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Domain registrars ranked by .com numbers

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These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains.

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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 Setpember 2021.

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

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 775,868 (821,826 in August)
2. Namecheap Inc. 269,914 (271,419)
3. Alibaba (HiChina) 173,141 (147,692)
4. Newfold Digital+ 166,256 (170,808)
5. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 152,529 (159,908)
6. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 136,703 (140,535)
7. TurnCommerce 119,143
8. IONOS# 108,291
9. NameSilo 96,789 (141,711)
10. Registrar.eu 94,758 (117,518)

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

1. GoDaddy* 56,210,351 (56,282,077 in August)
2. Newfold Digital+  14,091,579 (14,191,351)
3. Tucows** 12,480,235 (12,572,011)
4. Namecheap 8,073,928 (8,000,384)
5. Alibaba 6,552,013(6,396,336)
6. IONOS# 5,914,962 (5,899,235)
7. TurnCommerce++ 5,374,727 (5,311,937)
8. Google 4,814,514 (4,743,534)
9. CentralNic## 3,592,842 (3,599,952)
10. NameSilo 2,504,815 (2,470,304)

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, GoDaddy Corporate Domains and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain, Bigrock, Network Solutions, Register.com, SnapNames registrars, and Crazy Domains/Dreamscape. There are other Newfold registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes NameBright and DropCatch registrars
# Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you
## Includes Key-Systems, 1API, Internet.bs, TLD Registrar Solutions, RegistryGate, Moniker, Instra

Namecheap releases 2021 domain data

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Registrar reports top TLDs, renewal rates, and aftermarket sales.

Chart showing renewal rates at Namecheap. .Ca has the highest renewal rate and .icu has the lowest

Cheap domains have the lowest renewal rates at Namecheap. Graphic from 2021 Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends report.

Namecheap published its 2021 Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends report today. The report provides data on top domain choices, renewal rates, and early sales on its new marketplace.

The share of .com at Namecheap slipped from 48% in 2020 to 45% this year. The company sells a lot of new top level domains, but many of these are heavily discounted extensions such as .xyz, .club and .online. These cheap domains rarely get renewed; Namecheap reports that .icu, .site, .xyz, .club, .website and .store all have lower than 15% renewal rates at the registrar.

On the other end of the spectrum, .ca, .dev, .io and .org renew at greater than 65%. .Com renews at 54% at Namecheap.

More than half of Namecheap’s customers own just one domain and less than a half percent own 100 or more. While the registrar attracts some domain investors, it’s not a huge part of its business. But that might change with its new marketplace launched last month. Top sales so far include namey.com ($20,221), meta.stream ($10,001), InternetRegistry.com ($3,050) and LearnEnglish.ca ($3,050).

The full report is available here.

Top .com domain name registrars (ranked)

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These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains.

Picture of a column chart and a magnifying glass with the words ".com leaderboard"

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers August 2021.

There was a lot of movement in the chart for new registrations, including NameSilo popping up with a stronger-than-normal month.

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

1. GoDaddy.com* (NYSE: GDDY) 821,826 (800,025 in July)
2. Namecheap Inc. 271,419 (281,678)
3. Newfold Digital+ 170,808 (169,899)
4. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 159,908 (150,950)
5. Alibaba (HiChina) 147,692 (251,367)
6. NameSilo 141,711 (96,498)
7. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 140,535 (141,155)
8. Dynadot 135,231 (146,099)
9. GMO 127,510
10. Registrar.eu 117,518

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

1. GoDaddy* 56,282,077 (56,392,325 in July)
2. Newfold Digital+ 14,191,351 (14,323,837)
3. Tucows** 12,572,011 (12,674,762)
4. Namecheap 8,000,384 (7,931,446)
5. Alibaba 6,396,336 (6,473,878)
6. IONOS^ 5,899,235 (5,911,071)
7. TurnCommerce++ 5,311,937 (5,076,114)
8. Google 4,743,534 (4,666,584)
9. CentralNic^^ 3,599,952 (3,598,295)
10. NameSilo 2,470,304 (2,378,593)

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, GoDaddy Corporate Domains and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain, Bigrock, Network Solutions, Register.com, SnapNames registrars, and Crazy Domains/Dreamscape. There are other Newfold registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes NameBright and DropCatch registrars
^ Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you
^^ Includes Key-Systems, 1API, Internet.bs, TLD Registrar Solutions, RegistryGate, Moniker, Instra

Namecheap launches domain marketplace

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Marketplace includes “buy now” domains and auctions.

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Namecheap announced the official launch of its new domain market today.

Inventory includes 300,000 domain auctions and millions of buy now listings, according to the company. Presumably, some of these listings are syndicated marketplace partnerships.

Namecheap recently pulled its expired domain inventory from GoDaddy Auctions. Now, domain investors will have another platform to watch as domains expire.

In a release, Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall said, “When I started Namecheap way back in 2000, I truly believed that domain names were the digital real estate of the future, and I wanted to make the process of finding and buying them accessible and simple for everyone. Now more than two decades later, many domain names have indeed become valuable digital assets, and we are once again making the process of buying and selling those assets a seamless and easy process with the new Namecheap Market.”

.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap and Alibaba

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These are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains.

Picture of a column chart and a magnifying glass with the words ".com leaderboard"

ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2021.

When GoDaddy reported its second-quarter earnings in early August, it warned that bookings might slow in the second half of the year. If you use new .com registrations as a proxy for its overall business, it’s now clear what it was seeing. New .com registrations dipped to about 850k in June and dipped to 800k in July. By the time the company reported Q3 earnings, it said things weren’t as bad as expected. I think we’ll see its .com numbers rebound in the next report.

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

1. GoDaddy.com*  (NYSE: GDDY) 800,025 (849,403 in June)
2. Namecheap Inc. 281,678 (274,622)
3. Alibaba (HiChina) 251,367 (231,579)
4. CentralNic 196,900
5. Newfold Digital+ 169,899 (170,333)
6. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) 150,950 (147,625)
7. Dynadot 146,099 (137,592)
8. Tucows** (NASDAQ:TCX) 141,155 (144,844)
9. TurnCommerce++ 107,324 (106,905)
10. NameSilo 96,498 (120,091)

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

1. GoDaddy* 56,392,325 (56,408,172 in June)
2. Newfold Digital+ 14,323,837 (14,448,421)
3. Tucows** 12,674,762 (12,791,539)
4. Namecheap 7,931,446 (7,850,961)
5. Alibaba  6,473,878 (6,401,500)
6. IONOS^  5,911,071 (5,916,540)
7. TurnCommerce++ 5,076,114 (4,979,182)
8. Google 4,666,584 (4,603,301)
9. CentralNic^^ 3,598,295 (3,406,068)
10. NameSilo 2,378,593 (2,334,531)

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, GoDaddy Corporate Domains and 123 Reg
** Includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
+ Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain, Bigrock, Network Solutions, Register.com, SnapNames registrars, and Crazy Domains/Dreamscape. There are other Newfold registrars, but these are the biggest.
++ Includes NameBright and DropCatch registrars
^ Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys and world4you
^^ Includes Key-Systems, 1API, Internet.bs, TLD Registrar Solutions, RegistryGate, Moniker, Instra

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