Hit 7 Million Registrations — .Org Domain

Public Interest Registry notes milestone.

Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry that manages the .org top level domain, disclosed today that there are now 7 million .org domain names registered. Since management of the registry was assumed by Public Interest Registry in 2003, .org registrations have increased more than 250%, the registry notes

As part of the notice, PIR got Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to comment regarding .org:

“We can’t imagine Wikipedia as a .com — .ORG is a core part of our identity,” states Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and member of the Board of Trustees of The Wikimedia Foundation. “.ORG is available to anyone in the world, and it is a great way for an organization to signal an ambition to be inclusive and global.”

True, although like many popular .org sites Wikipedia also owns Wikipedia.com.

.Org is the third most popular generic TLD behind .com and .net. Although .org domain names were originally meant for non-profits, anyone can register a .org domain name. Below are some of the biggest aftermarket .org domain names sales as stated by DNSalePrice.com:

Domain, SalePrice, Sale Date, Sales Venue
Sexe.org $151,400 Jun 08 Private
Date.org $150,349 Dec 06 SnapNames
FreeCreditScore.org $123,000 May 07 Sedo
Revolution.org $120,000 Jul 08 Sedo
RingTones.org $120,000 May 08 Moniker/Traffic
Loan.org $105,500 Dec 06 SnapNames
Coffee.org $100,000 May 08 Sedo
University.org $100,000 Oct 06 Moniker/Traffic