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industry (AI).

Second and third level registrations

Registrations within off.ai, com.ai, net.ai, and org.ai are available unrestrictedly, worldwide. From September 15, 2009, second level registrations within .ai are available to everyone worldwide.

Registration

The minimum registration term allowed for .AI domain is 2 years for registration and 2 years for renewal. The authority in charge of managing this extension is “WHOIS.AI”. Registrations began on 1995-02-16. The minimum length is 2 and the maximum is 63 characters. There are no requirements for registering domain, anybody can register them, local and foreign residents. AI domain can be suspended or revoked, if the domain is based on some illegal activity, such as violating trademarks or copyrights. The usage must not violate the laws of Anguilla. Anguilla uses the UDRP. Filing a UDRP challenge requires using one of the

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Approved Dispute Resolution Service Providers. If the domain is with an ICANN accredited registrar, they should work with the arbitrator. Usually this means either doing nothing or transferring a domain. .ai domains are transferable to any desired registrars as the registration of domain is done maintaining EPP. The character set supported by .ai domain include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and hyphen. As of November 2022, .ai domains don't accommodate IDN characters. The auction of expired .ai domain is undertaken every ten days where expired domains can be procured through the auction process.

Valuation

Domains are $100 for each two-year period. As of November 2021, the ".ai" registry supports Extensible Provisioning Protocol. Consequently, many registrars are allowed to sell ".ai" domains. Since then, the .ai

has also been popular with

companies and organizations. Though such trends are primarily seen among new AI based companies or startups. Many established AI and Tech companies preferred not to opt for .ai domain. For example,

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has its domain retained at .com; Facebook has redirected its facebook.ai domain to ai.facebook.com. As of November 2022, ''expert.ai'' is the most valued .ai domain that has been sold ever. The sell was brokered and mediated by Sedo in June 2020 and was finalized at €95,000 (about $108,000).

Impact on Anguilla's Economy

The registration fees earned from the .ai domains go to the treasury of Government of Anguilla. As per a ''

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'' report, in 2018, the total revenue generated out of selling .ai domains was $2.9 million.

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