The dot com continues to be the biggest in domain name sales year after year. No domain name is better real estate to have online than a dot com. A recent report from Namecheap illustrates this further and some other new finds with the lower level domain names that are gaining momentum but will never be as superior as a domain name such as KVVR.com.

It’s no surprise .COM continues to be the undisputed leader among all TLDs. Like in 2020, .XYZ remains the second most popular gTLD. In third is .NET, which moved up two places in 2021 from the fifth spot in 2020.

Also notable is the rise in popularity for .SHOP in 2021. This could be attributed to its increased appeal to online business owners. After not cracking 2020’s Top 10 gTLDs, its 115,996 registrations in 2021 made .SHOP one of the 10 most popular of all TLDs of 2021 and seventh most popular gTLD, besting previous favorites like .INFO, .LIVE, and .SITE.

The Metaverse is the new buzzword and domain names are the real estate in the back end. If you are interested in domain names we have a few listed ourselves such as KVVR, credit-related, Gwide.com, and others. Feel free to contact us.

Top Renewal Rates vs. Best Renewal Rates 2021

Notice in the graphic above that .CA and .DEV was at the top renewal rate list versus .ICU and .SITE and .XYZ being last. The XYZ seems to be a gimmicky domain extension that no one renews.

Below is the Top 10 gTLDs of 2020 vs 2021 with dot coms leading the bunch and dot net moving up from the previous year. The older net is making a comeback to be the prince to the KING which is DOT COM.

Top 5 New TLDs Launched in 2021

1. .quest
2. .sbs
3. .bond
4. .cfd
5. .beauty

Namecheap produced an exclusive report of trends and insights about the domains industry, based only on the company’s statistics and proprietary data. This report includes unique domain registration data from Namecheap from 2020 and 2021. NameCheap currently has over 14 million domains under management.