The expired domain market made a big splash in 2005 and this looks to continue in 2006.
[Editors note: this is the seventh in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.]
2005 was the year of the exclusive drop agreement. Instead of domains expiring and dropping for all expired domains services to have a fair shake at catching, most large registrars now have exclusive agreements to “direct transfer†expiring domains. Network Solutions and Register.com have agreements with SnapNames, which has used such agreements to corner a large share of the market. I’ve written about this topic extensively. One drop service that hasn’t struck a major exclusive agreement is Pool. However, it remains popular.
Here are the results of 582 responses to the survey:
Which expiring domain catching service do you use most often?
SnapNames 32%
Pool 27%
NameWinner 16%
eNom Club Drop 13%
TDNAM/GoDaddy 11%
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