If we look at the data of the recent years for the american companies in the domain business we will find that the there are ten big names of the domain industry that are managing the domains providing registration and support. Altogether they are spanning 60% share of the web identities of the entire internet.
Let’s looks at the these 10 registrars and then compare the number of domains they manage, the market share they hold and their overall position according to data collected on May 2010.
- Woldwestdomains.com / Go Daddy Group
Market Share: 35%
# of domains: 25,373,796 - enom.com
Market Share: 5%
# of domains: 3,405,217 - networksolutions.com
Market Share: 4%
# of domains: 2,874,123 - oneandone.com
Market Share: 3%
# of domains: 2,611,838 - yahoo.com
Market Share: 3%
# of domains: 2,611,838 - dsredirection.com
Market Share: 2%
# of domains: 1,731,437 - register.com
Market Share: 2%
# of domains: 1,438,786 - cashparking.com
Market Share: 2%
# of domains: 1,102,886 - hostgator.com
Market Share: 1%
# of domains: 1,055,463 - bluehost.com
Market Share: 1%
# of domains: 1,023,882
This clearly shows that the organization Wild West Domains is dominating the web domain industry with a 35% share of the entire internet identity names. Most people do not know this company because it is actual registry infrastructure used by the Go Daddy Group and owned by them, whereas they use go daddy website for managing customers data and providing them registration and support.
Disclaimer: This data is collected through Intac Archives.
