Agora.xyz – Porkbun customer – (United States)
The .xyz community is home to exciting blockchain-based community platforms such as NFT-focused decentralized autonomous organization FlamingoDAO.xyz and the DAO-governed Universe.xyz, where you can launch your own community-driven NFT universe. In this week’s #WebsiteWednesday we’ll introduce you to an innovative platform that aims to integrate social media with the ever-growing blockchain community: Agora.xyz.
Agora.xyz is a social media and blockchain integration platform designed by Agora DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization focused on crypto-token-based social communities. According to their homepage, the vision of this platform is to “supercharge Web3 adoption by creating gasless, multichain and platform-agnostic solutions, without sacrificing decentralisation or privacy.” Agora Space recently launched the dedicated website for their DAO on Agora.xyz. Agora DAO co-founder Réka told us about the decision to build on an .xyz domain: “We chose .xyz because it symbolizes decentralization and the new wave of Web3 applications.”
The platform helps users integrate existing social media platforms like Twitter, Telegram, and Discord with blockchain technology through its Agora Social Oracle layer, which helps users to link their social media actions to the blockchain. The Agora Social Oracle layer is a collection of open-source APIs, bots, and smart contracts. The smart contracts analyze clusters of data from social media posts, which creates an information superhighway between social media platforms and the Ethereum blockchain network. Users can control their digital identity across the blockchain space and social media and automate publishing across all channels to keep their reach independent from individual platforms.
The platform’s full suite of tools are still in development. The first tool available to use is called Guild.xyz, which is an authorization layer for Web3 and a no-code tool for token-gated Discord. Agora.xyz is aiming to collaborate with similar DAOs and partner with other innovative platforms such as Web3 non-profit organization Witnet Foundation and blockchain-based payment system Superfluid so that it can create more solutions and functionality to its ecosystem. We are inspired by this Ethereum and Web3-focused platform and look forward to its evolution. You can learn more by following on Twitter or by visiting Agora.xyz.
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(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** |
| Villas.xyz |
| Spirit.xyz |
| Turbo.Auto |
| Open.Homes |
| Dev.Security |
| Voice.Storage |
| Map.Cars |
| Wash.Cars |
| Insurance.Quest** |
| Ai.Security |
(source: Namebio.com)
| Total dollar value: $220,593 |
| Average price: $3,676.55 |
| Low price: $100 |
| High price: $29,888 |
(Ranked by volume)
(Price listed is MSRP)
(source: Namebio.com)
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.
IsabellaBassi.xyz – Internet.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.
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.
Antiprotiv.xyz – Internet.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.
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
Mllgndsgn.xyz – Internet.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.
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.xyz – Namecheap 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 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.
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.xyz – Alibaba 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 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.
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.
