SnapNames State of the Domain Data: Zone File Contracts For First Time; Top Registrars Still Healthy.Business Editors & Technology Writers PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 2001 October report will show first-ever shrinkage Shrinkage The amount by which inventory on hand is shorter than the amount of inventory recorded. Notes: The missing inventory could be due to theft, damage, or book keeping errors. of domain name zone file due to expiration EXPIRATION. Cessation; end. As, the expiration of, a lease, of a contract, or statute. 2. In general, the expiration of a contract puts an end to all the engagements of the parties, except to those which arise from the non- fulfillment of obligations created of clumps clump n. 1. A clustered mass; a lump: clumps of soil. 2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes. 3. A heavy dull sound; a thud. v. of "promotional" names; Analyst's incorrect interpretation of own zone file data misled mis·led v. Past tense and past participle of mislead. market Domain name infrastructure and data provider SnapNames(TM) will report next week in the edition of State of the Domain(TM) covering October industry activity that the zone file of addresses (the master file of all names registered under the .com, .net and .org top-level domains (networking) top-level domain - The last and most significant component of an Internet fully qualified domain name, the part after the last ".". For example, host wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk is in top-level domain "uk" (for United Kingdom). , or TLDs) decreased in size in October for the first time in its history. The reduction of approximately 243,000 names from the 30.65 million total registered at the end of September indicates the rate of name expirations exceeded that of new name registrations last month. However, SnapNames says the underlying data indicate the trend isn't an overall negative indicator for the industry's long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. growth prospects. The key reason for shrinkage is the ongoing expiration in the fourth quarter of a projected 1.5 million registrations distributed through registrars and resellers in promotional or giveaway programs late last year. Few of these registrants -- an average of only two to three percent -- are electing to renew those registrations. The zone file contraction contraction, in physics contraction, in physics: see expansion. contraction, in grammar contraction, in writing: see abbreviation. contraction - reduction , reported in an analyst note to Wall Street without full context, caused VeriSign's stock to tumble by 12% in Tuesday's trading. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. SnapNames CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ron Wiener, the Street should have been provided additional information to properly interpret the numbers. "This is a relative non-event," he said. "The largest registrars, VeriSign Registrar See domain name registrar. and Register.com, told analysts long ago about what would happen in Q4." According to VeriSign and Register.com spokespersons, these names were removed from guided revenue estimates.(1) Wiener said new com/.net/.org name registrations appear to be right on track with earlier estimates. In addition, hundreds of thousands of additional names are being sold every month in the new .biz biz n. Informal Business. biz Noun Informal business Noun 1. and .info TLDs. The record level of .com name deletions should have no impact on registrar revenues, because the names had simply been given away a year ago, carrying an expense but no customer revenue. If anything, Wiener said, the decision by registrars and resellers to end the practice of promotional names would reduce what were fairly high marketing costs for such a low conversion rate into paying customers. Private companies also are being affected by the trend, which SnapNames expects to continue into the first quarter of 2002. Wiener indicated that smaller players are courting speculators and price-sensitive customers, whom are less likely to actively use a name, while major retailers are leveraging brands and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. more effectively. "The larger registrars are generating higher revenue per customer and, thus, maintaining solid margins and revenue growth," he said. The October period report will be published next week. About SnapNames SnapNames.com, Inc., the provider of domain name back-ordering and protection services, domain infrastructures and industry data, uses proprietary technology to facilitate an equal-opportunity secondary domain name market, help registrars and resellers expand profitable product inventories, and provide end-users "the best chance at a second chance"(TM) for a desired domain name. A one-year SnapBack(TM) subscription sells for $49 and includes domain registration. For information, visit www.snapnames.com, e-mail info@snapnames.com, or call 800/385-4075. SnapNames is headquartered in Portland, Ore. EDITORIAL NOTES -- Full market share information for all ICANN-accredited registrars is available in the report. -- State of the Domain is published monthly. Each quarter-end edition includes data from both the month and quarter prior. -- SnapNames compiles data in the public domain in order to present information on registrar market share as well as trends in new domain name sales versus expirations. SnapNames does not warrant the accuracy of information in State of the Domain. Please read the report for further disclaimers and for information on our methodology. -- For a free subscription to State of the Domain, please e-mail stateofthedomain@snapnames.co m. (1) For more information, please see http://corporate.verisign.com/investor/index.html and http://investor.register.com/ |
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