An increasing proportion of more than 800,000 Internet names with the “.pl” suffix was a part of the so called secondary market. Growth perspectives, possible threats and potential of the Polish domain market where the topics discussed by participants of the first conference of this kind, entitled “Domain Names Secondary Market in Poland”, held on January 25 in Warsaw.
The conference, organised by NASK and ACTIVE 24, was addressed to Registrars, investors and companies with innovative approach to the fast growing domain market in Poland. Top executives from international corporations, including NameDrive, SEDO and EuroDNS, and representatives of .eu, .at and .se domain name ccTLD registries shared their knowledge about the primary and secondary market of domains.
The conference had been divided into three theme sessions. The first session presented the Polish domain market and perspectives of its growth. During the second session, devoted to the security of DNS, the Swedish registration agency NIC.se presented its solutions in the DNSSEC area. The final part of the conference focused on the discussion of both the opportunities and threats for the Polish domain market and a representative from SEDO – a global platform offering purchase and sale of domains from all over the world – discussed the phenomenon of the domain names secondary market.
The market of domains with the “.pl” suffix is one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. According to Andrzej Bartosiewicz, Head of DNS Division at NASK, the number of “.pl” domains is expected to exceed 1 million in the first half of this year. “It is interesting to know that almost 7 percent of them are domain names registered only to generate traffic. Their owners – usually individuals – known as ‘domainers’ – earn money in this way”, added Bartosiewicz. 
The conference to be held in January was the European first attempt to cover comprehensively the different aspects of the extremely fast growing market of Internet domains. |
