May Domains

Domain names are the future

[Senthil Rajendren @senthilrajendrn]

@dynatodd @Dynadot Dynadot has always been my go-to place to search domains. I’ve always loved the speed, simplicity, and performance.

But recently, the new design seems to have broken that flow. Seeing a lot of errors and inconsistencies now.

Please fix it ASAP. Domainers depend on that speed every day.

[Tony @TonyNames]

Sold Via Spaceship
Afternic Lander
Hold time, just under 1 year

[Kalin Karakehayov @Karakehayov]

Domainer ALERT! Transfer your domains out of Sav ASAP as they are not safe. Their system is broken and support level abysmal. Our domain renewal failed 5+ times, transfer out - blocked, support is useless, now Sav is auctioning the name for profit, not for the 1st time. Retweet!

[Spaceship @spaceship]

Picture this: a country of 15,000 people where two letters now fund a quarter of the government’s budget. That’s Anguilla, and the letters are .ai. What began as a dry ISO code in the 1980s is now shorthand for the entire artificial intelligence movement.
This isn’t the first time two letters outgrew their borders.

When the Domain Name System was born in 1984, every country was mapped to a two-letter ccTLD. .us, .uk, .de, .jp. These were never meant to be brands. They were meant to mirror the map.
But history had other plans.

In 1998, Tuvalu – a Pacific island nation of barely 11,000 people – signed a contract licensing its domain .tv. The letters matched “television,” and suddenly global media companies wanted in. At one point, more than 8% of Tuvalu’s national income came from .tv royalties.

A decade later, Montenegro gained independence and inherited .me. Rather than keep it local, the government partnered with registrars to market it as personal. In July 2008, .me launched worldwide: 100,000 registrations in under two months, eventually passing a million.

Colombia followed in 2010, relaunching .co as an open, international alternative to .com. Within a year, .co hit a million registrations. Google reclassified it as generic – because usage had already spoken.

Then there’s .io. Officially, the British Indian Ocean Territory. Practically? Developers saw I/O, the symbol of computing. By the 2010s, .io was the domain of hackathons, SaaS tools, and even entire genres of browser games. A remote archipelago with no civilian population accidentally became the digital home of software culture.

And today’s trend: .ai. From a few hundred thousand registrations to hundreds of thousands more after ChatGPT. In 2023 alone, .ai domains brought in revenues equal to 20% of Anguilla’s entire government budget. By 2024, closer to 25%. Those funds are now building an airport, improving healthcare, and installing renewable energy. A tech wave literally reshapes a national economy.

Why did these codes break free?
It wasn’t luck. Each breakout came from the same mix:
- the letters already meant something to the world,
- governments opened the gates and partnered with strong operators,
- communities adopted them,
- and search engines eventually treated them as generics.

How to read the signals today
Patterns repeat, and that’s where opportunity lies.

🔹Semantic resonance: Some codes hide ready-made meanings. .vc quietly appeals to venture capital, while .fm is associated with music. Argentina’s .ar could have been perfect for “augmented reality” – but the government kept it closed. Meaning matters, but openness decides the outcome.
🔹Policy and registry moves: A ccTLD only goes global if the government wants it to – usually by partnering with a registry operator that has global reach. Watch for signals: a government tendering a new operator, or announcing a new deal. These transitions often precede big relaunches and marketing pushes.
🔹Community buzz: Adoption often begins in subcultures. Developers made .io the domain of hackathons before it hit mainstream. Gamers turned .gg into a badge of belonging long before Facebook added fb .gg. If you start seeing a suffix pop up in niche projects, pay attention – that’s how momentum looks in its earliest form.
🔹Search neutrality: Google has reclassified .ai, .io, .co, .me, .tv, and .gg as generics. That legitimizes global use. If a new ccTLD gains traction, watch how quickly search engines adapt – it’s a sign the world has already claimed it.

💡 A new breakout ccTLD isn’t a once-in-a-generation event. We’ve seen .tv in the 90s, .me and .co in the 2000s, .io in the 2010s, and .ai right now. The next one will come where letters, policy, and community meet.

[Youssef @Aladey]

GM ☀️

Grateful to wake up today 🙏. Worked hard yesterday, and this morning I woke up to an agreement 🤝.

GM back ⏪
↩️RT & ❤️Like and I’ll pick 1 winner for a 4L .com 🎁.

Wishing you all a sale today 💸✨.

[DomainJames | james.ad @DomainJames]

I am getting EPIK vibes and thinking @usesav is in some under either mismanagement or financial difficulties. Been trying to deposit funds for weeks (to redeem name) and their system is broken (they admit)/not fixed. Also been trying to withdraw c700$ for c2 months and they keep cancelling the tax form without explanation, so funds remain with them. Feels very Monster...

[May Domains @MayDomains]

@amthehannan #DOMAINS

[May Domains @MayDomains]

@amthehannan #domains

[May Domains @MayDomains]

Hello @spaceship @NamecheapCEO,
Kindly integrate “TrustPilot” Reviews at Seller Hub’s landing page, not every end user knows SpaceShip. It is necessary to boost new buyers confidence. Also put a line below SpaceShip “A NameCheap Company” just like Dan “A GoDaddy Company”.

[Tony @TonyNames]

Dynadot is the only company I trust who should buy out Godaddy.

Would be great for us

[Richard Kirkendall @namecheapceo123]

A bit advice, all those ai agents that are coming will require a name and personalization to differentiate them. Buy first names and short nick name type domain names:

Geoff ai just sold on Spaceship for $45,000.

Bonus: $11,250 saved in fees by using Spaceship over Afternic on this transaction.

[Richard Kirkendall @namecheapceo123]

Spaceship's sellerhub customers have saved close to 1 million dollars in possible fees since we've launched just a few months ago!

[BrandAim 🎯 @BrandAimCom]

Landed my first sale at @spaceship. Name was using Afternic lander so buyer reached out through NameCheap reg path.

Sale price: $2,500

Gotta love that 5% commission

#domain #SpaceShip #domains #domaining

[Web Real Estate @TheBruceBreger]

Timeline of @spaceship @NamecheapCEO Transaction

2:06 PM - Offer Received
2:12 PM - Offer Accepted
2:18 PM - Payment Received
2:27 PM - Payment Verified
2:37 PM - Domain Transfer Instructions and Pushed

Inbound leads for me are always rare, as I do nothing but outbound. I never outbounded this name. Whatever the change is since I moved all my names to Spaceship, I am loving it!

[Bryan Schatz @bryschatz]

Afternic pricing tip (if using @spaceship nameservers):
Spaceship BIN × 1.27 = Afternic BIN
This keeps net proceeds the same (5% vs 25% fees).

[Amit Gupta @Yibecoder]

If your leads are automatically going to stalled/confused change the lander to spaceship and this happens..

[DNBX.com @DNBX_com]

For me, It's not just the lower commission at @spaceship that's appealing, it's their response time in implementing what domain investors are asking for. Not 5 years in the waiting, it's literally 5 days... and you don't have to pay a damn membership! Nice work @NamecheapCEO.

[Jack Domainer ⚡ @JackDomainer]

Oooh yeah! 💪🏻
Bravo to the braves!
GoDaddy paid $71.4 million to take https://t.co/wA23ErvUAZ out of the game, leaving domainers without a fair good alternative and GD keeping their monopoly alive. But guess what? @Spaceship is Dan 2.0. Now domainers are making their move again, and GoDaddy’s $71.4M investment is literally going down the toilet.
And those who are now advocating for #GoDaddy in an attempt to prevent the inevitable are only exposing their own bias.

Go get them, domainers! 🦁
Now it’s our turn to hit back!

[Richard Kirkendall @namecheapceo123]

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