registrar · 1st-for-domain-names, LLC · IANA 856

1st-for-domain-names, a SnapNames/NameJet drop-catch registrar

drop catching

1st-for-domain-names was one of SnapNames/NameJet’s 518 drop-catch registrars in 2025. That year it made 633,304 attempts to register deleted .com domains and caught 46 domains.

Who catches expiring .com domains →

1st-for-domain-names held 102 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
102
domains, June 2026
11th
Newfold Digital family, 2012-round TLDs

1st-for-domain-names’ 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, 1st-for-domain-names customers renewed 86% of their expiring domains: 65 renewed, 11 let go. More domains moved away from 1st-for-domain-names than to it: 0 in, 37 out.

65 renewed11 let go
0 moved in37 moved out

Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains, all tlds

July 2016 to June 2026
Jul 2016 to Jun 2026

1st-for-domain-names’ domains in every generic TLD. Source: the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN.

domains by tld

June 2026