Kanrong.xyz, a reality modeling solutions provider
(source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
Notable influencers using XYZ Domains
Tech entrepreneur Allen Loh, co-founder of Vocinno Technology, HOLLA Group, and Monkey App, launched ContentLab.xyz, a creative agency that aims to deliver organic-style content that achieves high performance results
New York City-based web3, crypto and NFT content creator @nosleep.eth uses NoSleepClub.xyz as her personal website
EthSign.xyz co-founder Potter Li and VC firm Paradigm.xyz backed developers David Fant and Lonis H.’s Dework.xyz, a web 3-native collaboration tool
Freshly funded startups using XYZ Domains
Software engineer Felix Madutsa’s blockchain interoperability company OrbLabs.xyz raised $4.5M in seed funding to help solve blockchain interoperability1
Developer Keone Hon’s tech startup Monad.xyz raised $19M in seed funding (led by Dragonfly.xyz) to help grow its smart contract platform and improve the Ethereum space2
Tech entrepreneur Ben Milne’s DeFi startup Brale.xyz has raised $11.1M to invest in research and development while supporting its regulatory efforts in the United States3
Rutgers Assistant Professor Leo Fan’s Zero-knowledge (ZK) hardware startup Cysic.xyz raised $6 million in seed funding to provide hardware acceleration solutions for ZK proof protocols4
XYZ highlights from the 2023 Global Domains Report
Registrar InterNetX and domain name marketplace Sedo have recently released the Global Domain Report 20235, a yearly in-depth analysis of the domain industry. This report provides insights into the latest developments, tendencies, and trends of the domain industry, and it’s exciting to see that XYZ domains are becoming increasingly prevalent in the reports each year.
Here are some of the top .xyz mentions in the 2023 Global Domains Report:
Industry highlights include XYZ’s acquisition of 11 new gTLDs in 2022: .Game, .Pics, .LOL, .Mom, .Diet, .Audio, .Christmas, .Flowers, .Hosting, .Guitars, and .Lat
The report shows that .xyz dominates the #1 new gTLD spot with almost twice the market share of the second most popular domain extension, accounting for 14.6% of all new gTLD registrations.
4.4% of all domains registered with new gTLDs redirect to .xyz domains, according to information provided by Dataprovider.com. It is shown that .xyz is the only new gTLD in the top 5 TLDs (among .com, .uk, .de, and .org) that new gTLD registrations redirect to.
.xyz ranks in the top 10 TLDs for market share in 10 out of 15 global regions analyzed, alongside legacy TLDs like .com, .net, and .org.
According to the charts in the report, 8-year-old .xyz is the 2nd most popular TLD in Japan (half as popular as 37-year-old .com), and 3rd most popular TLD in Egypt.
.xyz made history as the first new gTLD to make it into the top 10 of the most frequently sold TLDs in the aftermarket, according to data in the report, bypassing .io, a ccTLD historically popular with pioneers in the tech industry.
In a statement of opinion, an author of the report shows surprise about their findings that many of the top 10 public .xyz sales are existing companies adopting .xyz as a rebranding strategy. However, this is no surprise to us at XYZ, knowing that .xyz is the most popular new gTLD in use today among infinitely diverse industries and individuals. You can learn about the strong and ever-growing #genxyz community from our ongoing publications:
“Your domain name is your identity on the web, and your domain extension has long been the category of that identity. Our product isn’t primarily a commercial entity or an organization, but rather a digital tool for the internet, and a .xyz domain is the only domain that we feel embodies that. We chose a .xyz domain because it’s clean, memorable, and feels very hacker-esque, and those are the exact types of feelings we want to invoke with our product.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
We’re so excited about the growing mainstream adoption of the .xyz domain extension. From iconic, old school figures like Snoop Dogg releasing a song titled “XYZ” on Sound.xyz to small businesses and individuals around the world, more and more people are recognizing the potential of our cutting-edge domain. The continued growth in .xyz’s usage is a testament to its versatility and accessibility, and demonstrates that the .xyz domain is a reliable choice for anyone looking to establish an online presence.
Multi-platinum hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg becomes 65th artist onboarded to Sound.xyz, releasing 1,000 limited edition NFTs of his mix “Death Row Mix: Vol. 1” on March 14, 2022. The collection sold out on the same day. His newest music NFT, titled “XYZ,” released on February 3, 2023 and sold out within 4 days.1
Award-winning Creative Director Chris Carboni founded Reunion.xyz, a creative agency dedicated to telling impactful stories through art, design, and motion.2
American rapper, singer, and songwriter $NOT uses Snot.xyz as his personal website.
Words from #GenerationXYZ:
Startup.Security – $2,500 (MSRP) Registration
“In this market and even personally, your domain is level 1 to how people and businesses see you. We offer support, consultation and several other Security services to small companies and startups so the Startup.Security gets right out in front and gives the reader a good idea of who we are right away. It’s something we are really appreciative of, that we are no longer bound to legacy TLDs and thanks to companies like XYZ we can now be expressive of our message, starting from the domain.”
– Rob de Céspedes, Chief Information Security Officer, Startup.Security
“Tribes is a web3 messenger for everything from DMs to DAOs, and because we’re crypto-native, we’re a bit different than the apps people are used to. So when we thought about where we’d like our online home to be, we wanted a domain that’d help tell the story that we’re something new, something different. XYZ felt just right for that.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
Matt Brown, founder of freelancing platform Bonsai, recruitment automation platform Work4, and investor at venture capital firm Matrix Partners, uses MTB.xyz as his personal website
Jesse Pollak, Protocols lead at crypto exchange platform Coinbase, uses Jesse.xyz as his personal website
Financial technology product designer and inventor of the social media hashtag (#) Chris Messina uses his Twitter profile to point followers to his Mastodon account @[email protected]
Words from #GenerationXYZ:
RC.xyz – $3,000 (MSRP) Premium Registration
“We chose to build on .xyz for a few reasons. Firstly, .xyz is a well-recognized domain among web3 users. Secondly, the short, premium domain RC.xyz helps us in the anonymous space to build trust in our brand.”
“I registeredcup.LOL because I found it funny and easy to type. Most traditional TLDs have gotten clogged up and are a bit boring. I think many upcoming brands and developers will stand out and find better domain names with new TLDs like .LOL. Invest in the memes!”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
“Building on the XYZ domain was a natural choice considering the culture of innovation and internet exploration that defines the XYZ community. As curators of wholly new applications of virtual media, we feel at home using an XYZ domain to represent us. We would rather first build independent value and a name for ourselves in a culture of innovation by using an XYZ domain than to make a big, risky investment into a premium legacy TLD as an early act of business.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
Worldwide companies and individuals launched their websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
Premium domain Startup.Security ($2,500 MSRP) domain upgrade registered by a cyber security firm, upgrading from zeroxmidnight.com
Premium domain i2.xyz** ($700 MSRP) registered by a financial technology company
Premium domain SF.Homes** ($1,000 MSRP) registered by a realty office
Premium domain Nir.xyz** ($350 MSRP) personal website registered by tech entrepreneur Nir Kabessa
Premium domain MTB.xyz ($350 MSRP) personal website registered by investor and tech entrepreneur Matt Brown
Premium domain Meh.LOL ($150 MSRP) registered by a cryptocurrency platform
Most popular SLD keywords in October .xyz registrations: art, app, link, web, tech, shop, win, bet, online, lab
In China, 650 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of October (source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
Notable influencers using .xyz
Former Google SVP and ad-free search engine Neeva co-founder Sridhar Ramaswamy raised $40 million to expand his data infrastructure firm N.xyz1
Rising artist Annika Rose initially released her latest single “Bruises” as a limited collection of 25 audio NFTs on Sound.xyz2
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s initiative BlueskyWeb.xyz introduced its decentralized social media protocol3
Words from #GenerationXYZ:
DMZ.xyz – $350 (MSRP) Premium Registration
“From awesome startups to event pages detailing LA Tech Week, the .xyz domain is almost universally recognized and rendered amongst the highest ranks of the tech community.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
“KEYS is a Web3 Metaverse project with a focus on progressively redefining old practices and industry standards, an ethos that .xyz domains have commonly associated with in recent months. We chose .xyz because it symbolizes decentralization and the new wave of Web3 applications.”
“First, it’s cool. Second, x0.xyz was available and is a super concise and accurate domain name. Since we are a security company, having a simple and accurate domain name reduces risk of fraudulent urls pretending to be us.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
XYZ Registry Domains Report – September 2022
Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered (not ranked)
Worldwide companies and individuals launched their websites on premium XYZ Registry domains
Premium domain Arizona.Homes** ($1,000 MSRP) registered by realty office
Premium domain OffSeason.Storage ($750 MSRP) registered by residential and commercial storage business
Premium domain X0.xyz** ($700 MSRP) registered by NFT storage platform
Premium domain 4M.xyz** ($700 MSRP) registered by token-gated form builder
Premium domain Philosophy.xyz ($350 MSRP) registered by investment firm
Premium domain Pete.LOL ($150 MSRP) personal website registered by digital artist Peter Weissbrod
Most popular SLD keywords in August .xyz registrations: art, nft, app, coin, shop, sport, meta, web, bet, crypto
In China, 807 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of August. (source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
Notable influencers using .xyz
Steve Aoki and Seth Green introduce ReplicantX.xyz, a new collection of 7,777 mintable NFTs. Not the first .xyz site Steve Aoki has launched (a0k1verse.xyz), this continuation of Steve’s NFT project Dominion X introduces a new type of community driven, gamified storytelling. NFT holders will have the chance to help write Dominion X as it goes into production, aimed to become the first community-driven NFT animated TV series.
“.xyz domains have become synonymous with web3 and the next fundamental revolution of the internet. As the dominant web3 infrastructure provider at the bleeding edge of tokenization, minting, wallets, compliance, payments, custody, and many other services, it was important for us to own the .xyz domain that quickly became a staple of the industry.”
– Kevin Lehtiniitty, Co-Founder & CPO, Fortress.xyz
“We love the .xyz domain because it’s become more or less the norm in the crypto/web3 space but also because it complements our brand’s name the best!”
“.xyz is the main basis for web3 domains and it has always interested me. We have our xyz generation which I am a part of and I think that I appeal to best. I thought it was a perfect balance of integration with personal connection and innovation.”
On September 1, 2022, XYZ released a new batch of previously unavailable .xyz domains to premium tiers. This new release includes highly brandable domain names such as Fave.xyz, Refi.xyz, and Authentication.xyz. The new domain name options within this release are ideal for crypto projects, small businesses, personal portfolios, and more. Check out the complete list to discover your new domain today!
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
XYZ Registry Domains Report – August 2022
Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered (not ranked)
“As a web3 project, we knew picking an xyz domain was a no-brainer. While being one of the top TLDs across the board, it’s especially popular in the crypto space and known for its innovative collaboration in the industry.”
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
Aftermarket sale Mozart.xyz for $10,000 purchased by a blockchain-based platform aimed at helping creators to monetize NFTs, with a team of advisors from Circle, Netflix, Google, and Meta.
4 character and 5 character domains accounted for 35% of the .xyz aftermarket sales reported at NameBio
Premium domain 9G.xyz (redirects to GGGGGGGGG.xyz) ($700 MSRP) registered by a creative innovation consultancy
Premium domain Ima.LOL ($200 MSRP) personal website registered by Spain-based production engineer Imanol Barba
Most popular SLD keywords in June .xyz registrations: web, art, meta, app, bet, verse, shop, dao, nft, tech
In China, 1549 .xyz websites received their ICP license in the month of June. (source: https://icp.chinaz.com/suffix/xyz)
Notable influencers using .xyz
Web3 platform Futureverse.xyz enlists Keanu Reeves and partner Alexandra Grant to help guide traditional artists in the process of translating their art into NFTs for sale in the metaverse.
“XYZ domains are quickly becoming synonymous with Web3 branding and culture.”
– Gabe Frank, CEO
D4.xyz** – $700 (MSRP) Premium Registration
“Web3 protocols and applications are disrupting Big Tech’s data monopolies, creating a new data economy. D4.xyz is the analytics platform for this new Web3 data economy, empowering investors through data and research. The Web3 Data Index @DATA_Index tracks the growth of Web3 protocols and the DATA token provides investors with simple, 1-click exposure to this fast-growing sector. D4.xyz is developed and maintained by our DAO, D4 DATA (“DAO for Data”). We chose the .xyz extension for our domain because it’s the de facto extension for DAOs like ours building crypto-native products and services. The .xyz extension is fun, edgy, and tells users that your organization is committed to the transformative power of decentralization.”
– Thomas Hepner & Kiba Gateaux, Founders, D4.xyz
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
XYZ Registry Domains Report – June 2022
Top 20 Premium XYZ Domains Registered (not ranked)
* 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, .Protection, and .Hosting.***
** 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.
*** We fixed an error in the first disclaimer (*) – .Game and .Tickets are not reported as premium namespaces, as they both have premium lists. The error is limited to the disclaimer and all reporting in the Domains Reports remains accurate.
