eNom and Dotster followed Go Daddy’s lead, and have each grown more than 70 percent thus far in 2005. Late to the party but showing strong growth on a percentage basis is Network Solutions, which has nearly tripled the size of its hosting operation this year.

Hosting companies have responded by slashing their prices on domain names, with Yahoo and Interland seeing solid gains after lowering their prices on a one-year .com domain. More recently, large hosts have been gaining accreditation as ICANN registrars rather than serving as resellers for domain wholesalers.