registrar · Desert Sand Domains, LLC · IANA 2233

Desert Sand Domains, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

Desert Sand 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 107 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

Desert Sand Domains held 1,013 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
1,013
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

Desert Sand 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, Desert Sand Domains customers renewed 62% of their expiring domains: 130 renewed, 80 let go. More domains moved away from Desert Sand Domains than to it: 0 in, 109 out.

130 renewed80 let go
0 moved in109 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

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

month by month

Jun 20261,013Change+112New domains131Deleted6TLDs2May 2026901Change+113New domains148Deleted5TLDs2Apr 2026788Change+168New domains176Deleted5TLDs2Mar 2026620Change+224New domains244Deleted5TLDs2Feb 2026396Change+139New domains115Deleted3TLDs2Jan 2026257Change-8New domains7Deleted6TLDs2Dec 2025265Change-10New domains9Deleted9TLDs2Nov 2025275Change-2New domains10Deleted6TLDs2Oct 2025277Change-12New domains5Deleted5TLDs2Sep 2025289Change-2New domains14Deleted4TLDs2Aug 2025291Change-1New domains15Deleted9TLDs2Jul 2025292Change-12New domains8Deleted17TLDs2Jun 2025304Change-17New domains12Deleted14TLDs2May 2025321Change0New domains14Deleted10TLDs2Apr 2025321Change-13New domains10Deleted17TLDs2Mar 2025334Change-20New domains6Deleted6TLDs2Feb 2025354Change-24New domains2Deleted15TLDs2Jan 2025378Change-22New domains10Deleted18TLDs2Dec 2024400Change-22New domains11Deleted24TLDs2Nov 2024422Change-37New domains8Deleted34TLDs2Oct 2024459Change-22New domains8Deleted24TLDs2Sep 2024481Change-20New domains12Deleted15TLDs2Aug 2024501Change-25New domains5Deleted21TLDs2Jul 2024526Change-25New domains7Deleted17TLDs2

domains by tld

June 2026