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XYZ Registry Domains Report – October 2021

October 2021 Highlights

  • Over 270 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
  • Most popular XYZ domains in premium sales: .XYZ, .Security, and .Storage
  • Most popular XYZ domains in standard sales: .XYZ, .Monster, and .Quest
  • Blockchain companies continue to show strong aftermarket interest in .xyz domains
  • Worldwide, companies and individuals launched their websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
    • Premium domain A.Quest ($10,000 MSRP) registered by decentralized game of “grand cooperation, puzzle solving, and difficult decisions”
    • Premium domain De.xyz ($3,000 MSRP) registered by a Solana NFT resource
    • Premium domain GM.xyz ($3,000 MSRP) registered by a decentralized social network
    • Premium domain Axiom.Security ($3,000 MSRP) registered by an upcoming cloud-native access automation tool
    • Premium domain Crypto.Security ($3,000 MSRP) registered by an upcoming crypto security conference
    • Premium domain ITS.xyz ($3500 MSRP) registered by an information technology company
  • Highest premium .xyz sale: K.xyz ($13,000 MSRP)
  • Highest aftermarket sale: Stir.xyz at $39,888

Discover high-quality premium XYZ domains with our helpful Premium Search and CNOX Search tools. When you see some options that you’re interested in, head to your registrar of choice to secure your domains before someone else beats you to it.

* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.

** 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.

*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.



Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

(not ranked)

K.xyz Faction.Car
Q.xyz Solana.Theatre
Creative.xyz E.Cars
Build.xyz Cult.Hair**
AI.Security Mobile.Homes
Nonfungible.Tickets Ski.Monster**
Co2.Auto Api.Protection
877.Storage A.Quest
Mama.Baby** Aurora.Rent
RE.Beauty 35.Yachts**

More Standout Premium Registrations

Villas.xyz
Spirit.xyz
Turbo.Auto
Open.Homes
Dev.Security
Voice.Storage
Map.Cars
Wash.Cars
Insurance.Quest**
Ai.Security

October .xyz Aftermarket Overview

(source: Namebio.com)

Total dollar value: $220,593
Average price: $3,676.55
Low price: $100
High price: $29,888

Top 10 XYZ Domains

(Ranked by volume)

  1. .xyz
  2. .Monster
  3. .Quest
  4. .Homes
  5. .Baby
  6. .Beauty
  7. .Rent
  8. .College
  9. .Autos
  10. .Skin

Top 10 .xyz Premium Domains Registered

(Price listed is MSRP)

  1. K.xyz – $13,000
  2. Q.xyz – $13,000
  3. IF.xyz – $3,000
  4. IB.xyz – $3,000
  5. Ink.xyz – $3,000
  6. DE.xyz – $3,000
  7. GX.xyz – $3,000
  8. Find.xyz – $3,000
  9. DT.xyz – $3,000
  10. GM.xyz – $3,000

Top 10 .xyz Aftermarket Sales

(source: Namebio.com)

  1. Stir.xyz – $39,888
  2. Squid.xyz – $34,888
  3. Gem.xyz – $18,200
  4. Verified.xyz – $14,888
  5. Valence.xyz – $9,888
  6. Metaphor.xyz – $9,888
  7. Offbeat.xyz – $8,988
  8. Objects.xyz – $6,000
  9. Worlds.xyz – $6,000
  10. Tribes.xyz – $4,995

At XYZ, we’re dedicated to helping the next generation of internet users get online. Website design tool Readymag helps these excited new internet users to design their landing pages, editorials, portfolios, and general websites. Through our continued partnership, Readymag users can now pair their website design tool with globally recognized .xyz domains that fit with any industry, profession, or mission. They can now develop their brands and build the websites of their dreams. This week’s #WebsiteWednesday highlights a few standout Readymag users from around the world whose websites can serve as an inspiration for establishing your own online presence.

Composer IsabellaBassi.xyz shares her music with a well-organized personal website

IsabellaBassi.xyzInternet.bs customer – (Germany)

IsabellaBassi.xyz is the personal website of Berlin-based music composer, DJ, and tutor. Isabella shares much of her background on her About page, including her enthusiasm for music education and music therapy. She primarily composes Italo-Brazilian music, and says her work incorporates various techniques such as the use of a prepared electric guitar, which is a guitar that has had its timbre altered by placing objects on or between the instrument’s strings.

IsabellaBassi.xyz

The Discography page showcases the music that Isabella releases under the name of Isabassi. There are eight tracks that you can click on and listen to, purchase, or share, like the drum-filled “Reverberations of Stone.” Isabella also shares links to her creative mentoring page, for electronic music enthusiasts who want to develop their creativity, and her electronic music lessons page for those wishing to learn the digital music software Ableton Live.

Isabella has taken care to provide samples of her compositions as well as ample background information about herself and her passion for music. Designing her website as an extension of herself can provide her visitors with more of a complete picture than simply providing music samples. To learn more about her music, mentoring, and tutoring, visit IsabellaBassi.xyz.

Creative agency Antiprotiv.xyz uses their .xyz to showcase their branding projects

Antiprotiv.xyzInternet.bs customer – (Ukraine)

Antiprotiv.xyz is the online home of Ukraine-based creative agency Antiprotiv. According to their About page, they “create a visual language that allows you to build close and effective relationships between brands and people.” This summer, just before launching Antiprotiv.xyz, the agency participated in Storm Club, an exciting and friendly competition for creatives in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev where four teams are given a few hours to come up with an idea and make a presentation. Participants gather at various locations such as a park or a coworking space to come up with their winning ideas.

Antiprotiv.xyz

The team at Antiprotiv.xyz is focused on creating memorable advertising. They display their developing portfolio on their Work page, which includes the rebranding, strategy, and activation campaign for Noodle Doodle, a chain of Asian restaurants in Kiev. They detail the project by sharing their assigned task, imagery of their rebranding and design efforts, and how they conceptualized the new logo “Let’s not stress.”

By using their .xyz domain to neatly organize their creative portfolio, Antiprotiv.xyz’s desired audiences can be encouraged to experience their portfolio and connect for future work. You can learn more by following them on Instagram, Facebook, or by visiting Antiprotiv.xyz

Typography and branding designer William Mulligan uses Mllgndsgn.xyz to display his independent graphic designs

Mllgndsgn.xyzInternet.bs customer – (United States)

Mllgndsgn.xyz is the online home of Boston-based visual designer William “Billy” Mulligan. William is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. His primary specializations are in typography, branding, information architecture, and user experience. As illustrated in his Pride month Instagram post, Mllgndsgn.xyz is a proud queer-owned freelance graphic design small business.

Mllgndsgn.xyz

As William states on his About page, “My goal as a designer is to make my work as diverse as possible. I want to show that I am willing to work on various kinds of projects, and to show I’m not afraid to step out of my comfort zone every now and then.” He displays his diverse projects on his Work page, such as the branding and packaging for Zero Gravity Brewery’s rebrand. William also provides a link to his Instagram page where he displays more of his visual projects, such as the logo design for Lowpoint Apparel.

The organization of William’s website, the display of his varied types of projects, and the inclusion of his aspirations sets him up for successfully reaching his goal of diversifying his portfolio. Interested clients can see his range for themselves and reach out for potential employment opportunities that can further expand his portfolio.. You can learn more by following Billy on Instagram or by visiting Mllgndsgn.xyz.

Exhibiting your skills, achievements, passions, and objectives on your .xyz website helps you to connect with your desired audience and share the contributions you can make to the world. We are proud to support global Readymag users as they develop their online presence with .xyz domains. We cannot wait to see more exciting websites that develop from this partnership.

Davatar.xyzNamecheap customer – (United States)

.XYZ is home to many decentralized communities and cryptocurrency platforms that are making new internet landscapes, like the metaverse and Web3. Decentralized Autonomous Organization project FlamingoDAO.xyz created a platform for members to pool funds for NFT investments. Cryptocurrency investment platform Launchpool.xyz offers exposure of investment projects to their growing community. Decentralized finance platform Matcha.xyz aims to get crypto traders the best rates on currency exchanges. In this week’s #WebsiteWednesday, we’ll introduce you to an innovative platform made by Web3 developers aimed to make decentralized connections fun for all: Davatar.xyz.

Davatar.xyz
Davatar.xyz, universal avatars for Web3 applications

Davatar.xyz is an online platform that allows you to create a unique avatar for all of your digital wallets and crypto websites that make up the Web3 ecosystem. As shared on their homepage, Davatar.xyz was developed by a “group of product people passionate about decentralized communities. We have a mission to make decentralized connection fun and accessible for everyone.” Those product people include co-founders Gail Wilson and Carlos Diaz-Padron of Metaphor, a team aimed at making it easier to join and be part of DAOs. As Gail explains, “Carlos and I decided to make Davatar.xyz because we were shocked this product didn’t already exist in Web3, an ecosystem that was built for composability and open-source [sharing]! We knew it wouldn’t take us too long to build and this would be a perfect way to dip our toes in building out our first Web3 product.” The primary purpose of the Davatar.xyz platform is to make decentralized connection a fun activity that is achievable for everyone. The crypto community is taking notice. As announced in a recent Tweet, Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol Uniswap has integrated the Davatar.xyz avatars.

Davatar.xyz
Uniswap has integrated the Davatar.xyz avatars

The innovative platform aims to help you stand out in decentralized communities by offering the ability to personalize your profile picture across the Web3 ecosystem. As Gail told us, “Change your avatar in one place and see it update across all crypto sites and applications!” You can use any avatar that most reflects your interests and personality. If someone wishes to send you cryptocurrency, the sender will enter your ENS name and see your avatar image right next to it. This can serve as an effective visual indicator that they have typed in the correct name and help avoid possible errors.

You can update your profile picture across the Web3 landscape in just a couple of steps. Once you land on Davatar.xyz, you are greeted by a call-to-action to connect your digital wallet, specifically the one that owns your Ethereum Name Service (ENS) name. Then you can upload your avatar that you’d like to appear on your profile across all Web3 platforms, which can be either an NFT or a photo. You will then be required to pay a one-time gas fee. Gas fees are the fees required to successfully conduct a transaction on Ethereum. They are paid in Ethereum’s native currency, ether (ETH). Once complete, Davatar.xyz will reflect your new avatar on all of your ENS profiles. It will automatically become your profile photo on each of your Web3 websites and wallets.

Crypto enthusiasts are responding to Ethereum compatible .xyz domains and are using them to launch innovative ideas. As Gail explained:

“We decided to build Davatar.xyz on the .xyz domain specifically because the domain has become recognized as a standard for crypto websites. Even ENS recognized it such that .xyz site owners can claim domains as ENS names allowing them to connect to crypto wallets that can own cryptocurrencies, sign smart contracts, create subdomains and more.”

We are inspired by the many forward-thinking innovators, Web3 developers, and metaverse pioneers that make up the .xyz community. We appreciate speaking with Gail, who is helping to add some extra flair into the blockchain with Davatar.xyz. You can keep up with this new platform by following along on Twitter or by visiting Davatar.xyz.

Realtime.xyzAlibaba customer – (China)

.XYZ’s reputation as a domain for innovative creatives has inspired talented individuals from around the globe to join the movement and develop their own portfolio websites on .xyz domains. England-based artist and cultural producer Rocca Holly-Nambi shares her portfolio on Rocca.xyz. Philippines-based tech designer Brian Tan uses BrianTan.xyz to share his design projects as well as news about his local chapter of Effective Altruism. Austria-based Aleyda Rocha uses AleydaRocha.xyz to demonstrate her work as a researcher and artist. In this week’s #WebsiteWednesday, we spoke with a China-based visual effects designer who understands the importance of VFX artist portfolio websites to display your work as a visual creative: Realtime.xyz.

Realtime.xyz
Visit the splash page of Yue Jia’s VFX portfolio website, Realtime.xyz

Realtime.xyz is the online portfolio of visual effects (VFX) designer Yue Jia. Yue is a VFX Director for Shanghai-based game developer and global publisher, XD Inc. He shared with us that he is an experienced real-time VFX artist, and previously worked as a designer for Epic Games where he worked on popular games such as Fortnite and Paragon. Real-time VFX artists apply real-time technology to game design. With this technology, the game’s response to the player’s command is nearly immediate, which is known as “real-time.”

Portfolio websites are very helpful for anyone to showcase their work and further their careers. A portfolio website can let your work speak for itself and help set you apart from your competition. When asked if he thinks it’s important for VFX designers to have a website, Yue said “Absolutely! Visual artists presenting their own works is an important way to build a brand. What can be more attractive than having a URL with your own unique domain name and custom-designed content?” We also inquired as to what helped him decide to build his website on a .xyz domain. He told us, quite simply, “I like the sense of mystery .xyz gave me.”

A visually striking splash page containing clips of Yue’s projects is the first thing a visitor sees when loading Realtime.xyz. These vignettes include imagery of robots, a red and hazy doomscape, electric blue portals, deserted temples, and more. Visitors can gain an immediate understanding of Yue’s experience and skill in video game design as soon as they land on his website. The work in Yue’s splash page inspired us to ask him if he has a favorite project, and where he finds his inspiration. He told us, “My favorite project is the next one, and my inspiration is from the world’s best games and film effects, as well as the scenery of nature.”

Aspiring VFX creators can develop skills by taking Yue’s online courses. He told us, “I am now setting up course content step-by-step to serve practitioners in the game industry. Yes, in the future I plan to have more excellent and professional course content.” The Course page of Realtime.xyz provides detailed information about Yue’s course content options. Interested students can create a login and purchase their classes of interest. Yue implements the online on-demand method which means that users can log in to the website at any time to pick up where they left off. One of the courses he teaches is on Niagara, one of Unreal Engine’s advanced VFX development tools. Epic Games developed the Unreal Engine platform in 1998 and uses it to build their own games, including Fortnite, Gears of War, and Unreal Tournament. Yue states in the course description that while at Epic, his main work was centered around the use of Niagara.

Realtime.xyz
Learn about Yue Jia’s VFX course offerings on Realtime.xyz

We enjoy learning about the inspirations that drive the career choices and other paths of our .xyz community. Yue told us about the inspiration behind his pursuit of a career in VFX. “We all have had those little fantasies since we were young, the rabbit on the moon, stars that can be picked, I just persisted a little longer.” He also spoke more of the draw of .xyz domains. “.XYZ reminds me of the concept of ‘unknown’, and it is a very cool word that attracts artists, especially VFX artists.”

Choosing a strong, memorable domain name is beneficial because they’re easier to remember, repeat, and type. Smart creatives use their website URL as an opportunity to make a lasting impression on potential clients and collaborators, and set themselves apart from others in the industry. With Realtime.xyz, Yue has a domain name that makes a statement, indicates his expertise, and sticks in potential users’ minds. He believes his .xyz domain helps him reach his audience. “I think it makes the audience feel I am different. There are obvious differences between .xyz and regular domain names such as .com and .net, which will blow people away. It will be even better if the audience can also feel the ‘unknown’ charm that I like.”

We are very appreciative of this opportunity to speak with Yue. We are excited to see more of his work, and look forward to seeing more VFX artist portfolio websites populate the .xyz community. You can learn more by following Yue on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Bilibili (one of the most popular video content sites in China) and by visiting Realtime.xyz.

OneQuestionShootout.xyzHostinger customer – (United Kingdom)

Game shows have been a favorite family pastime ever since they were first introduced. Whether you watch game shows to test your skills or strictly for entertainment, they remain a popular staple of television programming. It can be difficult keeping track of information like largest cash prizes, best performers, or special celebrity episodes when your favorite game show has triumphed for many seasons, especially for hopeful applicants who want to win big. In this week’s #WebsiteWednesday, we’ll introduce you to an organized and comprehensive website dedicated to Britain’s successful quiz show, The Chase: OneQuestionShootout.xyz

OneQuestionShootout.xyz

OneQuestionShootout.xyz is a fan-generated, online information hub dedicated to the long-running British TV game show, The Chase. The anonymous dedicated fan who developed this website shares their motivation for doing so on the Background page of OneQuestionShootout.xyz:

“I noticed how interesting the show was from a statistical point of view. There are many questions the show raises. Who is the best chaser? What target do the team need to set to win the final chase? What is the biggest amount won? And so on. So I started collecting data from the show. On finding there wasn’t really a website that presented all of this information, I started my own, and One Question Shootout was born.”

You can access full data about all 14 seasons of the game show categorized by episode, season, contestants, general statistics, and more, making OneQuestionShootout.xyz an invaluable resource for anyone seeking facts and figures about The Chase. OneQuestionShootout.xyz has become so valuable, that even large national media outlets regularly cite it.

Popular UK news source Metro published an article in September titled, “Which Chaser on The Chase has the highest IQ?”. Earlier in the summer, LADbible published an article titled “Someone’s Crunched The Numbers And Worked Out Who The Best Chaser Is.” Each article references OneQuestionShootout.xyz’s detailed system which demonstrates that Anne Hegerty is the top Chaser of series 12, winning 82.9% of the time. In November 2020, well-known British tabloid The Mirror published an article “Best and worst Chasers exposed as ‘The Menace’ reshuffles the pack on The Chase“ relying on OneQuestionShootout.xyz’s collated data from series 1 through 12. In 2017, Buzzfeed UK posted “29 Facts You Need To Know About The Chase,” which also referenced OneQuestionShootout.xyz’s data regarding Chaser Anne Hegerty and her 79% win rate at the time. 

OneQuestionShootout.xyz

The Chase is a game show that premiered in 2009 and is hosted by English personality Bradley Walsh, a well-known actor, comedian, singer, and former professional athlete. The 14th season (or series in the UK) aired its season finale in September 2021. Over the last decade, The Chase has regularly achieved between 3 and 5 million viewers per episode, making it one of ITV’s most successful daytime shows ever. Each season of The Chase has upwards of 175 episodes and close to 800 players. That equals a lot of prize money and many key statistics. The centrally collected information makes OneQuestionShootout.xyz a reliable resource for content regarding those statistics, such as the biggest cash prizes, the best performing contestants, and the best Chaser per season. There are numerous ways to sort and view the information. For example, there’s a page on how to beat the Chaser, which breaks down information to give you the best odds of winning an episode. If you’re hopeful of becoming a contestant on the show, it could be some useful homework. Understanding the finer details of how The Chase works can be just as helpful to your success as having a high IQ. For example, if you know how many questions are best for the final round (23, according to the website), you can develop an effective game strategy.

The Chase has an extensive fan base, and we are inspired by this fan’s passion to expand on such a beloved show and create a community around it with their .xyz domain. We are excited to watch it continue to grow. You can learn more by following the website on Twitter or visiting OneQuestionShootout.xyz.