XYZ.com Typos Forwarding to .XYZ

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Earlier this afternoon, Ian Andrew from Dotcom Agency asked .XYZ Registry CEO Daniel Negari an interesting question about XYZ.com forwarding:

It looks like the answer to this question is

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Radix Predicts 15,000+ .Online Registrations at Launch

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Radix sent out a press release touting its .Online new gTLD domain extension. The company reported that there were 775 registrations during the Sunrise period. It’s email stated that this figure is strong, and it ranks as #6 behind .Porn, .Adult, .Sucks, .Brussels, and .Melbourne.

The email also made a pretty bold prediction. According to the accompanying press release I was sent, Sandeep Ramchandani, Business Head at Radix stated, “We expect to start off with at least 15,000 registrations at launch and would love to break .club’s launch record!”

I can see .Online being a

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Daniel Negari Talks .XYZ on Bloomberg

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The good press for Daniel Negari and his .XYZ registry keeps coming. This afternoon, Daniel was interviewed on Bloomberg, and I have embedded the video interview below.

Regardless of what you think of Google’s decision to create Alphabet and use ABC.xyz for its domain name, I think we can all agree that this has been fantastic news for the .XYZ registry. I also think this news is good for the new gTLD program.

Sahar Shares Additional Thoughts About Alphabet

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Yesterday morning, I shared an interesting Facebook post written by Sahar Sarid discussing the  decision to use ABC.xyz for Google’s  new Alphabet holding company  with some of his thoughts. This morning, Sahar shared additional insights and thoughts about Alphabet and the decision to choose ABC.xyz for the website.

Sahar gave me permission to share the entire post  that he published on Facebook today. I know that some people do not have Facebook accounts (or they use them for personal things rather than business discussions), so you are welcome to post your thoughts and comments here or or  directly on the Facebook post.

This is a follow-up post in a series of posts examining Google’s new Alphabet name, what it means, what it tells us, how they come across. Agree or disagree? comment below.

With Alphabet, While Google was driven by serious Anti Trust allegations in creating this new structure, from branding perspective, they tried to come across as unconventional, young, edgy, and experimental. I don’t think it works. I think people ultimately will see through it, and I think they whole branding aspect can be described in one word: Fail.

Let me explain.

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Sahar Sarid Shares Thoughts on Google’s ABC.xyz

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Sahar Sarid is one of the most successful domain investors I know. A member of the Domain Hall of Fame, Sahar is successful to the point that he spends much of his time traveling the world and enjoying life. He has sold millions of dollars worth of domain names, and he maintains a valuable (private) portfolio of domain name assets.

I saw that Sahar published some thoughts about Google’s decision to use ABC.xyz for its new Alphabet holding company branding, and he gave me permission to share his commentary here:

I had the whole night to think of Google’s move last night and here are my conclusions:

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DeBlasio.Fail is Launched

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I was checking out the NY Post this afternoon, when I scrolled to the bottom of the homepage and saw a creative use of a new gTLD domain name. As you can see below, the NY Post has a banner with a link to the website DeBlasio.Fail. Bill De Blasio is the sitting Mayor of New York City.

When you visit DeBlasio.Fail, you see a heading at the top of the website that says, “DE BLASIO COUNTDOWN CLOCK“, and there is a clock ticking down the time remaining in Mr. De Blasio’s current term as Mayor.

On the  DeBlasio.Fail website,

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