A little more than two weeks ago, I tried to buy a .si domain name via Spaceship. I submitted my payment and awaited the domain name transfer. A few days later, unfortunately, Spaceship sent this message to me:
“Hello, We are writing to let you know that the seller has informed us that the domain is no longer available. As a result, we have cancelled the sale and refunded your order. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.”
In June, I noticed the Reign.com domain name appeared to have changed hands. The domain name transferred from GoDaddy to Cloudflare under Whois privacy.
https://t.co/nkK5jlIgYw recently transferred from GoDaddy (under Whois privacy) to Cloudflare (under Whois privacy). It is using Cloudflare NS but shows a “DreamHost Parked Domain” lander. I am unsure if the domain name changed hands.
Spotted via @domainIQ_com and @DomainTools.
— Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) June 19, 2026
.SI domain names have been the ccTLD for Slovenia since 1992. More recently, the SI term has become associated with Superintelligence in the same way AI is a common acronym for Artificial Intelligence. I shared my thoughts on the .AI and .SI discussion yesterday.
This morning, Namecheap and Spaceship Founder Richard Kirkendall announced .SI domain names were available to register and transfer at Spaceship. He also announced the price for registrations and renewals:
You’ve all seen the news already. President Trump signed an executive order directing the executive branch of the US government to use the terms “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.” This, in turn, has led to quite a bit of interest in the .SI domain name.
In the startup and tech space, there has been a great deal of talk about also changing the terminology to match. Some of those people have even talked about .SI domain names. In fact, even the Polymarket X account commented about a .SI domain name over the weekend:
The time has changed for placing backorders on pending delete .com and .net domain names. If you’re accustomed to placing backorders in the morning, the deadline is now earlier than it was. The change went into effect today at backorder platforms.
DropCatch posted an article about the update a few weeks ago with full details. NameJet also has information about the time change on its website. Each platform may have its own backorder deadline, but the changes were dictated by a change at Verisign, the registry for .com and .net domain names.
In short, the backorder deadline for deleting .com and .net domain names is earlier than it was by a few hours, and if you didn’t note the change before, you probably missed the backorder deadline today.
Pardon the pun, but Spaceship is flying through milestones as it hits the 10 million Domains Under Management (DUM) mark. It was less than a year ago that Spaceship hit the 5 million DUM milestone. Spaceship is the three year old sister company of Namecheap, which is also one of the largest domain registrars in existence.
According to the company’s announcement this morning (posted below), Spaceship hit this “milestone faster than any domain registrar in history.” According to Domain Name Stat, which has Spaceship’s DUM above 11 million, the company is closing in on becoming one of the top 5 largest domain registrars. If it continues its growth trajectory, I think that will be within reach next year. You can track Spaceship’s DUM count on its website.
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