Cost of holding domain for six years decreases by as much as $10.78. Hey, don't say the U.S. government never did anything for you. They just gave domain name owners a $10.78 price reduction over the term of the next .com contract by eliminating ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Verisign shares drop 15% on contract change
· Policy & LawVerisign stock nosedives on news of new contract without price increases. Shares of Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) are down 15% in early trading after the company announced that its contract to run .com had been renewed without price increases. Verisign's ... Continue Reading5 Comments
The Domain Venture Partners new TLD pitch deck
· UncategorizedNew TLD applicant hoped to raise up to £100 million, targeted 40%+ annual returns. In August a Florida man filed a lawsuit claiming he invested $123,000 into a business to run the .bim new top level domain that didn't get off the ground. The suit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
VeriSign shares jump $4 in 15 mins, company issues statement about .com contract
· UncategorizedVeriSign details .com contract renewal and its current status. Last week VeriSign made the surprising announcement that The Department of Commerce was evaluating the pricing in its .com registry contract renewal. Its shares plunged from $46 to around ... Continue Reading2 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
For VeriSign, it’s 2009 all over again
· UncategorizedGrowth in .Com/.net base slows down thanks in part to search engine changes. Immediately after Verisign released its earnings yesterday that showed slowing growth, fellow blogger Michael Berkens sent me this tweet: Michael was referring to my ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Verisign shares drop 14% after hours on pricing concerns, slower growth
· UncategorizedShares off sharply as .com price hikes in doubt. VeriSign shares are down 14% in after hours trading to about $40.00 at the time of writing. This is likely do mostly to concerns over VeriSign being able to hike prices 7% per year in its .com contract ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign files patent application for way of transfering hosting on DNSSEC Domains
· UncategorizedApplication describes way to change hosting on DNSSEC enabled domains without any downtime. Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) bring all sorts of security benefits, but it can make changing hosting providers more challenging. Verisign ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign wants patent on “non-existent domain” analysis tools
· Expired DomainsCompany files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Guy mad about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions
· Policy & LawFun Friday reading. I read a lot of lawsuits involving domain name companies. Occasionally I come across a "pro se" suit, in which the plaintiff doesn't have legal representation. Nine times out of ten these pro se cases I read involve a plantiff ... Continue Reading20 Comments