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📝 Blog
Buyer + seller guides
.ai, .io, and the New-TLD Reckoning
A decade after ICANN opened the floodgates, most new domain endings flopped — but .ai, .io and a few others found real …
Generative Engine Optimization: Getting Recommended by AI
People increasingly ask ChatGPT and Perplexity instead of Googling. GEO is how you get named in the answer — and why a …
Vibe Coding and the Future of the Programmer
When you can describe software and watch it appear, what is the programmer for? A look at vibe coding, the 70% problem,…
The Biggest Domain Sales of All Time
Voice.com at $30M, a vacation-rental domain bought purely to deny a rival, and a pizza name flipped for six figures — t…
The Calibration Loop Is Broken: Why AI Fatigue Is a Real Signal, Not Personal Failure
AI fatigue isn’t laziness or technophobia. It’s a body telling you the natural pacing cues — novelty fading, mastery ac…
When the Agent Says It Cares: Why Emotional Restraint Is the Next AI Safety Frontier
The next AI safety problem isn’t a model going rogue. It’s the slow corrosion of how humans relate to other humans — an…
📚 Glossary
Industry terms defined
NPB Strike
Non-Paying-Bidder strike. Issued when a winning bidder fails to initiate Escrow within the warning window. Three strikes auto-bans the bidd…
Escrow Stage Lifecycle
Five distinct stages an Escrow.com transaction passes through after auction close: Awaiting Buyer, In Escrow, Funds Approved, Complete, Dis…
Auction Format
Deepnom supports four auction formats — English (open ascending, default), Sealed (one blind bid each), Dutch (price drops over time, insta…
Verified Seller
A free, earned trust badge granted by Deepnom based on completed sales, payout-method verification, response SLA, and dispute history. Not …
AI-Appraised Tier
A free, merit-based badge on listing cards driven by an automated 0-100 valuation score. Replaces the retired paid Boost product. Three tie…
Domain investing
Buying domains as appreciating digital assets — registering at retail, holding, and reselling at retail markup to end-users. Capital-intens…
Public seller portfolio
An opt-in public profile at /seller/<username>/ showing a seller's featured listings + opt-in stats (sales count, member-since). Drives bra…
Saved search
A persisted marketplace query that fires notifications when fresh listings match. Captures intent that would otherwise evaporate when the v…
🌐 TLD guides
Reference per extension
.ai — .ai domains explained: the AI-era prestige extens…
The country-code TLD for Anguilla. Demand exploded post-2022 as AI startups adopted it as the canonical extension for machine-learning prod…
.ai, sh, io, me, com, — ".ai domains explained: The rise of artificial in…
.AI domains are the country code top-level domain for Anguilla, popular among tech startups and AI companies.
.app — .app domains explained: HTTPS-only by design
A generic TLD operated by Google, launched 2018. Notably the first TLD with HSTS preload-list enforcement — every .app domain must serve HT…
.au — .au and .com.au: Australia's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Australia. Until 2022 only second-level (com.au, net.au, etc.) was available; .au at the second level launched March 2…
.br — .br and .com.br: Brazil's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Brazil. Largest ccTLD in Latin America. Requires CPF (individual tax ID) or CNPJ (corporate ID) for registration.
.ca — .ca domains: Canada's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for Canada. Strict Canadian Presence Requirements — registrants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or registe…
.cc — .cc domains: Cocos (Keeling) Islands ccTLD, treat…
Country-code TLD for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Marketed globally as a .com alternative — search engines historically treated it as gener…
.cn — .cn domains: China's ccTLD
Country-code TLD for China. Operated by CNNIC. Required for any site targeting the Chinese market with formal local presence; subject to IC…
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