Registrations possible at third level, beneath several second-level labels, are available to anybody; second-level registrations are now available to anybody as well (as of 26 June 2006).
Google's ad targeting treats .ai as ageneric top-level domain (gTLD) because "users and website owners frequently see [the domain] as being more generic than country-targeted."[5]
Registrations withinoff.ai,com.ai,net.ai, andorg.ai are available worldwide without restriction. From 15 September 2009, second level registrations within.ai are available to everyone worldwide.
The minimum registration term allowed for a .aidomain is 2 years for registration and 2 years for renewal.[needs update?] 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 a domain, including local and foreign residents.
A .ai domain can be suspended or revoked, if the domain is involved in illegal activity such as violating trademarks or copyrights. Usage must not violate the laws of Anguilla.[7]
Anguilla uses theUDRP. Filing a UDRP challenge requires using one of theICANN 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 maintainingEPP.[8]
The character set supported for .ai domain names include A–Z, a–z, 0–9, and hyphen. As of November 2022, .ai domains cannot accommodate IDN characters.[9] The auction of expired .ai domains is undertaken every ten days where expired domains can be procured through the auction process.[10][needs update]
Domains are $180 for each two-year period.[needs update?] As of December 2017, the ".ai" registry supportsExtensible Provisioning Protocol. Consequently, many registrars are allowed to sell ".ai" domains. Since then, the .aiccTLD has also been popular withartificial intelligence 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 domains. For example,DeepMind has its domain retained at.com;Meta has redirected its facebook.ai domain to ai.meta.com.[11]
As of November 2022,expert.ai is the most valued .ai domain that has been sold. The sell was brokered and mediated bySedo in June 2020 and was finalized at €95,000 (about US$108,000).[12][13]
The registration fees earned from the .ai domains go to the treasury of Government of Anguilla. As per aNew York Times report, in 2018, the total revenue generated out of selling .ai domains was $2.9 million.[14][15]
In 2023, Anguilla’s government made about US$32 million from fees collected for registering .ai domains. That amounted to more than 10% ofgross domestic product for the territory.[16][17]
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