April 12th, 2005

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An Aftermarket For .ie Domains?

Is there an aftermarket for previously owned .ie domains? The IEDR seems to think so. In an interesting move it has posted a selection of previously owned .ie domains that have been deleted from the deleted list of approximately 8500 deleted .ie domains. The list posted on the IEDR’s website contained many three letter .ie domains that have lapsed. While the full list has not been posted, the availability of short domains may trigger an aftermarket effect. Though it will be interesting to see what happens. The .ie cctld is still expensive compared to .com or .net. But just try getting a three letter .com or .net domain.

The normal proof of entitlement rules applies to any application for these domain names. Though there are some interesting deleted domains listed, the high number of generic domains tends to highlight the fact that generic domains are hard to market.

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Written by John McCormac on April 12th, 2005 with 3 comments.
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Real Figures For The Irish Hosting Business - April 2005

The April figures for the Irish hosting business show a market in the process of consolidation. That consolidation is happening at the expense of the smaller hosters and the ISPs. Esat’s and Netsource’s share of the market is continuing to fall. Sometimes you’ve got to wonder if the management of these companies realise their perilous position in the Irish hosting business. The Tier 2 hosters are continuing to grow and Hosting365’s dedicated hosting side, Rack365 was the biggest winner this month. It picked up a few hundred hostel related domains when a Gibraltar based hostel company moved its domains to Rack365.

Hosters Domains Market Share Market Segments

  • Tier 1 24 – 25152 27.11% Traditional Early Market Hosters (ISPs)
  • Tier 2 22 – 47469 51.17% Hosting Service Providers > 500 domains
  • Tier 3 59 – 12223 13.18% HSPs 101 - 500 domains
  • Tier 4 265 – 7426 8.01% HSPs/Web Developers 7 - 100 domains
  • Tier 5 410 – 804 0.94% Individuals/Firms/Web Developers < 7 domains
  • Tier 6 25 – 892 0.96% Educational And Government And Registry

The full April spreadsheet based report on the Irish Hosting Industry (approximately 158 pages) is available by subscription. Please contact salesdept@whoisireland.com if you are interested.

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Written by John McCormac on April 12th, 2005 with comments disabled.
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