Public Interest Registry (PIR) is the non-profit entity charged with operating the .org domain. They just announced that 10 million ORG domains had now been registered as of June 24, 2012. Not surprising, since recently VeriSign declared that the internet is bursting with domains.
.Org domains (Photo – PIR.org)
The 10 millionth registration was Jadforum.org, registered by the Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin Forum. JAD is an organization dedicated to sustainable water resource development.
The number of registered ORG domains has been growing steadily at a rate of about nine to 10 percent per year for the last three years. Total growth since 2005 has been in excess of 156 percent.
ORG was created in 1984 as one of the internet’s original TLDs along with COM, NET, EDU, GOV and MIL. ORG still retains its place as the third largest generic top-level domain in the world.
These 10 million domains have been registered through a network of 400 registrars by non profits, global foundations, local charities and other organizations across 175 countries. There is no restriction on who can buy an ORG domain or how it can be used. An ORG domain can just as well be used for commercial and for profit activities. In fact, last year PIR hit another milestone when the number of ORG domains outside North America exceeded those within.
After an intensive bidding process in 2002, the ICANN Board handed over control of ORG operations to PIR in January 2003. The transition was the biggest ever in the history of the internet. In a single day, 2.6 million ORG domain names were moved to PIR from the old registry. The transfer did not impact or take down any ORG website or registrant.
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