VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today announced that approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 334.6 million across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2016. The increase of approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations globally equates to a … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Minds + Machines Lost Registrations Result of Registry Deletions Not Non-Renewals
Yesterday we reported that Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) lost on average around 30% of its registrations in 13 of its new gTLD's due to non-renewal. Today we were informed by Minds + Machines that the deleted domain names were not the result of non-renewals; but was the result of Minds + Machines "unwinding its Emerald Names initiative and moving premium inventory back into the retail channel that … [Read more...]
Drop Catchers Beware: Domain RaiseMe.com Lost in UDRP Despite Lack of Registered Trademark
Raise Labs, Inc (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name RaisemMe.com in a UDRP/ The US-based company did not have an US federally registered trademark. The one member panel of The Honourable Neil Anthony Brown QC found the company had common law rights to the name in part based on the fact that the Complainant owned the domain but let it lapse in 2013. The decision also … [Read more...]
CentralNic Shares Hits 52 Week Low on More Than 10x Avg Daily Volume
Shares of CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), sank after releasing its financial results for the six months ending June 30, 2016. After hitting a 52 week low of 38p, shares of CentralNic closed at 39.5p down over 14% from its previous closing price of 46p. Over 1,000,000 shares were traded in the company which has an average daily volume (3m) of just over 84,000 shares. CentralNic has a 52 … [Read more...]
CentralNic Revenue up 100% & Gross Profit Up 19% in 1st Six Months of 2016
CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), today announced its half year results for the six months ended June 30th 2016. For the six months to June 30, the company reported £45.08mln of billings - the gross amount charged for domains before revenue sharing - which represents an 468% increase compared to the same period of 2015. CentralNic’s revenue amounted to £8.9mln, double the £4.44mln in the … [Read more...]
Longest Domain Escrow Ever? XND.com In Sedo Escrow For 6+ Years Just Transfers
The domain name XND.com just transferred to a new owner yesterday, someone in China. A three letter .com finding its way to China is certain not news, but what is really interesting about this domain is that is sold back in January 2010 for $10,500. The domain name according to Domaintools.com has been sitting in escrow every since. That's right over 6 1/2 years: Here is how the whois … [Read more...]
The Number of .Com Domains Pass 128 Million For 1st Time According To Verisign
The number of registered .com domain names have passed 128 Million for the 1st time according to Verisign the registry for .com. According to Verisign the number of .com domain names in the Domain Name Base as of today is 128,015,138 The Domain Name Base as defined by Verisign "is the active zone plus the number of domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the … [Read more...]