Category: gTLDs

really wow As we celebrate .xyz’s 9th anniversary, I cannot help but sit back in amazement of what has become of my… Read More >

Flippening Every day I wake up and think to myself, “gm, how can we grow .xyz?” In 2014, we set out to… Read More >

Growing up in the 90s, basketball was life. In 1998/1999 when I registered my first domain, that same season I was the… Read More >

What a time we live in. As we all adjust to the new normal, XYZ’s mission has remained the same. We are… Read More >

It started with a dream of bringing a fresh new domain ending to the internet, and five years ago that dream became… Read More >

April 1 has always been a fun day for me. We are almost five years in @XYZ and we have grown so… Read More >

On June 2nd, 2018, the #GenXYZ community celebrated .xyz’s 4th birthday. I often find myself reflecting on this incredible journey. In 2014,… Read More >

At XYZ, we track the success of the community very closely and do our best to amplify it. Today we released XYZ… Read More >

As part of our third anniversary to celebrate .xyz as the most popular new domain in the world, XYZ introduced the 1.111B®… Read More >

Three years ago, my team and I launched .xyz with the mission of bringing competition, choice, and innovation on the internet. .xyz… Read More >

The mission of XYZ has always been to bring choice, availability, and innovation to the next generation of internet users. Our first… Read More >

2016 has been a GREAT year for XYZ. It started shortly after a summary judgement granted by the federal judge who ruled… Read More >

Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/DiffusionOfInnovation.png I remember back at USC one of my Entrepreneur professors shared the above graph of the Innovation Adoption Lifecycle. The… Read More >

Below you will find an offer to Rightside Group, Ltd. to purchase four of the under-monetized new gTLDs (generic top level domains)… Read More >

Last month, .xyz crossed 2 million total registrations. Two weeks later, there were 2.5 million registrations. But as I’ve said before, registration… Read More >

.xyz is for every website, everywhere. We really mean that. XYZ, now and in the future, will always protect people’s rights and… Read More >

With 1.5 billion monthly active Facebook users and mobile internet browsing exceeding PC internet usage in the US, I’m often asked how… Read More >

Many people called me crazy, and some people still do. Nonetheless, this week was a BIG win for our team, who have been… Read More >

For the same reasons I’m selling Negari.com which closes Tuesday on NameJet, I am also selling DMN.com. Not only is this a… Read More >

Do you have your LastName.com? It’s pretty difficult to come by, even if you have an uncommon last name like mine. What… Read More >

At #ICANN53, I had the honor of meeting Dr. Stephen Crocker, one of the inaugural inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame,… Read More >

When I filled out my ICANN application for .xyz, I initially thought that 20,000 registrations would be enough to consider the first… Read More >

Since launching .xyz, I’ve been asked this question countless times: can new domain extensions (also known as gTLDs) rank in Google? The… Read More >

Disclaimer, this post contains my personal thoughts and not that of my company XYZ. I am a proud shareholder of GoDaddy ($GDDY)…. Read More >

June 2 marks the 1 year anniversary of .xyz going into General Availability. Wow. I can’t believe it’s been a year. I… Read More >

Domain extensions, domain names, real estate, technology, advertising – I’ve been a serial entrepreneur from a very early age. It began with… Read More >

As a small business owner myself, it is important to me to support other small businesses through .xyz. To help small businesses… Read More >

Wrapping up an extremely successful ICANN meeting, people are continuing to ask me how .xyz has scaled so fast. After presenting .xyz’s… Read More >

Prior to the launch of .xyz, 80 million domain names were searched each day at GoDaddy, the world’s largest registrar (source: The… Read More >

The new standard is here: .com .net .xyz Last year I predicted that internet users – when given the choice – would… Read More >

As we’re nearing the end of summer, it’s hard to believe that .xyz’s June 2nd launch was over 2 months ago. We… Read More >

Yesterday, Alexa Raad, the CEO of Architelos, posted an interesting article on CircleID, which asked the question, “Does gTLD Registration Volume Measure… Read More >

It’s official. .xyz has had one of the most successful gTLD launches to date. In the first 24 hours alone, we have… Read More >

Tomorrow, June 2nd, 2014, will be remembered as the day that the internet evolved and every generation of internet users were unified…. Read More >

Hello World! Welcome to my official blog. For those of you that don’t know me, I am Daniel Negari – CEO and… Read More >

Listen to NPR Interview with Daniel Negari, CEO of .xyz