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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

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Star.org sells for $225,000 at Sedo

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Domain sells through SedoMLS network.

The domain name Star.org has sold at Sedo for a staggering $225,000.

Based on sales data at NameBio, this is the third largest .org sale to ever be made public. The top sale was Poker.org in in 2010 (also at Sedo) and the second highest sale was AutoInsurance.org for $440,000 in 2011 (sold via MediaOptions).

The Whois record for the domain has been under privacy for many years. Late last month the privacy was removed and the domain was transferred from Name.com to HiChina with a Chinese registrant.

That registrant just registered Star.vin on February 20.

If you visit Star.org today you’ll see a message that says “welcome to star foundation.” [Update: it’s for a blockchain business]

Sedo confirmed the sale to Domain Name Wire. The sale took place through SedoMLS and it is the highest public sale to date through the MLS system.

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.Com’s Top Registrars

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These are the biggest registrars for .com domain names.

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

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

1. GoDaddy.com 942,007*
2. Tucows 197,433**
3. Endurance 170,597+
4. NameCheap Inc. 132,524
5. HiChina Zhicheng Technology Ltd. 113,515
6. Web.com 100,930++
7. Google Inc. 78,340
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 65,746
9. 1&1 Internet SE 55,423
10. GMO Internet, Inc. dba Onamae.com 52,154

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

1. GoDaddy 46,325,700*
2. Tucows 15,721,852**
3. Endurance 8,138,111+
4. Web.com 6,647,865++
5. HiChina 5,198,100
6. 1&1 3,803,746
7. GMO 2,197,932
8. Xin Net Technology Corporation 1,530,863
9. OVH 1,333,602
10. Ename 1,314,204

Once Namecheap gets its .com names from Tucows, it will show up on this list.

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

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Namecheap leaps up .com chart as PDR falls

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There was movement on the top .com registrars rankings in the most recent ICANN report.

ICANN has published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for September 2017.

Here are the top registrars in terms of new .com registrations for September. Namecheap lept to #3 on the chart. It registered its typical number of .com domains but PublicDomainRegistry’s registrations plummeted, pushing Namecheap up the list.

1. GoDaddy* 886,189
2. Tucows** 184,234
3. Namecheap 125,162
4. HiChina 120,405
5. Bizcn.com 109,715

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 +126,111 (compared to +34,959 in August)
2. GoDaddy +11,482
3. MAFF Inc (XZ.com) +8,277
4. Epik +7,746
5. NameSilo +6,450

On the flip side, these five registrars saw the biggest net outflow of .com domain names due to transfers:

1. Ename -49,243 (I assume this accounts for some of HiChina’s inbound transfers)
2. EIMS.cn -17,497
3. Domain.com -13,512
4. DNS.com.cn -12,676
5. PublicDomainRegistry -8,418

*Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains **Includes Tucows and Enom

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.Com Winners & Losers Update

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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

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