Domain Name Industry Brief – 2012

Here are quick stats from Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief.

The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of 225 million+ domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs). This amounts to an increase of 5.9 million domain names, or 2.7 percent over the third quarter.

The base of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 90.6 million domain names. This is a 4.2 percent increase quarter over quarter, and a 13.2 percent increase year over year in the base.

.COM and .NET TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total of 113.8 million domain names in the fourth quarter of 2011. This represents approximately a 2 percent increase in the base over the third quarter of 2011 and an 8 percent increase over the same quarter in 2010.

There is no change in the order of the top 10 TLDs in the fourth quarter of 2011. The order is: .COM, .DE, .NET, .UK, .ORG, .INFO, .TK, .NL, .RU and .EU.

You can view the entire Verisign Report here.

Pic Courtesy: Verisign DNIB Report

Catch us at WorldHostingDays ’12!

The LogicBoxes Team will be attending WorldHostingDays Global 2012 at Rust, Germany.

Siddharth Taliyan, our Senior Sales Manager, will be speaking about ‘The Benefits of ICANN Accreditation’ on March 22nd, 2012 at 4pm, at the event.

The session, titled ‘Demystifying ICANN Accreditation’, will shed more light on the following areas:

• How much does ICANN Accreditation really end up costing?
• What are the hidden costs?
• What regulations do ICANN Accredited Registrars need to abide by?
• When should I look at getting my company ICANN Accredited?
• Is ICANN Accreditation really worth it?

Siddharth and Daniel will also be available to help with on-the-spot ICANN Accreditation Consultations at Booth #61. They can also assist you with any queries that you might have about becoming your own Domain Registrar.

You can schedule a meeting with us on our website here. Looking forward to meeting you WHD!

.ORG Numbers from the latest PIR Newsletter

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the Registry operator for the .ORG domain extension have published their bi-annual report last week.

Here are some key insights from this report:

• .ORG domains have crossed the 9.6 million registrations mark
• Registrations in 2011 have increased by 9.9%. This number was 9.7% for 2010
• .ORG experienced a consistent rate of increase, at 4.4 percent in the second half of 2011, compared to 4.7 percent in the first half.

Yearly Growth of .ORG Domains

Top 10 Markets by Country

Over and above the management of .ORG, PIR has also announced its intention to pursue the .NGO new gTLD.

You can read the entire report here: http://pir.org/pdf/dashboard_2H_2011.pdf.