Architecture of Georgian Internet Ownership (.GE)
GDE.ge Analytical Report | January 2026
1. Methodology and Data Cleaning
To ensure the study reflects the true picture of influence, the following steps were taken:
- Brand Normalization: Consolidated assets of corporate groups (e.g., Bank of Georgia and Liberty Bank structures).
- Technical Filter: Excluded system WHOIS responses and redacted data.
- Cross-Analysis: Each domain was cross-referenced with HTTPS availability, site status, and Name Server (NS) infrastructure.
2. Power Distribution: TOP 30 Owners (Normalized)
| № | Owner (Group / Individual) | Domains | Strategy | Technical Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epicsoft LLC | 424 | Aggressive squatting (3-chars, dictionary words) | Cloudflare (often skipped SSL) |
| 2 | Bank of Georgia Group | 295 | Total brand protection & fintech ecosystem | Akamai / Cloudflare / BOG NS |
| 3 | EURO | 149 | Investments in dictionary & short names | Domenebi.ge Parking |
| 4 | Liberty Bank Group | 48 | Brand protection & social services | Azure DNS / DigitalOcean |
| 5 | Proservice Group | 43 | Infrastructure holding / Legacy assets | Proservice Local NS |
| 6 | INFINITY SOLUTIONS LLC | 42 | Niche business services | DNS-Parking / Fozzy |
| 7 | LLC Avia.ge | 41 | Travel segment monopolization | Cloudflare |
| 8 | Deng Hailang | 41 | Chinese investments (numeric domains) | Netsto.net |
| 9 | Li Zhiyu | 41 | Chinese investments (short/numeric) | Dnsip.com |
| 10 | Omedia Group | 38 | Media holding & IT products | Omedia / Cloudflare |
| 11 | m2 Real Estate | 31 | Development (residential complex protection) | Cloudns.net / CentosWP |
| 12 | Steven Delavan | 23 | Niche squatting (Escort/Adult) | Cloudflare |
| 13 | Newsroom, Ltd | 24 | News portals (Palitra Media) | DomainControl (GoDaddy) |
| 14 | Huang Guiming | 24 | Numeric / Pattern domains | 1233dns.com |
| 15 | Smart Group LLC | 20 | Education & training | Smarthost.ge |
| 16 | LTD Smart service | 20 | Social networks & AI services | Swot.ge / Cloudflare |
| 17 | FLATFY OU | 19 | Real estate aggregator (parked) | Domenebi Parking |
| 18 | Su Rongfang | 14 | Numeric domains | Netsto.net |
| 19 | Archil Urtashvili | 16 | Technical & IT domains | Own NS |
| 20 | LTD GOODBUILD+ | 16 | Construction retail | Geopay.ge |
| 21 | My.ge | 11 | Classifieds (market leaders) | Cloudflare / AWS |
| 22 | Georgian Farmers' Association | 12 | Agro-sector & state projects | Hostnodes.ge |
| 23 | Georgian Football Fed. | 12 | Sports & media | Cloudflare |
| 24 | Full House LLC | 10 | Gambling / TV services | Cloudflare |
| 25 | DNStination Inc. | 14 | Global brand protection (Airbnb, Github) | MarkMonitor |
| 26 | Daposte LLC | 9 | Development & investments | Fastcloud / Daposte NS |
| 27 | LTD GG Management | 11 | Consulting & management | Cloudflare |
| 28 | Georgia Quality Wine | 11 | Legal services & exports | Dns-parking |
| 29 | SilkNet, JSC | 10 | Telecom giant | Wanex |
| 30 | NETIM | 10 | Foreign fintech projects | DigitalOcean / Cloudflare |
3. Historical Dynamics: Eras of Portfolio Formation
Analysis of registration dates highlights three waves of expansion:
Leaders: Bank of Georgia, SilkNet, Proservice, Omedia.
Behavior: Registration of short, status names (bog.ge, on.ge, city.ge) and primary brands. Most domains from this era currently show the highest traffic and quality.
Leaders: Avia.ge, My.ge, Palitra Media.
Behavior: Massive capture of niche keywords. During this period, Avia.ge secured flight-related terms, while My.ge built an ecosystem.
Leaders: Epicsoft, Deng Hailang, Li Zhiyu, Huang Guiming.
Behavior: The most aggressive growth phase. Chinese investors started mass-registering numeric domains, viewing .GE as an undervalued asset.
4. Deep Segment Analysis
🛡 Bank of Georgia Group: Defensive Strategy
The BoG portfolio (~295 domains) is a benchmark for Defensive Domain Management. It includes typo protection (lionbank.ge) and temporary domains for marketing campaigns (2024.ge).
💰 Epicsoft Group: Digital Rentier
The largest owner in Georgia. Unlike banks, 95% of the portfolio consists of unused assets (L-L-L.ge, system.ge). Most lead to generic parked pages.
🇨🇳 "Chinese Block": Numeric Expansion
Owners from China register domains like 88k.ge or 5555.ge. In Asia, short numeric domains are liquid commodities. Low registration costs in .GE attracted professional resellers.
5. Technical Health & Zone Maturity
- Visibility: Active websites (Status 200) account for only 42% of the TOP 100 domains.
- Security: 68% of domains use SSL, though squatters often use basic Cloudflare setups.
- Infrastructure: Cloudflare is the dominant leader (55%). Chinese NS (Netsto) already hold about 8%.
6. Key Takeaways for GDE.ge
- Monopolization of short names by a single group creates barriers for new IT startups.
- Fake growth: much of the 2024-2025 volume is "digital junk" (numeric squatting) with no economic value.
- Banks act as "name keepers," spending large budgets on typo-protection due to high phishing risks.
- The Avia.ge case proves that vertical dominance (Travel) via keyword registration is still highly effective in .GE.
Research prepared by the Georgia Domain Explorer team. Data is current as of January 2026.