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The Incredible Size of the IPv4 Transfer Market

Published on April 15th, 2019

In recent blogs on IPv4 Price Trends and IPv4 Transfer Market Volumes, we have introduced the topic of IPv4 market sizing. It is clear to us that the number of IPs transferred is driven by large transfers from the holders of /8 blocks. In this blog, we are going to assess the potential future size...

IPv4 Transfer Market Volumes

Published on August 29th, 2018

We thought we would take a look at IPv4 transfer volume at the mid-year point of 2018. We found that transfers continue to be significant across the three main regions, especially RIPE and ARIN. RIPE continues to have the highest number of IPv4 transfers, as shown in the chart below. ARIN has less than half...

IPv4 Large Block Transfers

Published on March 22nd, 2018

In our February 2018 blog we looked at the large spike in IPv4 transfer volume in the 4th quarter of 2017. It became clear that the spike was mostly due to a high number of large block transfers. To dive into this deeper, we extracted data from the RIPE, ARIN and APNIC transfer logs to...

Global IPv4 Transfers Declining

Published on November 3rd, 2017

It has been a few months since we have commented on IPv4 transfer trends and we thought it would be interesting to determine, after transfers fell between 2015 and 2016, whether the reduction in transfers continued. So, we ran the numbers. Noting that the 2017 data is for 9 months, and not a full year,...

Sell Your IPv4 Addresses with IPv4 Group

Published on October 5th, 2017

Your organization has monetary potential in its unused IPv4 addresses. This is an unusual opportunity for you to generate revenue. The IPv4 Transfer Market is an after-market IPv4 transfer mechanism. It creates financial incentive for entities to sell their unused IPv4 addresses, or efficiently renumber IPv4 blocks to free up excess inventory and sell it...

Transfers of IPv4 Addresses from /8s Held by One Organization – A Guest Post on Trefor.net

Published on May 15th, 2017

In this guest post on Trefor.net, Sandra discusses the transfer of single owner /8 IPv4 addresses. This analysis of the 26 single-owner /8s has shown that these large blocks are being transferred in large sub-allocations, and the /8s are not filling the /16 market. Ten of the 26 have already done some selling, and we...

Transfers of IPv4 Addresses from /8s Held by One Organization

Published on May 10th, 2017

In 2011, as Nortel's Director of Engineering I started the orchestration of the sale of Nortel's 47.0.0.0/8. Over time this undertaking has resulted in the sale of approximately 85% of the /8. Something that has been discussed in the ensuing six years, is how many other “organization” or “company” owned /8s might ultimately be sold. IPv4...

IPv4 Transfer Trends Through 2016

Published on April 10th, 2017

IPv4 transfer trends, regardless of IPv6 implementation, are an indicator of the longevity of the IPv4 market for both buyers and sellers. IPv4 Market Group has studied IPv4 transfer volumes to see if the number of IPs transferred is continuing to grow. Increased IPv4 Transfer Volume There are several factors that might cause IPv4 transfer...

Reduce Your IPv4 Risk. Buy /21, /22, /23, and /24 Online

Published on October 26th, 2016

One of the outcomes of the IPv4 runout is that service providers are now charging for IPv4 addresses, where they previously did not. As a result, small businesses are exposed to the possibility that they will pay for IPv4 use at escalating prices going forward. More and more small businesses are coming to IPv4 Market...

IPv4 Transfer Activity, IPv6 Uptake, Overall IPv4 Use, and IPv4 Price Trends

Published on September 23rd, 2016

This report has interesting implications for potential IPv4 sellers considering the timing of market entry. It looks at the volume of IPv4 transfer activity, IPv6 uptake, overall IPv4 use, and IPv4 price trends. The data shows that, while the IPv4 market is hotter than it has ever been, there seem to be fewer blocks...