Alphabet uses .xyz domain name. Google announced a new holding company called Alphabet today, and it's using the domain name ABC.xyz. This is a huge win for Daniel Negari's .xyz, and new top level domains in general. Google will be part of ... Continue Reading14 Comments
One year in: .XYZ and new top level domain names
· UncategorizedControversial...but successful? The .xyz domain name hit its one year anniversary today with about 950,000 domain names. That's just 50,000 names shy of .xyz CEO Daniel Negari's first year goal for the domain name, an estimate many snickered at when he ... Continue Reading12 Comments
.XYZ Featured on HBO’s Silicon Valley
· UncategorizedTech company on show creates division using .xyz domain name. The .XYZ domain name was featured on HBO's Silicon Valley last night. A big tech company featured in the show, Hooli, creates a new experimental division for moonshot projects called ... Continue Reading5 Comments
New TLDs (.XYZ?) boost Web.com’s bookings
· Domain Registrars"Very aggressive" new TLD promotions paying off for Web.com. Many in the domain name community blasted Web.com and .xyz for the hundreds of thousands of free domain names Web.com gave away last year through Network Solutions. Was it, perhaps, a ... Continue Reading5 Comments
CentralNic doubled revenue in 2014
· ServicesCompany posts big gains, likely due to acquisition of domain name registrar last year. Domain name services company CentralNic doubled its revenue in 2014 and increased its adjusted EBITDA by 65%. The company grew its topline from £3.891 million to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Digging into .xyz’s domain name registrations
· UncategorizedA look at how .xyz domain names are being used. .xyz is big -- about 900,000 domains -- but it's also controversial since many of the domains were given away for free. Even stripping away the freebies, .xyz is still big. I called upon ... Continue Reading7 Comments
2 interesting new TLD-related videos
· Uncategorized.Rocks, not .com, and .XYZ. I don't have any cute cat videos to share with you this Monday, but I have a couple new top level domain name-related YouTube videos might interest readers. In the first one, one of the ten-year-old members of music band ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.XYZ and new TLDs with Daniel Negari – DNW Podcast #20
· PodcastsHow .XYZ became the most registered new top level domain name. Daniel Negari's .XYZ domain name is the most registered new top level domain name by far, with about 800,000 registrations. But this hasn't come without controversy. In this episode, Daniel ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.XYZ harnesses the power of .Com to promote its domain names
· UncategorizedCompany uses com.com to market .xyz domain names. Regardless of what you think about its approach, I've got to hand it to .xyz. The top level domain is trying a bunch of creative marketing and sales tactics. Here's one a reader just tipped me off ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.XYZ now has over 400,000 domain name registrations
· UncategorizedFreebies and deep discounts add up to a big figure. The .XYZ domain name now has over 400,000 registrations, according to zone file reports. Of course, the majority of these registrations were given away free to Network Solutions customers on an ... Continue Reading12 Comments