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Dynadot jumps into top 10

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Dynadot jumps into the top ten registrars for new .com registrations.

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

An anomaly this month is Dynadot, which jumped into the top ten for monthly .com registrations. This pushed NameSilo out of the top ten. I think this has to do with pricing; while NameSilo’s .com sale ended at the end of Q1, Dynadot has continued with discounted pricing. It’s charging $6.99 right now for new .com registrations.

While this means NameSilo is absent from the monthly board this month, it should soon appear on the top ten overall. It has crossed two million .com domains under management but this isn’t reflected in the ICANN numbers, which only go through April.

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

1. GoDaddy.com* 970,751 (NYSE: GDDY) (1,045,199 in March)
2. Xin Net Technology Corporation 324,617 (294,415)
3. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 191,620 (206,170)
4. NameCheap Inc. 152,606 (160,737)
5. Alibaba (HiChina) 130,946 (126,659)
6. Endurance+ (NASDAQ: EIGI) 125,059 (138,627)
7. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 119,976 (135,927)
8. Dynadot 104,837
9. Web.com++  88,873 (83,600)
10. Chengdu West 82,351

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

1. GoDaddy* 50,940,640 (50,831,723 in March)
2. Tucows**  12,484,323 (12,552,098)
3. Endurance+ 7,026,808 (7,065,847)
4. Web.com++ 6,713,881 (6,717,360)
5. Alibaba 6,288,135 (6,226,249)
6. United Internet^ 5,609,664 (5,630,889)
7. Namecheap 4,745,085 (4,694,598)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 3,814,331 (3,500,398)
9. Google 2,434,742 (2,361,414)
10. GMO 2,026,751 (2,007,437)

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 and Enom
+ 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

New TLD Economics with Colin Campbell – DNW Podcast #198

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Digging into .Club’s revenue and the economics of new TLDs.

dnw-podcastNew top level domain name company .Club landed on the 2018 Inc 5000. The Inc 5000 list shows that it had revenue of $7.2 million but I had lots of questions. Is this “real” revenue? Is the company profitable? This week we go straight to the source with .Club founder and CEO Colin Campbell. He explains the numbers, historical revenue and what he predicts for the future. It’s an eye-opening and unprecedented look into a private new TLD company.

Also: Other domain companies on the Inc 5000, trolling the NRA, Dreamhost, Dave Evanson’s big sale, Dynadot milestone and cruising with Hexonet.

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Dynadot eclipses 1 million domain name milestone

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Domain name registrar hits key growth milestone.

Domain name registrar Dynadot has hit the one million domains under management milestone.

The company was founded in 2002 and became ICANN-accredited the following year. It didn’t hire its first employee until 2006. Since then, it has grown to four offices (San Mateo, CA, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Toronto).

Dynadot is also a 50% female company in an industry that is male-dominated.

Todd Han founded and bootstrapped the company. It hasn’t taken any outside investment or debt, and Han doesn’t plan to sell the company.

Listen to Han talk about the Dynadot story and what it’s like being a small-to-mid-sized registrar in DNW Podcast #141.

Dynadot CEO Todd Han – DNW Podcast #141

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How a bootstrapped domain name registrar attracted a loyal following.

dnw-podcastWhat’s it like bootstrapping a domain name registrar for 15 years? Find out today as we talk with Todd Han, CEO of Dynadot. The mid-sized registrar has had to grow organically while battling a maze of regulation, but it has found a loyal following. There are some great business discussions in this week’s episode.

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Dynadot to host domain name meetup in San Francisco in July

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Domain meetup to take place in the center of the tech universe.

Domain name registrar Dynadot is hosting a meetup in San Francisco next month. I’m not aware of any recent domain name meetups in the city, and you’d think it would be a hotbed for this sort of event.

The meetup will take place July 27 from 6-9 PM at the Triple Voodoo Brewery at 2245 3rd Street San Francisco, CA, 94107.

Registration is free and the event is open to anyone 21 and over.

I’m a big fan of meetups like this. It’s a great way catch up with people in the industry between conferences. Given Dynadot’s customer base and its location in San Francisco, this should also be a good meetup for networking with startups as well.