.xyz


.xyz is a top-level domain name. It was proposed in ICANN's New generic top-level domain Program, and became available to the general public on June 2, 2014. XYZ.COM and CentralNic are the registries for the domain.

Adoption

In November 2015,.xyz reached 1.5 million domain name registrations, possibly boosted in part by Google's decision to use abc.xyz for its corporate website, one of the first major corporations to use the domain. However, domain name registry VeriSign and others have claimed that domain name registrar Network Solutions gave away possibly hundreds of thousands of these names by placing them into customer accounts on an opt-out basis.
As of January 2016,.xyz was the sixth most registered domain name on the Internet. As of June 2016,.xyz was the fourth most registered global top-level domain name on the Internet, after.com,.net, and.org.

1.111B Class

In June 1, 2017,.XYZ launched the 1.111B class.xyz domains which are cheap domains priced at $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.