XYZ Registry Domains Report – December 2023

December 2023 Highlights

• 82 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered*
• Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .XYZ, .Game, .Storage, and .Security
• Examples: Raul.xyz, Spades.Game, Space.Storage, and LLM.Security (redirects to Lasso.Security) 

• Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .XYZ, .LOL, and .Lat
• Highest premium sale(s): $3,000/year MSRP
  • RR.xyz  
  • Win.xyz  
  • Binge.xyz**  
  • Talk.xyz  
• Highest aftermarket sale reported was Social.xyz, at $5,600 
• 3-letter domains accounted for 11.54% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio, for example:
  • Aftermarket sale TLC.xyz for $127
  • Aftermarket sale Bra.xyz for $109
  • Aftermarket sale DNG.xyz for $100

• Various individuals, businesses, organizations, and platforms launched websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
  • Raul.xyz ($350 MSRP) registered by an engineering manager 
  • LLM.Security (redirects to Lasso.Security) ($2,500 MSRP) registered by a security company 
  • Bid.Car (redirects to Bid.Cars) ($3,000 MSRP) registered by an automobile sales platform 
  • Spades.Game ($1500 MSRP) registered by a gaming platform

• The top 10 most popular SLD keywords for .xyz registrations in December were: ai, my, bet, vip, slot, online, win, app, shop, tech
• In China, 260 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of December, including:
  • LinLink.xyz, a personal website 
  • ZebraLabs.xyz, a web3 studio
  • WBZPW.xyz, a graphic design company 

• Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
  • Popular Estonian comic AW Stuff uses AWStuff.xyz for its online hub (which redirects to AWShop.xyz)
  • Prominent venture capitalist Fred Wilson uses AVC.xyz for his personal website

• Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
  • Web3 authenticator platform Dynamic.xyz raised $13.5M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz¹
  • DAG-based and EVM-compatible chain UniUltra.xyz raised $10M²
  • Social network platform GetSeam.xyz raised $2.5M in a seed round led by 1kx³
  • Music tech company Formless.xyz raised over $2.2M in pre-seed funding⁴
  • Payout infrastructure platform R3vl.xyz raised $1.3M in pre-seed funding co-led By Binance Labs and Moment Ventures⁵

Words from #GenerationXYZ:

Fun.xyz –  $1,300 (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 – December 2023

Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered

More Standout Premium Registrations 

December .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. 

^{1.https://www.nftgators.com/a16z-leads-13-5m-round-for-web3-authenticator-platform-dynamic/
2.https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/a-promising-infinity-scaling-solution-for-real-world-application-u2u-network-raises-10m
3.https://www.businessinsider.com/read-pitch-deck-new-social-media-web3-platform-seam-seed-2023-12
4.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/formless-successfully-raises-2-2-million-in-pre-seed-funding-302019250.html
5.https://www.accesswire.com/714699/web3-revenue-share-platform-reveel-raises-13m-in-pre-seed-funding-co-led-by-binance-labs-moment-ventures-to-power-the-future-of-creative-collaboration}