registrar · Big Dipper Domains, LLC · IANA 2227

Big Dipper Domains, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

Big Dipper Domains was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 1.4 million attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 116 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

Big Dipper Domains held 951 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
951
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

Big Dipper Domains’ share of the 2 TLDs it sells most in

June 2026

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, Big Dipper Domains customers renewed 67% of their expiring domains: 106 renewed, 52 let go. More domains moved away from Big Dipper Domains than to it: 0 in, 106 out.

106 renewed52 let go
0 moved in106 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

Big Dipper Domains’ domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

month by month

Jun 2026951Change+101New domains117Deleted6TLDs2May 2026850Change+134New domains151Deleted5TLDs2Apr 2026716Change+148New domains169Deleted3TLDs2Mar 2026568Change+207New domains213Deleted5TLDs2Feb 2026361Change+127New domains127Deleted3TLDs2Jan 2026234Change0New domains12Deleted7TLDs2Dec 2025234Change+2New domains12Deleted2TLDs2Nov 2025232Change+2New domains10Deleted4TLDs2Oct 2025230Change-3New domains13Deleted4TLDs2Sep 2025233Change-6New domains8Deleted9TLDs2Aug 2025239Change-4New domains7Deleted2TLDs2Jul 2025243Change+5New domains13Deleted2TLDs2Jun 2025238Change-15New domains10Deleted14TLDs2May 2025253Change-4New domains9Deleted10TLDs2Apr 2025257Change-7New domains11Deleted9TLDs2Mar 2025264Change-5New domains12Deleted7TLDs2Feb 2025269Change-12New domains8Deleted1TLDs2Jan 2025281Change-8New domains12Deleted7TLDs2Dec 2024289Change-15New domains9Deleted16TLDs2Nov 2024304Change-42New domains4Deleted36TLDs2Oct 2024346Change-14New domains10Deleted11TLDs2Sep 2024360Change-14New domains6Deleted8TLDs2Aug 2024374Change-18New domains11Deleted22TLDs2Jul 2024392Change-11New domains8Deleted9TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026