[gnso-pednr-dt] Resend: GoDaddy stats - 1
From: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "PEDNR " <gnso-pednr-dt@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 00:02:28 -0500 Subject: [gnso-pednr-dt] Renewal Rates & Grace Periods Team:Sorry I cannot join you tomorrow morning, but I have a previous commitment to the DNSSEC event.After some discussions this weekend, I spoke with our internal stats team and requested six months' data on renewal activity for gTLDs. Renewals were bucket-sorted by post-expiry time (<0 days, 1 day, 2-10 days, 11-30 days, and 30+ days). The percentages are listed below.(NOTE: I am not authorized to release raw numbers, but the average monthly renewals for this period was more than 2.5 million domain names.)This data indicates that a significant portion of names renew either before, upon, or within 1 day of expiration. Also noteworthy is the significant drop off in renewal activity after Day 2. Finally, it is clear that renewals are rare beyond the 10th day.In an earlier conversation, some of us (myself included) speculated that we might be "chasing the tail" of renewal activity for periods longer than 5 or 10 days. But even I was surprised at the substantial lack of renewal activity only a few days past expiration.Therefore, I submit to the team that the benefits of a longer grace period (>10 days) are negligible, and do not warrant the disruption to existing business practices and industry expectations.Thanks-- J. Attachment:
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