XYZ Registry Domains Report – August 2024

August 2024 Highlights

• 92 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Security, and .Game
• Examples: ZC.xyz, Terra.Security, and Gems.Game

• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .LOL, and .Skin
• Highest premium sale was X.xyz (redirects to ULogi.com), at $55,000/year MSRP.
• Highest aftermarket sale(s) reported:
  • Dahlia.xyz – $24,888
  • Walrus.xyz – $24,888
  • Gosh.xyz – $24,888
• 4-letter domains accounted for 23.26% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale Gosh.xyz for $24,888
  • Aftermarket sale Move.xyz for $1,010
  • Aftermarket sale Pics.xyz for $210

• The top 10 most popular SLD keywords for .xyz registrations in August were: ai, online, me, play, app, sol, game, win, vip, games

• In China, 431 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of August, including:
  • AiLingXi.xyz, an AI-driven shower fixture company
  • WindFlag.xyz, a personal website
  • LvYuanDiaoYan.xyz, a student research project

• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • ForbesWeb3, the web3 growth arm of global media company Forbes, uses Hub.xyz in their X/Twitter bio (Hub.xyz/ForbesWeb3)

• Freshly funded companies using XYZ Domains
  • Blockchain startup MovementLabs.xyz‘ raised $41.4M, including a $38M Series A round¹
  • Open access AI computing company Hyperbolic.xyz raised $7M²
  • Decentralized biotechnology protocol Bio.xyz raised $6.2M³
  • Mini-game network Televerse.xyz raised $1M⁴

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 2024

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://fortune.com/crypto/2024/04/25/movement-labs-funding-polychain-ethereum-monad-blockchain-facebook/
2. https://www.hyperbolic.xyz/blog/hyperbolic-secures-7-million-seed-funding-round/
3. https://www.binance.com/es-LA/square/post/2024-08-22-bio-protocol-completes-6-22-million-genesis-auction-funding-12492408640465</sup>

^{4. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/televerse/company_financials}