FEB 14, 2020

FOUR THINGS TO KNOW

ABOUT THE IPV4
ADDRESS MARKET
Why is the market for these old addresses still
booming?
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Technology has a way of becoming obsolete

quickly. When that happens, old technology is
quickly replaced by new, more advanced
technologies.

For some reason, however, this has failed to

happen with IP addresses.

Old-style IPv4 addresses, the forerunners of the

new IPv6 addresses, are as popular as ever.
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While IPv6 addresses were intended to
supersede the older IPv4 addresses, they have
spectacularly failed to do so.

Why is the market for these old addresses still

booming? Let’s look at the reasons.

When the American Registry of Internet

Numbers (ARIN) announced in 2015 that it had
exhausted all IPv4 addresses in its custody, the
private market for IPv4 addresses exploded.
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While IPv6 addresses were intended to
supersede the older IPv4 addresses, they have
spectacularly failed to do so.

Why is the market for these old addresses still

booming? Let’s look at the reasons.

When the American Registry of Internet

Numbers (ARIN) announced in 2015 that it had
exhausted all IPv4 addresses in its custody, the
private market for IPv4 addresses exploded.
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While the market itself existed even before this,
the private market for these addresses grew
significantly after the ARIN announcement.

Considering that there are four other Regional

Internet Registries like ARIN, the total market
for IPv4 address space could be bigger than
previously thought.

It’s easy to see that the private market for IPv4

addresses is thriving.
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Things To Know About
The IPv4 Address
Market

Selling addresses is legal

There is no established marketplace for addresses
The market is dominated by a few buyers
You should think of selling your excess space soon
Selling addresses is legal

Spindel says that internet professional should first realize that it’s
absolutely legal to sell their excess IPv4 addresses.
According to Spindel, many people were not aware that they could
actually sell their excess IPv4 addresses.
“Selling IPv4 addresses has never been unlawful.”
With time, Spindel says, it became obvious that companies were
interested in trading addresses and that‘s when address authorities
got involved.
Selling addresses is legal

Before 2009, there was no clear mechanism to govern the transfer of

addresses from one entity to the other.
ARIN came on board and adopted laws that made it possible for
companies to transfer addresses in a regulated way.
After introducing new rules, companies could transfer IPv4
addresses as long as they met the stipulated rules set out by ARIN.
There is no established
marketplace for addresses
Most industries have a central marketplace where buyers and sellers
meet to transact business.
This is not the case for addresses.
If you want to buy an address and the other person wants to sell,
there is no structured way for you to meet the address seller.
While ARIN introduced transfer policies and regulations, it failed to
put in place structures or rules that could bridge the gap between
buyers and sellers.
There is no established
marketplace for addresses

“They failed to look at the market needs of this industry,” says Marc
Spindel.
As a consequence, the market has remained inefficient.
Over time, intermediaries have come in to bridge this gap.
Brokers and lawyers now exist to help sellers and buyers close deals.
The market is dominated by a few
buyers
The IPv4 market is synonymous with corporate buyers who range from with cloud
computing firms, software companies, and Internet service providers.
These companies mainly use the market to buy IPv4 addresses with an aim of
integrating the addresses in their products and services.
Compared to the pool of highly experienced buyers, the sellers are often much less
sophisticated.
Most sellers in this space lack the technical know-how that buyers have.Spindel
advises that sellers should get IPv4 Sales Advisors to help them get the best value form
the sale and purchase of these addresses.
The market is dominated by a few
buyers
The IPv4 market is synonymous with corporate buyers who range from with cloud
computing firms, software companies, and Internet service providers.
These companies mainly use the market to buy IPv4 addresses with an aim of
integrating the addresses in their products and services.
Compared to the pool of highly experienced buyers, the sellers are often much less
sophisticated.
Most sellers in this space lack the technical know-how that buyers have.Spindel
advises that sellers should get IPv4 Sales Advisors to help them get the best value form
the sale and purchase of these addresses.
You should think of selling your
excess space soon

Because of the decreasing supply of IPv4 addresses, the price of these addresses has
already gone up a great deal.
“We have seen the prices shoot in the last 12 months because of low supply.
In the next one and a half years, expect prices to hit a peak,” Marc Spindel said.
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