New Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Reports Detail How .AI Sales Have Been Propelled to Unprecedented Heights

Escrow.com has released their Domain Investment Index reports for 3Q-2025 and 4Q-2025 and they shed a lot of light on just how powerful the surge in .AI domain sales has been over the past couple of years. In 2024 Escrow.com closed $9.4 million in .AI sales. In 2025 that number exploded, tripling to $27.1 million - a growth rate of 189%.

Q4-2025 was a landmark quarter in multiple ways. In addition to giving .AI its 5th consecutive quarter of rapid revenue growth, it marked the first time .AI produced over $10 million in a single quarter on the Escrow platform. The startling rise has turned .AI into the second-most valuable extension on the internet in a remarkably short period of time - and that's not all. Escrow noted that .AI produced more sales volume than all other non .com TLDs combined.

Escrow.com CEO Matt Barrie noted, ".Com now has an emerging rival. While less than 10% of overall volume, the .AI extension has gone from niche curiosity to gold rush in under 24 months. Companies aren't just buying these domains; they're making identity statements about where technology is heading. The question is, whether in the rear view mirror .AI will be viewed like .mobi or .internet, or whether it is a true enduring rival to the best street in town." 

.AI helped push Escrow.com's total sales revenue to $395 million in 2025, a solid 5.6% rise year over year. Their second half was particularly strong, with Q4 posting $102.5 million – a 7.3% increase over Q3's $95.5 million.

(Posted March 5, 2026)   

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