Kassey Lee examines the market for .com domain names in China. In my series of articles to study the Chinese domain market, I have already covered the big picture and. Today, let's look at .com. This analysis is based on data I have collected from ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Verisign .com/.net domain base increases by 1.34 million
· ServicesMore cash in the coffers for .com registry Verisign. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings for Q2 2019 yesterday. The company had $306 million in revenue and $148 in net income. The operating margin was 65.9%, up from 63.8% in the same quarter ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com dominates North America. What about the ROW?
· UncategorizedCountry code domains are still the majority outside of North America. Take a look at the chart above. What do you notice? While .com dominates North America, it is secondary in ICANN's other four regions. It's easy to be United ... Continue Reading19 Comments
The .Com memorability factor
· UncategorizedStudy shows that people remember domain names as having .com on the end. One of the problems with using a top level domain name other than .com is memorability. While it might stand out to people as new or unique, many people will remember your domain ... Continue Reading18 Comments
ICA to hold public update for domain owners
· Policy & LawDomain investor advocacy group will make its next member call public. The Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a group that advocates for domain name owners, is holding a public webcast on Friday to update domain investors on policy issues. This is ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign’s Annual Report and .com price increases
· Policy & LawVerisign's 10-K gives clues to how it is approaching a .com price increase. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) published its 2018 annual report on Friday. I reviewed the document to look for information about Verisign's hopes of raising the price of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Third day of NamesCon kicks off in Las Vegas
· UncategorizedCome to my two sessions today at NamesCon. The third day of the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas is about to begin. I'm on two panels today that I invite you to attend. At 11 am I will chat with Blake Janover of Home.loans and Mike Kugler of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
My two sessions at NamesCon
· ServicesJoin me for discussions about big new TLD sales and .com prices. I will be both a moderator and panelist at next week's NamesCon conference. I invite you to come to my sessions on Tuesday. Making sense of $500k for a nTLD, 11 am Tuesday 1/29 on ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Year in Review: Verisign gets its price hikes
· Policy & LawThe U.S. Government gave the green light to increase prices on .com domain names. It's an obscure contract issued by the U.S. government. For the domain industry, it means a lot. On November 1, The U.S. National Telecommunications and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign adds nearly 2 million .com/.net domains in Q3
· Services.Com continues to chug along. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported third-quarter 2018 results yesterday. On the domain name side, the company processed 9.5 million new .com/.net registrations during Q3. After accounting for deletions, 1.99 million ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
