XYZ Registry Domains Report – March 2024

March 2024 Highlights

• 103 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, and .Security
• Examples: A.xyz, EK.Game, and Grow.Security

• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .LOL, and .Lat
• Highest premium sale(s):
  • $13,000/year MSRP
    • A.xyz
  • $3,000/year MSRP
    • QQ.xyz
    • SL.xyz
    • OH.xyz
    • WI.xyz
    • AX.xyz
• Highest aftermarket sale reported was Eclipse.xyz, at $90,000
• 3-letter domains accounted for 18.18%% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale PRK.xyz for $126
  • Aftermarket sale PNK.xyz for $115
  • Aftermarket sale HSD.xyz for $110
  • Aftermarket sale HDL.xyz for $100

• Various businesses, projects, and platforms launched websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • A.xyz ($13,000 MSRP) registered by a decentralized search network
  • SDVerse.Auto ($3,000 MSRP) registered by an automotive software marketplace
  • Fun.Rent ($700 MSRP) registered by a party rental business
  • LYS.xyz  ($350 MSRP) registered by a crypto staking platform (domain upgrade from YGRO.io)
  • 404.Monster** ($350 MSRP) registered by an NFT project

• The top 10 most popular SLD keywords for .xyz registrations in March were:  ai, my, sol, bet, online, app, tech, vip, coin, win
• In China, 453 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of March, including:
  • FYGame.xyz, an animation and VFX solutions provider
  • Jreen.xyz, a website development service
  • Tanwo.xyz, a community platform

• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Host of Zero Knowledge podcast¹ Anna Rose is the co-founder of crypto research company ZKV.xyz (domain upgrade from zkvalidator.com).
  • Guitarist and co-founder of former music licensing platform Mediarite Adrien Stern is CEO and co-founder of r3vl.xyz, a payment infrastructure platform for the collaboration economy.
  • SMAPE Capital partner Simon Schwerin is the founding partner of social capital collective NxGen.xyz.
  • Co-founder of BrownRice Capital and former CFO of Coinswitch (one of India’s leading crypto apps) Sarmad Nazki is co-founder of blockchain startup PYOR.xyz 

• Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
  • Tech startup Succinct.xyz raised $55M²
  • Trading-optimized modular L2 Reya.xyz raised $10M³
  • DeFi protocol Concrete.xyz raised $7.5M⁴
  • Self-custodial crypto exchange Rails.xyz raised $6.20M⁵
  • SocialFi application EarlyFans.xyz raised $1.5M⁶

Words from #GenerationXYZ:

A.xyz – $13,000 (MSRP) Premium Registration

Discover a curated selection of available .xyz domains with our .xyz premiums, .xyz numbers, and CNOX search tools.

* 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, and .Protection.***

** “BIN” (or 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.

XYZ Registry Domains Report – March 2024

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

(not ranked)

More Standout Premium Registrations

March .xyz Aftermarket Overview

(source: Namebio.com)

*** Starting March 2023, the top 10 Trending .xyz SLD Keywords are expanded to include 2-character keywords.

Starting July 2023, we have expanded from Top 10 to Top 20 Trending .xyz SLD Keywords, and added the 2-character keyword “my” in our dataset. Though we consider “my” to be a keyword modifier, this addition is intended to align with industry focal points.

<sup>1. https://zeroknowledge.fm/
2. https://news.bitcoin.com/succinct-labs-raises-55m-to-propel-zero-knowledge-proofs-into-mainstream-development/
3. https://mpost.io/reya-labs-raises-10m-in-funding-to-enhance-development-of-trading-optimized-layer-2-reya-network/
4. https://www.finsmes.com/2024/02/blueprint-finance-raises-7-5m-in-funding.html#google_vignette
5. https://www.cypherhunter.com/en/e/rails-xyz-raised-funding-2024-03-22/
6. https://www.coinlive.com/news-flash/470077</sup>