.info is available for sale through 183 registrars and 74% out of the 4 million domains are active, including 1 million dedicated sites.

Afilias, a provider of domain name registry services, today announced that the .info generic top-level domain has reached 4 million domain names under management, marking a milestone months after crossing its fifth anniversary of real time registrations available to the public.

According to the company, the four millionth name, leger-europe2007.info, was registered in the United Kingdom by the registrar MelbourneIT. To support this milestone, Afilias has issued a 4 Million Milestone analysis report that details updated insight on the .info domain. Key highlights include North America is the top market for .info domain sales with Europe in second place, the US is the top country for .info registrations followed by Germany, .info is available for sale through 183 registrars, or domain name retailers, 74% of .info sites are active, including 1 million dedicated sites, and the highest aftermarket sale on record for .info was NewYork.info which sold for over US$46,000 in September 2006.

"Afilias has built the most successful brand of the new top-level domains in .info and has provided an attractive and popular alternative to .com and other generic TLDs," said Roland LaPlante, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias. ".info continues to be an Internet address that individuals and businesses choose to showcase their information on the Web. It is gaining popularity worldwide, increasing overall sales volume and even establishing itself as an emerging domain in the aftermarket and pay-per-click markets."