Company cites waning pandemic surge and general macroeconomic situation for lower-than-expected growth. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has lowered its guidance for domain name growth this year. The company originally expected the base of registered ... Continue Reading2 Comments
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Verisign reports 7.2% revenue jump, 1.23 million domain base increase
· ServicesVerisign turns in a solid quarter buoyed by .com price increase. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q1 earnings after the market closed this afternoon. The company reported that Q1 revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. That's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign removes .tk and other Freenom domains from industry brief
· UncategorizedCompany excludes five free top ccTLDs from its calculations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 2021 Domain Industry Brief today, and at first glance, it looks like domain registrations have dropped a lot. But that's because Verisign has ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Verisign, Altanovo and ICANN trade barbs over .web
· Policy & LawMore ill-will exposed in newly-published letters. This week, ICANN published a series of letters related to the fight for .web. The quick backstory: a company called Nu Dot Co won the auction to run the .web top level domain for $135 million. ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign’s revenue hit $1.33 billion in 2021 with strong Q4
· ServicesStrong Q4 lifts Verisign's 2021 results. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings after the market closed yesterday. Verisign pulled in $1.33 billion revenue for the year, up 4% year over year. This was aided by a strong Q4 performance that saw ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign announces another .com price hike
· Policy & LawGet ready to pay more for .com domains starting in September. Verisign today announced that it will raise prices on .com domains again this year. Prices will increase from today's wholesale price of $8.39 to $8.97 on September 1, 2022. (Registrars ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Verisign gets sweeping patent for dynamic and variable pricing
· Policy & LawPatent covers dynamic domain pricing, registration requirements and more. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,244,368 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Adaptive control of domain name registrations via dynamically ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Panel admonishes Afilias over .web appeal, Verisign claims victory
· Policy & LawIndependent Review Panel says appeal was frivolous and orders it to pay ICANN's legal costs. An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has denied Afilias' latest attempt to wrest control of .web away from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and has ordered the company to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy wins contract to run .TV, Verisign didn’t bid for renewal
· ServicesGoDaddy Registry will now operate and market the .tv domain. GoDaddy Registry (NYSE: GDDY) has won the contract to operate Tuvalu's .tv country code domain name. Tuvalu is a small island nation of about 10,000 people. It struck internet gold ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Verisign patents anomaly detector for domain registries
· Policy & LawPatent describes way to track unusual registration activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,190,479 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for "Detection of aberrant domain registration and resolution patterns." The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment