Dec 26
VeriSign’s August Domain Name Industry Brief, as always, shows big growth in domain registrations to a worldwide total of more than 138 million.
ccTLDs, such as .uk and .de, were responsible for a large chunk of the growth this time, almost 6 million domains. .com and .net, the VeriSign domains, grew more than that, but not a lot more. .cn (China), .ru (Russian Federation) and .kr (South Korea) all grew by double-digit percentages. The huge growth in .cn domains, 61% over the previous quarter, is probably due, in large part, to an aggressive price promotion by the domain’s registry, just RMB1.00 (about $0.13) for the first year.
At the end of the 2nd quarter there were more than 73 million .com and .net domains, the overwhelming majority .com. 11% of the growth comes from the “domain name monetization” segment, which is to say the people who just put ads on the page.
ccTLDs, such as .uk and .de, were responsible for a large chunk of the growth this time, almost 6 million domains. .com and .net, the VeriSign domains, grew more than that, but not a lot more. .cn (China), .ru (Russian Federation) and .kr (South Korea) all grew by double-digit percentages. The huge growth in .cn domains, 61% over the previous quarter, is probably due, in large part, to an aggressive price promotion by the domain’s registry, just RMB1.00 (about $0.13) for the first year.
At the end of the 2nd quarter there were more than 73 million .com and .net domains, the overwhelming majority .com. 11% of the growth comes from the “domain name monetization” segment, which is to say the people who just put ads on the page.