Joint ventures : Elon Musk launches X.com, acquires Y.com and Z.com as well

A few days after acquiring X.com, uber-entrepreneur, Elon Musk, has finally launched it. The minimalist web site, contains the letter “X” at the upper left corner, marking the spot most often reserved for a graphic or logo. “I’m a no-frills guy, and decided to just place the letter ‘X’ there. Who needs a complex, boring […]

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XYZ Registry applies for .Covfefe gTLD and trademark

The XYZ Registry is once again breaking the proverbial mold, with an ICANN application for dot .Covfefe at the gTLD level. Riding the coat-tails of a popular meme by Donald Trump’s tweet, the XYZ Registry has grand plans for this new extension. Daniel Negari, CEO and founder of the XYZ Registry, stated: “As a domain […]

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AYDACFU : XYZ Registry to release 1.111 billion numeric .XYZ domains

All your domains are come from us: the XYZ Registry doesn’t seem to run out of reasons for another annual mega promotion. A year ago, it was the infamous penny promotion, resulting in almost 3 million domain registrations. Now, an aged meme such as “All your base are belong to us” is being turned into […]

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All your domains are come from us : XYZ trademark application

Domain trademarks are good to have, and the XYZ Registry has applied for a mark on a phrase that’s a meme variant: “All your domains are come from us.” The phrase is grammatically incorrect intentionally, and we’re not trying to be a grammar nazi; it’s just the way it is. The applied for trademark is […]

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XYZ to double its domain registration numbers with ingenious “hack”

The XYZ Registry is about to double its domain registration numbers, becoming the first new gTLD Registry with more than 11 million domains. Using an ingenious “hack” that involves Bit Register Overlay Shift (BROS) technology, all .XYZ domains will co-exist in both lower and upper case. “We’re about to bring innovation and revolutionize the domain […]

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Domain Survivor : May the strongest gTLD win

ICANN announced the launch of “Domain Survivor” yesterday, a game of fitness, intelligence and good looks. Aimed at gTLD registries and their CEOs or founders, Domain Survivor will be the ultimate challenge in the battle of gTLDs. With just over 6 million .XYZ domains, .XYZ Registry founder, Daniel Negari, appears to be the popular contender […]

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Bulging domain numbers : Busy day in SXSW for XYZ “purple man”

An XYZ Registry “purple man” had a busy day today in Austin, Texas, where the SXSW conference is taking place. Stepping aside from the group of other XYZ purple men, the most animated guy donning purple tights removed his mask, temporarily. “I don’t want my friends and family to know I do this part time,” […]

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XYZ video : Domain sales are exploding!

Judging by the rate of growth (ROG) of .XYZ domain registrations, the future of “Generation XYZ” domains is unstoppable. Fresh data provided by the XYZ Registry in a promotional video confirm that sales are exploding. “We’re foreseeing millions of new .XYZ domains in China, now that we convinced the Chinese government that we’re the good […]

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XYZ : June 2016 growth the result of “penny” promo, at a 7 figure loss

In a recent post, XYZ Registry CEO and founder, Daniel Negari, gloated over the company’s growth in 2016. Negari stated that .XYZ registrations outsold those of .COM by “over 1 million in June.” That number might be true: more than 3 million .XYZ domains were registered in June, 2016, when an ongoing “penny” promotion allowed […]

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Dollar General to start selling .XYZ domains

Citing a paradigm shift in the domain registration market, the .XYZ Registry announced a new partnership: Dollar General. With more than 12,000 stores in the US and a net income of $1.165 billion dollars last year, Dollar General was founded in 1939 – before World War II erupted. “We’ve had so many .XYZ promotions, from […]

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BREAKING: Domain Registry doubles .XYZ price overnight!

Everybody was caught by surprise late Friday evening, when the XYZ Registry quietly got “Carte Blanche” on .XYZ pricing. The California gTLD corporation founded by domainer prodigy, Daniel Negari, ignored some intense lobbying of ICANN by domainers, against a sudden, unwarranted price increase. Effective tomorrow, .XYZ domains will be priced 2 cents a piece, double […]

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Editorial : Domain industry’s dollars and cents

Looking at the calendar today, June 1st, I realized there hasn’t been an editorial for a long, long time. Therefore, I seize this opportunity to commit to a monthly post, addressing the domain industry and its direction. Tomorrow marks the 2nd anniversary of .XYZ, and the controversy surrounding its launch is more or less known, […]

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