.xyz Domain Names
43 registrars compared — cheapest from $1.30 at 123 Reg
In 2014, XYZ.COM LLC launched .xyz as a blank-slate general-purpose domain. Its pitch was radical simplicity: the last three letters of the alphabet, no intended use, no restrictions — and a registry that bet the internet would fill in the rest.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 123 Reg Cheapest | $1.30 | $25.06 | $18.46 | $101.54 | $226.84 | Visit |
| 2 | Alibaba Cloud | $1.88 | $16.99 | $16.99 | $69.84 | $154.79 | Visit |
| 3 | Sav | $1.97 | $14.03 | $14.03 | $58.09 | $128.24 | Visit |
| 4 | OVHcloud | $1.98 | $15.79 | $15.49 | $65.14 | $144.09 | Visit |
| 5 | Crazy Domains | $1.99 | $13.99 | $13.99 | $57.95 | $127.90 | Visit |
| 6 | Dynadot | $1.99 | $14.45 | $14.45 | $59.79 | $132.04 | Visit |
| 7 | Gandi | $1.99 | $39.98 | $15.05 | $161.91 | $361.81 | Visit |
| 8 | Name.com | $1.99 | $20.99 | $20.99 | $85.95 | $190.90 | Visit |
| 9 | OnlyDomains | $1.99 | $14.49 | $14.49 | $59.95 | $132.40 | Visit |
| 10 | Namecheap | $2.00 | $21.48 | $17.58 | $87.92 | $195.32 | Visit |
| 11 | Porkbun | $2.04 | $14.21 | $14.21 | $58.88 | $129.93 | Visit |
| 12 | Spaceship | $2.06 | $13.97 | $13.97 | $57.94 | $127.79 | Visit |
| 13 | Cosmotown | $2.09 | $14.59 | $14.59 | $60.45 | $133.40 | Visit |
| 14 | GoDaddy | $2.19 | $26.19 | $26.19 | $106.95 | $237.90 | Visit |
| 15 | Hostinger | $2.19 | $20.19 | $2.19 | $82.95 | $183.90 | Visit |
| 16 | Truehost | $2.19 | $21.70 | $15.99 | $88.99 | $197.49 | Visit |
| 17 | All Domains | $2.22 | $23.31 | $23.31 | $95.46 | $212.01 | Visit |
| 18 | eDomains | $2.50 | $12.00 | $12.00 | $50.50 | $110.50 | Visit |
| 19 | NameSilo | $2.79 | $17.29 | $13.75 | $71.95 | $158.40 | Visit |
| 20 | Blacknight | $2.87 | $14.41 | $14.41 | $60.51 | $132.56 | Visit |
| 21 | Regery | $2.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $62.95 | $137.90 | Visit |
| 22 | Netim | $3.50 | $28.00 | $16.00 | $115.50 | $255.50 | Visit |
| 23 | MrDomain | $3.82 | $20.59 | $20.59 | $86.18 | $189.13 | Visit |
| 24 | Gname | $7.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $107.95 | $232.90 | Visit |
| 25 | Regtons | $9.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $89.00 | $189.00 | Visit |
| 26 | IONOS | $12.00 | $15.00 | $12.75 | $72.00 | $147.00 | Visit |
| 27 | Cloudflare | $12.30 | $11.20 | $11.20 | $57.10 | $113.10 | Visit |
| 28 | Infomaniak | $12.76 | $13.76 | $13.76 | $67.80 | $136.60 | Visit |
| 29 | Above.com | $14.85 | $14.85 | $14.85 | $74.25 | $148.50 | Visit |
| 30 | Bluehost | $14.99 | $19.99 | $14.99 | $94.95 | $194.90 | Visit |
| 31 | DreamHost | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $74.95 | $149.90 | Visit |
| 32 | Epik | $16.95 | $16.95 | $16.95 | $84.75 | $169.50 | Visit |
| 33 | Directnic | $17.79 | $17.79 | $17.79 | $88.95 | $177.90 | Visit |
| 34 | Marcaria | $19.00 | $19.00 | $19.00 | $95.00 | $190.00 | Visit |
| 35 | Hello.co | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $99.95 | $199.90 | Visit |
| 36 | Internet.bs | $20.49 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $120.45 | $245.40 | Visit |
| 37 | Moniker | $20.49 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $120.45 | $245.40 | Visit |
| 38 | 101domain | $23.17 | $26.17 | $23.17 | $127.85 | $258.70 | Visit |
| 39 | Hover | $23.19 | $23.19 | $23.19 | $115.95 | $231.90 | Visit |
| 40 | UK2 | $26.12 | $26.12 | $26.12 | $130.60 | $261.20 | Visit |
| 41 | Squarespace | $28.00 | $28.00 | $28.00 | $140.00 | $280.00 | Visit |
| 42 | EuroDNS | $28.01 | $28.01 | $28.01 | $140.05 | $280.10 | Visit |
| 43 | INWX | $30.60 | $30.60 | $30.60 | $153.00 | $306.00 | Visit |
Prices updated daily. Some registrars show promotional first-year prices. Always verify the final price on the registrar's website before purchasing.
The Domain That Means Nothing (and Everything)
XYZ.COM LLC didn't saddle .xyz with an industry, a geography, or a lifestyle. Its IANA record lists no intended use and no restrictions. That blankness became the selling point. Where .com carries decades of commercial baggage and .org signals nonprofits, .xyz is a neutral slate. It can be a personal site, a tech startup, a placeholder, a stunt. The name itself — the terminal letters of the alphabet — reads as a kind of end-of-the-road catchall. Whether that's liberating or lazy depends on the registrant. What's certain is that the Wikipedia entry records its unreserved, anything-goes status.
The Spam Question Follows the Blank Check
Open registries attract speculative registrations, and .xyz has drawn persistent questions about spam and abuse. Some of that reputation stems from promotional giveaways that seeded thousands of low-cost domains, many never used for legitimate purposes. Bulk registrants grabbed .xyz names cheaply, parked them, or pointed them at low-effort content. The registry has publicly pushed back, and the TLD does support DNSSEC, a security measure that helps verify authenticity. But the stain lingers in search queries — people type "xyz domain spam" often enough that it registers. The broader lesson: a domain with no rules invites both maximal creativity and maximal junk.
Cheap Enough to Treat as Disposable
Pricing tells part of the story. Across 43 registrars, .xyz sits at the budget end of the spectrum — the cheapest options undercut the most expensive by a factor of ten, which is an extreme spread for a gTLD. At entry-level pricing, it costs less than a coffee to hold a name for a year. That low barrier encourages experimentation: side projects, temporary campaigns, personal experiments that don't justify a .com investment. 123 Reg offers the lowest entry point, but the spread means shopping around matters far more than it does for a commodity like .com. The trade-off is that a .xyz you barely care about is easy to abandon — and many are.
A 2012 Round Survivor With a Second Life
.xyz was delegated on February 6, 2014, part of the ICANN 2012 new gTLD program. It wasn't the first or the loudest of that round, but it outlived many louder contenders. The domain has aged into a kind of generic utility — used by everyone from blockchain projects to indie coders to people who simply liked the sound. Its registry, XYZ.COM LLC, also operates a consumer-facing site that markets the extension as "the new .com" — a claim that overstates its reach but captures its ambition. More than a decade on, .xyz remains active and operational, a testament to surviving the hype cycle it was born into.