IEDR records 12.9% net growth in .ie domains

Trade

4 January 2012

According to figures released by the IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland’s official internet address .ie, today the total number of .ie domains grew by 12.9% net in 2011 to 173,145.

Registration levels were stronger in the first six months of 2011 with 20,995 registrations recorded between January and June, and 18,403 registrations in the second half of the year. Therefore, new registrations for the first half of 2011 were up by 9.9% on the same period in the previous year while the second six month period experienced growth of 5.2% year-on-year. For 2011 overall, registrations were 7.7% higher than the previous corresponding 12-month period.

During the year the IEDR reached a major milestone when 4,061 domains were registered in a single month. This coincided with the IEDR’s launch of OPTIMISE in May – an initiative which the IEDR established, as part of its 10th anniversary, to raise awareness of companies not fully exploiting the potential of online sales – which awarded 10 SMEs €10,000 of support to provide greater e-commerce functionality to their websites.

The current non-renewal rate stands at 12.8%, an improvement on the 14% level recorded for 2010. This resulted in 19,726 net additional .ie domains for 2011, a 12.6% increase on the previous year, once non-renewals had been accounted for.

David Curtin, Chief Executive, IE Domain Registry (IEDR) said: "We are pleased to report continued strong .ie registration rates which have been achieved against the backdrop of very challenging times for Irish business. Much credit is due to our Registrar community for their collective efforts in supporting the growth of Ireland’s top level domain which remains the domain of choice for those registering websites in the Irish market."

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