Today, typing a URL feels natural — a word, a dot, an extension, and you’re connected instantly. But behind this simplicity is a layered history that stretches back to the 1960s, when the first networks were being born. Understanding this…
When the domain name system was created in the 1980s, the digital world was simple: .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov. Today, there are over 1,500 domain extensions (TLDs) — from geographic (.de, .uk, .in) to niche (.store, .xyz, .ai, .luxury).…
The domain name system has exploded over the last three decades. From the early dominance of .com in the 1990s, to the rise of country codes, to the introduction of over 1,000 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), investors and businesses…
The secondary domain market has always evolved in cycles: from the speculative gold rush of the late 1990s, to the institutionalization of the 2000s, to the maturing liquidity of the 2010s, and now into a more global and AI-disrupted era…
The domain name system now includes over a thousand extensions, yet only a handful truly matter in the aftermarket. While some extensions dominate in sheer registration numbers, others punch far above their weight in resale activity. To understand the market,…