Global domain name growth


Global domain name growth


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

  • 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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Clare Lawrence is CEO of Discount Domains Ltd - A leading UK provider of Domain name registration and Web Hosting services. Please feel free to re-publish this article provided this reference box remains together with a hyperlink to http://www.discountdomainsuk.com Clare can also be contacted on Clare@discountdomainsuk.com.