February 22nd, 2005

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Real Figures For The Irish Hosting Business - February 2005

The February 2005 WhoisIreland.com figures for the Irish hosting business show that it is still a few years behind the rest of the world. The main hosters for .ie domains are still the ISPs. But the dedicated hosting service providers (HSPs) have now overtaken the block of ISPs. In the freer and more competitive com/net/org/biz/info market, the ISPs have been left standing. The statistics below cover Irish hosted domains in the ie/com/net/org/biz/info tlds.

Hoster Tiers : Market Shares As Of 01 February 2005 - Identified Domains = 88878

Hosters Domains Market Share Market Segments
Tier 1 24 25430 28.61% Traditional Early Market Hosters (ISPs)
Tier 2 21 44079 49.59% Hosting Service Providers > 500 domains
Tier 3 56 11493 12.93% HSPs 101 - 500 domains
Tier 4 262 7368 8.29% HSPs/Web Developers 7 - 100 domains
Tier 5 427 834 0.97% Individuals/Firms/Web Developers < 7 domains
Tier 6 25 859 0.97% Educational And Government And Registry

The statistics cover identified Irish hosters. Some hosters are now using registrar nameservers to cover their newer clients from poaching by other Irish hosters. The trend is that the ISPs are losing domains to the HSPs and the market share of the ISPs may continue to drop over the next year as the Irish hosting business becomes more competitive. The hot zone will be Tier 2. This is where the main players in the Irish hosting business exist. Most of them will have to target the clients of ISPs or other hosters to continue their growth patterns.

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Written by John McCormac on February 22nd, 2005 with 2 comments.
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