Company 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
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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
Verisign files more blockchain patent applications
· Policy & LawUSPTO publishes two more blockchain-related patent applications from Verisign. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published two of Verisign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) blockchain-related patent applications last week. Application ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign lowers full year domain guidance (again)
· ServicesCompany predicts full year growth of 1% or less. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company's revenue was $357 million, up 6.8% year over year. It ran an operating margin of 66.3% and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets another name spinning patent
· Policy & LawThe domain registry patented an improved way to select prefixes and suffixes for domain suggestions. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,468,336 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Systems, devices, and methods for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets patent for registering domains through Amazon Alexa
· ServicesPatent covers using your voice to register domains, do Whois lookups, etc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,451,511 (pdf) to Verisign for "Audio-based systems, devices, and methods for domain services." Yep, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets another expired domain patent
· Expired DomainsPatent describes a separate "cache" pool for expired domains. The current method of drop catching domain names — throwing as many registrar add commands at the registry as possible — hasn't changed. But that doesn't mean the world's largest domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign lowers guidance after lackluster Q2
· UncategorizedCompany cites factors for falling domain base. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, lowered its 2022 guidance with its earnings release yesterday. The company now expects the base of .com and .net domains to grow ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign earnings: domain base down, earnings up, .net price hike
· ServicesPrice increases mask falling domain base. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released Q2 2022 earnings after the markets closed this afternoon. As I previewed earlier this week, the base of registered .com and .net domain names fell this quarter. It ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign’s domain base fell last quarter. Is it peak .com?
· UncategorizedThe pandemic played a role, but the future is uncertain. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reports earnings this Thursday, and there will be something unusual for the company to report: a drop in the base of registered .com and .net domain names. For ... Continue Reading3 Comments