Tuvalu, a tiny island nation with the .tv TLD, has been cashing in on domain sales to Twitch and others, representing ~8% of the island's gross national income
In 1995, Stephen Boland sat in his government office while working as the macroeconomic planner for the Pacific microstate of Tuvalu when the fax machine whirred to life. Tweets: @yancyeaton , @brianstelter , @atossaaraxia , and @islandsinnovate Tweets: @yancyeaton : Coolest story. Love this for them. https://twitter.com/... Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : “Tuvalu earns about 1/12th of its annual gross national income (GNI) from licensing its domain to tech giants like Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch through the Virginia-based company Verisign” https://twitter.com/... Atossa Araxia Abrahamian / @atossaaraxia : Wonderful example of when counties commercialize the mere fact of being a state https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @islandsinnovate : “Nearly 25 years later, the internet's full power remains relatively unknown to many people on the island, but its evolution has made #Tuvalu's .tv domain one of its most valuable resources.” #PacificNews #PacificIslands #IslandInnovation https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...