Sedo and Internet X produced a Global Domain Report that has a lot of interesting facts and figures. A great look back at 2020 with input from several industry participants. Page 22 is interesting, Domain-inhabitant ratio In order to calculate the domain-inhabitant ratio, they put the domains registered in a given country in relation to the respective number of inhabitants. You can read … [Read more...]
GoDaddy posts Q3 revenue of $844.4 million
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) posted third quarter earnings today. In 2020 they have added 1 million customers. Stock up $1.50 in After Hours trading Highlights: Q3 revenue of $844.4 million, up 11.0% YoY; bookings of $945.0 million, up 11.0% YoY; and net cash from operating activities of $197.3 million, down 1.4% YoYGoDaddy added 400k+ net customers in Q3, up 1m to date in 2020 -- the largest … [Read more...]
“Are most people who comment on blogs and Namepros broke?
There has been a lot of discussion about the Uncle.com sale. Many calling it a steal, with one Namepros member commenting, "Definitely a 6 or low 7 figure domain." I do not share the sentiment that Uncle is a 7 figure domain name. But a reader emailed me and asked me a little while ago if most blog and Namepros commenters are broke? Their point was this was a public auction that many knew … [Read more...]
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2020. Domain name registrations have grown by 15.3 … [Read more...]
All things UDRP – an interview with Gerald M. Levine
Gerald M. Levine is the author of a critically acclaimed treatise on trademarks, domain names, & cybersquatting, Domain Name Arbitration, and the creator of a widely read Blog on domain name disputes and cybersquatting arbitrated under the UDRP and URS implemented by the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and analyzing the jurisprudence that has developed in that area of the … [Read more...]
Verisign Q2 2020 revenue of $314 million up 2.6 percent from Q2 2019
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $152.5 million. Stock was virtually unchanged on Thursday. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $314 million for the second quarter of 2020, up 2.6 percent from the same quarter in 2019. Verisign reported net income of $152 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of$1.32 … [Read more...]
What they do right – what they do wrong – Escrow.com
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]