It’s not the first time a small country benefits from a web domain business. For example, Tuvalu earns several dollars thanks to the .tv web domain. Now there’s a new popular domain extension that earns Anguila a lot of money. Anguilla is a Great Britain overseas territory that owns the .ai domain.
AI is also the acronym for Artificial Intelligence and that’s why a lot of projects want to buy .ai domain extension versions. The web domain business is very changing but right now it’s a great opportunity for Anguilla to increase its earnings by selling different websites.
Anguilla starts making money with the popular domain extension AI
The small Caribbean territory is rubbing its hands. They are the owners of the .ai domain and they are selling different addresses at 60€ each. It’s a high price when you compare with other worldwide web extensions. Besides, there are a lot of domains available and the money entering the country is a lot.
A Netcraft investigation shows that .ai domain demands has grown more than 12 000% in the last years. It’s an enormous amount in relative terms. Anguila stepped from 913 domains registered in 2013 to more than 115 000 in ten years. And it’s also an amount that keeps increasing.
In fact, during septiembre .ai was the #123 web domain at global level. It may not seem like a high amount, but there are several extensions worldwide and Anguilla is a small, little populated country. Each day more people want to have an .ai domain.
Negative aspects
The negative aspect of the .ai domain popularity is that hackers use it to create malicious websites. The main objective of these webpages is to steal passwords through Phishing methods for example. The possible victims trust .ai domains because they are from a certain country, but cybercriminals are very clever. A careless user may end up clicking and using the malicious website and sharing personal data.
The hackers create webpages that simulate being legit and they scam and steal passwords. The victim tries to log in but in fact the password goes to a database that the hacker uses or sells on the darkweb. In order to avoid these attacks, you can follow these tips:
- Make sure of the official website you are visiting.
- Do not open links from social network or e-mail accounts.
- Log in only from oficial websites from your bank, social accounts or online services.
The .ai domain expansión is triumphing on the Internet and Anguilla is earning a good amount of money. Thanks to the Artificial Inteligence topic we are talking about one of the most popular domain expansions of the last years. But don’t get careles and avoid suspicious looking links.