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The domain industry has had a big shake up this year. The rise of the discount registrar is being lead by GoDaddy and eNom. GoDaddy on the retail front and eNom on the wholesale front. Mean while Network Solutions continues to bleed domains at an alarming pace. It looks like 2003 will be the strongest year yet for the Discount Registrars.

GoDaddy got a big boost as well in a high profile lawsuit against Network Solutions earlier this year were Network Solutions eventually settled out of court. The case was not about GoDaddy having a better price, but it certainly got the publics' attention that GoDaddy was just as qualified and had a better price. Shortly after the lawsuit starting get a lot of air time GoDaddy's registration/transfer numbers shot way up.

In the Reseller market eNom has been kicking butt and winning away bulk domain holders from other registrars in droves. Their pricing is mean and their quality service is outstanding. With lots of Bulk Resellers still out there, eNom should have a good year in 2003.

In other news Dotster has acquired NamesDirect bring Dotster back into the top 10 Registrars. However the acquisition had a dark cloud hanging over it because it was reveled in the press right after the acquisition that NamesDirect had exposed over 180,000 clients credit card information with a coding error.

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Leaders in Net Gain for Domain Registration in 2002
1. Go Daddy Software, Inc.
2. eNom, Inc. (#1 for Resellers)
3. Tucows
4. Schlund.de
5. DirectNic.com

Registrar Stats ending December 31st
Summary of the first and second half gains for 2002.

Rank	Domains	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1 - Q4	Registrar	Retail	Resellers
1	8,495,204	-633,441	-1,060,278	-643,897	-367,468	-2,705,084	Network Solutions	$35.00	30%
2	3,154,613	138,037	106,557	86,698	90,320	421,612	Tucows	$19.99	$10.00
3	2,944,954	-251,729	-71,511	22,368	60,916	-239,956	Register.com	$35.00	N/A
4	1,673,753	24,052	23,275	49,022	48,736	145,085	INWW.com	$35.00	N/A
5	1,672,244	151,779	211,805	273,982	338,303	975,869	GoDaddy.com	$8.95	$7.50*
6	1,555,622	126,032	223,748	241,747	238,904	830,431	eNom.com	$29.95	$6.95
7	1,368,045	-73,613	-81,744	-73,454	-23,097	-251,908	BulkRegister	$12.00	$8.00
8	805,882	74,765	63,239	82,961	47,462	268,427	Schlund.de	€	€
9	771,864	44,575	52,226	76,736	56,820	230,357	DirectNic.com	$15.00	$10.80
10	768,873	-27,493	20,534	21,867	164,128	179,036	Dotster	$14.95	$12.00
11	661,658	-321,201	58,355	35,036	22,673	-205,137	DotRegistrar.com	$19.99	$6.49
12	563,446	21,067	-5,414	-33,573	-17,967	-35,887	CORE	§	§
13	495,616	23,311	-12,990	12,504	19,004	41,829	Joker.com	$15.00	$7.20
14	436,093	28,184	21,444	11,351	14,914	75,893	DomainDiscover.com	$25.00	$12.00
15	368,855	20,829	14,213	15,178	15,720	65,940	Gandi	€	€
16	356,860	30,225	34,736	25,933	30,095	120,989	ItsYourDomain.com	$14.95	$8.95
17	344,948	21,432	41,265	63,041	58,313	184,051	China-Channel.com	§	$6.69
18	202,096	-13,955	-18,414	-9,043	-2,298	-43,710	Domain Bank Inc.	$35.00	N/A
19	193,264	12,675	19,697	5,222	196	37,790	StarGate	$7.95	$6.95
20	165,662	-14,428	-48,476	-36,598	-15,965	-115,467	Easyspace Ltd.	$21.50	10%
21	163,541	10,165	6,234	7,939	10,243	34,581	YesNIC	$10.00	$8.00
22	162,843	6,873	13,117	10,985	13,812	44,787	Ascio Inc.	§	§
23	159,523	10,206	3,568	5,664	11,994	31,432	Global Media Online Inc	$31.00	§
24	149,276	7,847	15,099	15,913	16,429	55,288	Xin Net	¥	¥
25	144,719	5,505	-6,108	-4,393	-257	-5,253	Domain People, Inc.	$24.95	N/A
26	137,264	-16,782	-56,329	-19,941	2,404	-90,648	NameSecure.com	N/A	N/A
27	125,133	1,399	-8,873	1,460	11,844	5,830	Names4Ever.com	N/A	N/A
28	112,336	43,929	30,164	1,005	6,303	81,401	IA Registry	N/A	N/A
29	108,306	1,595	-5,045	6,450	7,760	10,760	Alldomains	N/A	N/A
30	105,112	12,234	8,878	5,645	8,839	35,596	Gabia, Inc	N/A	N/A
31	104,852	0	0	0	104,852	104,852	Fabulous.com	N/A	N/A
32	98,495	0	0	0	98,495	98,495	GKG.net	N/A	N/A
33	96,703	14,933	8,040	8,211	10,761	41,945	ePag AG	N/A	N/A
34	89,875	-5,473	-1,457	-4,295	-3,378	-14,603	AitDomains.com	N/A	N/A
35	80,938	8,857	8,661	14,091	13,979	45,588	SRSplus	N/A	N/A
36	80,182	10,276	2,126	3,741	3,824	19,967	NordNet	N/A	N/A
37	76,386	5,348	3,031	-1,837	-1,014	5,528	DoRegi.com	N/A	N/A
38	75,108	8,484	8,330	11,679	8,801	37,294	Cronon AG	N/A	N/A
39	71,045	690	1,738	4,263	9,413	16,104	Active ISP	N/A	N/A
40	70,683	0	0	21,486	49,197	70,683	Wild West Domains	N/A	N/A
41	58,033	3,440	886	36,420	10,806	51,552	DomainDiscount24	N/A	N/A
42	57,885	11,230	-942	8,946	2,305	21,539	Capital Networks	N/A	N/A
43	55,222	4,489	2,832	5,775	7,964	21,060	TotalRegistrations	N/A	N/A
44	51,865	2,798	2,471	8,399	6,400	20,068	NetNames.com	N/A	N/A
45	50,279	-10	-16	20	50,259	50,253	.US Reserved	N/A	N/A
46	49,430	4,256	10,102	1,440	-771	15,027	NameScout.com	N/A	N/A
47	48,889	-207	-3,009	-2,237	-2,075	-7,528	Netpia.com	N/A	N/A
48	48,344	3,471	1,405	6,421	3,719	15,016	NameBay	N/A	N/A
49	44,274	1,271	3,265	3,799	3,211	11,546	Naame.com	N/A	N/A
50	40,298	-7,179	-4,309	-3,897	-1,931	-17,316	DotEarth.com	N/A	N/A
51	38,537	1,713	4,547	10,039	12,025	28,324	Registration Tech, Inc.	N/A	N/A
52	38,115	2,581	785	-481	1,196	4,081	DomainInfo.com	N/A	N/A
53	37,864	4,113	4,862	3,621	2,322	14,918	Catalog.com	N/A	N/A
54	36,066	3,266	2,716	-22	-767	5,193	InterDomain	N/A	N/A
55	35,876	0	0	0	35,876	35,876	Moniker Online Services	N/A	N/A
56	35,515	1,444	-3,388	6,543	9,067	13,666	DirectI.com	N/A	N/A
57	31,867	-772	2,086	-3,940	-1,606	-4,232	AW Registry	N/A	N/A
58	30,246	632	316	-733	392	607	PSI Japan	N/A	N/A
59	29,090	-395	30,089	-1,118	-1,069	27,507	SignatureDomains	N/A	N/A
60	27,435	934	1,414	1,581	1,325	5,254	Transpac	N/A	N/A
61	23,451	2,564	3,479	4,544	6,113	16,700	PlanetDomain	N/A	N/A
62	21,657	3,861	-1,568	446	-8	2,731	1 eName Co.	N/A	N/A
63	20,657	2,365	1,153	13	-610	2,921	Virtual Internet	N/A	N/A
64	19,454	413	1,080	1,541	-4,043	-1,009	Name.com aka DomainSite	N/A	N/A
65	18,872	-2,234	-82	-1,710	-1,008	-5,034	1st Domain.net	N/A	N/A
66	18,483	-13	2,797	6,199	8,477	17,460	Pair.com	N/A	N/A
67	18,298	1,538	-275	3,645	6,683	11,591	Register.it SPA	N/A	N/A
68	17,730	49	1,066	6,801	9,586	17,502	OVH	N/A	N/A
69	15,541	1,415	3,350	2,477	1,195	8,437	MarkMonitor	N/A	N/A
70	13,942	2,294	796	1,331	1,505	5,926	BB Online UK	N/A	N/A
71	13,814	1,472	-1,204	1,525	4,376	6,169	BookMyName.com	N/A	N/A
72	13,267	1,248	974	894	615	3,731	NameEngine	N/A	N/A
73	13,231	1,429	2,712	1,854	452	6,447	000Domains.com	N/A	N/A
74	12,862	1,427	2,333	2,126	1,016	6,902	Omnis, llc	N/A	N/A
75	12,777	3,645	-1,088	270	-275	2,552	Secura GMBH	N/A	N/A
76	12,605	252	-5,057	11,207	-1,581	4,821	Deleted (purging)	N/A	N/A
77	11,745	911	1,225	3,357	853	6,346	Address Creation	N/A	N/A
78	11,033	-68	771	4,813	5,020	10,536	Deutsche	N/A	N/A
79	10,614	-508	208	-320	-589	-1,209	DomainRegistry.com	N/A	N/A
80	9,970	418	441	888	1,069	2,816	Globedom	N/A	N/A
81	9,592	1,072	83	5	-2,546	-1,386	DomainZoo.com	N/A	N/A
82	9,404	0	0	0	9,404	9,404	Nicline.com	N/A	N/A
83	9,398	-471	-400	2,564	837	2,530	4dDomains.com	N/A	N/A
84	8,699	3,537	931	1,746	357	6,571	Corporate Domains	N/A	N/A
85	8,403	762	1,935	1,209	576	4,482	123 Registration Inc.	N/A	N/A
86	7,862	-91	564	37	-277	233	Nominalia	N/A	N/A
87	7,452	-728	166	-591	1,201	48	Shop4Domain.com	N/A	N/A
88	6,933	-61	37	246	5,938	6,160	Internetters	N/A	N/A
89	6,803	62	4,895	207	813	5,977	Encirca, Inc.	N/A	N/A
90	6,789	-16	6,561	120	-84	6,581	Official US Domains	N/A	N/A
91	6,548	867	1,312	424	260	2,863	AOL	N/A	N/A
92	6,412	140	2,948	15,221	-15,869	2,440	DomReg ltd	N/A	N/A
93	6,157	420	120	4,973	381	5,894	Universal Reg. Services	N/A	N/A
94	6,050	0	0	3,524	2,526	6,050	Today & Tomorrow co. ltd.	N/A	N/A
95	5,858	0	0	0	5,858	5,858	DomainCA.com	N/A	N/A
96	5,549	-32,854	5	-1,866	1,047	-33,668	Internet Domain Registry, Ltd	N/A	N/A
97	5,194	884	923	1,290	452	3,549	RgNames.com	N/A	N/A
98	5,097	162	1,005	1,282	1,926	4,375	Communi Gal	N/A	N/A
99	4,814	384	-41	-4,260	4,690	773	NamesBeyond.com	N/A	N/A
100	4,772	352	277	211	-46	794	Eastern Comm. ltd	N/A	N/A
101	4,346	523	-173	1,375	246	1,971	#1 Domain Names	N/A	N/A
102	3,919	114	535	1,302	746	2,697	NameSystem.com	N/A	N/A
103	3,788	612	-112	562	71	1,133	007 Names	N/A	N/A
104	3,330	868	1,813	74	-56	2,699	ABR Products	N/A	N/A
105	2,856	0	0	1,865	991	2,856	DomainName, Inc.	N/A	N/A
106	2,555	609	1,258	-167	255	1,955	Funpeas llc	N/A	N/A
107	2,493	-123	-22	-80	109	-116	Interactive Telecom, Inc	N/A	N/A
108	2,312	-265	-160	-111	230	-306	InterAccess Co.	N/A	N/A

We verified these prices on Dec 31st 2002.
Contact us if there are any mistakes on this page.

Retail price based on 1 year normal registration for a .COM domain.
Reseller price based on best price (may involve large prepayment).

€ = Price in euros, see site for more detail.
¥ = Price in yen, see site for more detail.
§ = Not available to this user.
* = Approximate cost
% = Revenue share in percent