Stats
registrar · SNAPNAMES 28, LLC · IANA 1269

SNAPNAMES 28, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

SNAPNAMES 28 was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 4.46 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 952 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

SNAPNAMES 28 held 1,134 domains in June 2026, under 0.1% of all domains in generic TLDs. It holds domains in 2 generic TLDs. In .com, its largest, it held under 0.1% of all domains.

<0.1%
market share, June 2026
1,134
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

SNAPNAMES 28’s share of the 2 TLDs it sells most in

June 2026
  1. Verisign
  2. .com<0.1%
  3. .net<0.1%

The tick marks its 0.0% across its 0 largest TLDs. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

Where Newfold Digital ranks in the new TLDs

By June 2026, Newfold Digital’s registrars held 1,309,494 domains in the new TLDs from ICANN’s 2012 round, 2.2% of them, eleventh among registrar groups. Namecheap’s registrars held the most: 11,276,866.

  1. Namecheap19.1%
  2. GMO Internet Group14.3%
  3. GoDaddy12.6%
  4. Dynadot7.4%
  5. NameSilo5.0%
  6. Newfold Digital2.2%

Domains in the 2012-round TLDs by registrar group. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

do customers stay?

July 2025 to June 2026

From July 2025 to June 2026, SNAPNAMES 28 customers renewed 17% of their expiring domains: 208 renewed, 1,040 let go. More domains moved away from SNAPNAMES 28 than to it: 0 in, 401 out.

208 renewed1,040 let go
0 moved in401 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

SNAPNAMES 28’s domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

month by month

Jun 20261,134Change-47New domains48Deleted76TLDs2May 20261,181Change-56New domains45Deleted82TLDs2Apr 20261,237Change-46New domains66Deleted88TLDs2Mar 20261,283Change-18New domains69Deleted72TLDs2Feb 20261,301Change-42New domains60Deleted74TLDs2Jan 20261,343Change-39New domains75Deleted87TLDs2Dec 20251,382Change-30New domains85Deleted85TLDs2Nov 20251,412Change-62New domains66Deleted97TLDs2Oct 20251,474Change-74New domains67Deleted92TLDs2Sep 20251,548Change-71New domains54Deleted89TLDs2Aug 20251,619Change-92New domains57Deleted93TLDs2Jul 20251,711Change-97New domains67Deleted105TLDs2Jun 20251,808Change-62New domains62Deleted72TLDs2May 20251,870Change-12New domains116Deleted76TLDs2Apr 20251,882Change-23New domains104Deleted89TLDs2Mar 20251,905Change-34New domains86Deleted72TLDs2Feb 20251,939Change-20New domains105Deleted86TLDs2Jan 20251,959Change-5New domains114Deleted97TLDs2Dec 20241,964Change+20New domains110Deleted64TLDs2Nov 20241,944Change+2New domains118Deleted75TLDs2Oct 20241,942Change+41New domains154Deleted94TLDs2Sep 20241,901Change+16New domains126Deleted85TLDs2Aug 20241,885Change+20New domains141Deleted94TLDs2Jul 20241,865Change-44New domains139Deleted144TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026
.com1,0971-mo change-4412-mo change-611New domains48Share of TLD<0.1%.net371-mo change-312-mo change-63New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%