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GoDaddy down, Gname up: Latest .com data

GoDaddy down, Gname up: Latest .com data

Digging into the latest data regarding the .com namespace.

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ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers March 2024.

A few things stand out in this month’s note:

  • GoDaddy registered over 100,000 fewer .com domains this March than last March. It has 1.2 million fewer .com domains under management than it did a year ago.
  • Conversely, Gname has regarding 1.2 million more .com domains than a year ago.
  • Squarespace’s monthly registrations were up month over month, but are still over 100k fewer than the combined total of Google and Squarespace ahead of Squarespace purchased Google Domains. Those registrations aren’t disappearing; they are going to other registrars.
  • TurnCommerce (DropCatch/NameBright) had fewer .com domains under management year over year, but its fresh registrations increased significantly.

Below is a chart showing how the largest registrars did in terms of fresh registrations in March 2024, which are the latest available numbers. Note that the rankings include multiple registrar accreditations within families of registrars. You can see the list of registrars at the end of this post.

1. GoDaddy.com (NYSE: GDDY) 754,684 (862,945 in March 2023)
2. Namecheap Inc. 343,881 (295,680)
3. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) 182,847 (292,350)
4. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) 180,956 (161,483)
5. Newfold Digital 147,756 (218,143)
6. Gname.com 133,359 (128,834)
7. Dynadot 96,912 (72,041)
8. TurnCommerce 96,629 (57,667)
9. GMO 94,533 (78,311)
10. Wix 86,257 (77,240)

Here’s the leaderboard of the top registrars in terms of total .com registrations under management as of the end of March.

1. GoDaddy 55,379,789 (56,596,294 in March 2023)
2. Newfold Digital 12,046,628 (12,915,496)
3. Tucows 10,897,166 (11,210,521)
4. Namecheap 9,790,460 (9,072,614)
5. Squarespace 8,163,277 (7,566,373)
6. TurnCommerce 5,999,088 (6,137,066)
7. IONOS 5,826,722 (5,522,128)
8. Gname 4,627,951 (3,449,704)
9. Alibaba 4,139,661 (4,381,857)
10. Team Internet Group 3,501,679 (3,640,287)

Many domain firms have multiple accreditations, and I’ve tried to capture the largest ones. See the notes below.

  • GoDaddy includes GoDaddy, Wild West Domains, Uniregistry, GoDaddy Corporate Domains, MeshDigital, the 5 “Go Country” registrars, and 123 Reg
  • Namecheap includes Namecheap and Spaceship
  • Tucows includes Tucows, Enom, Ascio and EPAG
  • Newfold Digital Includes PDR, Domain.com, FastDomain, Bigrock, Network Solutions, Register.com, MarkMonitor, SnapNames registrars, and Crazy Domains/Dreamscape. There are other Newfold registrars, but these are the biggest.
  • Squarespace includes Squarespace and Google
  • TurnCommerce Includes NameBright and DropCatch registrars
  • IONOS includes Includes 1&1, PSI, Cronon, United-Domains, Arsys, and world4you
  • Team Internet Group includes Key-Systems, 1API, Internet.bs, TLD Registrar Solutions, RegistryGate, Moniker, Instra

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