In an article from Trefis a stock analysis firm on Verisign out today cites ccTLD's not new gTLD's as the biggest threat to Verisign. "For the six months so far into fiscal year 2014, VeriSign reported revenues of approximately $499 million vs. $476 million during a similar period in 2013, indicating a 5% growth in its top line. Comparatively, sales growth from H1’12 to H1’13 was over 10%. The … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
1st Day New gTLD Registrations: .Gratis 1,010; .Credit 801; .Audio 701; .Juegos 482; .Hiphop 424; .Claims 397; .Creditcard 281
This week saw 7 new gTLD launch into GA, plus 2 Geographic new gTLD's for the city of .Cologne which is also spelled .Koeln, whose zone files have not updated. For the 7 new gTLD's which launched this week, the results an only be described as pretty much a disaster in terms of domain name registration numbers, as only 1 of the 7 barely broke 4 figures and when I say barely I mean by 11 … [Read more...]
Freelancer.com Launches New Online Marketplace For Domain Names & Websites
According to smartcompany.com.au, Freelancer.com, announced the launch of a new online marketplace for buying and selling websites and domain names. "The marketplace, to be known as Freemarket, was originally part of an online internet marketing message board known as Warrior Forum, which was founded in 1997 and acquired by Freelancer.com.au in April of this year." "By separating the … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports $750K in Domain Names Sales In August
Namejet.com released its domain auction report for August 2014 reporting its sales of $2,000 or more. The domain auctions reported by Namejet.com total just under $750,000 Here are the domain sales: Domain Name Payment … [Read more...]
Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com Launches BitKoin.com For Crypto Currency Blogs
Francois Carrillo who company operates Domaining.com has launched another news/blog aggregator on Crypto Currency. BitKoin.com now carries 23 feeds from blogs covering Crypto Currency. We reached out to Francois to ask him why he picked Crypto Currency? "Crypto currency is something new and growing fast. People want to know more, get informed. As a proof, TheDomains.com is now … [Read more...]
ICANN TO Chat With GAC At ICANN 51 in LA, Whether 2 Character new gTLD Domains Should Be Allowed
In a letter to Heather Dryden Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Stephen D. Crocker, Chair ICANN Board of Directors made it clear that ICANN will be taking up the issue of allowing the registration of 2 character new gTLD domain names: Dear Heather, On behalf of the Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC), I thank you for your letter of 8 August 2014 regarding requests from … [Read more...]
AriaSystems Is Offering Free e-book On Monetizing the Internet of Things
AriaSystems.com is offering a free ebook on "Monetizing the Internet of Things: Perspectives from the Front Lines," an e-book released today and available free of charge from Aria Systems, "the leading innovator in recurring revenue management." "The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to create new business models as significant as those that were inspired by the Internet and the smartphone 20 … [Read more...]