With the Cooperative Agreement expiring next month, U.S. businesses could face higher tax-like fees on .com domains. The price consumers pay for .com domain names have been kept in check by an obscure agreement between the U.S. Department of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How much would .Com domains cost if .com went out to bid?
· ServicesConsumers pay over a half billion dollars more than necessary each year to register .com domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is currently in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Commerce with regards to the Cooperative Agreement to run the .com domain ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Verisign signs .com contract extension, amends cooperative agreement
· Policy & LawCompany enters into three agreements today, including the .com contract extension. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) today signed amended agreements with ICANN and the Department of Commerce (DOC) related to the U.S. government IANA functions transition. The ... Continue Reading5 Comments
IANA transition will not remove government relationship with .com contract
· Policy & LawDepartment of Commerce will still have a say over .com prices. Today, ICANN posted proposed contracts with Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) for the Root Zone Management Agreement (RZMA) and an extension of the .com registry contract. The RZMA is a necessary ... Continue Reading16 Comments
Commerce to Verisign: are you making too much money?
· UncategorizedU.S. government reviewing .com agreement price hikes. Verisign has a wonderful business model. Running the .com registry has huge efficiencies of scale. As the .com base gets bigger, it throws off more cash. For years the company and its investors ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Analysis: U.S. Government Has Domainers’ Backs
· Policy & LawDocuments from U.S. Government question ICANN's actions. You've probably read a lot about ICANN's introduction of new top level domains. Now, as reported over at DNJournal, the U.S. Government is weighing in. Domainers should be happy with its ... Continue Reading16 Comments