.xyz is a

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name. It was proposed in

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's New generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program, and became available to the general public on June 2, 2014. The domain name came about both because the three letters are the last in the

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, and to refer to people from Generations X, Y, and Z. XYZ.com and

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are the registries for the domain.

Adoption

In November 2015, .xyz reached 1.5 million domain name registrations, possibly boosted in part by

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's decision to use abc.xyz for its corporate (

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) website, one of the first major corporations to use the domain. However, domain name registry

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and others have claimed that domain name registrar

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gave away possibly hundreds of thousands of these names by placing them into customer accounts on an opt-out basis.

1.111B Class

On June 1, 2017, .XYZ launched the 1.111B class .xyz domains which are cheap domains priced at US$0.99 per year and renewed at the same price. They are 6-digit, 7-digit, 8-digit, and 9-digit numeric combinations between 000000.xyz – 999999999.xyz. Daniel Negari, CEO of .XYZ said that it is for bringing competition, choice, and innovation to the market.

Issues

In 2023, the

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stated that the .xyz, and .shop domain names were in the top 5 for malicious domain registrations Due to these instances of malware, scams, and phishing, multiple anti-malware vendors are blacklisting many or all .xyz domains.

References

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