Domain Name Survey

2012 Survey

-.com alternatives
-Top issues facing the domain market
-Escrow services
-Domain sales
-Best domain forums
-Domain parking statistics
-Domain parking revenue
-Top domain parking companies
-Top domain name registrars
-Factors when choosing a domain name registrar

2011 Survey

-DomainTools and Estibot are Domainer Favorites
-Prediction of domain values
-Domain marketplaces
-Best domain registrars
-Factors when choosing a domain name registrar
-ICANN Satisfaction Rate
-Best domain conference
-Biggest issues facing domain industry in 2011
-Person with most influence on domain name industry
-Domain forums
-Top domain parking companies and revenue trends

2010 Survey

-Top domain name registrar
-Factors when choosing a domain name registrar
-Predictions on domain sales values
-Domain parking revenue
-Best domain forum
-Escrow services
-Most influential person in domain industry
-Best domain conference
-New TLDs
-ICANN approval
-Domain parking companies
-Innovative domain sales
-Best domain sales venues

2009 Survey

-Expired domain services
-Domain conferences
-Online domain sales sites
-Domain escrow services
-Parking Revenue Down, But Not Out
-WhyPark Best Domain Parking Alternative
-Survey: Sedo and Parked.com Top Domain Parking Companies
-Initial results and presentation at DMG

2008 Survey
-Introduction
-Top registrars
-Domain parking companies
-Domain parking stats
-Online Sales Venues
-Domain Sales Values
-Expired Domains
-Rest of results

2007 Survey Results

-Introduction
-Top registrars
-Considerations for domain registrars
-Domain parking
-Domain sales venues
-Expired domains
-Domain forums
-Threats to domain name industry
-Satisfaction with ICANN wanes
-.Net second choice for domain registrants

2006 Survey Results

You may now download complete results of the 2006 survey in .pdf format. Please right-click here and select “save as” to save the survey results document to your desktop.

-Demographics
-Top considerations when choosing a registrar
-GoDaddy, eNom best registrars
-.Net extension of choice when .com taken
-Domain advertising revenue is driving the market
-NameDrive top parking service
-Best places to buy and sell domain names
-Expiring domain market and services
-Community against ICANN/Verisign deal
-Domainers don’t want to give control of internet to international body
-Investors wants to limit new domain extensions

Comments

  1. Derick Harris
    February 14th, 2006 | 6:05 pm

    My guess is that Jon Postel would be turning in his grave, if he knew what had become of the once wonderful possibility of global connectivity … rather the global marketability… with domains.

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  5. March 19th, 2006 | 12:21 pm

    Very interesting! Thanks!

  6. March 28th, 2006 | 7:11 am

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  54. March 1st, 2012 | 10:42 am

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  55. March 2nd, 2012 | 10:52 am

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  56. March 5th, 2012 | 10:30 am

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  57. March 6th, 2012 | 11:00 am

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