Stock Analysis firm Trefis had some interesting comments on Verisign in a note entitled "Drop In Verisign Shares Highlights Risks Associated With Domain Business" The note went on to say that the biggest risk to the Verisign business is growth in ccTLD domain names. Trefis didn't mention the new gTLD's at all. It would be one thing to mention new gTLD's and then conclude that the wouldn't … [Read more...]
Verisign Issues Statement On ICANN’s Move & Is Down Over 5% In Pre-market
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN today provided a statement on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) announcement of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions. Verisign shares are down over 5% in pre-market activity trading at just over $52 a share. Here is Verisign's announcement: ""The announcement by NTIA on Friday, March 14, 2014, does not affect … [Read more...]
Verisign Answers ICANN’s Name Collision Study With Its Own Blog Post
Earlier today we told you that ICANN Published A Study On Mitigating Risks Of Name Collisions from new gTLD domain names. Tonight Verisign published an answer to the study ICANN. On its company blog Verisign, in a post entitled "Uncontrolled Interruption? Dozens of “Blocked” Domains in New gTLDs Actually Delegated", Verisign in part says: The report "centers on the technique of … [Read more...]
Verisign Is Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains like … [Read more...]
Verisign CEO: “I Don’t See Anybody Who’s Going to Abandon The .Com For a New gTLD
The CEO and President of Verisign James Bidzos had some pretty interesting comments regarding the new gTLD's and the effect they may have on .com and .net registrations during its earnings call today. I have listened to the last several Verisign earnings call and this is the first time I can remember an analyst asking a pointed question about the new gTLD's and their effect on the .com and .net … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: 127.2 Million .Com/.Net Domains, Revenue up 10%; Has $1.7 Billion In Bank
Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. Verisign, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Verisign") reported revenue of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, up 7% from the same quarter in 2012. The operating margin was 53% for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to 58.8% for the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported … [Read more...]
Verisign: Rise In Value Of Bitcoin Causes Surge In .Com/.Net Domain Registrations: 22K In 2013
Verisign just published a blog on how the rising value of Bitcoin has led to surge of .com and .net domain name registrations. The value of a Bitcoin surged from roughly $13 at the beginning of 2013 to an eventual high of $1,137 at the end of November (The chart below, courtesy of Coinbase, documents the ebbs and flows of a Bitcoin’s value). By doing … [Read more...]