This is a list as of July 2009 of the top thirty domain registrars ranked based on market share according to the statistics compiled by RegistrarStats. Company names used in other rankings are also shown:
- Go Daddy
- eNom
- Tucows
- Network Solutions
- Melbourne IT (a.k.a INWW.com)
- 1&1 Internet AG (a.k.a. Schlund.de)
- Wild West Domains (reseller brand of Go Daddy)
- Register.com
- Moniker Online Services
- PublicDomainRegistry.com (a.k.a. ResellerClub and Directi)
- Key-Systems GmbH (a.k.a. DomainDiscount24)
- Xin Net Corp
- OnlineNIC, Inc.
- Fabulous.com Pty Ltd
- Dotster
- Cronon AG
- Intercosmos Media
- DomainDiscover
- FAST DOMAIN INC
- OVH
- PSI-USA, Inc.
- HiChina Web Solutions ltd.
- GMO Internet, Inc.
- NameKing.com
- Name.com
- Ascio Technologies, Inc. - Denmark
- Gandi.net
- Compana LLC
- Dotregistrar.com
- joker.com
- gkg.net
Registrar statistics
All the organizations that publish registrar rankings work from the same data sources: raw data released daily in the form of Registry Zone files, from which are derived Domain name registry Whois, domain registrar Whois, and Domain name servers. The published rankings differ in which top-level domains (TLDs) are used, and in the frequency of updates. Published rankings and reports include:
- About once a year, NameTools.com, operated by Name Intelligence, Inc., updates their rankings of ICANN-accredited registrars. They include .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .us in their totals.
- Monthly (but with approximately a three-month delay), ICANN posts reports, created by the registries of thirteen TLDs, that list the number of domains under the sponsorship of each ICANN-accredited registrar.
- Weekly, WebHosting.info, operated by Directi, updates their published numbers. They state that they count “Total Domains” and do not specifically include or exclude any TLDs, but would appear to not include all gTLDs
- Daily, RegistrarSTATS.com, operated by eNom, updates their published numbers. They label their numbers as a “Domain Count” and do not list which TLDs are included.
External links
- DNS lookup linking INWW.com to Melbourne IT
- news item linking INWW.com to Melbourne IT
- registrarstats.com (eNom's statistics site)
- Name Intelligence yearly updates
- DomainTools (Name Intelligence's statistics site)
- WebHosting.info (Directi's statistics site)
- List of ICANN accredited registrars
- ICANN Report
- Daily Changes
- Daily Domain Counts per TLD
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
