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Till November 2021, expert.ai was the most expensive AI domain ever sold in history. Sedo brokered and mediated the selling of this domain in June 2020. It was sold at the price of €95,000 or $2.9 million.<ref>[https://www.nominus.com/en/dm/blog/domain-names/country-domains/october-2021/interest-in-ai-domains-skyrockets Interest in .AI domains skyrockets], Nominus.com</ref>
 
Till November 2021, expert.ai was the most expensive AI domain ever sold in history. Sedo brokered and mediated the selling of this domain in June 2020. It was sold at the price of €95,000 or $2.9 million.<ref>[https://www.nominus.com/en/dm/blog/domain-names/country-domains/october-2021/interest-in-ai-domains-skyrockets Interest in .AI domains skyrockets], Nominus.com</ref>
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==Impact on Anguilla's Economy==
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A fee is charged when someone registers within this domain. The government of Anguilla collects the registration fee, and it directly goes into its treasury. According to a report published by [[New York Times]], a total of $2.9 million in revenue was generated by selling the domain authority by the government back in 2018.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/custom-urls.html Tropical Breezes, Pristine Beaches and a Domain Name to Die For], The New York Times</ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/travel-news/sns-nyt-anguilla-cashes-in-on-quirky-domain-name-20200204-i3q4fohoyre2hmhm2d52rszgqa-story.html Anguilla, with its domain name, cashes in on a quirky trend], Chicago Tribune</ref>
    
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