2018, our aim is to create 10,000 new jobs in Bangladesh. By 2021, Sheba.xyz will develop into a global company with operations in at least four countries.
(We chose a .xyz domain because) ‘Sheba’ refers to ‘service for you’ while ‘.xyz’ signifies that this startup is a complete solution, one that is ready to solve all the problems and inconveniences that you face when it comes to service.” – Mehedi Hassan, Marketing & Product Development Manager of Sheba.xyz
Job creation and helping professionals connect with new clients in a young market economy like the Bangladeshi one, is an exciting goal. Sheba.xyz is another excellent showcase of #GenXYZ’s power to innovate. Starting your business on a .xyz name will signal to your clients, employees, investors and stakeholders: you will make a difference!
KT.xyz – gen.xyz customer (Malaysia)
In our #WebsiteWednesday a few weeks ago, we featured Connect.xyz, a site that got a design makeover in preparation for the New Year. Our #WebsiteWednesday this week is continuing this series by showcasing a rebranding project: how Dekatku Sdn Bhd became KT.xyz.
Kern Technology offers services including custom software development, systems integration, enterprise architecture and more. They work with companies like IBM, HP, Deloitte, and Amazon’s AWS to offer their clients access to innovative technology like virtual reality, cloud-based application optimization, and geolocation methods. Kern manages to keep their clients’ cost down by outsourcing projects to developers across the globe.
Many entrepreneurs of #GenXYZ have a brilliant idea but lack the resources to have a dedicated tech-team execute all of the product development. To cater this audience, Dekatku decided to rebrand into Kern Technologies in mid-2016 and needed a short, memorable, available domain name reflecting this change. They chose KT.xyz, which went live in November.
Kern has checked all the boxes to become a force in the IT-outsourcing business with their premium two-letter .xyz: it is short, memorable, aligns with their brand and it even rhymes. We can’t wait to see which exciting new clients our friends at KT.xyz will soon be serving!
Welcome to XYZ’s China Blog Series, dedicated to our loyal supporters in China. Click here to read this post in English. US & international bidders can bid in English here.
新年快乐！为了迎接鸡年并庆祝2016年 .xyz与支持者的所有成功（例如XYZ获得备案审批），我们再一次与西部数码合作举办盛大的 .xyz域名拍卖会！
从1月4日起，将会有350个 .xyz精品域名开放给大众竞拍。拍卖会的亮点域名有 55.xyz，222.xyz，GDP.xyz 及 DGG.xyz。这拍卖会将会有很多从未开放给大众注册的精品域名，也是 .xyz获得工信部批准后举办的第一场拍卖会。全部域名将以无保留价从1元起拍。拍卖的终极亮点是，每一个域名的续费为普通价格。
以下为拍卖会的10种域名种类：
| 纯数字 | 纯字母 | 数字字母混合 |
|---|---|---|
| 单数字 | 单拼 | 两杂 |
| 两数字 | 两字母 | |
| 三数字 | 三声母 | |
| 四数字 | 三字母 | |
| 四字母/单词 |
拍卖会的终极域名将会是 2.xyz。这是有始以来第5个将会被拍卖的单字符 .xyz域名。以下为单字符 .xyz域名的销售价格完整列表：
| 域名 | 销售价格 | 日期 |
|---|---|---|
| 8.xyz | $82,000 美元 | 2015年 9月 |
| 6.xyz | $125,000 美元 | 2015年 11月 |
| 9.xyz | $176,000 美元 | 2015年 12月 |
| 1.xyz | $182,000 美元 | 2016年 3月 |
| 2.xyz | ??? | 2017年 1月 |
第一轮拍卖将在1月4日结拍，最后竞拍机会截止至1月13日。所以，锁定这些精品域名来迎接新的一年吧！在竞拍前，请查看我们之前的拍卖结果来了解过去类似的域名拍卖价格。别忘了，所有拍卖会的域名将以无保留价竞拍，并以普价续费。请访问 www.w263.xyz 来看完整的域名列表并开始竞拍。
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Happy New Year! In celebration of all the success .xyz and our followers have had in 2016 (like our recent accreditation) and the coming Year of the Rooster, we are happy to announce another partnership with Chengdu West to host this exclusive auction!
Beginning on January 4th, there will be over 350 rare and desirable .xyz domains up for auction. These domains include standouts such as 55.xyz, 222.xyz, GDP.xyz, and DGG.xyz. This is also the first time that many of these domains have ever been made available, and this is also our first auction in China since .xyz became accredited! All auctions have NO RESERVES, and best of all, will renew at standard prices.
There are 10 categories of domains available in this auction:
| Numbers only | Letters only | Numbers & Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 1N | Single syllable | 2C |
| 2N | 2L | |
| 3N | 3L – consonants only | |
| 4N | 3L – consonants & vowels | |
| 4L |
The final domain in the auction is 2.xyz, which is only the fifth ever single-character .xyz domain to be auctioned. Below is a complete list of 1-character .xyz domains sold:
| Domain | Sale price | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 8.xyz | $82,000 USD | September 2015 |
| 6.xyz | $125,000 USD | November 2015 |
| 9.xyz | $176,000 USD | December 2015 |
| 1.xyz | $182,000 USD | March 2016 |
| 2.xyz | ??? | January 2017 |
The first auctions close on January 4 and final bidding ends on January 13th, so get ready for the new year by securing these extremely valuable domains! Before you bid, be sure to review our previous auction results to see what similar domains have sold for in the past. Remember – all domains in the auction will be sold at NO RESERVE and will renew for standard fees. US and international bidders can view the full list of available domains and start bidding in English at www.West.xyz.
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The XYZ Team partnered with Teens Exploring Technology (TXT) earlier this month to bring 300 inner-city youths together in South Los Angeles. Ranging from 12 to 17 years old, these bright students spent their weekend at the 4th annual Hustle N’ Code Hackathon to learn how coding could solve everyday problems in their communities. Among the participants was Los Angeles’ own Mayor, Eric Garcetti, who spoke to the students about the importance of making a positive impact on their communities through science and technology.
The objective of Hustle N’ Code is to help the next generation develop solutions to problems that their communities face everyday. Some of these issues include violence, drugs, difficulties in school, stray animals, and homelessness. The participants broke out into groups, where they discussed what issues they wanted to tackle, and how they could be addressed. Each group got to register a free .xyz domain and website builder, then got to work on learning and coding their new websites.
At the end of the day, the projects developed by these young old aspiring coders were evaluated by a panel of 5 judges, which included our very own Project Manager, Jana! PawAlert, a website to report and help find lost pets, took first place at the event. Another favorite developed that day was CodeBreakers.xyz, an online platform to manage supplies students borrow from classrooms – the site even emails the teacher when an item is checked out! KTwonHackers.xyz also received fanfare for its thoughtful “Walk4Homeless” solution to bring awareness to the plight of the homeless throughout Los Angeles.
Although these and the other websites developed at Hustle N’ Code are still works in progress, they are great starts to meaningful solutions for problems that communities in Los Angeles face today. The XYZ Team is thrilled to see our future leaders innovating on .xyz domains at such an early age, and we can’t wait to see the completed projects. We had a great time at the Hustle N’ Code hackathon, and we really appreciate the work that TXT is doing. We look forward to attending again to continue fostering the next generation of internet users!
Starship.xyz – GoDaddy customer (Estonia & United Kingdom)
Starship.xyz was one of the first websites we wrote about in 2016 shortly after the company’s official launch. We promised that we would keep an eye on their progress, and now – as the last #WebsiteWednesday of the year – we’re recapping the news and success Starship has had in 2016.
Starship, created by the co-founders of Skype, is an autonomous robot delivery service that is changing the future of delivery to be more efficient and cost-effective. Their breakthrough technology has been featured all over the news, including stories in Wired, TechCrunch, Fortune, and Business Insider, to name a few.
If you live in San Francisco, Washington DC, Switzerland, London or one of the other 50+ cities Starship has visited, you may have already seen their robots zipping around. Their robotic fleet now consists of 65 robots – up from 10 when they launched – which have traveled over 15,000 combined miles in 16 countries, according to their site.
To reach these markets, Starship partnered with Mercedes-Benz to build custom robo-vans, or “motherships,” that can transport the robots from city to city. By combining traditional transit with Starship’s robots, 400 packages can be delivered every shift, compared to 180 by doing it the old way. This type of efficiency led to interest by Just Eat, who announced “the world’s first takeaway meal delivered by a robot” in London earlier this month. With a $60 million annual R&D budget, Just Eat told VentureBeat that they’re launching their pilot program all over London with Starship in 2017.
Thanks to the innovation by Starship.xyz, we may be opening presents next year that were delivered by a robot. But Starship wasn’t the only member of #GenXYZ that had a good year – check out the list below to see a complete list of every #WebsiteWednesday we covered in 2016.
Many of our registrar partners are finishing off the year strong by running last-minute .xyz sales for the holidays. This is your last chance to grab that domain that you’ve been wanting all year, so visit any of the registrars below to get your .xyz domains for as low as 50¢!
