Public Domain Names And Their Importance In 2012

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1 .be domain names & registrars 2014

2 2 Number of new.be registrations 193, , , , , , , , Movements in the number of domain names 736, , ,998 1,101,668 1,219,935 1,346,772 1,433,980 1,492,063 There were 1,492,063.be domain names at the end of 31/12/ Net growth per year 22.22% 16.70% 12.65% 10.40% 13.79% 10.74% 6.48% 133, , , , , ,837 87, % 58, Renewal rate 2014 The renewal rate for.be is 86%.

3 3 Domain name deletes Age of.be domain names on deletion 38,358 23,006 17,187 13,937 35,118 78,075 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years 6 years and older Use of domain names Use of.be domain names % website 17.4% no website 74.80% % no % website only 4.80% only 12.60% none 70.00% both Domain name usage, business vs. private Businesses Private individuals Total Website only 14.70% 13.90% 10.74% 9.30% 13.56% 12.60% only 4.27% 5.30% 2.36% 3.50% 3.72% 4.80% None 12.05% 12.30% 13.44% 13.50% 12.45% 12.60% Both 68.98% 68.50% 73.46% 73.80% 70.28% 70%

4 4 Redirects from.be websites Domain names redirected or direct link Of all the domain names linked to a website, 21.50% are redirected to a different address. In 41.40% of the cases, this is another.be domain name % direct link 21.50% redirected Redirects from.be websites per TLD Redirects from.be websites per TLD Redirects Total in % BE 41.4% COM 22.0% NL 16.5% NET 8.8% EU 3.1% FR 2.5% DE 1.2% ORG 0.7% AT 0.5% OTHER 3.3%

5 5 Content of.be websites Content of.be websites 2012 (in %) 2013 (in %) 2014 (in %) Evolution (in %) Business site Company holding page Non-commercial site Non-commercial holding page Error reporting Pay-per-click Personal/family/blog Webshop Portal/media Website for sale Password-protected Pornography Nationality of website owners Is there a distinction between the various nationalities when it comes to creating a website? Number of domain names with a website/number of registered.be domain names per country Nationality of website owners BE 83.01% 82.49% 81.08% NL 87.19% 85.82% 84.29% FR 89.22% 89.02% 86.57% DE 82.02% 81.53% 81.71% GB 91.42% 88.22% 87.06% US 49.82% 72.35% 70.12% CH 73.88% 74.28% 71.92% LU 88.41% 88.47% 85.24% AT 96.66% 96.80% 96.86% SE 83.00% 82.82% 79.85% ES 74.34% 73.74% 76.85% IT 83.42% 81.69% 79.80% DK 79.27% 79.24% 76.98% NO 89.78% 88.42% 85.60%

6 Demographics Movements in the number of international.be registrants % 31.10% 32.70% 34.10% 34.54% 33.37% 32.97% Registrants of.be domain names by country of origin 67.03% BE 18.98% NL 5.43% FR 1.17% US 1.72% DE 1.23% GB 0.46% LU 1.66% OTHER Nationality of the registrant Percentage of the portfolio 2012 Percentage of the portfolio 2013 Percentage of the portfolio 2014 BE NL FR US DE GB AT CH LU SE ES IT DK

7 7 Regional Breakdown of domain names across the regions (in %) Flanders Wallonia Brussels Breakdown of domain names by municipality and per 1,000 inhabitants 10 to to to to to to to to to 0.1

8 8 Number of domain names per registrant Number of domain names per registrant %: 1 domain name 12.5%: 2 domain names 4.3%: 3 domain names 2.3%: 4 domain names 1.3%: 5 domain names 2.5%: 6 domain names 1.1%: 7 domain names 0.7%: >7 domain names Number of domain names Number of registrants having this number of domain names % 533, % 88, % 30, % 16, % 9, % 17, % 7,435 >7 0.7% 4,799

9 9 Share of private individuals compared with businesses Breakdown of private individuals compared with businesses % businesses 28.6% private individuals We base the subdivision between private individuals and businesses on the data mentioned in WHOIS: only if the organisation field has been filled in, do we consider the domain name for companies or organisations. If nothing is stated under organisation, we assume that a private individual is the registrant of the domain name. Regional breakdown businesses-private individuals Private domain names Business domain names Flanders 73.18% 70.20% Wallonia 17.82% 16.24% Brussels 9.00% 13.56% This table shows the breakdown per region of the number of domain names, divided according to domain names registered by private individuals or businesses. Ratio businesses-private individuals per region Private domain names Business domain names Brussels 21.96% 78.04% Wallonia 31.74% 68.26% Flanders 30.64% 69.36% Belgium 29.76% 70.24% This table shows the breakdown of private domain names vs. business domain names, divided per region and for the whole of Belgium.

10 10 Breakdown of private domain names % Flanders 17.82% Wallonia 9.00% Brussels Deleted domain names, private vs. business 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,000 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 January February March April May June July August September October November December Business Private

11 11 Market share TLDs in Belgium Belgians also register domain names with other extensions Market share TLDs in Belgium Breakdown of the 6.53% cctlds 59.46%.be 15.08%.com 7.24%.net 7.97%.eu 6.53% cctlds 1.93%.org 1.08%.info 0.58%.biz 0.14%.mobi Source: Zooknic + info cctlds 41.80%.nl 22.03%.fr 8.48%.uk 7.36%.de 6.80%.lu 13.53% other cctlds cctlds Number Percentage.lu 7, %.fr 24, %.nl 45, %.uk 9, %.de 8, % Other cctlds 14, % TOTAL 109, %

12 12 International Number of domain names in various European extensions in absolute figures Ranking cctlds Number of domain names 1 DE 15,819,086 2 UK 10,524,296 3 NL 5,531,186 4 RU 4,859,458 5 EU 3,907,700 6 FR 2,853,406 7 IT 2,752,401 8 PL 2,524,387 9 CH 1,928, ES 1,755, BE 1,492, SE 1,331, DK 1,276, AT 1,243, CZ 1,173, PT 868, RO 769, NO 650, GR 432, FI 358, SK 319, IE 198, LT 168, SI 114, LV 111, HR 86, LU 83, LI 64,243

13 13 Net growth RU SE UK LI DE DK AT IE PL NL SI ES LV BE EU IT LT SK CH FR LU HR CZ FI NO RO PT This graph shows the percentage net growth in the total number of registered domain names per country at the end of 2014, compared with the end of Source: numbers other cctlds.be domain names/1,000 inhabitants and internet penetration IT RO PT PL LT HR ES LV SI CZ IE SK FR DE UK BE SE NO NL DK LU Internet penetration DN/1,000 inh. This graph shows the level of internet penetration per country as well as the number of domain names for every 1,000 inhabitants, in comparison with the best result. The best result was obtained by the Netherlands, with 328 domain names per 1,000 inhabitants. Therefore, we use the Netherlands as our benchmark (100%). Sources: website European Commission Eurostat Internet use and frequency of use by individuals, 2014 ; Both sites were consulted on 17/02/2015. And input cctlds.

14 14 Movements in domain name prices Price.be domain name Price compared with scale LU SI LT IE PT NO CZ SE AT FR CH ES IT EU BE NL PL UK DE RU 1 10, ,000 1,000,000 10,000, ,000,000 Source: DNS Belgium + input cctlds The graph shows the cost of a domain name for the first year in most European TLDs, based on the number of domain names registered for a particular extension. The graph clearly shows the effect of an increase in scale. The bigger the TLD, the cheaper a domain name can be, in principle. The exponential nature of this effect appears in the double logarithmic scale.

15 15 Transactions Transactions per day 16,000 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 January February March April May June July August September October November December This graph shows the comparison of the monthly average for all successful transactions in one single day. The peak in October can be explained by one registrar who performed over 100,000 updates in a few days New registrations per day 2,500 2,000 1,500 1, January February March April May June July August September October November December average The vertical lines in this graph represent the minimum and maximum number of new registrations in a single day for a specific month. The blocks on the lines represent the monthly average for the number of new registrations in one single day.

16 16 Transactions per type and per interface Those transactions limited to a single interface are not shown in the table. In total, 2,859,776 external transactions were submitted to the registration system. Of that total, 8.36% could not be carried out due to syntax error or a lack of funds in the case of a paying transaction. Transaction % via internet 2014 % via EPP Number of transactions New Domain ,930 Update Domain ,004,030 Delete Domain ,370 New Contact ,445 Update Contact ,610 Monitored Update Contact Delete Contact ,768 Transfer Domain ,865 Transfer From Quarantine Reactivate Domain ,261 Undo Delete Domain ,340 New Nameserver Group ,063 Update Nameserver Group Delete Nameserver Group % via internet 2013 % via EPP Number of transactions , , , , , , , , , , , Out of the total number of successful transactions, 3% used the web interface and 97% the EPP interface. The EPP interface is the more recent and automated of the two.

17 17.be registrars 2014

18 18 Movements in the number of registrars per country Number of registrars % of.be domain names they manage Belgium Netherlands France Denmark Germany Luxembourg U.S Austria Canada U.K Sweden Norway Monaco Italy Australia China Switzerland Bahamas Czech Republic Russia United Arab Emirates Malta Spain Liechtenstein Ireland Singapore

19 19 Top 10 registrars of the new registrations in 2014 Top 10 Registrar 2014 % of the total number of new.be registrations 0 1 OVH (FR) 12.60% 0 2 AXC (NL) 7.46% 3 One.com (DK) 5.38% 4 Key-Systems (DE) 4.91% 5 Transip (NL) 3.68% 6 NETIM (FR) 3.08% 0 7 Hostnet (NL) 2.82% 0 8 COMBELL (BE) 2.69% 0 9 Gandi (FR) 2.13% 10 Registrar.eu (NL) 2.01%

20 20 Top 10 registrars registrars manage half of the.be domain names. The 10 biggest registrars possess 43% of the domain names, with the top 5 registering more than a quarter of the overall total. The top 10 includes 7 foreign registrars. Top 10 registrar 2014 Market share 2014 registrar 2013 Market share OVH (FR) 10.82% OVH (FR) 10.74% 0 2 One.com (DK) 6.67% One.com (DK) 6.49% 3 AXC (NL) 4.09% COMBELL (BE) 3.81% 4 COMBELL (BE) 3.95% Key-Systems (DE) 3.52% 5 Key-Systems (DE) 3.79% AXC (NL) 3.38% 0 6 Registrar.eu (NL) 3.24% Registrar.eu (NL) 3.04% 0 7 Transip (NL) 3.13% Transip (NL) 3.00% 8 NETIM (FR) 2.74% Telenet NV (BE) 2.62% 9 Telenet NV (BE) 2.50% NETIM (FR) 2.34% 0 10 Register NV/SA (BE) 2.29% Register NV/SA (BE) 2.33%

21 21 The.be registrar market The figure shows the extent to which registrars service their domestic market, the Belgian market or other foreign markets. Example: when a French registrar registers a.be domain name, in 71.89% of the cases the request will come from Belgium, in 24.72% of the cases from France and in 3.38% of the cases from another country. % Belgian market % own market % foreign market Registrars Belgium Netherlands France Germany Denmark Luxembourg U.S Monaco Norway U.K Austria Canada Spain Russia Sweden Italy Australia Switzerland Ireland United Arab Emirates Bahamas China Czech Republic Liechtenstein Malta Singapore