A look back at the past month in domaining. Here are the top five news stories on Domain Name Wire in June, ranked by number of views. 1. VeriSign Gets Walloped in Court, .Com Domain Prices Could Fall - a court ruled that a case against VeriSign ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Will VeriSign Hold Domain Name Prices Steady this Year?
· Policy & LawWith significant bad publicity, a negative court decision, and a watchful eye in Washington, will VeriSign not invoke its full 7% .com price increase this year? For the past two years, .com and .net registry VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has increased prices ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Congress Beats Up ICANN (Part 3)
· Policy & LawQuestion and answer period at hearing gets testy. In part 1 of our coverage of today's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on ICANN, DNW covered committee member's opening remarks. Part two covered witnesses' opening testimony. The real fireworks ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Congress Beats Up ICANN (Part 1)
· Policy & LawMembers of the House rip into ICANN over pricing, transparency, and security. It wasn't pretty. For better than two hours today, members of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet took turns ripping into Internet ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Domain Name Registration Growth: Up or Down?
· UncategorizedNew VeriSign report shows domain registration growth is up. Or is it? They say there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. The truth is you can focus on particular numbers to change the impression. That's the case with VeriSign's new June Domain ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Demand Media Awarded Patent for Tiered Domain Name Registrations
· Domain RegistrarsThe return of domain name tasting? Demand Media, parent company of eNom, has been awarded United States Patent 7539774 for "Method for domain name registration and a corresponding apparatus". The patent application was filed in 2005 and appears to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
VeriSign to Pay $6M More to ICANN in FY 2010
· Policy & LawProposed budget includes increased contractual fee from VeriSign. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has published its Proposed Framework for FY10 Operating Plan and Budget (pdf). ICANN's Financial Year 2010 runs July 1, 2009 ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign: 177 Million Domain Names Registered
· UncategorizedLatest industry brief shows rate of domain registration growth slowing. VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has released its latest Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf), which shows an all time high of 177 million domain names in existence. Although the total base of ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign Notifies Registrars About Domain Tasting Changes
· Policy & LawVeriSign sends notice about changes to add grace period rules. As required by a new ICANN policy, VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has notified its registrars about changes to the Add Grace Period policy. These changes were made to limit the practice of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domainers Don’t Care if VeriSign Increases Prices
· Policy & LawDo domain name owners care if VeriSign can drastically increase .com prices? Apparently not. ICANN has released new details about its proposed registry agreement and added a line-by-line comparison to previous registry agreements. These agreements ... Continue Reading15 Comments