discuss .Ai aftermarket is dead

[J.D.]

There had been a lot of hype about .ai the last two years, and the government of Anguilla made a killing.

Most of this money was provided by domain investors chasing the current thing. A few got in early, hit big, and have been slowly liquidating to a hungry group of domainers ready to buy. But the DeepSeek AI black swan event is a classic case of what pundits have referred to as a Sputnik moment. Listening to numerous takes from subject experts on DeepSeek popping the Ai Bubble, very few saw this Chinese firm backed tech upending USA dominance in the artificial intelligence field.

Oddly enough, China is no.1 in producing the most STEM graduates, followed by India No. 2, and USA at a light-year away distant 3rd. So, we shouldn't be surprised that American exceptionalism was a cover for American arrogance and grifting.

The trickle down effect will come fast and hard to the .ai extension aftermarket.

The music has stopped as Venture Capitalists are panicking after pumping 100s of billions into U.S. Ai startups the last two years. Moreover, they were smoothly sold a false premise: Silicon Valley was far ahead of any other countries on practical Ai and needed 100s of billions to make it work.

FALSE!

Yet, VC world opened those wallets wider than ever chasing the next big thing. Today, the same VCs are scrambling to cancel pending deals.

Companies using Ai or .ai in their online branding will sprint back to the safety of dotcom. Ai extension was a temporary novelty to attract the eyes of VCs but it is no longer a differentiator as nearly every SaaS company has or will have implemented some level of Ai by the end of 2025. They will seek the umbrella and global power of .com.

Two groups of .ai hype artists will be noticed over the next year:
(1) the disappearing hype artist (Success)
(2) the pump and dump Ai artist trying to shed their portfolios on the easily duped (Failure/Bankruptcy)

The upgrade stampede away from .ai to .com has begun.

In the domain game, trends come and go but all roads lead to DotCom.

 

[alcy]

.ignore

I hope I didnt hurt your feelings
if so then I'm not sorry

 

[Adrigan]

It was never alive.

 

[doidomnola]

.now is total shit
worth zero
avoid

is.now taken
total.now taken
shit.now taken

 

[alcy]

is.now taken
total.now taken
shit.now taken

but rearrange letters a bit

and u get .one

which is not total shit cause metaverse,one was my 2nd best sale ever..20k

write me when someone gets 20k .now sale and I'll apologize for my shit language hahah

 

[doidomnola]

but rearrange letters a bit

and u get .one

which is not total shit cause metaverse,one was my 2nd best sale ever..20k

write me when someone gets 20k .now sale and I'll apologize for my shit language hahah

Wow.now sold for $35k

Ah no, you cannot spell "one" by rearranging "is total shit" you can however get "A hot list"

 

[alcy]

Wow.now sold for $35k

Ah no, you cannot spell "one" by rearranging "is total shit" you can however get "A hot list"

well i guess meta,now and metaverse,now might work

still .now is long shot from .ai

so I guess it can be true that compared to .ai... now is... shit.

 

[pbx123]

well if you believe that .ai domains are not worth, let me know and I will be happy to rake up some domain names if they are good.

just yesterday, I came across a chinese domainer looking to make a 9m$ on a simple .ai domain name..

I am bullish about the .ai domain names.

 

[J.D.]

well if you believe that .ai domains are not worth, let me know and I will be happy to rake up some domain names if they are good.

just yesterday, I came across a chinese domainer looking to make a 9m$ on a simple .ai domain name..

I am bullish about the .ai domain names.

You are bullish but is the end user market?
Past success means nothing for the future.

DeepSeek is an industry changing event.
.ai is yesterdays news and the best Ai startups will seek safety on dotcom.

Many will drop Ai from their branding completely over the next year.
Its no longer unique, its like cloud or email - a normal element of the Internet structure.

I dont own any non-dotcoms, but a Chinese domainer looking to spend $9M on .ai domain names doesn't have to look far to find a seller. But its easy to talk a big budget and much harder to find one.

You've been hoodwinked by another Internet con-artist.

 

[Andreas B.]

You are bullish but is the end user market?
Past success means nothing for the future.

DeepSeek is an industry changing event.
.ai is yesterdays news and the best Ai startups will seek safety on dotcom.

Many will drop Ai from their branding completely over the next year.
Its no longer unique, its like cloud or email - a normal element of the Internet structure.

I dont own any non-dotcoms, but a Chinese domainer looking to spend $9M on .ai domain names doesn't have to look far to find a seller. But its easy to talk a big budget and much harder to find one.

You've been hoodwinked by another Internet con-artist.

Wow, dude, that's so great of you how you care about (our) ai domains...

; )


Sure, it's an easy game to talk it down,
but fact is, it's not simple as you try to put it here or make people believe.

 

[J.D.]

Wow, dude, that's so great of you how you care about (our) ai domains...

; )


Sure, it's an easy game to talk it down,
but fact is, it's not simple as you try to put it here or make people believe.

Agreed.
It is not as simple as writing a comment bringing attention to an obvious weakness in the .ai aftermarket.

27 January 2025 is a turning point in the need and demand for .Ai extension.
The question the committed .ai seller has to ask:

With the high wholesale prices, high renewals, and drop in end user demand. Why would companies choose my .ai over dotcom?

I don't care about .ai domains but I do care about how they help or hinder dotcom. From 2023-January 2025, .ai hindered dotcom but it will help from this moment forward.

Fact is, its an easy game to talk yourself into believing you hold gold when you are holding coal.
The registries and registrars have been exploiting this tendency for many years.

 

[Jannes]

I'm getting Bitcoin/ETH maximalist vs shitcoins vibes.

 

[alcy]

it makes no difference what u say.. everyone here wishes they could reg car.ai and dozens of others years back.

it makes no.difference if u hate .ai

if u have good words u are basically rich

it has nothing to do with whether u have .ai fetish or not

igor is still laughing it to the bank

while u just sit here and complain how u hate .ai

 

[phaethon]

After the huge XYZ scam, I won't bother registering anything else but .com.. no matter what..

 

[alcy]

After the huge XYZ scam, I won't bother registering anything else but .com.. no matter what..

well people rarely still sell xyz for 3 even 4fig... 5 and 6fig is not really what xyz is worth at all.

at 1usd xyz is ok to reg now and then when u are bored or something

just never renew it.

 

[phaethon]

at 1usd xyz is ok to reg now and then when u are bored or something

just never renew it.

I doubt its even worth a dollar..Mote like totally negative value..

Swetha still sells, got a Xmas gift sale for 100K straight from Negari's marketing department

 

[Altetra]

Maybe you guys observed that Swetha sells her XYZ at that moment, when we have to renew them, isn't this obvious to you?

 

[Jannes]

Maybe you guys observed that Swetha sells her XYZ at that moment, when we have to renew them, isn't this obvious to you?

I'll have what you're having.

 

[phaethon]

Maybe you guys observed that Swetha sells her XYZ at that moment, when we have to renew them, isn't this obvious to you?

She sells it to an Alien civilization where xyz is their .com

 

[J.D.]

After the huge XYZ scam, I won't bother registering anything else but .com.. no matter what..

You are not the 1st nor the last to have been burned on non-dotcom.
It is hard enough to sell quality dotcom in the current diluted marketplace.

Pay close attention to the speed at which (.ai) hucksters circle the wagons to stop the bleeding of value from their portfolios.

Grifters and hucksters are never happy when the fools get un-fooled.

 

[Blueleaf66]

Oh no, .ai is dead!!!

Thank you, Prophet.