.ie Domain Profile Report 2020 - January to June 2020

Other ecosystem facts 5 New .ie registrations with a fada Up 12.8% YoY á í é .ie websites with a security certificate 41% of .ie websites now have a security certificate. Source: Pandanalytics Q1 2020 13,283 up 1.7% v Q1 2019 Q2 2020 18,084 up 55.8% v Q2 2019 Top 5 market share of Ireland’s hosted domains (by top-level domain at end May 2020) Source: www.hosterstats.com .ie 50.7% (up 1.5 points YoY) .com 32.6% .net 2.3% .eu 2.3% .uk 8% Island of Ireland .ie new registrations Large Q2 YoY increase, likely due to SMEs boosting their online presence as a result of Covid-19 .ie resale requests .ie domains can be sold   on a ‘secondary market’   to buyers who can prove their connection to Ireland. 156 240 -35% H1 2020 H1 2019 YoY 44 H1 2020 39 H1 2019