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Countries that have cashed in on their top-level domain names

Anguilla is raking in extra unexpected revenue from registration fees for its

By KELVIN CHAN
Published - Oct 15, 2024, 08:51 PM ET
Last Updated - Oct 15, 2024, 08:51 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Anguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it's not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinctive address endings.

Here's a look at some other places cashing in on their unique top-level domains:

Tuvalu

Tuvalu is a string of coral atolls, scattered over hundreds of miles in the Pacific Ocean, located midway between Australia and Hawaii. It has one of the world's smallest economies and its low-lying islands are vulnerable to climate change, but it does have a very valuable resource: the .tv web domain. Royalties from .tv, which web users might assume is short for television, have been climbing, especially after videogame streaming platform Twitch licensed the web address twitch.tv.

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