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Five single letter domain names you should know about

May 31, 2017

Short domain names tend to be valuable, mainly because of their rarity. For example, a two-letter .COM has been showing exponential growth, due to which seven-figure sales have become almost a rule. One of the categories of domain names, which is even more exclusive, is single-letter domain names. There have been many examples of single-character sales in new domain extensions, but single-letter .COM and .NET remain rare because they are reserved exclusively to five domain names.

Less than 200 domain names 20 years ago: the main ones you should know about

April 10, 2017

Interesting facts

Symbolics.com, the first .com domain, was registered on March 15, 1985. By December 15, 1987, there were a total of 167 .com domain names registered. In other words, the lack of interest, and the manual approval and registration process, added just 166 .com domains in 33 months. Which were these domains?