Patent describes way to sell future rights to domain names through "encoding domains." Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has filed two patents related to buying future rights to domain names for if they become available. The process is rather unique and it makes ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Domain stocks hit hard in market
· UncategorizedDomain name stocks haven't been immune to the market rout. It's been a rough week in the stock market, especially yesterday and today. The NASDAQ shed 4.7% in the past two days. There aren't that many publicly traded domain companies anymore on the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
“Stop the Price Increase of .COM” petition gains steam
· Policy & LawInternet Commerce Association, a group that represents the interests of domain name owners, is pushing a petition to tell the U.S. Government to continue to intervene to prevent Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) from increasing prices on .com domain names. The ... Continue Reading5 Comments
How much would .Com domains cost if .com went out to bid?
· ServicesConsumers pay over a half billion dollars more than necessary each year to register .com domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is currently in negotiations with the U.S. Department of Commerce with regards to the Cooperative Agreement to run the .com domain ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Verisign earnings: 149.7 million total .com/.net base, $302 million revenue
· ServicesVerisign continues to show growth in .com domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings for the second quarter of 2018 after the bell today. The company generated $302 million in revenue and $128 million net income for Q2 2018. There were ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verisign patents “Methods and systems for creating new domains”
· ServicesVerisign patents aspects of its TLD creation and management system. When companies started applying for new top level domain names, most of them reached out to existing registry services providers to handle the backend management of those domains. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How Verisign hit its Q1 growth numbers
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign called on China to deliver Q1 domain growth. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) provides guidance each quarter for how much it expects its total base of .com and .net domain names to grow. The company hardly misses because it's quite easy ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.XYZ gets another win against Verisign
· Policy & LawAppeals court decision gives XYZ another chance to be awarded legal fees. It's been over three years since Verisign (NYSE: VRSN) sued XYZ, the seller of .xyz domain names, for false advertising. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor ... Continue Reading2 Comments
O.com might be coming, along with other single letter .com domain names
· Policy & LawICANN moves forward with Verisign plan to auction O.com domain name. Single letter .com domain names are very rare. They aren't just limited to the 26 letters of the alphabet; there are just three. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the registry for .com, ... Continue Reading10 Comments
VeriSign’s domain base grew by 1.91 million names last quarter
· Policy & LawHistorically strong Q1 delivers for Verisign. VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported first quarter 2018 earnings after the bell yesterday. The base of .com and .net domain names grew by 1.91 million during the quarter and 9.6 million new .com and .net ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment