VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported second quarter EPS of $1.79. This was $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $1.76. Revenue was $372M versus the consensus estimate of $371.86M. The did announce a .net price hike, $9.92 to $10.91 effective 2/1/2024. Financial Highlights Read the full earnings report here … [Read more...]
Escrow.com releases their Domain Investment Index for Q2 2023
Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q2, 2023. They started out with their executive summary stating the following: Total domain name volume on Escrow.com eased from $129.8M in 1Q23 down to $89M. Overall, 2Q23 has less mega domains in comparison to the previous quarter. Volume is slowly picking back up after the recently held Namescon event at the beginning of … [Read more...]
Radix raises the bar for digital engagement with the Spotlight.online contest
Radix and their .online extension hosted a contest titled, Spotlight.online. The goal was to support female entrepreneurs on South Florida. It ran for a month and the company operating on Radiate.online won the contest. You can check out the press release below. Dubai, 23 July, 2023: In the first week of April, Radix’s .Online Domains launched the Spotlight.online contest to support women … [Read more...]
SolarEnergy.com sold for $175,000
Dave Evanson of Sedo successfully brokered SolarEnergy.com for $175,000. According to DotDB.com SolarEnergy is registered in 215 extensions. The domain name was registered in 1995 and had two previous drops before that. https://twitter.com/SedoDaveEvanson/status/1683847496529768450 … [Read more...]
Google says to avoid cheap TLD’s
Matt G.Southern published a piece yesterday on SearchEngineJournal.com that deals with Google and their opinion of cheap new gtlds. Google's remarks came from a Search Relations Team podcast. From the article: In response to Mueller’s question about whether to use a more affordable domain like .xyz or invest in a more common one like .com, Illyes stated: … [Read more...]
LMX.com releases Q2 2023 Liquid Domain Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his Liquid Domain Report for Q2 2023 over at LMX.com. A couple of highlights about the report data: - Escrow.com sales volume went down by 50%, from $43M to $22M. Despite this, since Q1 2023 was a record quarter, Q2 still figures as one of the top quarters of the past years. - It was another solid quarter for 2L .com domains, which reached $11.5M in escrow.com … [Read more...]
Lease to own option coming to Afternic
GoDaddy/Afternic are going to be rolling out a lease to own option. In a blog post today at Afternic.com, James Iles laid out all the details. One of the things to pay attention to is the fees associated with the new offering. From Afternic.com: Service Fee and Discounts Afternic’s Lease to Own provides buyers with the ability to pay for domain names long-term, but as with similar … [Read more...]