Patent describes way to sell future rights to domain names through "encoding domains." Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed two patents related to buying future rights to domain names for if they become available. The process is rather unique and it makes ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Donuts loses appeal in .Web case
· Policy & LawCourt of Appeals agrees that covenant not to sue is valid. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has ruled against top level domain name company Donuts over the .Web domain name. Donuts was one of the applicants for the .web ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The Registry/Registrar Sales Channel with Jay Daley – DNW Podcast #202
· Podcasts.Org operator is changing how it works with registrars. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, recently announced changes to how it’s approaching marketing through the domain name registrar channel. On ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign files patent application for IDN domain searches
· Policy & LawPatent covers providing IDN translations and transliterations of ASCII searches. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed a U.S. patent application (pdf) for searching for internationalized domain names (IDN). An IDN is a domain name that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign earnings: 149.7 million total .com/.net base, $302 million revenue
· ServicesVerisign continues to show growth in .com domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings for the second quarter of 2018 after the bell today. The company generated $302 million in revenue and $128 million net income for Q2 2018. There were ... Continue Reading2 Comments
How Verisign hit its Q1 growth numbers
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign called on China to deliver Q1 domain growth. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) provides guidance each quarter for how much it expects its total base of .com and .net domain names to grow. The company hardly misses because it's quite easy ... Continue Reading2 Comments
O.com might be coming, along with other single letter .com domain names
· Policy & LawICANN moves forward with Verisign plan to auction O.com domain name. Single letter .com domain names are very rare. They aren't just limited to the 26 letters of the alphabet; there are just three. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the registry for .com, ... Continue Reading10 Comments
VeriSign’s domain base grew by 1.91 million names last quarter
· Policy & LawHistorically strong Q1 delivers for Verisign. VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported first quarter 2018 earnings after the bell yesterday. The base of .com and .net domain names grew by 1.91 million during the quarter and 9.6 million new .com and .net ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com/.Net base grew by 1.47 million in Q3
· UncategorizedGrowth in base outpaces Verisign's forecast. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the domain name registry for .com and .net domain names, reported results for Q3 after the bell today. The total base of registered .com and .net domain names increased 1.47 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign files patent app for Thick Whois with privacy compliance
· UncategorizedVerisign patent application covers handling European Union compliance. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect how domain name Whois services are delivered starting next year (podcast). In some cases, including ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
