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The Registrar must pay this invoice upon receipt in order to ensure timely processing of future domain name registrations . In late 2000 , when the dot-com bubble had reached its bursting point and domain name registrations boomed , domain name expansion was considered an important step for the health of the address system . With the new rapid updates service , it will now be possible for domain registrants to launch Web sites more quickly and to experience " greater continuity " in service when changing hosting providers or modifying domain name registrations . Growing 16 % in 2003 , the total number of domain name registrations reached a peak of over 60 million domain names . Then , after reporting that domain name registrations had dropped by almost 25 percent during the second quarter this year , Register.com lost its standing as the number two registrar behind Network Solutions , forcing the company to abandon its policy of avoiding price-based competition . According to the report , which highlights key industry data for worldwide domain name activity , total domain name registrations reached an all-time high of 82.9 million , representing an eight percent growth since the first quarter of 2005 and a 28 percent increase since the second quarter of 2004 . In total , worldwide domain name registrations reached a record high of 66.3 million domain names . " New domain name registrations topped 4.6 million in the second quarter , off slightly from last quarter 's 4.7 million , but still well above last year 's numbers , which hovered under or at the 4 million mark for each quarter in 2003 . - type process to domain name registrations . name registrations .