VeriSign (VRSN) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.43 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.39 per share. On the day Verisign closed at $208.42 up 2.36%. (Source) Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2022 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.21 billion, an increase of $4 million from [...] Continue reading →

Today: Some differences in domain sales I have noticed in 2022 / ProDesign.com sold for $18,889 / The Appraisal of HuntGadgets.com / and more… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Buying approved domain [...] Continue reading →

In January of this year, I noticed that Pixy.com changed hands. The domain name had long been owned by Digimedia, and it transferred to GoDaddy under Whois privacy. A couple of months later, the domain name transferred to MarkMonitor, also under Whois privacy. It is now clear what company acquired Pixy.com. Snap, Inc. announced a [...] Continue reading →

Once you head away from the areas serviced by modern terrestrial cable infrastructure, the available digital communications options are somewhat limited. Some remote areas are served using High-Frequency radio systems, using radio signals that bounce off the ionosphere to provide a long-distance but limited bandwidth service. Or there are satellite-based services based on spacecraft positioned [...] Continue reading →

Verisign is warning that its business is going to grow slower than expected in 2022, due to the after-effects of the pandemic and general economic conditions. The registry tonight reported first-quarter revenue of $347 million, up 7% on the comparable period a year ago, after raising its .com prices 7% last year. But the company [...] Continue reading →

The latest CENTRstats Global TLD Report has been released, covering the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. According to the report, domain name sales, deletions and registrar transfers slowed down for European ccTLDs over 2021; however, demand [...] Continue reading →

The Lonnie Borck Memorial Award honors was established to honor someone who has made “an exceptional contribution to fostering a sense of community within the domain name industry.” The award was established to honor the memory of Lonnie Borck, a domain investor and friend of mine who passed away in 2016. The Internet Commerce Association [...] Continue reading →