India ahead in domain name registration

India is growing at a faster pace in registering new domains compared to other countries, revealed a study by management consulting firm Zinnov. At a compound annual growth rate of 11.9 per cent, compared to a global average of 8.7 per cent, during the period between 2013 and 2016, the study stated that India has about 4.9 million domains of the 335 million worldwide.

The study stated that more than 55 per cent of the domain names registered in India are on .com extension. The states with comparatively better internet penetration, including Maharashtra, Delhi/NCR and Karnataka, accounted for more than 38 per cent of the total market share.

About 40 per cent of the total registered domain names in India are used for creating a website, while 10-12 per cent of them are used for professional emails. Only about three to four per cent of the domains are utilized for creating mobile-enabled websites.

"The rapidly growing internet user base as well as the ever-increasing number of technology enabled SMBs has helped India witness significant growth in domain name adoption over the last few years.Increased awareness about various usage of domain names including websites, professional email, redirects to social media pages and trade portal etc. will further help drive the market," said Pari Natarajan, chief executive officer and co-founder, Zinnov.