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VeriSign, Inc., a global leader in domain names and internet security, announced that approximately 6.0 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 339.8 million across all Top-Level Domains [TLDs].

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The increase of approximately 6.0 million domain name registrations globally equates to a growth rate of 1.8 percent over the first quarter of 2018 1,2. The Domain Name Industry Brief [DNIB] further shows that domain name registrations have grown by approximately 7.9 million, or 2.4 percent, year over year.

Key Highlights

  • The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of approximately 149.7 million domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of Q2, 2018. This represents an increase of approximately 1.4 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to Q1 2017.
  • As of June 30, 2018, the .com domain name base totaled approximately 135.6 million domain name registrations, while the .net domain name base totaled approximately 14.1 million domain name registrations.
  • The .com and .net TLDs had a combined increase of approximately 5.3 million domain name registrations, or 3.7 percent, Y-O-Y.
  • New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled approximately 9.6 million at the end of Q2 2018, compared to 9.2 million domain name registrations for Q2 2017.
  • Growth of .com and .net domain names redirecting to popular global social media and e-commerce sites compared to Q2 2017 is dominated by Instagram [61%] followed by Etsy [12%] and LinkedIn [9%].
  • Total new gTLD [ngTLD] domain name registrations were approximately 21.8 million at the end of Q2 2018, with an increase of 1.6 million domain name registrations, or 7.9 percent, compared to Q1 2018. ngTLDs decreased by approximately 2.5 million domain name registrations, or 10.4 percent, Y-O-Y.

Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide statistical and analytical research and data on the domain name industry. The second quarter 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief, as well as previous reports, can be obtained at Verisign.com/DNIB.

References

1. The figure(s) includes domain names in the .tk ccTLD. .tk is a free ccTLD that provides free domain names to individuals and businesses. Revenue is generated by monetizing expired domain names. Domain names no longer in use by the registrant or expired are taken back by the registry and the residual traffic is sold to advertising networks. As such, there are no deleted .tk domain names [Source].

2. The Generic Top-level Domain [gTLD] and ccTLD data cited in this brief: (i) includes ccTLD Internationalized Domain Names, (ii) is an estimate as of the time this brief was developed and (iii) is subject to change as more complete data is received.

3. The domain name base is the active zone plus the number of domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the respective Top-Level Domain zone file plus the number of domain names that are in a client or server hold status.

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In a report released by MoMagic Technologies, a mobile ad tech company on buying patterns of mobile phone buyers across India, it was also revealed that only 8% of the buyers bothered about screen quality.

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A significant 44% of the people surveyed in a report said that they want better battery capacity in their mobile phones indicating most of the mobile phones in the market including several flagship phones are still unable to tackle this key issue.

With data prices dropping almost every month post the market entry of Reliance Jio and 4G enabled phones also getting cheaper, many Indian buyers have now moved to 4G phones. 56% of the respondents surveyed were using 4G phones, followed by 3G at 34% and just 7% were using 2G.

Arun Gupta, Founder & CEO of MoMagic Technologies said

4G Mobile internet penetration in India is happening at a rapid pace and at very low price points customers can experience 4G speeds. This has led to faster adoption of customers to shift to shopping on ecommerce apps through mobile phones and this trend will continue to go up.

Survey also indicated that in spite of low mobile data cost, 41% of the respondents limit data themselves and 28% of them do not either limit or monitor data usage. As Indian buyers get technologically savvy, mobile processors brand has started to play key role in  their buying decisions.

When purchasing a phone, 46 per cent pay attention to a processor brand name while 21 percent reckon phone design and camera quality and only 12 per cent pay attention to screen quality of a smartphone.

Other mobile buying trends from the survey are below

About MoMagic Technologies

MoMagic Group, founded in 2011, with strategic investments by MediaTek and Foxconn, has been consistently innovating-developing AI/Big Data Technology solutions and has the widest deployment of applications on Mobile platform ecosystem. The strong business presence in Asian Market along with Strategic tie-ups with multiple Mobile OEMs, MoMagic started Joint Venture companies with Leading OEMs. Other than Mobile Brands, MoMagic is Strategic Partner with leading Apps and Content Providers in Asian Market as well. For more information, please visit MoMagic Technologies

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VeriSign, Inc. , a global leader in domain names and internet security have announced that approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the first quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 330.6 million across all Top-Level Domains [TLDs] as of March 31, 2017.

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The increase of approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations globally equates to a growth rate of 0.4 percent over the fourth quarter of 2016. Domain name registrations have grown by 11.8 million, or 3.7 percent, year over year.

The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of approximately 143.6 million domain name registrations in the domain name base in the first quarter of 2017. This represents a 0.8 percent increase year over year. As of March 31, 2017, the .com domain name base totaled 128.4 million domain name registrations, while the .net domain name base totaled 15.2 million domain name registrations.

New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 9.5 million during the first quarter of 2017. In the first quarter of 2016, new .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10 million.

Verisign publishes the Domain Name Industry Brief to provide internet users throughout the world with statistical and analytical research and data on the domain name industry. The first quarter 2017 Domain Name Industry Brief, as well as previous reports, can be obtained from here