The results of our poll for greatest domain investor of all time are in. The poll was also conducted on Namepros to see how different audiences view the best. Rick Schwartz won going away at both sites. Rick took 24% of the vote here at TheDomains.com and 32.7% at Namepros. Frank Schilling took second at Namepros. Frank was behind both Mike Carson and Andrew Rosener at TheDomains. They tied for … [Read more...]
Some Australian researchers want to see .CC taken away from Verisign
Like .com, .net and .tv, Verisign is the registry provider for .cc, the country code for Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This is an Australian territory. So TheGuardian published an article today from Josh Taylor with the headline, "Australia urged to take control of Cocos .cc internet domain to foil scammers and child abuse sites". Interestingly one of the researchers said, “It’s also very short … [Read more...]
Who is the greatest domain name investor of all time (2021 edition)
It's been 7 years since we did a poll on the greatest domain name investor of all time. Frank Schilling won back in 2014. Over the last 7 years many new investors have come into the business. Some investors might be perceived differently today than during the last poll, so here is the 2021 poll. Sometimes people ask what is meant? Like so and so might not have made as much money but they … [Read more...]
Verisign reports First Quarter 2021 Results
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) reported earnings after the close. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 73.5 percent compared to 73.8 percent for the same quarter in 2019. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2021 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.18 billion, an increase of $14 million from the end of 2020.Cash flows … [Read more...]
Paul Nicks on the Looking Forward Podcast
Jeff Ostroff hosts a podcast called Looking Forward, yesterday he spoke with Paul Nicks of GoDaddy. It's a pretty good listen. Paul just doesn't talk domain names but his background and how he got interested in domain names. … [Read more...]
Radix sees revenues up 31% in 2020 vs 2019
Radix published their full year 2020 results and the numbers were up from 2019. The $28 million in revenue was up 31% over 2019. Radix CEO Sandeep Ramchandani, said, “2020 was a really strong year for us, both, financially and strategically. Since a majority of our revenue comes from renewals, we will only start seeing the sharp growth in CoVid-led registrations turn into revenues from Q2 2021. … [Read more...]
Create.com moves to Namecheap as GoDaddy updates policies and unlocks Oxley’s domains
Brent Oxley's domain names are now unlocked at GoDaddy. Paul Nicks posted the following at Namepros: All, I’d like to provide the community with another update on the recent situation. I appreciate all the opinions and engagement from the community.As we reviewed our policies and procedures, our goal was to do what’s right for our domain investors and to protect the industry from domain theft. … [Read more...]
