USPTO publishes two more blockchain-related patent applications from Verisign. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published two of Verisign's (NASDAQ: VRSN) blockchain-related patent applications last week. Application ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign lowers full year domain guidance (again)
· ServicesCompany predicts full year growth of 1% or less. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company's revenue was $357 million, up 6.8% year over year. It ran an operating margin of 66.3% and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign gets another name spinning patent
· Policy & LawThe domain registry patented an improved way to select prefixes and suffixes for domain suggestions. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,468,336 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Systems, devices, and methods for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com domain name leaders
· Domain RegistrarsThese are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers June 2022. June ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com continued to slip in Q3
· ServicesThe total number of registered .com domains fell again during the past quarter. The number of registered .com domain names fell last quarter, the second consecutive quarter-over-quarter fall. As of September 30, the last day of Q3, there were ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign gets patent for registering domains through Amazon Alexa
· ServicesPatent covers using your voice to register domains, do Whois lookups, etc. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,451,511 (pdf) to Verisign for "Audio-based systems, devices, and methods for domain services." Yep, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com registrar rankings
· Domain RegistrarsThese are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers April 2022. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why you’re selling fewer domain names
· Domain SalesDemand for new websites is decreasing, and so is the demand for domains. There have been some big domain sales lately, but if you are on "domain Twitter," you know all is not well in the domain name aftermarket. Domain investors are complaining ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Verisign gets another expired domain patent
· Expired DomainsPatent describes a separate "cache" pool for expired domains. The current method of drop catching domain names — throwing as many registrar add commands at the registry as possible — hasn't changed. But that doesn't mean the world's largest domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
July’s top domain name stories
· UncategorizedA blockchain fight, GoDaddy auctions and .com were among the top stories last month. A big topic in July was a brewing fight in the blockchain domain name world. Here's a look at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. Unstoppable ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment