GoDaddy will pass along Verisign's increase in September. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is increasing the wholesale price of .com domains by 7% on September 1, and registrars with little margin will be forced to increase their prices as well. GoDaddy ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign raises guidance after strong first quarter
· ServicesThe domain market is sizzling as more companies go online. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings yesterday along with domain growth that exceeded expectations. The registry processed 11.6 million new .com and .net domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Getting the best price on .com domains
· Domain RegistrarsSome registrars offer consistently good deals on .com domains. There's a lot of competition at the registrar level for .com domain names. This intense competition leads to prices near the wholesale price that the registrar pays the registry ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Bitcoin’s massive salesforce
· UncategorizedBitcoin has an incentivized salesforce that keeps drawing in new money. The value of bitcoin is surging once again. Depending on who you ask, bitcoin is either a currency (it's uncommonly used as one) or a store of value (a very lousy one). One ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Milestone: There are now over 150 million .com domains registered
· Uncategorized.Com has over 150 million registrations 35 years after its launch. There are now officially over 150 million .com domain names registered. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) updated its .com domain base statistics earlier today, revealing that .com hit the ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Maybe .cam IS confusing with .com
· Policy & LawI saw a .cam domain and thought it was .com. .Com registry Verisign was concerned when companies applied for the .cam top level domain. It's just one letter off from .com, and a looks a lot like o when you're just glancing at it. The company ... Continue Reading4 Comments
More and more companies are using new TLDs
· UncategorizedRegistration numbers games are masking actual use. Big companies might prefer .com. Most people might choose .com. But there's another trend I've seen over the past year that shouldn't be overlooked: more and more companies using new top level ... Continue Reading33 Comments
What impact will increased .com prices have on domain investing?
· Domain SalesInvestors would have two ways to cope with rising prices. American Enterprise Institute submitted a comment (pdf) to ICANN about .com pricing during the comment period. Much of it echos Verisign's own comments on the matter, and that shouldn't be ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Verisign tries to discredit ICANN commenting period process
· Policy & LawCompany suggests that drawing attention to comment period distorted the multistakeholder process. The comment period for ICANN's proposed .com contract amendment with ICANN closed last Friday. The amendment would allow Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) to ... Continue Reading26 Comments
January’s top domain name news stories
· UncategorizedLooking back at last month in domains. There was a lot of news in the domain name industry last month. Here's a look at the top five posts on Domain Name Wire ranked by the number of pageviews. 1. This company's domain name is a ten digit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
