The IPv4 address transfer market started out on a positive note in January 2023. As in any market, there are ebbs and flows in demand which affects pricing. We just so happen to analyze an extremely unique industry that caters to a rare commodity that has a valuable use case in the global economy.
Internet Protocol Address Management (IPAM) is essential for network organization, security, and efficiency. IPAM prevents conflicts, manages IPv4 addresses, and can be automated for optimal performance.
Network Address Translation (NAT) and Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT) are two different techniques for managing networks, but both have similar goals: to conserve public IPv4 addresses, increase privacy and security, and reduce the burden on ISPs of having to manage too many Internet of Things devices.
November 18, 2022 – Brander Group ranks 5th Fastest-Growing & 31st Top 50 Private Companies Arizona in the Phoenix Business Journals ACE Awards.
The six years leading into 2022 have painted a picture of a continuous bull market in the IPv4 industry. Prices for IPv4 address blocks had an average increase of around 25% every year due to limited availability and increased demand. However, this year has proven that even the IPv4 market can’t always be resilient to economic conditions.
What are BGP Routing Records? Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a protocol that allows for the fastest and most efficient routing of internet traffic. The owner of an IPv4 Address subnet asks their upstream internet service provider to route specific IPv4 subnets now smaller than a /24 to route traffic using the best method of delivery. BGP is responsible for assessing all of the available internet routes that data can travel and then choose the best option, which usually means hopping between Autonomous Systems (AS) numbers that represent the upstream internet providers network.
We are finally seeing some good news on the IPv4 demand front. As of September 2022, we have 2 months in a row of positive IPv4 demand trends that parallel previous years, prior to the IPv4 crash in May of 2021. We aren’t out of the woods just yet, however, the indicators could be great for the remainder of the year.
September 2022 – Brander Group Inc recently sold approximately 1.7 million IP addresses for over $87 million. T2022 revenue exceeds $200 million.
So far, 2022 has shown a stable yet low level of IPv4 demand as compared to the previous three years. This is largely attributed to a massive increase in demand and the shortage of IPv4 inventory back in 2021, which in turn caused the prices to increase by 100% in just 1 year.
August 9, 2022 – Inc. magazine revealed that Brander Group once again ranked in the top 15% on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in 2022