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registrar · VisualNames LLC · IANA 1615

VisualNames, a DropCatch.com drop-catch registrar

drop catching

VisualNames was one of DropCatch.com’s 1,251 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 2.06 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 448 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

VisualNames held 1,108 domains in May 2026. It holds domains in 24 generic TLDs. In .com, its largest, it held under 0.1% of all domains.

1,108
domains, May 2026
18th
TurnCommerce family, 2012-round TLDs

VisualNames’ share of the 10 TLDs it sells most in

June 2026

In June 2026, VisualNames held 0.0% of all domains across its 8 largest TLDs.

  1. Verisign
  2. .com<0.1%
  3. .net<0.1%
  1. Identity Digital
  2. .info<0.1%
  3. .education<0.1%
  4. .pro<0.1%
  5. .school<0.1%
  6. .trading<0.1%
  7. .cab<0.1%
  8. .chat<0.1%
  1. Public Interest Registry
  2. .org<0.1%

The tick marks its 0.0% across its 8 largest TLDs. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

Where TurnCommerce ranks in the new TLDs

By June 2026, TurnCommerce’s registrars held 1,546 domains in the new TLDs from ICANN’s 2012 round, 0.0% of them, 18th 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. TurnCommerce0.0%

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, VisualNames customers renewed 62% of their expiring domains: 331 renewed, 207 let go. More domains moved away from VisualNames than to it: 0 in, 294 out.

331 renewed207 let go
0 moved in294 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

May 2026 to May 2026
to
May 2026 to May 2026

VisualNames’ domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

month by month

May 20261,108Change+4New domains83Deleted45TLDs24

domains by tld

May 2026
.com1,0071-mo change+312-mo change+178New domains74Share of TLD<0.1%.net461-mo change+212-mo change+3New domains3Share of TLD<0.1%.info131-mo change012-mo change+13New domains2Share of TLD<0.1%.org121-mo change-312-mo change-11New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.education71-mo change012-mo change+7New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.school31-mo change012-mo change+3New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.pro21-mo change012-mo change+2New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.trading21-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.cab11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.chat11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.city11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.dating11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.democrat11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD0.1%.events11-mo change012-mo change+1New domains1Share of TLD<0.1%.finance11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.games11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.guru11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.institute11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.life11-mo change012-mo change+1New domains1Share of TLD<0.1%.media11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.news11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%.restaurant11-mo change—12-mo change—New domains1Share of TLD<0.1%.run11-mo change+112-mo change—New domains1Share of TLD<0.1%.zone11-mo change012-mo change—New domains0Share of TLD<0.1%