The Freename Forum

Happy birthday, .am: the country extension of Armenia managed by the Internet Society of Armenia celebrated its 30th birthday on 26 August 2024. To mark the occasion, a series of short videos have been published on YouTube under the heading ‘30 Facts About .AM’, providing an insight into everyday domain life. Initially, .am was marketed as a radio domain - usually in a double pack with .fm - but with the rise of digital radio and streaming services, this area has become less important. Nevertheless, the number of registered .am domains is considerable at 44,482 as of 1 September 2024. ‘The ISOC Armenia Chapter has a very limited budget, a small handful of sponsors and few investors, probably due to most people not knowing where Armenia is located,’ says Nick Cervantes from the registry. For the future, .am is also relying on blockchain technology. ‘I have put two .am ccTLDs on the new DNS ENS Offchain to show the ISOC.AM chapter that their .am is capable of WEB3. The domains are ArmeniaDomains.am and Pop.am. These are the only 2 known .am ccTLDs put on the new DNS ENS Offchain. More will be added later and begin creating WEB3 sites in the near future,’ says Cervantes. He has also set up a website at armeniadomains.com, where you can find out more about the international side of .am, with domains such as stre.am, te.am, c.am, dre.am and scre.am. This lays the foundation for further growth.

Source: https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdo ... s/0826.htm