According to domain.news statistics, the top 10 global domain name transactions last week (January 12-18,2026) have been released, with a total transaction value of over US$1.165 million. The market continues its rational trend of “value return and sector differentiation,” with traditional top-level suffixes and emerging technology suffixes each leading the way.
The .COM suffix remains the absolute core, occupying 6 of the top 10 spots and accounting for over 60% of the total transaction value. Among them, crude.com topped the list with US$200,000, becoming a high-quality target for end-users investing in the energy sector due to its short and memorable characters and its industry relevance to “crude oil and natural resources.” Short .COM domains such as tii.com and since.com both exceeded US$100,000, confirming that .COM domains, with their combination of scarcity and commercial suitability, remain a hard currency in the digital asset market.
The AI sector propelled the .AI domain to a strong breakthrough, with speed.ai and podcast.ai securing two spots on the list at $165,000 and $75,600 respectively. As the AI industry continues to penetrate the market, the value of .AI domains as a marker of industry identity has become increasingly prominent, making them a focal point of competition among tech companies and investors, with their average price significantly higher than new non-tech domains during the same period.
In addition, .app and .ORG domains each had one entry on the list. prism.app, at $120,000, demonstrated the potential of new general-purpose domains, while the two .ORG domains focused on public welfare and industry organizations, reflecting stable demand in vertical sectors. Overall, the current market favors domains with “short characters + strong industry relevance,” with investment logic shifting towards practical value. Traditional domains maintain their core position, while emerging AI-related domains become new growth engines.
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