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By Ron Jackson
When
American Domain Names (ADN.US) launched on July 4th,
2021, we started tracking .US metrics like registration
numbers, aftermarket sales prices, etc. (the
statistics are on our Sales
& Stats page). In the month that just ended
(March 2022), .US domains scored their 6th
consecutive month of registration gains with their biggest
one month gain since we started following the numbers.
.US
added 37,725 domains in
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March
(following gains of 24,750 in February and 10,005
in January) to push total registrations in the United
States of America's ccTLD up to 1,822,450. The 72,530
domains added in 1Q-2022 represents a 4.1%
jump since the start of the year and .US registrations
are up 7.75% since we launched last July. At their
current pace they will easily reach a double digit year
over year growth rate by the time we hit our 1-year
anniversary on July 4, 2022.
A
lot of that growth can be attributed to a rising ride
lifting all boats. The overall domain market (new
registrations and aftermarket sales) has been booming
for more than a year now, with no sighs of slowing down
after a great
opening quarter in 2022. Some recent .US
aftermarket sales have no doubt also helped boost interest
in .US, especially the $99,999
sale of Drive.us that we told
you about last month.
Regardless
of what is powering the trend, it is great news for those
who have been buying, developing and investing in .US
domains ever since the TLD was first opened to all American
citizens (and other who serve the American market) on April
24, 2002. Hard to believe the 20th anniversary of
that key event is coming up this month. Of course, the
history of .US goes back much further than that. .US first
went live on February 15, 1985 as the very first ccTLD
on the Internet.
Posted
April 1, 2022. Permalink for this story:
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