Latest Weekly Transaction Chart: ZH.com Sells for $1 Million, .ai's Rise Draws Attention

The latest DNJournal domain name transaction chart has been released. Among the top 20 public transactions this week, .com continued its strong performance, firmly occupying the top three spots. The two-letter domain ZH.com, which sold for $1 million, became the most notable transaction on the list. As the most recognized traditional suffix in the market, .com's robust performance once again demonstrates its core position in the global domain name market. Two-letter domains, in particular, remain highly sought after by investors and end-user businesses due to their extreme scarcity.

However, the truly surprising performance was the .ai suffix. .ai domains occupied 11 of the top 20 spots, a record high. This far surpasses previous figures and highlights the rapidly growing demand for .ai domains driven by the wave of artificial intelligence.

The explosive development of AI technology in recent years has made AI-related domain names a market hotspot. The booming application of generative AI and the continued investment of major tech companies in intelligent transformation have gradually transformed .ai domain names from a "new and emerging suffix" into a "hot investment destination." Short, clear, and industry-specific, .ai domain names are a top priority for companies in their branding strategies and market expansion.

From an investment perspective, .com symbolizes stability and has long been a "hard currency" among digital assets; the rise of .ai, on the other hand, demonstrates market foresight. When an industry is booming, the value of related domain names tends to grow rapidly. The recent surge in .ai domain names on the list reflects this trend.

Industry insiders generally believe that as the artificial intelligence industry continues to heat up, the investment value of .ai domain names will continue to rise. We cannot rule out the possibility of more high-priced transactions in the future, even cases where they rival the million-dollar .com domain names.

The landscape presented in this issue of DNJournal's rankings, in some ways, foreshadows new trends in the domain name market: .com remains unchallenged, but .ai is rapidly rising and gradually entering the radar of more companies and investors.

Perhaps the next million-dollar transaction will occur in a .ai domain.