Company cites waning pandemic surge and general macroeconomic situation for lower-than-expected growth. The domain base keeps growing, but Verisign lowered its estimates for 2022. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has lowered its guidance for domain name growth this year. The company originally expected the base of registered .com and .net domains to …
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Verisign turns in a solid quarter buoyed by .com price increase. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q1 earnings after the market closed this afternoon. The company reported that Q1 revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. That’s (not coincidentally) about the same amount it was allowed to …
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Company hopes corporations will sell some of their unused domain names. Big companies own many great domains they don’t use, and they often spend years dormant. It can be challenging to buy a domain from these companies because you have to navigate a maze of bureaucracy and offer top dollar. …
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A woman inherited a domain name from her father. Then a large tech company came calling. When George Fanno died just after Christmas in 2020, he left everything to his daughter and sole heir, Monica Sherman. Like many estates, Sherman inherited money and other traditional types of property. But there …
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The domain owner didn’t file a formal response, but the panelist used common sense to find in his favor. Thumbs up to this panelist, who definitely deserves some cheesy stock art. This morning I wrote about a panelist who failed to consider reverse domain name hijacking. Now, I’d like to …
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Buyers and sellers of businesses can use Escrow.com, similar to how domain investors do. Escrow.com will hold business acquisition funds safely for MicroAcquire transactions. Online business marketplace MicroAcquire has partnered with Escrow.com to make acquisitions safer for acquirers. Under the partnership, Escrow.com will handle payments and disbursement for business acquisitions, …
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This seems like a Plan B reverse domain name hijacking case. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found in favor of the owner of hdt.com in a UDRP, but failed to consider if it was reverse domain name hijacking. It appears to be a classic “Plan B” reverse …
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A premium travel site, a motorcycle seller, and a Mexican restaurant in Switzerland bought domain names. It was a relatively slow week for domain sales at Sedo, at least when it comes to domains the company was allowed to disclose. The top honors go to a new TLD, Print.app, which …
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Afternic finally rolls out a mobile website. Afternic launched a mobile version of its website in beta today. You’ll need to pinch and zoom one last time to activate it. Believe it or not, this is what you see when you visit Afternic today on a mobile browser: But once …
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This is the type of decision that gives UDRP a bad name. UDRP works most of the time. A company files a clearcut cybersquatting case and wins the domain, or a company files a bad or marginal case and loses. It’s the handful of bad decisions that cause problems, and …
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Group that manages .se invests makes a cybersecurity investment. Swedish Internet Foundation, the group that runs Sweden’s .se top level domain, has invested in domain name company iQ.global. According to a press release on its site, the foundation’s investment is for “up to 20 percent” of the company. Other transaction …
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Financial services companies, especially new ones, need to convey trust. One way to show that they’re serious is to own a great domain. Embed, a financial services infrastructure provider, secured Embed.com before coming out of stealth mode. Recurring revenue service Pipe and finance automation platform Ramp secured their exact-match .coms …
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Internet Commerce Association among commentors on UDRP Policy Status Report. The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) is currently conducting a review of all rights protection mechanisms in the gTLD space. The first phase examined the rights protection mechanisms created for new TLDs. Phase two, which focuses exclusively on the UDRP, …
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Judge formally dismisses lawsuit with prejudice. Meta Platforms’ (NASDAQ: FB) lawsuit against domain name registrar Namecheap was officially dismissed today, following a settlement last month. Meta (Facebook at the time) sued (pdf) Namecheap and its Whois privacy service in March 2020 for alleged cybersquatting and trademark infringement. It complained that Namecheap’s Whois …
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Four entrepreneurs stories about acquiring and using great domains. Owning a great domain name can jumpstart a business, giving it instant credibility and name recognition. On today’s show, we’re going to look back at four entrepreneurs I’ve interviewed in the past who bought great domains. You’ll hear one entrepreneur’s story …
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Online Marketing segment continues to outperform. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) reported preliminary numbers for Q1 2022 today, and it’s all roses. The company said revenue was about $156 million in Q1, up 85% compared to the first quarter of 2021. 51% of that growth was organic. Adjusted EBITDA of $18 …
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