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According to Verisign, the third quarter of 2020 saw a total of 160.6 million country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) registrations, translating to a 0.3% increase from the previous quarter. The demand for ccTLD domains is certainly not going down.
It’s possible to tap into this opportunity and study with the market with the help of a ccTLD Historic Database, which contains a comprehensive list of ccTLD domains—both active and historic.
In particular, the database contains more than 160 million ccTLD domains and over 1.6 billion ccTLD WHOIS records. The table below shows the number of ccTLDs and WHOIS records for every region.
The ccTLD Historic Database is among the databases that power Reverse WHOIS Search and WHOIS History Search, which are part of the Domain Research Suite. We illustrate how these tools can help in domain name investing below.
Pooling Possible Additions to Domain Portfolios
You can view up to 10,000 domains registered in a specific ccTLD space by using the advanced search function of Reverse WHOIS Search. Below is a step-by-step guide looking at queries for domain names under the .uk ccTLD space.
1. Select the Advanced search function of Reverse WHOIS Search. Under the Search where parameter, choose In specific WHOIS fields.
2. Under the Search term(s) parameter, select Domain Name that Ends with .uk or any other ccTLD you want to look up.
3. With this particular parameter, Reverse WHOIS Search would return 10,000 domain names.
If you want to narrow down the results, add another search term or a date filter.
4. You can specify other search terms as long as they are found in WHOIS records. For instance, you can add a Registrar Name, such as “GoDaddy,” and a specific keyword like “lawyer.”
With these search terms, you will get a list of 849 .uk ccTLD domains that contain the word “lawyer.”
5. If you want to narrow down your search further, add a date filter. For instance, for the .uk ccTLD domains that contain the word “lawyer” in the previous example, you can specify the expiration date.
With the date filter, you should have 47 .uk ccTLD domain names that have these details:
Domain Research: Digging into Interesting Domains
Based on our sample search parameters above, domain name investors possibly interested in .uk ccTLD domains related to the legal industry are left with 47 domains expiring in January 2021. Should they dive right in and offer to purchase these domains? A look into the historical WHOIS records of these ccTLD domains could help decide.
We zoom in on the ccTLD domain divorceonlinelawyers[.]co[.]uk, which could be a catchy domain for the right law firm. Domainers could be tempted to purchase the domain, which is currently parked as of this writing, according to the WHOIS History Search’s screenshot service.
The real question, however, is this: Will buyers be interested in the domain, too? WHOIS History could help answer this.
From January 2017 to January 2019, the domain was apparently owned by the founder and CEO of a UK-based law firm. With this knowledge, domain name investors are faced with a few possible scenarios:
It’s possible to tap into this opportunity and study with the market with the help of a ccTLD Historic Database, which contains a comprehensive list of ccTLD domains—both active and historic.
In particular, the database contains more than 160 million ccTLD domains and over 1.6 billion ccTLD WHOIS records. The table below shows the number of ccTLDs and WHOIS records for every region.
The ccTLD Historic Database is among the databases that power Reverse WHOIS Search and WHOIS History Search, which are part of the Domain Research Suite. We illustrate how these tools can help in domain name investing below.
Pooling Possible Additions to Domain Portfolios
You can view up to 10,000 domains registered in a specific ccTLD space by using the advanced search function of Reverse WHOIS Search. Below is a step-by-step guide looking at queries for domain names under the .uk ccTLD space.
1. Select the Advanced search function of Reverse WHOIS Search. Under the Search where parameter, choose In specific WHOIS fields.
2. Under the Search term(s) parameter, select Domain Name that Ends with .uk or any other ccTLD you want to look up.
3. With this particular parameter, Reverse WHOIS Search would return 10,000 domain names.
If you want to narrow down the results, add another search term or a date filter.
4. You can specify other search terms as long as they are found in WHOIS records. For instance, you can add a Registrar Name, such as “GoDaddy,” and a specific keyword like “lawyer.”
With these search terms, you will get a list of 849 .uk ccTLD domains that contain the word “lawyer.”
5. If you want to narrow down your search further, add a date filter. For instance, for the .uk ccTLD domains that contain the word “lawyer” in the previous example, you can specify the expiration date.
With the date filter, you should have 47 .uk ccTLD domain names that have these details:
- Registrar name: GoDaddy
- Contains the word “lawyer”
- Expires within January 2021
Domain Research: Digging into Interesting Domains
Based on our sample search parameters above, domain name investors possibly interested in .uk ccTLD domains related to the legal industry are left with 47 domains expiring in January 2021. Should they dive right in and offer to purchase these domains? A look into the historical WHOIS records of these ccTLD domains could help decide.
We zoom in on the ccTLD domain divorceonlinelawyers[.]co[.]uk, which could be a catchy domain for the right law firm. Domainers could be tempted to purchase the domain, which is currently parked as of this writing, according to the WHOIS History Search’s screenshot service.
The real question, however, is this: Will buyers be interested in the domain, too? WHOIS History could help answer this.
From January 2017 to January 2019, the domain was apparently owned by the founder and CEO of a UK-based law firm. With this knowledge, domain name investors are faced with a few possible scenarios:
- Other law firms might be interested in divorceonlinelawyers[.]co[.]uk to compete in the market for divorce lawyers offering online services.
- On the other hand, other legal firms may also shy away from a domain that has been owned and discarded by a competitor.
- The former owner might someday be interested in repossessing the domain name and redirecting it to his/her company’s official website.
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