VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief today for the first quarter of 2015 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the in Q1, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The increase of six million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1 Million led by Filament.com
Sedo total transactions totaled $1 Million this week. In all 508 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Top .com: filament.com at 89,000 USD Top ccTLD: s1.tv at 8,400 USD Top “other” TLD: ccc.net at 17,888 USD Number 3 on the .Com charts was HotMiami.com for $15,000, which was sold by Michael's … [Read more...]
Paypal Tells Sellers to Provide Compelling Evidence to Fight Buyer Dispute
Paypal is getting ready to be set free from Ebay and be a public entity again. This will be the second IPO for the company. Back in 2002 the company went public under the symbol PYPL. Here is a look at the terms back in 2002 courtesy of Nasdaq.com Company Overview Company Name PAYPAL INC Company Address 1840 EMBARCADERO ROAD PALO ALTO, CA 94303 Company … [Read more...]
.LGBT Pride Program Launched: $20 Per Domain Registration Will Be Contributed To The “It Gets Better Project”
The .LGBT domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland’s legalization of same-sex civil marriage. From today through October 11, 2015, National Coming Out Day, every new .LGBT web address registered will … [Read more...]
By A 2-1 Vote Plumbing Site RooterRooter.com Is Saved From Roto-Rooter in UDRP
Roto-Rooter Corporation just lost its bid to grain control of the domain name RooterRooter.com by a 2-1 vote of a three member UDRP panel. Panelists Richard Hill and David P. Miranda, Esq voted in favor of the domain holder while G. Gervaise Davis, Esq. would have transferred the domain name to the trademark holder. A majority of the Panel found that the term of the the rooterrooter.com … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Cisco Is Buying OpenDNS For $635 Million
According to a post on its company blog, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is buying OpenDNS. According to VentureBeat.com, the deal is valued at $635 Million. OpenDNS has raised north of $50 million in funding to date, including a $35 million round last May." This is from the Cisco blog post: I am pleased to announce our intent to acquire OpenDNS, a leading provider of advanced threat protection for … [Read more...]
Barclays has a home at Home.Barclays – Dot Com Redirects but not the .Co.uk
Barclays has found a home now at Home.Barclays, back in May they said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said they would be adding a layer of security for customers and clients by allowing only Barclays and Barclaycard to set up websites ending in .barclays and .barclaycard. So now Barclays has the .com redirecting to Home.Barclays but not the .co.uk, that … [Read more...]