(George Kirikos just pointed out that I did not take into account the compouding of the Verisign rate increase and he is correct so I have correct the math and the numbers) Mike Mann owns around 330,000 domain names. Based on Verisign's contract renewal to operate the .Com registry over the next six years, without being able to raise their prices 7% in 4 out of 6 years, according to our … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Verisign: If New gTLD’s Are Successful We Might Be Able To Lift All Price Caps On .Com’s
Coming out of the Verisign ( NASDAQ : VRSN ) conference call this morning announcing that the contract to operate the .com contract had been renewed for six years, without any price increases, is that all price caps on .Com's could be lifted as early as 2014 if the new gTLD program is highly successful. Responding to questions, Verisign stated that through this contract renewal they"obtained an … [Read more...]
Verisign: .Com Contract Renewed For 6 Years With NO Automatic Price Increases
In what domain holder have to consider a victory, Verisign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ) was granted an six year renewal of the .Com registry but losses the ability to automatically raise prices. Verisign's current pricing of $7.85 per domain name registration will continue for the six-year term of the Agreement. Under the current contract Verisign has to operate the registry which expires today … [Read more...]
Did A Federal Appeals Court Just Block The $5.2 Million Dollar Bankruptcy Auction Of 153,000 Domain Names?
Last week DomainNameWire.com, reported that the domain name portfolio owned by Jeff Baron had been sold for $5.2 Million dollars in a bankruptcy auction. The portfolio consisted of 153,000 domain names. According to a Facebook post under the account SaveJeffBaron tonight it looks like a federal appeals court may have stepped into stop the transfer of the domains subject to the sale. This … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Will Verisign Gets The .Com Contract Renewed?
We are going to run a poll for just tonight on whether Verisign is going to get its contract to operate the .Com registry renewed. Today Verisign scheduled a conference call and live webcast for tomorrow morning on the status of the renewal of the contract to run the .com registry. So the question is simple. Will Verisign Get its Contract to Run The .Com Registry Renewed? You can … [Read more...]
Breaking: Verisign To Hold Conference Call & Live Webcast Friday Morning At 8:30 AM On Status of .Com Contract
Verisign ( NASDAQ : VRSN )just announced they will be holding a conference call and Live Webcast tomorrow morning, Friday November 30, 2012 at 8:30 AM EST: "to provide a status update on the .com Registry Agreement renewal". "The call will be accessible by direct dial at (888) 676-VRSN (U.S.) or (913) 312-0400 (international)." A listen-only live webcast of the conference call will also … [Read more...]
Syria Shuts Down The Internet
According to Renesys, a Web-monitoring service, Syria has shut down the Internet The “Syrian Internet Is Off The Air,” Renesys announced. The Associated Press is also says that a second web-monitoring company is also reporting a complete shutdown. This on a day a conference was held on internet governance and with the ITU meeting next month in Dubai with countries wanting to take control … [Read more...]