VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the operator of the .com and .net registry reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reporting revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9% from the same quarter in 2014. Verisign reported net income of $93 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.70 for the second quarter of 2015, compared to net income of $100 million and diluted … [Read more...]
.Bank Gets Over 5,500 Applications For a .Bank Domain At $1K+ Per Domain
fTLD Registry Services announced today that more than 5,500 .BANK applications have been received from members of the global banking community at a retail price of $1,000 + depending on the registrar. Unlike most domain names, .Bank is restricted so if you want to register a domain you have to fill out an application and provide proof that you qualify to own a .Bank domain Top locations for … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Hosting 1st Southern CA Domainers Meetup Tomorrow W/ Frank Schilling
The first Southern California Domainers Meetup of the year will take place in tomorrow Friday July 24th at 7pm PST at the offices of Uniregistry. Frank Schilling will be in attendance. Drinks and appetizers will be served on the deck. The offices of Uniregistry are located at 12015 E. Waterfront Drive, Los Angeles, CA 70 people had already RSVP as of yesterday. To RSVP please click … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Covers .Sucks & New gTLD’s & Mucks It Up
The Boston Globe published a post on .Sucks and the new gTLD program and screwed up some basis information about .sucks and the new gTLD program itself. Here are some of the errors I found in the article. "Hundreds of these new domains have rolled out in the past couple of years, as supplements for the .com found in millions of Internet addresses" Nope just since January 2014. ""Vox … [Read more...]
Record Setter: Bidding on Dropped Domain 358.com Reaches $430K With 2+ Days to Go
The domain name 358.com dropped yesterday and shortly after the closed auction started on Snapnames.com, bidding reached $80,000. This morning the high bid on the domain name is $430,000. As you can see there are 7 bidders who bid $250,000 or more. While three number .Com domain names are extremely valuable, I would hope at this level that SnapNames has verified all of these accounts … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Returns Stolen Domain EHT.com To Owner: Privacy Creates Presumption Of Bad Faith
John Dilks represented by John Berryhill, just won control of the domain name EHT.com in a UDRP, which was stolen from Mr. Dilks account at Tucows. The UDRP panel of Houston Putnam Lowry, ordered the domain returned to the owner finding that "A domain holder cannot have legitimate interests in a domain name acquired by theft." However the panel gives some disturbing language for those that … [Read more...]
SnapNames Catches The Dropping Domain 358.com & Bidding Is At $80,000
The domain name 358.com dropped today and Snapnames.com won the lottery grabbing the domain where its currently in closed auction with 221 bidders. The high bid as of time of publication is $80,000 and the auction has almost 3 days left. I'm not sure the last time I saw a pure dropping three numbered domain (NNN.com) but its pretty rare and there is no vertical in the domain space hotter … [Read more...]