Tag Archives: domain industry

February, 2010

• 24 February

  Verisign publishes domain industry report

  Verisign has released the latest volume of “The Domain Name Industry Brief,” a quarterly report of the domain name industry. What did it find? There are currently 192 million domain registrations across all extensions. Last quarter saw an 8% increase in registrations overall. .Uk experienced the most growth. It jumped …

August, 2009

• 13 August

  Report: average .net auction price exceeds .com

  A popular domain auction site recently released a report detailing statistics about more than 9,000 auctions in the last three months. Surprisingly, the average sale price for a .net domain came out to $1,775 USD, a wee bit higher than the average .com value of $1,768. This is a sharp …

July, 2009

• 30 July

  40% of small businesses have no website

  Part of what has pushed the domain industry to new levels is a drastic increase in the number of small businesses owning websites. With the majority of people in developed nations online, businesses have finally realized the value of the web. There are still quite a few firms stuck in …
• 7 July

  Despite poor economy, domain prices on the rise

  With the economy at rock-bottom, stock prices have fallen dramatically over the last year. One might expect domains to follow a similar trend, however, the average auction price for a name has increased– from £1,282 last year to £1,757! This year has also seen quite a few high-price domain sales, …