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.capital Names Financial Positioning—Not Dictionary Premium Theater
Delta Mill→Binky Moon→Identity Digital, ~35.6k zone (Jul 2026), ambition.capital at $9,888—and mid-2026 HTTP checks that split live GP roofs from venture.capital iframes and shriram.capital fiction.
.money Is Colloquial Cash English—Not Banking Trust Theater
Outer McCook→Binky Moon→Identity Digital, ~21.5k zone (Jul 2026), open.money at $25,000—and mid-2026 HTTP checks that split live fintech roofs from bank.money Atom landers and save.money fiction.
.finance Names Financial Services—Not a Banking Charter
Cotton Cypress→Binky Moon→Identity Digital, ~33.6k zone (Jul 2026), spark.finance at $70,000—and mid-2026 HTTP checks that split live DeFi roofs from finance-magazin.de fiction and invest.finance parking.
.network Is Not .net: Identity Digital's ~111k Names, Web3 Infra Roofs—and a 1985 History That Never Happened
~111k names on Identity Digital's Nomulus stack—not 1985, not millions. Trixy Manor/Donuts delegated Aug 2014; GA day 3,055. Oct 2025 wholesale +12.39%. Verified roofs from pocket.network to contour.network—and why the old guide's speedtest.network, fake NameBio comps, and AIO boilerplate failed audit.
.com Is Verisign's Monopoly Rent on the Internet's Default — 166.6M Names, a 7% Cap, and $10.97 Incoming
166.6M names per DNIB Q2 2026—not "160M+." Wholesale $10.26 today, $10.97 from November 2026. Verisign's $1.66B revenue, 600B DNS queries/day, ICANN's price-cap debate, verified aftermarket ceilings—and why the old guide's 37% share, 70% survey, and AIO boilerplate failed audit.
.net Is Verisign's Shrinking Sidecar: 12.5M Names Stalled While .com Grows — and Wholesale Now Costs More
DNIB Q2 2026: 12.5M .net flat for three quarters while .com hit 166.6M. Peak was 15.0M (Dec 2014), not "~16M in 2015." Wholesale $11.66 since Feb 2024—above .com's $10.26. Same Verisign DNS stack, opposite momentum—and why the old guide's AIO boilerplate and "Plan B" brochure failed audit.
Domain Market Mid-2026: Verisign Q2 Data, NameBio Sales, and Where Capital Flows
401.6M domains registered globally at Q2 2026; NameBio logged $135.8M in $100+ sales YTD. Here is what moved—.com base growth, .ai premiums, and aftermarket liquidity—not generic 'prices going up' boilerplate.
Your Domain Portfolio Has a Burn Rate Before It Has a Strategy
The old guide ended with a broken example.com link and a four-tier filing system. Receipt-first rewrite: model annual renewal burn with Verisign wholesale math, ICANN ERRP expiration cliffs, Hold/Develop/List/Drop SKUs, and Afternic/Sedo/Efty distribution—before you buy another spreadsheet template.
How to Value a Domain Name: Comps, Not Algorithms (2026 Method)
Sedo median sale: $549. NameBio 2025 volume: ~$244M. Automated appraisals miss buyer type and venue—here is the comp workflow professionals use before bidding.
The .ai TLD in 2026: 1M+ Registrations, $90 Wholesale, and Who Actually Wins
Anguilla earned $85M+ from .ai in 2025—47% of government revenue. Here is the registry economics, startup adoption data, and what to verify before you pay premium prices.