Tucows more than doubles and other domain stocks also on a tear. It has been a decent year for the NASDAQ so far. But returns on domain stocks have been exceptional. Consider Tucows (TCX), which opened the year at 75 cents. It has more than doubled ... Continue Reading1 Comment
VeriSign Monopoly Case Fizzles, No Break for Domainers
· Policy & LawCFIT settles with VeriSign for $0. Hopes by domainers that .com prices would fall thanks to an antitrust lawsuit have officially been dashed. VeriSign just released a press release stating that Coalition for ICANN Transparency has agreed to drop a ... Continue Reading6 Comments
VeriSign Loses Money (Sort Of) as .Com and .Net Top 105 Million
· ServicesExcluding a one time charge VeriSign reports nice earnings for Q4. VeriSign reported a loss for the fourth quarter of 2010 in earnings just released. So how can the company that prints money with the .com and .net registry lose money? It was a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
VeriSign Withdraws Request for “Domain Name Exchange” Service
· ServicesRegistry nixes domain trade-in plans -- for now. Last month VeriSign submitted an evaluation request to ICANN for a so-called "Domain Name Exchange". VeriSign has withdrawn the request according to the evaluation status on ICANN's web site. The ... Continue Reading4 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
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
VeriSign: Google Slowing Domain Name Registration Growth
· UncategorizedLatest VeriSign report blames Google Adsense weakness for slowing domain registration growth rates. New domain name registrations are slowing, and VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) says Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be to blame. About 11.5 million new domain ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Moniker Drops .Com to $7.29 Ahead of Registry Fee Hikes
· Domain RegistrarsMoniker joins other registrars in "renew before the increase" promotions. Domain registrar Moniker has just cut the new registration and renewal price on .com domain names to $7.29 until the end of the month. Moniker joins other registrars in offering ... Continue Reading2 Comments
