XYZ Registry Domains Report – May 2023

.XYZ is home to innovation, attracting visionary minds who disrupt industries. We’re always excited to see the numerous ventures in our dynamic .xyz community securing significant investments. As the use of .xyz continues to rise in the AI community, we’re looking forward to seeing more AI projects raising and achieving this important milestone.

May 2023 Highlights

• 95 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, and .Homes
  • For example: OPL.xyz**, Love.Game, and Condo.Homes**
• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .Monster, and .LOL
• Highest premium sales:
  • $3,000 MSRP
    • Launcher.xyz**, SM.xyz, VN.xyz, XP.xyz
• Highest aftermarket sale reported:
  • Clockwork.xyz at $79,888
• 4-letter domains accounted for 11.39% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale Wizo.xyz for $3,950
  • Aftermarket sale Ulta.xyz for $3,599
• Organizations and platforms launched their websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • Premium domain XP.xyz (redirects to TicketDEX.xyz) ($3,000 MSRP) registered by a decentralized ticket marketplace
  • Premium domain Media.Quest**($1,000 MSRP) registered by a philosophy blog
  • Premium domain XTM.xyz **($700 MSRP) registered by a cryptocurrency trading platform
  • Premium domain OPL.xyz** ($350 MSRP) registered by a sustainability-focused arts organization
• Most popular SLD keywords in May .xyz registrations: ai, app, coin, online, gpt, bet, tech, shop, nft, best
• In China, 605 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of May, including:
  • Real4D.xyz, innovative 3D visualization technology provider
  • SevenDream.xyz, a furniture brand
  • Lyjkj.xyz, a pet care services business
  • (source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Web3 gaming company Overlord.xyz, co-founded by Joe Carnell and Dom Smith, partnered with Seth Green’s production company Stoopid Buddy Stoodios for an animated show featuring characters from their Creepz NFT collection¹
  • Environmental non-profit organization Safecast co-founder, MIT Media Lab researcher, and NFT collector Sean Bonner shares his writing on web3 publishing platform Paragraph.xyz²
• Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
  • 3D design platform Rooms.xyz raised $10M to expand its platform designed to create and remix interactive rooms from browsers⁴
  • Tech startup StoryProtocol.xyz raised $29.3M to accelerate the development of its web3 infrastructure platform<⁵/li>
  • Fintech company Jia.xyz raised $4.3M to develop its operations in Kenya and the Philippines before exploring new markets in West Africa, Latin America and Asia⁶.
  • Web3 developer platform Airstack.xyz raised $7M to support its mission of enabling developers to utilize AI-backed natural language requests for cross-chain data integration⁷
  • Web3 app development platform Sort.xyz raised $3.5M to further product growth⁸
  • Web3 gaming developer Openfort.xyz raised $3M to expand product development⁹
  • Research organization LabDAO.xyz raised $3.6M to further their efforts in open-source drug discovery¹⁰
  • Tech startup DemoxLabs.xyz raised $4.5M to advance Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) infrastructure¹¹
  • VC firm Dispersion.xyz launched a $40M fund to invest in decentralized infrastructure¹²

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* 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 – May 2023

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

(not ranked)

More Standout Premium Registrations

May .xyz Aftermarket Overview

(source: Namebio.com)

*** Starting March 2023, the top 10 Trending .xyz SLD Keywords are expanded to include 2-character keywords.
 
<sup>1. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/web3-gaming-overlord-seth-green-stoopid-buddy-stoodios-wme-1235325801/
2. https://paragraph.xyz/@seanbonner
4. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/a16z-backed-rooms-xyz-lets-you-build-interactive-3d-rooms-and-simple-games-in-your-browser/
5. https://www.nftgators.com/a16z-crypto-leads-story-protocols-29-3m-seed-round-to-build-storied-universes/
6. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/17/jia-a-blockchain-based-lender-of-small-businesses-in-emerging-markets-raises-4-3-million-seed/
7. https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/05/17/airstack-raises-over-7m-for-ai-backed-web3-developer-platform/
8. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/22/web3-app-development-platform-sort-raises-35m-to-further-product-growth/
9. https://venturebeat.com/games/openfort-raises-3m-for-wallet-as-a-service-infrastructure-for-web3-gaming
10. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/labdao-raises-3-6m-decentralize-133000141.html
11. https://financialit.net/news/fundraising-news/demox-labs-raises-45m-advance-zero-knowledge-proof-infrastructure
12. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/dispersion-capital-launches-40m-fund-focused-on-decentralized-infrastructure/</sup>