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It’s in: the latest list of which registrars are top in .Com

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The words "top 10 domain registrars" in purple and yellow text

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2020.

For the second month in a row, Chinese domain name registrar Xin Net has hemorrhaged domains. I suspect some Chinese domain investors are letting their subpar domains go.

Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com registrations in July:

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 980,072 (1,019,809 in June)
2. Namecheap Inc. 281,870 (276,463)
3. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 248,333 (261,936)
4. Endurance+ (NASDAQ: EIGI) 200,407 (198,274)
5. Alibaba (HiChina) 193,608 (160,422)
6. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 169,345 (159,637)
7. Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) 109,552 (118,685)
8. United Internet^ 71,225 (78,001)
9. Dynadot 61,679
9. NameSilo 57,944 (58,967)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations under management as of the end of July 2020.

1. GoDaddy* 54,055,970 (53,921,563 in June)
2. Tucows** 12,926,699 (12,911,196)
3. Endurance+ 7,123,142 (7,054,410)
4. Web.com++ 7,035,136 (7,036,119)
5. Namecheap 6,177,045 (6,001,568)
6. Alibaba 5,923,722 (5,877,037)
7. United Internet^ 5,552,903 (5,550,769)
8. Google 3,753,882 (3,653,632)
9. Xin Net Technology Corporation 2,793,597 (3,087,400)
10. GMO 2,249,611 (2,270,872)

Many domain companies have multiple accreditations and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below.

* Includes GoDaddy, Wild West Domains, Uniregistry and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain and Bigrock. There are other Endurance registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes Network Solutions, Register.com, and Crazy Domains/Dreamscape
^ Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you

Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301

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Some domainer-friendly updates from Dynadot.

This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the worldwide market for domains in the face of Covid-19.

Also: Verisign’s surprise proposal, .camfusion, and reverse domain name hijacking

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Dynadot adds for-sale landers and domain sales system

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Registrar is the latest to add functionality to sell domains.

Screenshot of Dynadot sales negotiation for domains

Dynadot lets customers negotiate domain sales through its new system.

Domain name registrar Dynadot has debuted a new system to help domain name investors sell their domains.

The company allows registrants to add for-sale landers to their pages and to negotiate sales from within their registrar account.

Dynadot handles the payment and transfer into the buyer’s Dynadot account. It charges a 5% fee if payments are received in account credit and a 10% fee otherwise.

You can see an example of a Dynadot for sale lander at Dynadot.uk.

Dynadot is one of many registrars now offering for-sale landers and systems that make it easier for their customers to sell domain names. PorkBun is charging 7% for transactions on its landing pages that include fun, TLD-customized landers. .Sav.com also has landers with a 4% fee.

I recently interviewed Dynadot founder Todd Han for a podcast that will be published in the next few weeks.

Latest .com rankings

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Here’s how registrars performed in the latest monthly report.

Image of man running up column chart with words "Top 10 Registrars"

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers October 2019.

There was a bit of shakeup in the top 10 list as has become common. Web.com was helped by nearly 78,000 registrations at Crazy Domains.

Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com registrations:

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 867,828 (855,287 in September)
2. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 189,005 (180,825)
3. Namecheap Inc. 170,249 (163,226)
4. Dynadot 146,771 (n/a)
5. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 146,747 (138,929)
6. Endurance+ (NASDAQ: EIGI) 130,428 (124,810)
7. Xin Net 128,049 (n/a)
8. Alibaba (HiChina) 121,623 (105,294)
9. Web.com++ 112,619 (71,894)
10. NameSilo 76,139

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of October 2019.

1. GoDaddy* 51,365,334 (51,253,800 in September)
2. Tucows** 12,969,022 (13,047,695)
3. Web.com++ 7,101,250 (7,031,650)
4. Endurance+ 6,863,214 (6,873,843)
5. Alibaba 6,032,936 (6,118,945)
6. United Internet^ 5,547,495 (5,549,036)
7. Namecheap 5,125,801 (5,051,943)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 4,508,653 (4,518,714)
9. Google 2,939,902 (2,845,811)
10. GMO 2,209,814 (2,183,060)

Many domain companies have multiple accreditations and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below.

* Includes GoDaddy, Wild West Domains and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain and Bigrock. There are other Endurance registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes Network Solutions, Register.com, and Crazy Domains
^ Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you

.Com Winners & Losers: Dynadot surges

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Dynadot returned to the top 10; Chinese registrar Chengdu West plummets.

Image of man running up column chart with words "Top 10 Registrars"

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2019.

There was a shakeup in the top ten registrars for monthly .com volume. Chengdu West fell out of the top 10. Dynadot surged back in to spot #6. NameSilo dropped a lot but still remained in top 10.

Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com registrations:

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 854,643 (844,698 in June)
2. Xin Net Technology Corporation 321,742 (254,177)
3. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 194,581 (188,913)
4. NameCheap Inc. 161,790 (148,553)
5. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 134,583 (118,274)
6. Dynadot 131,601 (n/a)
7. Endurance+ (NASDAQ: EIGI) 129,559 (117,245)
8. Alibaba (HiChina) 126,586 (158,341)
9. NameSilo (CSE:URL) 89,027 (149,951)
10. GMO 66,323 (n/a)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of July 2019.

1. GoDaddy* 51,022,025 (51,012,237 in June)
2. Tucows** 13,192,663 (13,265,609)
3. Endurance+ 6,896,718 (6,928,107)
4. Web.com++ 6,599,516 (6,638,229)
5. Alibaba 6,232,572 (6,250,554)
6. United Internet^ 5,550,220 (5,558,557)
7. Namecheap 4,915,798 (4,855,101)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 4,469,021 (4,201,902)
9. Google 2,662,532 (2,580,499)
10. GMO 2,104,444 (2,081,293)

Many domain companies have multiple accreditations and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below.

* Includes GoDaddy, Wild West Domains and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain and Bigrock. There are other Endurance registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes Network Solutions and Register.com
^ Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you

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