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.Com winners and losers, and Google Domains’ odd practice

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You still can’t register a domain for more than one year at Google Domains.

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2018.

While reviewing the data I was surprised to see something about Google Domains. Even after all of these years and the growing success of its registrar, Google Domains still doesn’t allow initial registrations for more than one year. You can renew domains for multiple years at a time, but all initial registrations are limited to one year.

Registrars love multi-year registrations, so I’m baffled why Google Domains doesn’t offer them.

Anyhow, on to the rankings. Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com registrations:

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 916,032 (866,819 in June)
2. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 237,296 (203,536)
3. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 212,279 (192,056)
4. Xin Net Technology Corporation 129,492 (132,636)
5. Endurance+ (NASDAQ: EIGI) 127,916 (117,369)
6. NameSilo 127,451 (105,228)
7. NameCheap Inc. 124,011 (117,964)
8. Web.com++ 93,535 (96,339)
9. Google Inc. 94,033 (89,914)
10. West.cn 59,781 (not in top 10)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of July 2018:

1. GoDaddy* 48,659,723 (48,452,314 in June)
2. Tucows** 12,834,441 (12,835,741)
3. Endurance+ 7,411,874 (7,500,686)
4. Web.com++ 6,721,550 (6,737,824)
5. HiChina 5,683,428 (5,527,250)
6. Namecheap 4,312,430 (4,284,760)
7. 1&1 3716477 (3,731,057)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 2,260,541 (2,172,780)
9. GMO 2,011,266 (2,035,462)
10. Google 1,840,869 (1,782,920)

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

* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** 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

Latest .Com Winners & Losers

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How domain name registrars fared with .com in June.

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers June 2018.

There was shifting among the top ten registrars for June in terms of new .com registrations. West.cn fell off the list when its volume fell from 61,649 to only 35,460. NameSilo, which just cracked the 2 million domains under management (across all TLDs) mark, was #7 with over 100,000 registrations.

1. GoDaddy.com* 866,819 (951,994 in May)
2. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 203,536 (210,854)
3. Tucows** 192,056 (207,430)
4. Xin Net Technology Corporation 132,636 (125,152)
5. NameCheap Inc. 117,964 (125,428)
6. Endurance+ 117,369 (136,328)
7. NameSilo 105,228 (67,446)
8. Web.com++ 96,339 (109,876)
9. Google Inc. 89,914 (98,618)
10. 1&1 Internet 48,692

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of June 2018:

1. GoDaddy* 48,452,314 (48,305,409 in May)
2. Tucows** 12,835,741 (12,875,098)
3. Endurance+ 7,500,686 (7,592,640)
4. Web.com++ 6,737,824 (6,709,055)
5. HiChina 5,527,250 (5,426,366)
6. NameCheap 4,284,760 (4,243,582)
7. 1&1 3,731,057 (3,744,506)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 2,172,780 (2,076,944)
9. GMO 2,035,462 (2,064,482)
10. Google 1,782,920 (1,728,215)

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

* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** 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

Domain name registrars and .Com, by the numbers

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ICANN publishes latest .com data.

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2018.

There was little change on the charts. For new registrations, NameSilo lept above West.cn for the month. On the top 10 total registrations leaderboard, Xin Net swapped places with GMO.

In May, these were the top 10 registrars in terms of new .com registrations.

1. GoDaddy.com* 951,994 (960,904 in April)
2. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 210,854 (246,804)
3. Tucows** 207,430 (203,219)
4. Endurance+ 136,328 (153,352)
5. NameCheap Inc. 125,428 (127,855)
6. Xin Net Technology Corporation 125,152 (113,107)
7. Web.com++ 109,876 (103,385)
8. Google Inc. 98,618 (92,671)
9. NameSilo 67,446 (62,017)
10. West.cn 61,649 (74,741)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of May 2018:

1. GoDaddy* 48,305,409 (48,088,605 in April)
2. Tucows** 12,875,098 (12,932,547)
3. Endurance+ 7,592,640 (7,725,154)
4. Web.com++ 6,709,055 (6,713,143)
5. HiChina 5,426,366 (5,298,573)
6. NameCheap 4,243,582 (4,222,952)
7. 1&1 3,744,506 (3,760,259)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 2,076,944 (2,010,000)
9. GMO 2,064,482 (2,089,800)
10. Google 1,728,215 (1,663,836)

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

* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** 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

The latest .Com Leaderboard

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Here’s how registrars performed in the latest official Verisign report.

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers April 2018.

Chinese registrars continued to add .com domains at a nice clip in April.

In April, these were the top 10 registrars in terms of new .com registrations.

1. GoDaddy.com* 960,904 (975,008 in March)
2. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 246,804 (252,159)
3. Tucows** 203,219 (217,900)
4. Endurance+ 153,352 (170,700)
5. NameCheap Inc. 127,855 (131,423)
6. Xin Net Technology Corporation 113,107 (173,893)
7. Web.com++ 103,385 (109,275)
8. Google Inc. 92,671 (96,621)
9. West.cn 74,741 (81,838)
10. NameSilo 62,017 (65,566)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of April 2018:

1. GoDaddy* 48,088,605 (47,815,002 in March)
2. Tucows** 12,932,547 (12,960,646)
3. Endurance+ 7,725,154 (7,793,869
4. Web.com++ 6,713,143 (6,721,816)
5. HiChina 5,298,573 (5,156,343)
6. NameCheap 4,222,952 (4,195,705)
7. 1&1 3,760,259 (3,771,035)
8. GMO 2,089,800 (2,097,311)
9. Xin Net Technology Corporation 2,010,000 (1,928,276)
10. Google 1,663,836 (1,603,663)

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

* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** 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

Kings of .Com – Registrar Analysis

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These are the biggest registrars for .com domain names.

ICANN has published Verisign’s most recent official breakdown of domain transactions by registrar. The data are from November.

Starting with this month’s .com registrar post, I’m going to show the registrar’s numbers from the previous month as well if they were on the chart during the previous month.

There’s some seasonality in domain names, but you might also observe some interesting fluctuations.

In November, these were the top 10 registrars in terms of new .com registrations:

1. GoDaddy.com* 897,003 (942,007 in October)
2. Tucows** 187,418 (197,433)
3. Endurance+ 169,207 (170,597)
4. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 163,557 (113,515)
5. NameCheap Inc. 152,154 (132,524)
6. Web.com++ 96,305 (100,930)
7. Xin Net Technology Corporation 83,992 (65,746)
8. Google Inc. 77,297 (78,340)
9. 1&1 Internet 54,521 (55,423)
10. GMO Internet, Inc. dba Onamae.com 51,056 (52,154)

Here’s the current leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations as of the end of November 2017:

1. GoDaddy* 46,542,942 (46,325,700 in October)
2. Tucows** 15,720,758 (15,721,852)
3. Endurance+ 8,076,223 (8,138,111)
4. Web.com++ 6,666,497 (6,647,865)
5. HiChina 5,290,049 (5,198,100)
6. 1&1 3,804,080 (3,803,746)
7. GMO 2,200,618 (2,197,932)
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 1,589,452 (1,530,863)
9. Namecheap 1,350,681
9. OVH 1,342,327 (1,333,602)

Many domain companies have multiple accreditations and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below and let me know if I’ve missed any large registrars.

* Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains
** Includes Tucows and Enom
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain and Bigrock. There are other Endurance registrars, but I believe these are the biggest
++ Includes Network Solutions and Register.com