Web.com's Q2 revenue numbers don't hit company's target. Web.com, which owns Network Solutions, Register.com and SnapNames, released earnings after the bell today. GAAP revenue for the second quarter was $138.2 million. Adjusted revenue was $144.7 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com and Endurance shares pummeled in wake of Google’s registrar play
· Domain RegistrarsWeb.com and Endurance get hit in wake of Google registrar announcement. Some publicly traded domain name registrars have seen their stock prices hammered this morning after Google announced its entry into the retail registrar market ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames
· Expired DomainsWeb.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames and hopes for a revenue contribution of $5 million this year. Web.com paid $7.4 million cash to acquire SnapNames from KeyDrive, the company revealed on its investor conference call yesterday. The company ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Network Solutions patents domain purchasing system
· Domain RegistrarsPatent for domain purchasing system granted ten years after application was filed. Network Solutions, now part of Web.com, has received a patent for its Certified Offer service...ten years after applying for it. Network Solutions applied for the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Some SnapNames-caught domains to be managed at NetworkSolutions
· Expired DomainsDomains caught by SnapName's own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here's the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acquired ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Web.com acquires SnapNames
· Expired DomainsPart-owner of NameJet acquires competing service SnapNames. Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) has acquired expired domain name service and domain marketplace SnapNames from KeyDrive. The deal will formally be announced on Monday after the closing bell, Domain ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Domain search progressing, but still not ready for new top level domain names
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn't ready for new top level domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Web and .Webs: “There can be only one”
· Policy & LawVistaPrint will have to duke it out with Web.com if it wants the .webs brand TLd. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has handed in its final determination for the controversial String Confusion Objection process. In this case, Web.com ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Web.com: WebLock program will be opt-in, not opt-out
· Domain RegistrarsCompany will not charge customers for added security service unless they accept it. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, came under fire yesterday after informing some customers they would automatically be opted-in to a ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Network Solutions auto enrolls customers into $1,850 “WebLock” service
· Domain RegistrarsIf your domains are within the top 1% of traffic at Web.com, the company is going to opt you into a new program that costs $1,850 the first year. UPDATE 1/22/14 3PM CT: The company says the program will actually be opt-in, not opt-out. Read more ... Continue Reading10 Comments