Here’s how registrars fared with .com in March.
ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from March.
Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations:
1. GoDaddy* 1,001,339
2. eNom** 227,918
3. HiChina 165,567
4. PublicDomainRegistry 127,377
5. Tucows 118,454
When it comes to companies that won the transfer game, here are the top five registrars with retail operations for March. These numbers are the net gains after taking into consideration transfers-out:
1. Uniregistry +20,202
2. Japan Registry Services +9,819
3. Annulet +8,528
4. HiChina +8,046
5. Google +7,818
Here are the registrars that lost the most to transfers, offset by the number of inbound transfers:
1. Moniker -17,626
2. Tucows -14,664
3. MelbourneIT -14,643
4. Network Solutions -13,317
5. 1&1 -6,280
*Includes GoDaddy and Wild West Domains **Includes eNom and Name.com, but not dropcatching registrars.
Mark says
How big share comes to Japan Registry Services registrar? Never heard of it.