domains otherside.xyz has been sold by @DNGear

[Yusupbabay]

Bored Ape Yacht Club launched a metaverse called Otherside. Yuga Labs, the parent company of BAYC, is using the http://Otherside.xyz domain name for its website.

@DNGear recently announced that she sold http://Otherside.xyz.​

today I get this email :

"""" $APE in to the Otherside """"""

The most highly-anticipated drop of 2022 is nearly here! Yuga Labs, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, is launching Otherside tonight at 9pm ET. Their latest project may be the most hyped so far and there has been tremendous excitement about the utility the Otherdeed NFTs will bring.

To ensure you’re ready (with your countdown clock), we’ll be accepting ApeCoin or ETH for this launch - so load up your wallet and get your snacks ready. Buckle up and watch this explosive move into the metaverse!
We’ll see you on the Otherside,
Your friends at OpenSea.


"What is your opinion? please share this."

 

[DNGear]

there is no doubt that something is going on. It's unusual to say the list. and eye popping.

who really stands to benefit from such sensational news? The registrars and whoever owns .xyz.

Would I put it past the registry to team up with Swetha since she has so many .xyz domains? NOPE.

If news comes out Swetha sold this and that for this and that. Doesn't .xyz registry benefit from all the new interested in .xyz aka FOMO? and now you see a rush in .xyz domain registrations.

If .xyz registry was funding or sharing in the expense and Swetha found a "cheap" option in India? Then it's a win win for both. Swetha will sell her .xyz domains and Registry makes monery off all the others trying to buy up the scraps. How do I know? I got suckered too. but I think I got a good one in Marketcaps.xyz.

If you dont like .xyz i can understand. May be you have invested in other extensions.
I am having lot of sales means .XYZ is in trending,.
If XYZ really wanted to fund me, They would probably give all the premium domains to me.
Accept the truth and get away. Got lot of work to do.
How come you people have time to write all this for hours.
BTW, My expenditure at two registrars.
Over and out.

 

[GreatBrand.in]

doesn't anyone else wonder what the heck DNgear is doing differently? Is it a sit and wait strategy for her or serious outbound?

I get this feeling she might have hired cheap call calling services in india to hit the phones hard using paid databases to get peoples actual direct mobile numbers. its hard enough to get anyone on the phone to offer your domains to them.

I'm think they are doing the lazy method perhaps list all over.

She has built a brand Swetha.xyz where you will get best of the best approx. 20,000 one and two words dictionary names and most important all at standard price. She is well known & have goodwill in the crypto and web3 world thanks to her professional approach and mouth publicity. Today most of the successful and live XYZ domains were once upon a time owned by her. So frankly when a new investor visit her marketplace they don't need to go anywhere else. It's time consuming process, an effort of 6 years of persistent efforts, strong conviction & more importantly patience.

And we all know when you own a brand that has strong goodwill among target customers you can always command a premium. Instead of finding excuses it would be better if we also find our own niche & build a brand that generate trust, authority and command a premium. All the best!

 

[DNGear]

Plenty of other domainers have had their sales questioned, especially when they are outside the norm.

It is not hard to find NamePros threads questioning many sales over the years, including prominent domainers like Mike Mann, Frank Schilling, and others. I have seen sales of prominent brokers questioned as well.

It comes with the territory if you are going to report sales. It is one of many reasons I choose to rarely report sales.

Brad

I wasn't sure how the other people reported their sales.

I have been reporting my sales by tagging the respective marketplaces where it was sold.(like @Afternic, @Dan)

I have been verifying the sale by posting a screenshot to Namebio and DNJournal.


What I couldn't answer is why they bought that domain when there is my extension available? Why didn't they use it till now? Why is .xyz funding me? Why? Why? Do they really want an answer or Just to spread negativity?

 

[barybadrinath]

Why don't you guys never question other big domainers ever regarding their sales. Whether she hired full army ( cheapest in India ) or all her sales are inbound, why do you guys are jealous. She has hit the jackpot and you have to accept that . Enough of your doubts since last 2 years . Work harder.

 

[jamesau]

I don't think there would be much outbound. There is just a lot of money sloshing around in crypto and as luck would have it .xyz has become their first choice of domain. Many crypto projects prefer it over .com.

Some people took bets on .cc to become the default cryptocurrency domain which makes more sense on paper.

 

[Jimmysun]

Swetha just got lucky with xyz. She's made her own market prices based on the first few sales. Because she owns virtually all premium 1 word domains...she's made her own market prices by raising prices for all of them across all the boards.

Price gouging is aptly the term for her selling practices.

It’s wrong to say that price gouging, no matter what extension is when you are holding 10k+ of them you have to price that much to sustain the renewals, it’s necessary and it’s how it goes in domain industry not like selling vegetables, she has chosen the right extension that’s the main point, if you chose the wrong extension at first place then you’ll have a huge loss that was the bold move she did that others can’t make, that said, even though you have a time machine to go back to 2016 you wouldn’t have a such strong belief for making the same decision like her.

 

[The Durfer]

congratulations to @DNGear more power to you. Its just incredible.

 

[Jimmysun]

doesn't anyone else wonder what the heck DNgear is doing differently? Is it a sit and wait strategy for her or serious outbound?

I get this feeling she might have hired cheap call calling services in india to hit the phones hard using paid databases to get peoples actual direct mobile numbers. its hard enough to get anyone on the phone to offer your domains to them.

I'm think they are doing the lazy method perhaps list all over.

There is no mojo there you guys think too much, the only difference is she has a good vision and better patience (also good pricing strategy) than anyone, and buyers and companies like .xyz so acquire from her nothing more, to me that if people can’t understand potential of .xyz it’s like living in the Otherside of the world.

 

[jhm]

Why don't you guys never question other big domainers ever regarding their sales. Whether she hired full army ( cheapest in India ) or all her sales are inbound, why do you guys are jealous. She has hit the jackpot and you have to accept that . Enough of your doubts since last 2 years . Work harder.

Bitter people: Its not fair

Swetha:

 

[BRANDERX]

Intriguing as a brand name..

 

[Future Sensors]

What is the niche of otherside.xyz?

 

[jhm]

there is no doubt that something is going on. It's unusual to say the list. and eye popping.

who really stands to benefit from such sensational news? The registrars and whoever owns .xyz.

Would I put it past the registry to team up with Swetha since she has so many .xyz domains? NOPE.

If news comes out Swetha sold this and that for this and that. Doesn't .xyz registry benefit from all the new interested in .xyz aka FOMO? and now you see a rush in .xyz domain registrations.

If .xyz registry was funding or sharing in the expense and Swetha found a "cheap" option in India? Then it's a win win for both. Swetha will sell her .xyz domains and Registry makes monery off all the others trying to buy up the scraps. How do I know? I got suckered too. but I think I got a good one in Marketcaps.xyz.

She has an extensive portfolio of "XYZ". It has absolutely nothing to do with some registry benefit / getting some insider advantage as described. It's very easy to say that, but that is far from the truth. She may have her own set of skills, with regards to some marketing / gaining traction on the names, but I don't expect she'd give any insight to that as an investor. IMO

Bravo again on the sale @DNGear

 

[jhm]

Me too, but I don't believe its hard work.

Foresight, opportunity, fair amount of willingness, know-how, confidence, timing...can throw those words around. She does put in time, effort, patience...and yes hard work. Sometimes just hearing about the good stuff (the offers received), can divert attention away from the sacrifices and commitment she has put in, behind closed doors. Easy to judge, but no...she certainly works. IMO

 

[NickB]

Swetha just got lucky with xyz. She's made her own market prices based on the first few sales. Because she owns virtually all premium 1 word domains...she's made her own market prices by raising prices for all of them across all the boards.

Price gouging is aptly the term for her selling practices.

Price gouging is a bit harsh/wrong analogy - if you own an asset, you can price it at what you want, it's then up to potential buyers if they are willing to stump up the cash or look elsewhere.........in this case other extensions - businesses have plenty of choice......

 

[rh2000]

okay? I understand that she probably did that when .xyz first year reg is 99 cents. but after that? $15? $20? for 1000 domains you looking at $20,000 the following year.

She posted what she has spent at 2 different registrars and it is a lot of money. The only question should be is she in the red or black. Although, I do understand why you would be skeptical because we usually, don't see domains sell at the rate that she sells them.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

not really.......

Well to me it was a complete surprise because there are too many people having success in xyz and no monopoly.

I hope for more "news" of this type.

 

[Laguna]

not really.......

 

[MadAboutDomains]

doesn't anyone else wonder what the heck DNgear is doing differently? Is it a sit and wait strategy for her or serious outbound?

I get this feeling she might have hired cheap call calling services in india to hit the phones hard using paid databases to get peoples actual direct mobile numbers. its hard enough to get anyone on the phone to offer your domains to them.

I'm think they are doing the lazy method perhaps list all over.

She registered thousands of the 1 word non-premium registration xyz names.

 

[WhoaDomain.com]

I also have a feeling she has an army making phone calls & sending emails.

Who knows...

there is no doubt that something is going on. It's unusual to say the list. and eye popping.

who really stands to benefit from such sensational news? The registrars and whoever owns .xyz.

Would I put it past the registry to team up with Swetha since she has so many .xyz domains? NOPE.

If news comes out Swetha sold this and that for this and that. Doesn't .xyz registry benefit from all the new interested in .xyz aka FOMO? and now you see a rush in .xyz domain registrations.

If .xyz registry was funding or sharing in the expense and Swetha found a "cheap" option in India? Then it's a win win for both. Swetha will sell her .xyz domains and Registry makes monery off all the others trying to buy up the scraps. How do I know? I got suckered too. but I think I got a good one in Marketcaps.xyz.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

okay? I understand that she probably did that when .xyz first year reg is 99 cents. but after that? $15? $20? for 1000 domains you looking at $20,000 the following year.

Yup. Pretty much. Good job she's getting massive sales, otherwise it wouldn't add up.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

This is very surprising.

Congrats

 

[BRANDERX]

I get this feeling she might have hired cheap call calling services in india to hit the phones hard using paid databases to get peoples actual direct mobile numbers. its hard enough to get anyone on the phone to offer your domains to them.

I also have a feeling she has an army making phone calls & sending emails.

Who knows...

 

[bmugford]

Price gouging is a bit harsh/wrong analogy - if you own an asset, you can price it at what you want, it's then up to potential buyers if they are willing to stump up the cash or look elsewhere.........in this case other extensions - businesses have plenty of choice......

Yeah, I agree with that.

Domains are also different than many other items as they are one of a kind, but there are endless alternatives that serve the same utility.

Price gouging to me needs to involve control over the market AND some utility which has lack of other viable options.

For instance price gouging could involve a local electric/gas company. It is a needed service where other viable options don't really exist.

Domains are more akin to art IMO. They are all one of a kind, but many alternative options with the same function exist.

Brad

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Interestingly they look like they're so in on the XYZ craze that they registered mostly .com names...

https://domainnamewire.com/2022/05/02/yuga-labs-apes-in-on-otherside-domains-but-misses-a-key-one/