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===NetSol Promotion===
===NetSol Promotion===
By 4 June 2014, 36,335 .xyz domain names were found registered under the TLD. However, a few industry bloggers noticed that about 27,000 of those domains pointed to nameservers belonging to [[NetSol]], a subsidiary [[Registrar]] of [[Web.com]]. It was discovered that NetSol had run a promotion to its customers in which they registered .xyz domains that matched their customer's .com domains for free. Customers had to opt-out in order for the domain registrations not to go through. NetSol did not confirm the marketing promotion.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/16771-xyz-launch-inflated-by-massive-netsol-giveaway .xyz Launch Inflated by Massive NetSol Giveaway] (4 June 2014) Kevin Murphy, ''Domain Incite''; Retrieved 5 June 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2014/06/04/network-solutions-has-no-idea-what-i-am-talking-about/ Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am Talking About] (4 June 2014) Raymond Hackney, ''The Domains''; Retrieved 5 June 2014</ref>
By 4 June 2014, 36,335 .xyz domain names were found registered under the TLD. However, a few industry bloggers noticed that about 27,000 of those domains pointed to nameservers belonging to [[NetSol]], a subsidiary [[Registrar]] of [[Web.com]]. It was discovered that NetSol had run a promotion to its customers in which they registered .xyz domains that matched their customer's .com domains for free. Customers had to opt-out in order for the domain registrations not to go through. NetSol did not confirm the marketing promotion.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/16771-xyz-launch-inflated-by-massive-netsol-giveaway .xyz Launch Inflated by Massive NetSol Giveaway] (4 June 2014) Kevin Murphy, ''Domain Incite''; Retrieved 5 June 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2014/06/04/network-solutions-has-no-idea-what-i-am-talking-about/ Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am Talking About] (4 June 2014) Raymond Hackney, ''The Domains''; Retrieved 5 June 2014</ref>
==Uptake==
On the 16th December 2014, it was reported that .xyz was the first new gTLD to reach 750,000 registered domain name registrations.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2014/12/16/xyz-is-the-1st-new-gtld-to-break-750000-registered-domains/ xyz is first new gTLD to break 750,000 registered domains] The Domains, retrieved 17th December 2014.</ref>
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