Acquisitions boost top line. Clarivate (NYSE: CCC), the parent company of brand protection domain name registrar MarkMonitor, reported Q3 earnings this morning. The company reported stellar growth over the same period of 2019 thanks to two ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is Wechat.com registrar migration a harbinger of things to come in the China domain market?
· Domain RegistrarsChinese companies might move their domains from the United States. Domaingang.com reported on September 24 that WeChat.com has recently moved from the USA-based registrar MarkMonitor to the China-based eName. This happened amid the worsening ... Continue Reading4 Comments
The most popular second level domains for dot-brands
· UncategorizedHome leads the way, but companies are also using them for hiring. One of the nagging questions about dot-brand top level domains that match trademarks is what second level domains companies will use. We all know that the home page for Fox is ... Continue Reading2 Comments
MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
· ServicesCompany will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor's domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Part of MarkMonitor sold to OpSec Security
· Domain RegistrarsClarivate will retain the domain name business. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC) is selling part of its MarkMonitor business to OpSec Security. OpSec Security is an anticounterfeiting and brand protection company. It will acquire the MarkMonitor ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
MarkMonitor parent Clarivate going public through merger deal
· Domain RegistrarsSPAC gobbles up Clarivate Analytics, the company that owns MarkMonitor. Brand protection domain name registrar MarkMonitor will soon be part of a public company. MarkMonitor parent company Clarivate Analytics is merging with Special Purpose ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Amazon Alexa gadgets lead to profits for Verisign
· UncategorizedAmazon announced a bunch of products, which means it registered a bunch of domains controlled by Verisign. Every time Amazon announces a new product its domain name team goes to work defensively registering domain names. So when the company announces ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Elisa Cooper and Matt Serlin join new corporate domain registrar
· Domain RegistrarsEx-MarkMonitor employees join new corporate domain manager. Two former employees of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor have joined Brandsight, a new domain name registrar targeting the corporate market. Elisa Cooper and Matt Serlin joined ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Top 5 Domain Name Stories from March
· UncategorizedNew TLD price changes dominated the discussion. The first quarter of 2017 is now in the books, and the initial tax deadline in the U.S. is quickly approaching (yikes!). But before we think about taxes, here's a look back at what happened in the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
35,000 domains at MarkMonitor need to be updated soon
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrant name will need to be updated after Serlin departs. About 35,000 domain names at MarkMonitor use the company's version of Whois Proxy. They are all registered in the name of Matt Serlin, DNStination Inc. Names registered in this name ... Continue Reading16 Comments
