New Bynet domains and results of charity auctions – results of the first half of the year

beCloud summed up the development of the national domain zone in Belarus for the first half of the year.

Based on the results of six months, the registry contains 149,491 second-level domains, including 132,731 domains in the “.by” domain zone and 16,760 domains in the “.bel” domain zone. This is 2783 more domains compared to the first half of last year

Number of domain names in the registry in the .by and .bel zones in 2023 and 2024

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Statistics of domain name owners in the .by and .bel zones

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From January 1 to June 30, 2024, Bynet grew by 11,035 new second-level domains. Traditionally, the “.by” domain zone is in great demand, having received 10,205 domains; the “.bel” domain zone looks more modest – 830 domain names.

The most active months for domain registration were the winter months: 2,163 domains were registered in January, 2,118 domains were registered in February. The lowest registration rate was observed in the first summer month of June with the number of registrations of 1,757 domain names.

It is worth noting that the percentage of domain name registrations in regional centers of the Republic of Belarus has not changed compared to 2023. Minsk and the Minsk region account for 2/3 of all domain names registered in the first half of the year. In other regions, registration was distributed more or less evenly.

Domain name registration statistics by regional centers

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This time, the longest domains registered in the first half of the year can be entered in the Bynet book of records:

  • refrizherator-holodilnaja-ustanovka-kondicioner.by
  • гродненское-областное-управление-здравоохранения.бел
  • новоельнянский-поселковый-исполнительный-комитет.бел

Domains in Baynet are often registered by non-residents of the Republic of Belarus, which accounts for 10% of the total number of domain names in the registry.

Non-resident owners of domain names in the .by and .bel zones

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During the first half of 2024, 7 charity auctions were held for the right to enter into contracts for the registration of domain names in the national domain zone. 287 lots went under the hammer, of which: 280 - in the "by" zone, 7 - in the "white" zone.

The most popular domains at auction are thematic ones. Increased demand for the service sector, laconic names, rare two-character domains.

TOP 5 most expensive purchased domains based on the results of the auction in the 1st half of the year:

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I would like to note that our charitable history is unique in the world: we help children without parental care, orphans, disabled children and children with special needs.

Based on the results of the charity auctions held in the first half of the year, 66,531 Belarusian rubles 67 kopeckswere transferred to charity.

In the second half of the year, beCloud will continue the tradition and offer consumers new interesting and memorable domain names.