The .cl domain name registry for Chile recently hit a milestone. There are now over 700 thousand .cl domain names registered. (At time of writing 700338).According to a release from the registry, the milestone was reached on 11th March 2021.The .cl domain name has been around since 1987. They've been tracking and publishing stats on their registrations from the … [Read more...] about Chilean Country Code Domains Breaks 700k Mark
Statistics
Radix Reports Premium Sales Increase
Radix registry have reported close to $2 million in revenue from premium domain names in the first half of 2020. That's an increase of 19% on the second half of 2019.While renewals contribute to the overall revenue reported new registrations made up roughly 50% of the total revenue.The overall volume of premium domain registrations was up by 41% compared to the previous … [Read more...] about Radix Reports Premium Sales Increase
How are EU Domains used?
EURid commissioned a study to get data on how .eu domain names are being used.That isn't particularly original, as many of the domain name registries have done that over the years using data from a variety of different sources and services. There are several companies that offer services in this space that can give you quite a bit of information about how domains and other … [Read more...] about How are EU Domains used?
IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically
While the economy might be suffering many of the domain name registries have been reporting their statistics for the second quarter of 2020 and most have seen increases in registrations. The move to online, as has been noted just about everywhere, has been much bigger than anyone could have predicted.Domain name registrations are always going to be a mixed bag, so while … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically
Irish Broadband Usage Increases
The latest report from the Irish Communications regulator (Comreg) includes a nice little graphic that sums up the highlights of their latest report on the Irish market:The report is for Q1 2020, so it only captures part of Ireland's "lockdown" which many people and companies started doing voluntarily from around the 12th of March 2020.Even without the data for the … [Read more...] about Irish Broadband Usage Increases
EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
EURid, who operate the .eu ccTLD domain registry, have released their Q1 2020 report.The report covers the period up until the end of March 2020 (obviously), so it does not show the full impact of COVID-19 on domain registrations or renewals. The report for Q2 should make for interesting reading!So what does the report show for Q1?Registrations are up 15% compared … [Read more...] about EURid Q1 Results Show Growth
CENTR Releases Global Domain Report
CENTR has published their report covering domain names globally for Q4 2019.The overall picture is positive, with a 3% growth year on year.Within Europe growth rates were also up compared to the previous year, though they're still lower than the global growth rate (1.6% vs 3%).CENTR has also started tracking retail pricing of domain names, as well as special offers … [Read more...] about CENTR Releases Global Domain Report
Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019
Radix, who run the registry for domain extensions like .tech and .online, report premium domain sales of $3 million in 2019.The most recent premium domain report from Radix covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 31st December 2019 (H2 2019). Here's a few key data points:$1.67M in revenue; 22% growth over H1 2019 which was at $1.36MClosed 2019 at $3M in Premium Revenue, … [Read more...] about Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019
Radix Report Strong Results
The guys over at Radix Registry have been doing very well with their premium domain sales.They released their bi-annual report earlier this week and the results are truly impressive:$1.36M in revenue; at par with H2 2018 .online, .tech and .site were the highest-grossing TLDs with respect to premium sales 80+ names sold with a price tag of $2,500 or more 78% of premium … [Read more...] about Radix Report Strong Results
New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report
While pretty much every registry operator out there will put out a full annual report at some point there are a few who also release a variety of shorter reports over the course of the year. In the case of .nz, the country code for New Zealand, they've started publishing short snapshot reports on a quarterly basis.There's some interesting insights in the report:710982 … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s ccTLD Release Q1 Snapshot Report