{"id":2862,"date":"2023-08-07T17:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2025-03-26T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:06:08","slug":"domain-marketplace-news-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/domain-marketplace-news-august-2023","title":{"rendered":"Above.com Domain Marketplace News: August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stay informed and up-to-date with the latest domain industry news and developments for the current month. Learn about emerging trends and market insights within the industry including more about new domain name registrations available at Above, a recent four letter domain sale, and news about other domain extensions in recent media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing Above.com\u2019s New Domain Spaces: .NZ, .CO.NZ, .STORE, and .ONLINE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Above has expanded our domain space portfolio, offering even more options to elevate your online brand. Now available for sale, transfer, renewal, and monetization services are four dynamic domain spaces: .store, .online, .nz, and .co.nz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/new-domains-nz-co-nz-store-online\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chat.com sells for 8 figures AGAIN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Four letter domains continue to set the domain market on fire as evident of chat.com&#8217;s recent sale and the value of short domain names cannot be understated. 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