Company forecasts a drop for Q4. Verisign (NYSE: VRSN) expects the total number of .com and .net domain names registered at the end of the fourth quarter to be less than at the beginning of the quarter. In other words, more domain names will be deleted ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign reports $288 million revenue, 0.9 million growth to domain base
· ServicesRevenue up, but new registrations down from a year ago. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) reported third quarter earnings after the bell today. The company reported revenue of $288 million for the third quarter, up 8.2% from Q3 2015. Net income was $114 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Thick Whois is on its way to .com
· Policy & LawCurrent plan is to introduce it for new domains by May 2018. ICANN has opened a comment period about the implementation of Thick Whois in existing top level domains including .com and .net. .Com and .net currently use what's called a "Thin whois". ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN files motion to dismiss Donuts’ .Web lawsuit
· Policy & LawICANN says Donuts can't sue and asks for court to dismiss case. ICANN has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) a lawsuit brought by a Donuts'-owned company over the results of an auction for .Web. Donuts was one of seven applicants for the .web top level ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Donuts asks judge to allow limited discovery
· Policy & LawCompany wants information and documents from Nu Dot Co and Verisign related to .web transaction. New top level domain name company Donuts has asked a judge to let it undertake limited discovery to figure out what happened between Nu Dot Co and Verisign ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Stocks: From -26% to +51%, here’s how they’re doing this year
· UncategorizedTucows, MMX and GoDaddy are enjoying great years, Endurance and Web.com...not so much. There are just a couple of months left in the year, and it has been one of ups and downs for many domain name stocks. The S&P 500 has returned about 7% this year. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The .Com Cliff is .Coming
· UncategorizedIs .com's growing base of registrations about to go negative? Jim Bidzos was wrong. Bidzos, the CEO of .com registry Verisign, was celebrating a better-than-expected third quarter last year. Domain name registrations were higher than normal thanks to ... Continue Reading15 Comments
A good explanation of why the U.S. Government can still control .com pricing
· ServicesDon't worry about Verisign unjustifiably increasing .com prices. There's been a lot of concern about the .com contract extension and what it means for .com prices going forward. The concern is that Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) can decide to not renew its ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Hey Analysts: this is what I think about Verisign’s .com pricing going forward
· Policy & LawI received two LinkedIn requests from stock analysts yesterday asking for my thoughts on what Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) will be able to charge for .com domain names going forward. I suspect this is in response to Ted Cruz's most recent letter. Analysts ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Verisign releases statement about .Web
· UncategorizedVerisign plans to "quickly grow .web". Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) released a statement this morning about .web. It said what we already know: Verisign backed Nu Dot Co's bid for .web. Once Nu Do Co executes the contract, it will seek to transfer the ... Continue Reading7 Comments