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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.
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
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