Soft demand in China hurts Verisign's quarter. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q2 earnings after the closing bell yesterday. Revenue grew 5.7% year over year and operating income grew 5.5%. The overall base of .com and .net domain names ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN enters into .net contract extension with Verisign
· Policy & LawICANN greenlights massive price increases for .net domains in contract renewal. On Thursday, ICANN executed a renewal of a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for running the .net registry. It extends the agreement to June 30, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on
· Policy & LawDeja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN's board decided the organization should move forward with contracting .web to Nu Dot Co, which plans to assign the domain to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the timeline is in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign gets patent for cryptocurrency-backed sale and transfer of domain names
· Policy & LawPatent describes way to use blockchain technology for the sale and transfer of domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,645,370 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for "Transferring a domain name on a secondary ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN Board: no foul play in .web auction
· Policy & LawICANN Board gives approval to contract the .web top level domain. The ICANN Board of Directors has determined that an agreement between Nu Dot Co and Verisign for the .web top level domain name did not violate the new TLD application terms. The ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign adds 1 million .com/.net domains in Q1
· ServicesDomain registry ups the lower end of its revenue guidance for the year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings this afternoon. The company ended the quarter with 174.8 million domains in the .com/.net base, which was 1.0 million ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign gets patents covering blockchain and registration via chatbot
· Policy & LawDomain registry expands on previous patents with three new patents granted today. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted three patents to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN() today. Patent number 11,621,939 (pdf) is for Domain name suggestion and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
February’s top domain name news stories
· UncategorizedGoDaddy and Verisign were in the news last month. With February in the books, let's take a look at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy announces layoffs - GoDaddy let go of about 8% of its employees. 2. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign earnings: domain growth even less than expected
· ServicesCompany missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign announces another .com price hike
· Policy & LawCompany will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to ... Continue Reading12 Comments