N-o1 Naming Intelligence · Commerce
Last updated: 2026-10-08 · Movement: -15
SHOP is assessed as a position for retail discovery, product sales and commercial transactions. Its researched evidence includes IANA evidence for the existing .shop namespace, DNIB registration-scale context. The strategic, commercial, future, linguistic and N-o1-fit inputs are editorial judgments. Missing sale, registration and search evidence is left unknown rather than invented.
Scarcity: Exact N-o1 names are exclusive under existing namespace terms. Registry delegation or an application does not establish second-level availability or quantified scarcity.
| Factor | Input /100 | Weighted points | Assessment / source basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historical .COM sale evidence | Unknown | 0 · missing evidence | Unknown: no verified domain-only sale is included; zero contribution is not a zero-value claim. |
| .COM / category strategic strength | 98 | 14.70 | Editorial rubric: core category / widely reusable position. This is not a .COM transaction claim. |
| Existing TLD / namespace adoption | 70 | 7.00 | DNIB Q2 2026 supports top ten gtld; editorial tier: 70/100. This is not a live registration count. |
| 2026 ICANN application demand | Unknown | 0 · missing evidence | Unknown: not present in the contention-set source used here. Absence from that file does not prove zero applications; uncontested applications are outside its scope. |
| Search / category demand | Unknown | 0 · missing evidence | Unknown: no search-volume or category-demand measurement was verified; zero contribution. |
| Commercial market strength | 100 | 10.00 | Editorial assessment of monetisation fit for commerce; no market-size or revenue estimate is asserted. |
| AI / SI / future relevance | 65 | 6.50 | Editorial relevance to future digital products in commerce; not a growth forecast. |
| Brevity and memorability | 90 | 4.50 | Length-based editorial proxy: 4 characters; input=max(35,110−5×length), capped at 100. It does not measure recall in user studies. |
| Global linguistic usability | 80 | 4.00 | Editorial linguistic usability assessment: core category term; no multilingual survey is claimed. |
| N-o1 positioning fit | 100 | 10.00 | Editorial fit between SHOP and a category-defining N-o1 identity. |
Category strength, commercial strength, future relevance, brevity, global usability and N-o1 fit are editorial assessments. Scores are not valuations.
EXISTING EXTENSION
IANA lists .shop as generic; sponsoring manager: GMO Registry, Inc.. This confirms namespace existence, not unrestricted registration, popularity, a sale price or second-level availability.
IANA delegation recordVerified source · Evidence date: Not stated · Checked: 2026-10-08
NAMESPACE ADOPTION
Top ten gTLD, at 30 June 2026. The report’s registration-scale comparison is a separate signal from category positioning.
DNIB · Verisign-sponsored Q2 2026 reportVerified source · Evidence date: 2026-06-30 · Checked: 2026-10-08
.COM sale evidence: no verified domain-only sale or transaction price is included for this name.
2026 ICANN demand: String-level count not yet verified. Applied-for strings are not necessarily approved or delegated TLDs.
N-o1 position · private namespace
Reserved for N-o1 platform
Existing indicative SSV · model estimate: $1,680,000
Long-term strategic value, not an acquisition price or guaranteed proceeds. This uses the existing N-o1 valuation unchanged.
View existing domain record and termsExclusive renewable licence within the privately operated N-o1.com namespace. It does not convey ownership of N-o1.com or ICANN registry rights.
shop.COM is a second-level domain in the .COM gTLD; registration and availability are not verified here. shop.N-o1.com is a privately licensed subdomain. Their rights differ.
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Expanded to the complete sourced 500-name research snapshot
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Initial researched publication