Domain name growth

Domain name growth 1992 – 2003 March 2003, updated December 2003



By Clare Lawrence CEO Discount Domains Ltd



Domain name growth is starting to recover, but we are a long way from the rapid growth we saw in 1998 –2000

I am confident that the market for domain names will move back into a growth phase in the next two or three years time, its true that the dot com boom was a "bubble", but we are now seeing a maturing in the market with more businesses recognising the value of the web as an additional sales channel.



Domain names sales have been weighted towards the North American and European markets, but I predict that sales of domains outside this market will be the driver in the longer term, particularly as Eastern Europe and the far eastern markets recover. India and China are certain to grow strongly in the not too distant future.



The introduction of the new .eu the domain name for the European Union will also be very interesting, as this is likely to give the European domain market a boost.



Domain name registration services such as our own, offering both good value and helpful service will benefit the most. Customers don't want to over pay for their domain name , they are however prepared to pay for support and recognise that a reasonable fee means the registrar is likely to be around in 5 years time.



Selling domain names and web hosting is rewarding, particularly when your helping the smaller business customer who are often less familiar with the process.



If your looking for help and advice - get in touch. We would be delighted to help you add your domain to the following table!



The following shows the number of .com registered growth against time



Date .com

July 15, 2003 23,633,877

June 15, 2003 23,354,574

May 15, 2003 23,071,842

April 15 -2003 22,832,760

March 16 – 2003 22,626,562

February 17, 2003 22,452,747

January 12, 2003 22,147,502

December 15, 2002 21,991,795

November 17, 2002 21,773,883

October 13, 2002 21,524,698

September 15, 2002 21,358,016

August 11, 2003 21,273,992

July 15, 2002 21,270,830

June 16, 2002 21,243,232

May 12, 2002 21,382,537

April 14, 2002 21,581,810

March 17, 2002 22,284,362

February 17, 2002 22,299,727

January 13, 2002 22,746,754

December 11, 2001 23,198,677

November 12, 2001 23,171,002

October 4, 2001 23,291,654

September 24, 2001 23,280,339

July, 14, 2001 22,845,079

June 12, 2001 22,702,074

June 6, 2001 22,670,915

May 31, 2001 22,624,608

May 24, 2001 22,606,495

May 16, 2001 22,496,480

May 9, 2001 22,470,923

May 2, 2001 22,475,976

April 25, 2001 22,409,745

April 18, 2001 22,366,367

March 29, 2001 22,186,938

March 22, 2001 22,160,178

March 15, 2001 22,123,487

March 7, 2001 22,045,648

February 23, 2001 21,915,624

February 15, 2001 21,756,189

February 8, 2001 21,592,167

February 1, 2001 21,439,059

January 30, 2001 21,387,603

January 18, 2001 21,185,015

January 9, 2001 21,023,720

December 22, 2000 20,652,200

December 12, 2000 20,401,837

November 27, 2000 20,033,920

July 2000 14,680,275

January 2000 8,006,100

July 1999 5,748,100

January 1999 3,425,625

July 1998 1,879,501

Earlier data is combined .com..org ,.net and .edu

January 1998 2,292,000

July 1997 1,301,000

January 1997 828,000

July 1996 488,000

January 1996 240,000

July 1995 120,000

January 1995 71,000

July 1994 46,000

January 1994 30,000

July 1993 26,000

January 1993 21,000

July 1992 16,000





Data Source: Zooknic (http://www.zooknic.com/)





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