XYZ Registry Domains Report – August 2023

August 2023 Highlights

• 81 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, and .Security
  • Examples: Daily.xyz, Mint.Game, and Solid.Security

• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .Lat, and .LOL
• Highest premium sale:
  • 48.xyz at $3,000/year MSRP
• Highest aftermarket sale reported:
  • Rampage.xyz at $8,888
• 4-letter domains accounted for 8.51% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale Defo.xyz for $4,888
  • Aftermarket sale Ciao.xyz for $337
  • Aftermarket sale Mora.xyz for $201
• Organizations and platforms launched their websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • Daily.xyz ($3000 MSRP) registered by an AI artwork platform
  • Fast.Auto ($3,000 MSRP) registered by an automotive solutions company
  • London.Homes ($3,000 MSRP) registered by a real estate platform
  • Solid.Security ($2,500 MSRP) registered by a cybersecurity company
  • Delta.Storage ($750 MSRP) registered by a decentralized storage network
• Top 10 most popular SLD keywords in August .xyz registrations: ai, app, my, bet, online, shop, slot, tech, web, best
• In China, 440 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of August, including:
  • Hongmo.xyz, a social media platform
  • SiliLaw.xyz, a law firm
  • Metisya.xyz, a personal website
  • (source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Galen Oakes, co-founder of ARCC Project¹, an eco-conscious web3 project, and Dope Creative, a branding agency, is also Creative Director at FutureFactory.xyz, a web3 community platform focused on music, art, and technology
  • Benjamin Woodlock, Creative Director at Emmy-nominated design firm Elastic, uses AbstractOffice.xyz for his independent type foundry and design practice
• Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
  • Decentralized social protocol Farcaster.xyz raised $30M from a16z, Coinbase Venture, and more²
  • Software company IronMill.xyz raised $2.6 million from gumi Cryptos Capital and more to build solutions for incorporating zero-knowledge technology into new applications³
  • On-chain platform for contests, hackathons, and grants JokerAce.xyz raised $2M from Seed Club Ventures and more⁴
  • Generative art platform fxhash.xyz raised $5M to grow its team and prepare a platform upgrade⁵
  • DeFi protocol unshETH.xyz raised $3.3M from venture capital firms Soma Capital and ICONIQ Capital and more⁶

Words from #GenerationXYZ:

1L.xyz** – $700 (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 – August 2023

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

(not ranked)

More Standout Premium Registrations

August .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://www.arccproject.com/
2. https://www.theblock.co/post/157271/farcaster-a16z-round-for-decentralized-social-network-protocol
3. https://alexablockchain.com/ironmill-raises-2-6m-funding/
4. https://www.coincarp.com/fundraising/jklabs-preseed/
5. https://www.theblock.co/post/240805/1kx-leads-5-million-seed-round-for-generative-art-nft-platform-fxhash
6. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/08/07/2719951/0/en/unshETH-Protocol-Announces-3-3-M-Fundraise.html</sup>