Proposal surprises working group members. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has proposed making Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) a consensus policy that would apply to legacy top level domains such as .com and .net. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a quicker, ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Verisign extends price freeze through Q1 2021
· Services.Com price hike delayed. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, announced today that it has extended its price freeze on .net and .com domain names through March 31, 2021. The registry instituted the freeze on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign gets blockchain patent
· Policy & Law.Com registry gets patent for domain name blockchain user addresses. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,721,060 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Domain name blockchain user addresses. The abstract ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy and Verisign get more patents
· Policy & LawCompanies keep building their patent war chests. The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) and one to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today. The two companies are the most prolific patent filers in the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Is Verisign “immune from coronavirus”?
· ServicesImmune might be too strong of a word, but it's a safer bet than many other businesses. This weekend I calculated how much domain name stocks have fallen in the stock market rout. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) fell less than other domain stocks, and I wrote, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Com prices are going up after Verisign pays off ICANN
· Policy & LawVerisign will put $20 million in the kitty in return for multi-billion dollar windfall. Last year I made a prediction in my annual predictions podcast: ICANN would let Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) raise prices on .com, but Verisign would pay it extra money ... Continue Reading17 Comments
One year later: Verisign threw domain investors under the bus
· UncategorizedThe day after announcing a deal to hike .com prices, Verisign threw domain investors under the bus. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) supplies .com domain names by maintaining the registry for these domains. That's essentially its only job. Over the past ... Continue Reading12 Comments
ICANN is about to give Verisign its .com price increases
· UncategorizedVerisign CEO's comments suggest price increases are on the way. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) held its quarterly investor call yesterday, and it seems that ICANN is about to give Verisign the price increases it wants for .com. The U.S. Department of ... Continue Reading39 Comments
Revenues tick up at Verisign as it adds 1.27 million domains
· UncategorizedProfits grow even faster at .com domain name registry. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings today after the market close. Revenue for the third quarter was $308.421 million, up slightly from $305.777 million in the same quarter of 2018. It ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verisign gets domain backorder patent
· Expired DomainsLast year I wrote about an intriguing patent application from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the company that runs the .com namespace. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has now issued patent #10404650 (pdf). The patent describes ways to change up the ... Continue Reading5 Comments