What’s in a domain name?

Several memorable web domains belong to small island nations and territories, including Tuvalu's .tv, Guernsey's .gg and the British Indian Ocean Territory's .io, and these countries often earn significant revenue from selling them. Anguilla's .ai domain, which Vincent Cate of DataHaven.Net Ltd says earns around $3 million per month, reportedly accounts for about a third of the government's monthly budget and rose sharply after ChatGPT launched on November 30, 2022. Tuvalu's .tv deal with GoDaddy reportedly could bring in $10 million per year, one-sixth of its GDP, according to some reports.