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Hidden analysis

Retention by Length

Does the premium pricing tier ($640 / $160 / $5 per year) actually filter for long-term holders, or just create churn?

Snapshot taken 2026-05-01T12:36:27.638Z

Headline retention table

The eligible n is shown per cell. Each column has a different population, so reading horizontally compares retention rates on different cohort sets

LengthTotal registered12m retention24m retention36m retention48m retention60m retention
3 chars 50,048 41.6%n=49,99620.7%n=49,92215.0%n=49,83016.6%n=30,49362.0%n=1,974
4 chars 113,449 54.8%n=112,95230.7%n=112,39623.6%n=111,14229.4%n=51,27070.1%n=4,347
5 chars 479,720 84.9%n=474,75253.0%n=465,98940.7%n=437,14243.4%n=208,89381.5%n=17,422
6–9 chars 1,566,613 89.5%n=1,533,20952.9%n=1,478,65540.3%n=1,314,01655.9%n=511,22270.4%n=71,762
10+ chars 1,170,835 94.1%n=1,134,03957.0%n=1,085,44442.5%n=956,55250.3%n=408,87657.1%n=50,957

When holders give up

Each cell is the share of names still held at the start of the period that had lapsed by the end.

Each column restricts to domains old enough to be fully evaluated for that period.

Length0m → 12m12m → 24m24m → 36m36m → 48m48m → 60m
3 chars 58.4% lapsed29,221 of 49,996 eligible50.0% lapsed10,375 of 49,922 eligible27.5% lapsed2,839 of 49,830 eligible31.6% lapsed2,328 of 30,493 eligible19.1% lapsed289 of 1,974 eligible
4 chars 45.2% lapsed51,100 of 112,952 eligible43.9% lapsed26,929 of 112,396 eligible23.0% lapsed7,827 of 111,142 eligible38.7% lapsed9,543 of 51,270 eligible13.2% lapsed465 of 4,347 eligible
5 chars 15.1% lapsed71,497 of 474,752 eligible37.5% lapsed147,856 of 465,989 eligible23.7% lapsed55,363 of 437,142 eligible35.6% lapsed50,165 of 208,893 eligible7.1% lapsed1,081 of 17,422 eligible
6–9 chars 10.5% lapsed160,875 of 1,533,209 eligible40.7% lapsed536,710 of 1,478,655 eligible25.2% lapsed178,650 of 1,314,016 eligible18.8% lapsed66,341 of 511,222 eligible9.6% lapsed5,372 of 71,762 eligible
10+ chars 5.9% lapsed66,538 of 1,134,039 eligible39.4% lapsed402,212 of 1,085,444 eligible27.5% lapsed154,404 of 956,552 eligible21.1% lapsed54,980 of 408,876 eligible13.4% lapsed4,493 of 50,957 eligible

Each column has a different eligible population - names ≥ T+P months old at snapshot time. The n eligible figure shows how many qualified. Reading horizontally compares periods within the same bucket but on different populations; for example, the 48 → 60m column uses only the ~2k 3-char names registered before 2021, while the 0 → 12m column uses essentially all 50k. Don't treat survivors at the start of period N as the same set as those at the start of period N+1.

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