Reuters.com, is reporting, despite some rumors in the domain space that the .XYZ registry is going to be bought by Google, after its purchase of abc.xyz, the CEO of the .XYZ registry said today its not for sale. The CEO of the .XYZ registry Daniel Negari was quoted by Reuters that his company is not for sale. "I believe I was put on the earth to do .xyz, and to bring it to the market. "My … [Read more...]
Breaking: 8.xyz Hits the DOMAINfest .asia Auction at No Reserve
The domain name 8.XYZ will be in the auction as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference that will be held in Macau China from September 4th- 7th. RightoftheDot.com in conjunction with 4.CN will be holding an online domain name auction of around 150+ domains from September 2nd-September 9th. The auction will be in English and Chinese and bids will be show in US dollars … [Read more...]
Report: Traffic to Alphabet.com Surges 5,000%; ABC.XYZ Gets 4 Million Visits in 2 Days
According to a story in the telegraph.co.uk today, traffic to Alphabet.com surged 5,000% since Google announcement on Monday. The Telegraph siting stats from Similar Web a "digital measurement service" says traffic to BMW owned Alphabet.com that saw "an average of 3,000 desktop visits" prior to Google announcement " surged to almost 60,000 visits following Google's announcement on Monday before … [Read more...]
Negari of .XYZ On Bloomberg TV On Dominance of .Com: “I Think It’s Over”
Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry was interviewed on Bloomberg Television today during the Bloomberg West show. .XYZ has been in the headline since Google announcement of the formation of its parent company Alphabet which would be using the domain name abc.xyz. The co-host of the Bloomberg West show asked the following question: There are now a Lot of choice for a domain … [Read more...]
Has .XYZ Forever Changed the Name Game ?
Lexi Pandell of Wired wrote a very interesting headline for a story on Google using ABC.xyz, "Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance" Lexi mentioned that she interviewed Daniel Negari earlier in the year and he gave his vision on .XYZ. “We end the alphabet in ‘xyz’ and we should end domain names the same way.” It turns out someone agrees with him. Yesterday, Google’s new … [Read more...]
Did Google Buy Alphabet.Xyz for $3,800
GTLD.link is a forum that focuses solely on new gtlds. Last night at 8:28 a member posted he owned Alphabet.xyz and sold it. Sold too cheap :( Yesterday, 08:28 PM So, I received a $2,500 Sedo offer last week for alphabet.xyz. I didn't think much of the domain, so I countered with $3,800, and the buyer accepted.And then, this today: … [Read more...]
.XYZ’s Daniel Negari Is So Done With .Com He Put His Own Last Name Up For Sale: Negari.com
It's no secret that the Founder of .XYZ Daniel Negari has gone all in on being a new gTLD registry operator as he continues to shed his .Com holdings. Just to show how done Negari is with .Com he has put up his the. Com domain of his last name up for sale on Namejet.com at no reserve, Negari.com which is being forwarded to XYZ.com I reached out to Daniel when I saw the domain name in … [Read more...]