In the year 2015, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) fell short of IPv4 addresses and they emphasized the importance for businesses to migrate to IPv6. This also drove the IPv4 sale to new heights. Some businesses needed IPv4 addresses after the exhaustion of the free IPv4 address pool at ARIN and to meet these needs, they turned to other businesses that had spare IPv4 addresses and tried to buy them. These transactions started taking place many years before the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses and after the exhaustion, the IPv4 sale market recorded substantial growth. Shared below are some of the important things that you should know about selling and buying IPv4 addresses. It Is Legal To Buy Or[...]
It became obvious that businesses wanted to sell and buy IP addresses and so the RIRs got involved and some rules were put into place to facilitate IP address transfer between businesses. With the new rules in place, businesses were able to transfer the ownership of IP addresses, if they met the transfer criteria of RIRs.
