Retail prices slashed from $50-$100 to just $20 as XYZ relaunches domains.
XYZ Registry is relaunching the .homes, .autos, .motorcycles, .boats, and .yachts domain names on June 14 after acquiring the top level domains from Dominion Domains last year.
The company expects the domains to retail for about $20 a year, down from $50-$100 right now. Current wholesale prices for these domains are around $25-$50, so this suggests that XYZ will charge around $10 per year.
Dominion originally launched its domains with restrictions that required registrants to prove a tie to the relevant industry. Its goal was to sell them to clients of its sites, including YachtWorld.com and BoatTrader.com. It made it hard for the registrar channel to sell the domains, too.
It later removed restrictions and tried to reengage with the registrar channel but got little traction.
The lower price for .autos will be in stark contrast to what XYZ charges for .car, .cars and .auto. Those domains retail for about $2,000-$3,000 per year.
Dicky Yams says
So dumb. Nobody will ever want those turds, regardless of price.
Danny Boy says
Lol you .com domainers will never accept that the .com is becoming just another domain name ending. Don’t get me wrong they were the only and best way when the internet was just starting off. But we are raising a whole new modern era the .com will not be sufficient for that’s why icann decided to introduce more into the market. I hope you guys understand thank you for reading.
David says
You would have to pay me to take these domains. They are liabilities ! Not assets !