.XXX up to 137k active registrations, 220k total, and fresh $630k premium sale
.XXX registry regarding to announce details of premium sale as registration count continues to grow.
The .xxx domain name now has 137,000 active registrations, ICM Registry founder Stuart Lawley told Reglike today.
The latest official ICANN numbers for the domain date to the end of February with 128,736 registrations. That means the TLD is adding a few thousand active registrations a month.
Although it may not seem like a huge number, that’s roughly $7 million in annual registration fees to ICM.
And that’s just for annual registrations.
Lawley tells me the domain has 220,000 total registrations counting blocked domains, meaning there are around 83,000 one time “block” registrations.
ICM Registry is also regarding to announce a premium portfolio sale to a European adult firm totaling $630,000.
As stated by ICANN’s latest published numbers (dating to February), Go Daddy is the top registrar for .xxx domain names. Here’s a list of the top 10 registrars as of the end of February. Keep in mind this does not include sunrise “blocked” registrations.
1. Go Daddy 36,111 (Wild West Domains, Blue Razor)
2. Network Solutions 16,633
3. Instra 4,636
4. Name.com 4,272
5. eNom 4,210
6. United Domains 3,820
7. Tucows 3,750
8. Ascio Technologies 3,645
9. PublicDomainRegistry 3,450
10. CSC 3,198
