Since Google Inc. announced Alphabet Inc. on August 10, 2015 around 3 PM ET and stated they will be using the domain name ABC.XYZ, the new gTLD .xyz has had nearly 20,000 new domain names registered!
It started with over 6,000 .xyz domains being registered after Google’s announcement.
New registrations for .xyz cranked that rising total up over double in one day with 13,000+ more domain name registrations! (13,206 to be exact) with a two day total of about 20,000 newly registered .xyz domain names.
It is amazing that one domain name being used by Google has sparked a vast amount of these domain name registrations for the .xyz registry. Of the 13K+ registered on August 11, 2015 over 130 are directly related to the announcement with domain names including the term (or typo) of “Google”, “ABC” and “Alphabet”. It is worth mentioning that all 3 are trademarked terms.
Here are some the domain registrations to the 130+ I picked out of the list that relate, none of which were registered by Google based on some quick whois research I did on a handful of the domains.
google-x.xyz
google360tours.xyz
googleadwordstraining.xyz
googlecars.xyz
googlechina.xyz
googledocs.xyz
googlefiber.xyz
googleme.xyz
googlet.xyz
googletoabc.xyz
googletrends.xyz
googleventures.xyz
abcdomain.xyz
abcdomains.xyz
abcdrive.xyz
abcdrugs.xyz
abcdtech.xyz
abcearth.xyz
abcfb.xyz
abcfiles.xyz
abcgeeks.xyz
abcgit.xyz
abcglasses.xyz
abchangouts.xyz
abcholding.xyz
abcimdb.xyz
abcinvent.xyz
abcinvest.xyz
abciot.xyz
abcip.xyz
abcit.xyz
abcjin.xyz
abclab.xyz
abclabs.xyz
abclens.xyz
abcletters.xyz
abcli.xyz
abclx.xyz
abcmall.xyz
abcmessager.xyz
abcmod.xyz
abcmusic.xyz
abcool.xyz
abcphotos.xyz
abcplan.xyz
abcpro.xyz
abcrobot.xyz
abcrobotics.xyz
abcrobots.xyz
abcrong.xyz
abcsapp.xyz
abcsci.xyz
abcsearch.xyz
abcshuju.xyz
abcsucks.xyz
abctechs.xyz
abctextme.xyz
abctexts.xyz
abctill.xyz
abctranslate.xyz
abctravel.xyz
abcuntill.xyz
abcusa.xyz
abcvd.xyz
abcventures.xyz
abcvideos.xyz
abcvoice.xyz
abcwallet.xyz
abcwhen.xyz
abcxd.xyz
abcxyzabc.xyz
abcxyzhome.xyz
alphabetcalico.xyz
alphabetcampus.xyz
alphabetcareer.xyz
alphabetceo.xyz
alphabetd.xyz
alphabetdomains.xyz
alphabete.xyz
alphabeteat.xyz
alphabetemployment.xyz
alphabetenergy.xyz
alphabetevent.xyz
alphabetevents.xyz
alphabetf.xyz
alphabetg.xyz
alphabeth.xyz
alphabeti.xyz
alphabetic.xyz
alphabetinvest.xyz
alphabetinvestor.xyz
alphabetit.xyz
alphabetj.xyz
alphabetjobs.xyz
alphabetk.xyz
alphabetkids.xyz
alphabetkorea.xyz
alphabetl.xyz
alphabetleader.xyz
alphabetleaders.xyz
alphabetlife.xyz
alphabetlifesciences.xyz
alphabetm.xyz
alphabetmarketing.xyz
alphabetmattress.xyz
alphabetmattresstoppers.xyz
alphabetn.xyz
alphabetp.xyz
alphabetpay.xyz
alphabetq.xyz
alphabetr.xyz
alphabetresearch.xyz
alphabetsearch.xyz
alphabetseo.xyz
alphabetsexy.xyz
alphabetsolutions.xyz
alphabetstretch.xyz
alphabett.xyz
alphabettech.xyz
alphabettoppers.xyz
alphabettravel.xyz
alphabettt.xyz
alphabetu.xyz
alphabetuniversity.xyz
alphabetv.xyz
alphabetventure.xyz
alphabetventures.xyz
alphabetw.xyz
alphabetworld.xyz
alphabetx.xyz
Out of all of the new gTLD extensions, .xyz holds the highest share (16.6%) with well over 1 million domain name registrations, with the second highest new gTLD .网址 (xn--ses554g) coming in with just over 375K registration according to NTLDstats.com. .science, .club and .top round out the top 5.
Foolish people must think Google is replacing Google.com with abc.xyz. They need to use a time machine and go back in time and register alphabet.xyz and then sell it to Google for $3,800 to make any money on a .xyz.
Coincidentally we own Alpha.xyz and since the announcement the domain is getting a lot of traffic and tons of offers.
Whatever, dude…go pimp your wares somewhere else
The current .xyz growth spurt actually goes back to August 4.
Cheap registrations (they cost $1 if people can search) and most of them will not be renewed.
Hype at its best 🙂
You mentioned a handful of registrations
what about the 3-985409u808r49439u.xyz registrations x1000 etc… most of it is jargon
Is google going to buy these names off these people, hell no
1) Less than 35% of the global population use the Roman / Latin alphabet..
2) In many of the national alphabets there are no X, Y or Z. e.g.
There is no X in the Polish or Turkish alphabets
There is no Y in the Romanian alphabet
There is no Z in the Icelandic or Swedish alphabets
There are no X or Y in the Slovenian or Italian alphabets
There are no X , Y , Z in the Irish, Scott Gaelic or Hawaiian alphabets.
3) In EVERY non English language XYZ are pronounced differently and with a different accent.
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To summarize: Less than 10% does not make it “global, international, worldwide”
There is x in the polish alphabet.
There’s no: Q, V or X in official polish alphabet
This is super news for .xyz, but people should keep in mind that Alphabet, Inc is a holding company, not unlike Berkshire H. This divestiture of Google’s moonshot assets, i.e, non-revenue generating entities it developed and acquired, was executed to enable Google, Inc to reflect revenue growth without exposing its stock to the costs and overhead of the non-revenue generating assets (Nest, Deep Mind. Boston Dynamics, Calico, Project Loon, etc). Google attempted to acquire Alphabet.com from BMW, but it failed. I predict it will acquire Alphabet.com from BMW through a similar agreement Apple arranged with Cisco for iPhone.
99% of the domains registered yesterday, like abcgoogle china.xyz are rubbish; however, alpha.xyz, owned by Andrew Rosener, has real value and will fetch a decent price on the market, either from Google or an investor.
Now can Google spend the money they should use for umbrella company’s .com name for filing UDRP case(s) against thousands of useless domain names.
@Kevin, the current growth spurt marks the end of the NetSol registrations leaving the zone. The NetSol promotion ran from 2nd June to the 2nd August last year and the associated drops from the zone were lagging 2/3 days behind. Of the approximate 376,350 NetSol registrations gained over the course of the promotion 24,568 now remain in the zone (6.5%).
.XYZ has been adding 3k+ per day new registrations while the drops from NetSol were playing out. Now that those drops have finished and coupled with the bounce from abc.xyz, I would expect much bigger daily increases from now on.
I was one of those 20k
for this one:
ItsAllAboutThe.XYZ
That turd stinks…congrats?
Yes, dot whatever will rule the internet.
It is time to sell off your “BullS” domains and do it NOW!
Sell your dot com cheap.
Who is the Jester of XYZ?
Google is dead serious about the it’s re-structuring. I believe a new dawn is upon us. I’m betting on http://alphabetsearch.xyz
You’re kind of leaving some information out. You mentioned 20k new domain regs since the announcement, but left out there were averaging over 5k a day before the announcement.
Then – “Out of all of the new gTLD extensions, .xyz holds the highest share (16.6%) with well over 1 million domain name registrations,”
Do you feel it’s significant that according to Namestat, 69% of those regs are from China? And we all know about the Netsol freebies and then all cheap deals for the names, which helps those numbers.
https://namestat.org/xyz
Its worth mentioning that there are over billion chinese people and that 70% is a funny number there, not visible at all.
Only over 7% .xyz from USA.
From USA : 40 .XYZ REGISTER = $320 ==== After 12 days : 2 sales for 599 each = $+1048 – 320 – SEDO = $728 profit.
@Jonathan,
Thanks for adding the info. There are always many angles one can write from and I just happened to use what gTLD’s rank by volume. I do agree that I could have mentioned the 7 day average registration of 6,677 average for .xyz registration but I didn’t happen to look at that stat when I was writing the article. I was looking at a different site.
EVERYBODY does NOT know that the vast majority of .xyz registrations were involuntary and free of charge. You feed the dishonesty when you use the raw numbers.
You know …. abc.xyz is a pretty good domain.
….. but ….. I cannot think of a single other .xyz that would have real memorability. Its an extension with only one true premium domain.
Gee, that’s nearly 20% of the number of .COMs that are registered every day. Only about 16 years to go until .XYZ catches up, assuming no one registers a COM ever again.
So what you’re saying is .xyz will reach the current growth rate of .com in 16 years as oppose to the 30 years it took .com? Interesting logic. And by the way, how’s the availability of desirable .com names doing these days?
One of the biggest myths about new TLDs is that success is simply measured by registration numbers. New TLDs are about increasing competition and providing more personalization for users.
Hi,
The current .xyz growth good can you beating your competitor with tld like that is not enough…Google looking for brand!
In no way related to Google…
http://googolalphabet.xyz/
Explains the generic terms Googol and Alphabet …