ai-domain Domain

The domain extension .ai is the country-specific top-level domain of the British overseas territory Anguilla. The archipelago belongs to the Lesser Antilles or the "Islands above the Wind" and is located in the Caribbean. The archipelago consists of several small uninhabited coral islands. The island is also known as "Snake Island". About 13,000 people live on the islands of the former British colony.

Allocation guidelines of the domain extension

The domain extension for Anguilla was launched on 16 February 1995 and is administered by the island's Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Utilities. The company Offshore Information Services is responsible for the operative business. Companies and non-profit organisations can also use second-level domains for the registration of a domain name. In principle, every private person and every company can register a domain ending in .ai, regardless of their place of residence or company headquarters. However, only very few domains are registered at all with the ending .ai.

Use and meaning

The infrastructure on Anguilla is very poorly developed. This applies especially to the fixed network, the mobile network and also the Internet. For this reason, only a few private persons and hardly any companies on the island have access to the WWW. The interest in registering a domain ending in .ai is therefore very low. Also internationally seen there is little interest in this domain ending. The companies that exist on the island mainly trade with regular business partners. There are only few raw materials on the island. The main sources of income come from tourism and financial services. Of great importance for the economy of the country are the money transfers of the numerous emigrants who make remittances to their home country. The main focus of future economic activity will probably be directed by the government towards tourism in the luxury segment. By 2016, tourism already contributed around 20 percent to GDP. If other branches of the economy indirectly dependent on tourism are added, the share is even more than 50 percent.