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With .xyz, we’re all about supporting online communities where people can come together and share their ideas, regardless of age or location. This week’s #WebsiteWednesday exemplifies exactly this with their .xyz site.

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Across the pond in the UK, a team of passionate mothers has dedicated MUMS.xyz as an online resource for parents to turn to each other for advice. Covering everything from the latest educational toys, to fashionable sportswear for the moms (even special discount codes), this parenting blog connects mothers across the UK and supports them with advice, tips, and tricks.

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“We envision MUMS.xyz becoming a big welcoming community, where mothers from all over the UK share their knowledge and experience, provide support and make each other feel safe and not lonely in a lifelong adventure that is parenthood”

said Emma who represents MUMS.xyz. When asked how they chose their domain name, she shared:

“When choosing the domain name for our project, we felt that we needed something hip and fresh, something that would stand out and appeal to all generations at the same time.
We are proud to be the adopters of a .xyz domain name extension as it suits perfectly to our needs.”

Show your support for devoted mothers by voting for their cause at Virgin Media’s #PitchtoRich!

Winning #PitchtoRich will let MUMS.xyz reach out to even more mothers out there, and offer them the advice, help and support they need in the daily parenting life.

This week’s #WebsiteWednesday is extra special – you might have already even spotted this amazing artist and website yourself!

Last week, CNET’s Stephen Shankland tweeted his .xyz discovery in the wild:

Levalet.xyzNetwork Solutions customer (France)

Charles Leval, aka Levalet, is a 27-year old street artist from northeastern France. His recent work covers the streets of Paris with his hand drawn characters that interact with the urban architecture. Levalet shared his art with the online world through Levalet.org, which he now moved to Levalet.xyz. On his newly designed portfolio site, he is certainly capturing more fans throughout the world!

 

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Does his art look familiar to you? That’s because Levalet was recently featured in huge outlets like Huffington Post, Visual News, the Laughing Squid, and even on the main Instagram account where he racked in 615,000 likes!

 

French artist Charles Leval, also known as “Levalet” (@levaletdessinderue), is bringing new narratives to the streets of Paris with life-size black-and-white figures. “My task is to adapt each image to the physical limitations of the urban space through a kind of staging or dramatization,” he says. Charles uses India ink to draw his images in his studio, then pastes the characters onto places like walls, ledges and doors across the city. “First I spot a location, then I take some measurements and make a note of any other details about the place,” he says. “Next, I think of an overall plan and I draw the various elements that I want to appear before returning to install them on site. For the drawing, I work by following a photo, so usually I get people to pose in the situations that I want to portray.” Photo by @levaletdessinderue

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If you want to read more about Levalet, we recommend checking out this article on Smash from a few weeks back

On another exciting note, while we were researching through everything Levalet, we also experienced a .xyz meta moment of sorts. Another .xyz site called Alter Minds, which blogs about art, culture, history, and even about hyperrealistic paintings of greasy hamburgers (what?!) also featured Levalet’s artwork! That’s a .xyz reporting on another .xyz. How exciting is that?

Have you spotted any .xyz websites in the wild, #GenXYZ? Keep us posted through Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, and we’ll be sure to feature the best!

We’re ecstatic to announce the newest member of our XYZ family, .Rent! With .xyz as the domain extension for every website, everywhere, and .College as the shared-purpose and knowledge driven extension, we’re now adding a business-focused domain member to our growing extension crew.

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.Rent is an open namespace for businesses to list and manage their rental properties, products, and services online. With .Rent at the end of your domain, you’ll attract customers looking to rent your services and it will serve as a built-in call-to-action.

Coming to you in September 2015

.Rent is set to launch exclusively for Trademark holders in early September of this year. Following this special registration period, .Rent will go into a quick 7-day Early Access Period, where the general public can register .Rent domains at premium pricing. Everyone will have the opportunity to register .Rent domains at standard pricing starting in mid-October.

Stay tuned for more XYZ updates by following us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

In our last post, we mentioned how Team XYZ was everywhere. Whether it’s on your TV, at SXSW in Austin, or in one of the biggest news publications in China, it was hard to miss us.

And to top it all off, did you know we were also at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro?

Representing Team XYZ, Canadian domain investor Ian Clark waived the .xyz flag after conquering Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa, standing at 5,895 meters above sea level – that’s 3.6 miles straight up into the air!) Despite having two metal knees, Ian embraced this challenge to raise money for Water School.

Water School is a non-profit organization that strives to provide simple, safe, strategic, and sustainable clean water solutions to the developing world. Ian’s goal was to raise $5000 (Canadian dollars) so 5 schools will have access to a sustainable clean water supply.

We were so inspired by Ian’s spirit that we donated to his cause, and in return, Ian hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro and proudly represented Team XYZ.

Check out photos and comments from his travel diary below!

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Ian at the base, with the summit in the background

Ian takes an .xyz-filled selfie with his guides!

“The Porters (sherpa’s) have a saying called pole-pole (pronounced polee-polee) than means slow-slow, so when you hike, the pace is slow and deliberate. Approximately 30 steps a minute.”

Ian and his leader Joseph pause on the journey to Mount Kilimanjaro

After 5 days of hiking, Ian and his team reach the summit and wave the .xyz flag!

A huge congratulation is in order for Ian and his team. And what’s even more amazing, is that he isn’t stopping here. In July, Ian is set to tackle another mountain, Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

We know it might be tough to keep up with everything .xyz, so why not get updates straight to your inbox? We make sure to send updates that we know you’ll be excited about! Sign-up here for exclusive updates.

Happy Monday, #GenXYZ! For those of you who have been following the news lately, you’ve seen that CEO and Founder Daniel Negari has been blowing up the media with XYZ. From The Telegraph, to the South China Morning Post, and this morning on Fox Business News with Maria Bartiromo, Team XYZ is everywhere!

Fresh from the studios in New York City, catch Daniel’s interview with the host herself, Maria Bartiromo of Opening Bell:

What did you think, #GenXYZ? Keep your eyes and ears open for even more exciting news that’s coming your way soon!