VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2012 today after the market closed and the news disappointed the market as shares are down over 11% in after market trading, a huge move for a stock like Verisign. VeriSign, Inc. ("Verisign") reported revenue of $224 million for the third quarter of 2012, up 13% from the same quarter in … [Read more...]
240 Million Domains Registered: .Com/.Net Increased Just 1.6% Over 1st Quarter
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. The second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all Top- Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.3 million domain names, or 3.1% over the first quarter of 2012. registrations have grown by 25.5 million, or 11.9 percent, year over … [Read more...]
.Com/.Net Total Registrations Slows To A Crawl
According to Verisign's Zone File Information site the total amount of .com/.net registered as of today is 119,700,000 million As of March 31st the amount of .com/.net domains stood at 116.7 million domain names. As of the March Verisign State of the Domain Report ".com/.net registrations grew 8.1 % over the first quarter of 2011" or 8.9 million during the first quarter of 2012" So we … [Read more...]
Verisign Report: 233 Million Domains Registered; 7.5 Million Added; 116.7 .Com/.Net Registrations
Verisign Published its State of the Domain Report for the quarter ending March 31, 2012. (pdf) The first quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 233 million domain name registrations across all Top-Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.5 million domain names, or 3.3 percent, over the fourth quarter of 2011. Registrations have grown by 23 million, or 11 percent, since the first … [Read more...]
ICANN Board Approves Renewal Of Verisign Contract To Run .Com for Another 6 Years
The ICANN board just issued a resolution renewing the Contract with Verisign to run the .com registry for another six years. Under the contract Verisign has the right to increase the wholesale price of .com 7% in any 4 of the six years of the contract. I appears the Board of ICANN did not adopt any of the suggestions made during the comment period Here is the resolution: "Whereas, the … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Public Comment Period On Renewal Of Verisign Contract Closes Thursday
ICANN public comment period for the .com Registry Agreement renewal ends on Thursday April 26th. As you know, under the terms of the renewal contract Verisign will be able to raise their wholesale price on .com registration 7% in 4 out of the next 6 years. You can submit you comments on the contract to com-renewal@icann.org. You will get an email from ICANN acknowledging the comment … [Read more...]
Verisign Launches Hashlink For Domains
Verisign has just launched a new product called Verisign Domain Hashlink Here is the info from their site: "Verisign Domain Hashlink makes URLs shorter, easy-to-remember and friendlier to your users." "You've worked hard to secure a web address – and keep its site content up-to-date, relevant and useful for its visitors. Now there's a new way to help make it work even harder: by making … [Read more...]