How registrars fared with .com in the most recent reports.
ICANN published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign today which includes data by registrar for August 2017.
Here are the top registrars in terms of new .com registrations for August. There were no changes in ranking from July.
1. GoDaddy* 922,658
2. Tucows** 193,081
3. PublicDomainRegistry 135,332
4. HiChina 128,586
5. Namecheap 121,858
When it comes to net inbound transfers (transfer gains minus transfer losses) for registrars open to the public, here are the top five gainers. This list excludes registrars that aren’t open to the public.
1. HiChina +34,959
2. GoDaddy +21,002
3. NameSilo +9,274
4. MAFF Inc (XZ.com) +8,131
5. Google +7,635
On the flip side, these five registrars saw the biggest net outflow of .com domain names due to transfers:
1. EIMS.cn -16,650
2. Domain.com -12,919
3. RealTime Register BV -9,004
4. PublicDomainRegistry -8,334
5. Uniregistry -8,146
*Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains **Includes Tucows and Enom
who is pulling out of uniregistry?
It could be part of a portfolio sale.