2003 ICANN Registrar Statistics

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Name Intelligence takes Registrar Statistics seriously. As an independent third party we are unbiased, we compute all statistics for all the registrars daily. We track changes in the (.COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, and .US) registries.

We conducted a poll of our 45 thousand registered members in January of 2004 asking them to vote for their favorite registrar of 2003 and to give us a reason why. Well the verdict is in. Here are the results from the members that voted. Each member was restricted to just one vote.

Award	Registrar	Some of the reasons given while voting
	GoDaddy.com #1 for User's Choice Award With 34% of the vote	Overall service price & quality Price and User Friendly The best prices and the best services Prices and administration features
	eNom.com #2 for User's Choice Award With 15% of the vote	Their low price, support, fast dns update best additional services included reseller program inexpensive, full featured api good reseller tools, good value-add functionality
	Tucows.com #3 for User's Choice Award 8% of the vote	good reseller system Good Service service and integrity Best system, service and reseller program Easy reseller interface

The next set of awards were given out by Name Intelligence based on characteristics that we observed in the marketplace in 2003.

	Go Daddy Software, Inc. #1 for Net Gain	Gained over 1.5 Million domains in 2003
	eNom, Inc. #1 for Resellers	eNom for the second straight year wins Best Reseller Registrar. Market gain was around 950,000 domains in 2003.
	Wild West Domains #1 for Largest Position Jump	Wild West Domains started 2002 as a completely new Registrar, by the end of 2002 it had climbed from #133 to #40. In 2003, Wild West Domains moved from #40 at the close of 2002 to #15 at the end of 2003.

Summer of 2003

Rank	Domains	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1 - Q4	Registrar
1	7,377,562	-429,734	-360,912	-215,598	-114,594	-1,120,838	Network Solutions
2	3,575,854	39,824	59,625	116,305	203,832	419,586	Tucows
3	3,204,663	414,892	360,505	349,815	403,840	1,529,052	GoDaddy.com
4	2,815,263	-7,797	-89,935	-43,397	10,625	-130,504	Register.com
5	2,504,184	264,102	257,086	227,271	198,433	946,892	eNom.com
6	2,006,714	75,975	78,298	86,099	91,084	331,456	INWW.com
7	1,271,460	-52,116	-13,155	-17,126	-13,486	-95,883	BulkRegister
8	1,036,799	57,261	47,496	43,080	82,246	230,083	Schlund.de
9	957,532	68,357	38,254	42,828	36,128	185,567	DirectNic.com
10	921,997	41,791	35,823	43,192	32,957	153,763	Dotster
11	759,010	28,876	4,438	24,581	38,459	96,354	DotRegistrar.com
12	575,908	77,804	53,524	50,244	49,005	230,577	China-Channel.com
13	546,692	27,342	13,950	10,698	-827	51,163	Joker.com
14	465,908	-32,803	18,725	16,171	27,438	29,531	DomainDiscover.com
15	450,720	88,856	103,558	99,567	87,702	379,683	Wild West Domains
16	448,518	-4,352	-33,203	-38,567	-38,975	-115,097	CORE
17	435,662	14,136	36,394	32,134	-2,373	80,291	ItsYourDomain.com
18	402,051	12,188	8,036	4,622	8,205	33,051	Gandi
19	236,059	10,382	4,209	-1,218	63,162	76,535	Global Media Online Inc
20	230,498	3,982	8,109	10,210	45,326	67,627	Ascio Inc.
21	216,761	9,121	2,318	-867	42,517	53,089	YesNIC
22	206,993	8,459	19,237	17,288	12,454	57,438	Xin Net
23	195,958	-2,519	-1,160	-3,622	1,073	-6,228	Domain Bank Inc.
24	166,409	18,318	26,247	27,042	36,718	108,325	DomainDiscount24
25	166,323	-3,788	785	663	3,063	723	Easyspace Ltd.
26	165,937	12,857	9,825	11,878	6,061	40,621	Names4Ever.com
27	162,086	3,548	4,824	3,135	5,818	17,325	Domain People, Inc.
28	161,704	39,183	31,651	19,349	35,580	125,763	Moniker Online Services
29	159,874	4,675	5,997	4,974	6,964	22,610	NameSecure.com
30	156,948	-6,461	-15,837	-7,642	-6,476	-36,416	StarGate
31	155,082	7,887	5,362	4,239	32,413	49,901	Gabia, Inc
32	150,076	18,316	21,503	14,584	14,661	69,064	SRSplus
33	140,076	5,085	6,481	8,774	7,470	27,810	IA Registry
34	131,185	8,294	18,738	-17,313	16,604	26,323	Fabulous.com
35	130,667	3,877	3,967	5,143	9,303	22,290	Alldomains
36	125,910	343	14,984	35,522	44,816	95,665	PSI Japan
37	116,715	29,039	31,567	22,822	20,038	103,466	000Domains.com
38	111,458	4,219	2,199	3,531	26,367	36,316	Cronon AG
39	105,401	6,913	-203	3,003	5,769	15,482	AitDomains.com
40	105,255	-3,606	1,497	3,027	5,743	6,661	GKG.net
41	102,597	10,053	15,948	17,533	23,501	67,035	DirectI.com
42	93,579	7,069	2,057	887	3,382	13,395	NordNet
43	77,945	9,754	8,280	3,217	4,836	26,087	NetNames.com
44	73,560	2,283	5,704	4,469	5,887	18,343	TotalRegistrations
45	66,882	4,753	6,404	1,669	4,586	17,412	NameScout.com
46	66,835	13,532	12,512	9,159	13,884	49,087	OVH
47	66,220	-2,685	-2,034	-255	22,274	17,300	Netpia.com
48	65,619	3,723	1,146	-4,024	-6,249	-5,404	Active ISP
49	63,222	16,159	12,221	10,932	14,498	53,810	Nicline.com
50	62,111	3,921	4,742	1,664	7,440	17,767	Naame.com
51	59,434	-7,520	-6,828	-5,222	2,728	-16,842	DoRegi.com
52	57,824	-2,137	5,654	2,644	3,306	9,467	NameBay
53	56,792	-1,109	-14,893	-10,467	-13,560	-40,029	ePag AG
54	55,885	-13	9,192	21,857	24,421	55,457	Aaaq.com
55	54,587	0	13,227	16,762	24,598	54,587	Bizcn.com
56	51,882	4,370	-9,444	11,024	7,371	13,321	Registration Tech, Inc.
57	46,746	10,997	8,160	5,359	3,735	28,251	Pair.com
58	46,145	3,616	4,290	9,300	5,419	22,625	PlanetDomain
59	44,835	7,077	7,642	6,119	8,444	29,282	MarkMonitor
60	43,655	-89	4,576	-883	1,952	5,556	DomainInfo.com
61	43,177	-6,014	-11,004	2,508	-200	-14,710	Capital Networks
62	42,983	1,636	3,006	702	1,566	6,910	InterDomain
63	41,381	988	1,687	-335	1,162	3,502	Catalog.com
64	37,482	-2,245	694	-1,121	-160	-2,832	DotEarth.com
65	36,974	7,517	3,439	4,027	3,677	18,660	Register.it SPA
66	36,665	5,467	8,000	4,320	5,041	22,828	BookMyName.com
67	36,080	2,492	13,542	5,852	6,328	28,214	Nominalia
68	33,521	7,998	9,952	4,723	4,790	27,463	Today & Tomorrow co. ltd.
69	27,618	0	0	13,695	13,923	27,618	HiChina
70	27,404	-2,632	1,898	176	503	-55	Transpac
71	27,085	2,060	3,952	5,021	5,019	16,052	Deutsche
72	26,978	-233	-3,837	-279	-552	-4,901	AW Registry
73	26,922	-1,949	-2,051	939	937	-2,124	SignatureDomains
74	25,350	10,314	5,119	1,332	1,652	18,417	Internetters
75	24,947	1,897	1,209	3,368	5,597	12,071	Omnis, llc
76	23,615	-2,337	-785	1,097	6,164	4,139	Name.com aka DomainSite
77	22,111	-235	485	-167	356	439	1 eName Co.
78	21,949	737	4,546	5,258	11,408	21,949	INAMES Corp. (Korea)
79	21,422	5,190	3,685	347	2,805	12,027	4dDomains.com
80	20,027	-483	9,651	-358	-9,442	-632	Virtual Internet
81	19,561	-555	2,555	-1,176	-137	687	1st Domain.net
82	17,521	1,176	3,152	3,479	4,611	12,418	Communi Gal
83	17,100	1,422	1,344	900	8,239	11,905	RgNames.com
84	16,844	4,461	1,036	3,014	1,923	10,434	DomReg ltd
85	16,769	984	2,100	-350	1,254	3,988	Secura GMBH
86	14,632	147	124	1,590	1,016	2,877	Address Creation
87	14,367	-482	965	-314	255	424	BB Online UK
88	14,075	1,288	3,200	3,804	5,783	14,075	Webnic.cc
89	13,850	3,180	3,234	2,355	-1,048	7,721	Universal Reg. Services
90	13,730	2,612	4,133	3,685	3,300	13,730	ATcom Technology
91	13,674	580	2,882	1,522	5,361	10,345	ABR Products
92	13,379	0	0	968	12,411	13,379	In2net
93	12,714	0	1,484	4,587	6,643	12,714	NameZero.com
94	12,507	689	1,239	-71	693	2,550	Globedom
95	11,704	816	2,406	709	1,034	4,965	Encirca, Inc.
96	11,268	-910	1,055	164	335	644	DomainRegistry.com
97	11,164	563	876	338	688	2,465	Corporate Domains
98	10,915	2,762	1,038	580	627	5,007	DomainCA.com
99	10,381	0	468	3,715	6,198	10,381	EasyDNS
100	10,305	560	1,150	740	-550	1,900	123 Registration Inc.
101	10,291	-35	4	2,521	7,699	10,189	DomainMonger.Com
102	9,256	608	1,567	3,186	3,882	9,243	Dodora Unified
103	8,499	1,485	1,396	1,576	1,180	5,637	DomainName, Inc.
104	8,022	128	1,025	-50	133	1,236	Official US Domains
105	6,883	941	1,258	1,378	-1,051	2,526	#1 Domain Names
106	6,867	712	1,532	2,476	1,134	5,854	SafeNames, Ltd
107	6,809	1,139	-451	1,522	681	2,891	NameSystem.com
108	6,735	-836	-1,928	1,215	-1,319	-2,868	DomainZoo.com
109	6,694	-1,113	552	289	419	147	AOL
110	6,613	2,369	1,570	1,201	1,458	6,598	Arctic Names, Inc.
111	5,559	512	400	566	290	1,768	007 Names
112	5,552	11	311	885	4,345	5,552	Cydentity, Inc.
113	5,471	292	663	-136	-160	659	NamesBeyond.com
114	5,467	-422	2,344	-4,082	-5,646	-7,806	NameEngine
115	4,731	3,196	435	708	392	4,731
116	4,684	-55	-610	-18	594	-89	Eastern Comm. ltd
117	4,644	458	1,257	-6	377	2,086	Funpeas llc
118	4,429	557	133	1,198	2,057	3,945	All Global Names
119	4,001	0	0	0	4,001	4,001	Blue Razor Domains
120	3,995	-2,119	901	-444	110	-1,552	Internet Domain Registry, Ltd
121	3,725	0	9	1,099	2,617	3,725	First Server
122	2,933	380	1,349	454	750	2,933	1 Accredited
123	2,830	0	360	1,163	1,307	2,830	name2host
124	2,744	118	593	583	781	2,075	Alice's Registry Inc.
125	2,634	0	1,011	765	858	2,634	R Lee Chambers
126	2,553	247	238	1,361	707	2,553	Domain the net
127	2,302	746	960	584	12	2,302	DotForce.com
128	2,191	183	323	768	276	1,550	Gal Comm. Ltd.
129	2,184	0	0	554	1,630	2,184
130	2,184	21	1,111	197	115	1,444	Omnis Network
131	2,044	307	1,046	675	-97	1,931	SiteName
132	2,038	0	0	852	1,186	2,038	bestregistrar.com

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Summer of 2003