The .XYZ registry announced today a new Buy It Now Premium domain tier with standard renewal fees The registry’s new selection of premium domains will have $10 MSRP renewal price (each domain registrar sets it own price for domain names which can vary from MSRP). At Midnight UTC on August 1, XYZ will be releasing a new selection of premium .xyz domain names that can be purchased now and … [Read more...]
20,000 domains registered and not 1 sale
Darryl E. S. Lopes formerly worked for Uniregistry as a broker and he posted a story on LinkedIn and Namepros about registering 20,000 .xyz names at .01 each. Darryl reported that he did not make one sale in the year he held them. Had to be a lot of work to register 20,000 names. He talks about the worry of potential UDRP's when regging so many names. It was certainly an interesting read. I … [Read more...]
Engine.xyz raises $200 million
A company operating on a .xyz has raised $200 million according to Bloomberg. A venture fund started by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called The Engine has financed its first seven companies after raising $200 million from investors. The selected companies are working in fields such as aerospace, advanced materials, genetic engineering and renewable energy, The Engine said Tuesday … [Read more...]
AYDACFU ? Guess the meaning and win $500
When you go to Gen.xyz the homepage shows a little graphic with an off button with the acronym AYDACFU. When the button is on the homepage has the following text: For every website, everywhere® When you click this link you are taken to a page that has a countdown clock, .XYZ will have it's reveal on June 1, 2017. What does AYDACFU stand for ? Well the first reader that guesses correctly will … [Read more...]
Daniel Negari .XYZ acquires it’s 10th New gTLD .Storage
Daniel Negari CEO of XYZ, announced that it has acquired it's 10th new gTLD .Storage. The new gTLD .Storage was applied for by Self Storage Company, LLC to be operated as a restricted domain extension. Self Storage Company, LLC won the domain name in a private auction against Donuts who also applied for the extension. According to Mr Negari domain names will be price at $500 … [Read more...]
With Almost 10% Of New gTLD Registrations In Upcoming Delete Status; The Peak Of 28.8M May Stand Until .Web
According to ntldstats.com almost 10% of all registered new gTLD domain names are in upcoming delete status; meaning for at least a while new G's domain name may have peaked out. On March 24, 2017 the number of new gTLD domain registrations sat at 28,854,146. As of yesterday the number is 28,818,819. However the number of new gTLD's in "upcoming delete" status is 2,738,536 which 9.50% of … [Read more...]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Acquires WWE.XYZ From The Registry With 4 More .XYZ Domains
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) registered WWE.xyz yesterday along with WorldWrestlingEntertainment.xyz. According to DomainTools.com, it's the first time those two domain name have been registered. In the case of WWE.xyz since it was first registered yesterday, that can only mean that the XYZ registry had it on its reserved list but never "registered" the domain since all available … [Read more...]