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| Introduced | February 19, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-02-19) (root server) June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02) (general public) |
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| TLD type | Generic top-level domain (gTLD) |
| Status | Active |
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| Intended use | None |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Documents | ICANN Registry Agreement |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | gen |
.xyz is atop-level domain name. It was proposed inICANN'sNew 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 theLatin-script alphabet, and to refer to people from GenerationsX,Y, andZ. XYZ.com andCentralNic are theregistries for the domain.
In November 2015, .xyz reached 1.5 million domain name registrations, possibly boosted in part byGoogle's decision to use abc.xyz for its corporate (Alphabet Inc.) website, one of the first major corporations to use the domain.[1][2][3] However, domain name registryVeriSign and others have claimed that domain name registrarNetwork Solutions gave away possibly hundreds of thousands of these names by placing them into customer accounts on an opt-out basis.[4][5]
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.[6]
In 2023, theAnti-Phishing Working Group stated that the .xyz, and.shop domain names were in the top 5 for malicious domain registrations[7] Due to these instances of malware, scams, and phishing, multiple anti-malware vendors are blacklisting many or all .xyz domains.[8]
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