The network-layer anchor for marketplace protocol — connectivity-oriented standards for multi-sided platforms.
Places the marketplace protocol concept on a network-oriented TLD — signaling that these standards govern how participants connect, communicate, and transact across marketplace networks.
Matched pair · recommended together
Recommended: sold as a pair — the matched .ai + .network TLDs cover one coordinate. Each name can be acquired on its own; the set inquiry is the path to the whole position. Click a name to view its lander.
Coordinated sets this position belongs to — the coverage it extends. Counts are the live cluster size in the graph.
Primary home
Also appears in
Surfaces this position also reads to — addressability, not exclusivity. A name applicable to a category is not a claim to own it; these are the buyer pools the coordinate speaks to, beyond the clusters it is held in.
Architectural context
Marketplace · Marketplace · 2 compound moats. Architectural surface: Protocol. Cross-cutting: Marketplace.
Layer position: Cross-cutting
Why this is canonical
The .network TLD adds a specific directional signal to the marketplace protocol position: this is a protocol designed for network participation and multi-party connectivity, not a single-platform API. It occupies the network-interoperability dimension of the marketplace protocol concept.
Where it fits
A few directions this coordinate opens —
Illustrative, not exhaustive — held as a transferable canonical position, open to the buyer's own use.