The new gTLDs are maybe the next money machine for registrars, and brands like Godaddy are making money from the new extensions.
Some interesting fact:
- Godaddy sold 40% of the New gTLD.
- .Guru, .Photography and .Today are the most sold gTLDs.
- All the top 10 gTLDs are managed by Donuts Inc.
- Google which operate as the Registry of .みんな has sold 2,464 (rank: 24)
And here is a list of the TOP 30 registrar with the number of gTLDs sales they made till today (07 Mars 2014 – 20:08 GMT)
- 88,592 || Godaddy
- 24,377 || Enom (including Namecheap)
- 15,983 || United-domains
- 12,550 || 1&1
- 8,562 || Name.com
- 7,418 || Cronon AG
- 7,286 || Mesh Digital Limited
- 6,903 || Tucows Domains
- 5,902 || 101Domain
- 4,709 || Key-Systems
- 4,142 || Network Solutions
- 2,910 || Gandi
- 2,452 || PSI-USA
- 2,353 || PublicDomainRegistry
- 2,230 || Interlink
- 1,706 || 1API
- 1,704 || MarkMonitor
- 1,513 || Instra Corporation
- 1,490 || CSC Corporate Domains
- 1,355 || Ascio Technologies
- 1,234 || Nom-iq
- 1,039 || Easyspace
- 1,020 || Hosting || Concepts
- 964 || EuroDNS
- 925 || Register.com
- 910 || Dynadot
- 902 || Webnames.ca
- 900 || Marcaria.com
- 840 || Gransy
- 779 || Super Registry
Most companies make profits in very obvious ways. Google make a lots of money from advertising, Apple through selling iPhones and iPads, but companies like Godaddy are making a fortune with this new market.
