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Web.com getting dumped

Kevin Murphy, April 30, 2025, 13:10:38 (UTC), Domain Registrars

Registrar group Newfold Digital is killing off the Web.com brand after 18 years as part of its strategy to consolidate its diverse array of brands.

Customers will soon by migrated to the larger and older Network Solutions registrar, but the company said that they should not notice much difference.

“We’re committed to making the transition to Network Solutions seamless and convenient. That means no downtime or interruptions to your existing services. Simply put, you won’t have to do anything,” Web.com said.

Pricing, features, and user credentials will not change, it said.

Web.com had about 818,000 gTLD domains under management at the end of 2024, down from its peak of over 2 million during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, but was growing every month last year.

Network Solutions, which was the gTLD monopoly registrar until ICANN came along to introduce competition a quarter century ago, had gTLD DUM of over 5 million at the last count.

Web.com was actually the acquiring party in the original merger, paying over $561 million in cash and stock for NetSol back in 2011.

There’s no word on when or if other ancient Nefold brands, such as Register.com, will be similarly retired.

The retirement raises the intriguing possibility of the web.com domain hitting the market at some point in the (far) future.

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