5 Individuals Control 1 out every 35 domains - GoFuckYourself.com

KRL · 01-09-2005, 06:17 PM

Whoa, that's a load of domains to manage and quite a bit to be in such a small group of hands.

Fake Nick · 01-09-2005, 06:18 PM

wildwestdomains.Com ?

eroswebmaster · 01-09-2005, 06:20 PM

interesting.

nofx · 01-09-2005, 06:20 PM

what 5 people ?

Fake Nick · 01-09-2005, 06:22 PM

those 5 each own 1 300 000 domains then

slapass · 01-09-2005, 06:24 PM

I was going to say this did not seem likely based on the gross numbers but I have no idea how many domains are out there.

Steen2 · 01-09-2005, 06:50 PM

5 registrars control like 70% of domains. I don't know if 5 registrants own 20% of the entire .com market. I find that hard to believe.

BuyDomains and UltSearch/that company that bought them would probably account for quite a chunk though.

Fake Nick · 01-09-2005, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Fake Nick

those 5 each own 1 300 000 domains then

just realised I misread , they own a total of 1 300 000 domains , oops

xclusive · 01-09-2005, 06:55 PM

but i've cornered the .info market...

Fake Nick · 01-09-2005, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Steen2

5 registrars control like 70% of domains. I don't know if 5 registrants own 20% of the entire .com market. I find that hard to believe.

BuyDomains and UltSearch/that company that bought them would probably account for quite a chunk though.

Registrar Market Share Total Domains

1 Network Solutions 15.043% 6,840,189
2 Go Daddy 12.105% 5,504,489
3 Tucows 8.844% 4,021,368
4 eNom 7.589% 3,450,987
5 Register.com 5.827% 2,649,599

5 largest = 49.2%

andrej_NDC · 01-09-2005, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

just realised I misread , they own a total of 1 300 000 domains , oops

there are 40 000 000 registered domains? WOW

Fake Nick · 01-09-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

there are 40 000 000 registered domains? WOW

Weeks Total Domains Gain Loss Net
01/03/05 45,602,841 355,624 230,151 125,473

slapass · 01-09-2005, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fake Nick

those 5 each own 1 300 000 domains then

Quite the yearly outflow. I hope they bought lots of typeins.

arg · 01-09-2005, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by KRL

Whoa, that's a load of domains to manage and quite a bit to be in such a small group of hands.

That actually seems like a small portion, compared to some industries where a small number of companies control a majority of market share. (E.g., GM, Ford, and Chrysler have a 60% share of the US auto market, Dell and HP have a 50% share of the US PC market). On the other hand, quantity of domains doesn't correlate well with market share or revenue...Google, Amazon, Yahoo, eBay and similar companies are worth much more than the companies/people I know of with 100,000+ domains. Granted 100,000+ domains cost at least US$600K in renewals, so their income must be substantial, and their valuations are probably all still huge (as with UltSearch's tentative $164 million buyout), but they'd still be dwarfed by market caps of $50-70 billion of Google, Yahoo, and eBay.

As far as managing the domains, all of the 100k+ domain holders I've seen tend to use a pretty automated landing page system for the bulk of their domains. I don't know as managing 100k is significantly harder than managing just a couple thousand. There are some things that can't be automated, for example inevitable legal issues with certain domains, or renewal/transfer issues if the domains are spread between a lot of registrars. But I think at that level, the owners have a lot of automation in place.

If that figure refers to the roughly 42 million .com/.net/.orgs, 1/35 of 40 million is 1.2 million, split between five people would be 240,000 domains each.

Alex · 01-09-2005, 07:34 PM

There is a difference between controlling and owning.

xmas13 · 01-09-2005, 07:43 PM

man i wish i could only own 1 domain:
i choose SEX.COM , value between $10M and $80M!

i exchanged a few emails with Gary Kremen, dont think he would sell it to me for $10/year

JSA Matt · 01-09-2005, 07:48 PM

I don't buy that for a second..

xNetworx · 01-09-2005, 07:50 PM

$5 submissions · 01-09-2005, 08:23 PM

Typo domains = massive bling bling

Just make sure you're based overseas though

You wouldn't want to become another John Zuccarini (do a google search on him for more info)

Shoehorn! · 01-09-2005, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by KRL

Whoa, that's a load of domains to manage and quite a bit to be in such a small group of hands.

I don't think thats accurate.

01-09-2005, 06:17 PM	#1
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Steen2 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 7,662	5 registrars control like 70% of domains. I don't know if 5 registrants own 20% of the entire .com market. I find that hard to believe. BuyDomains and UltSearch/that company that bought them would probably account for quite a chunk though. __________________ ICQ: 2262.73945

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01-09-2005, 06:18 PM	#2
Fake Nick So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: go troll goo! Posts: 7,708	wildwestdomains.Com ?

01-09-2005, 06:22 PM	#5
Fake Nick So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: go troll goo! Posts: 7,708	those 5 each own 1 300 000 domains then

01-09-2005, 06:24 PM	#6
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	I was going to say this did not seem likely based on the gross numbers but I have no idea how many domains are out there.

01-09-2005, 07:34 PM	#15
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01-09-2005, 07:43 PM	#16
xmas13 Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: GFY Posts: 5,176	man i wish i could only own 1 domain: i choose SEX.COM , value between $10M and $80M! i exchanged a few emails with Gary Kremen, dont think he would sell it to me for $10/year

01-09-2005, 07:48 PM	#17
JSA Matt So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,464	I don't buy that for a second..

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01-09-2005, 08:23 PM	#19
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