Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ :VRSN ) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013 and year ended Dec. 31, 2013. Verisign, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Verisign") reported revenue of $246 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, up 7% from the same quarter in 2012. The operating margin was 53% for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to 58.8% for the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported … [Read more...]
2013 Turkish Domain Name Market Study
AlanAdlari.com put out their 2013 Turkish Domain Report Top 3 keywords for sales were Game,News and Ticket. The most popular lengths for domains that sold were in the 7 to 11 character range. (click to enlarge) … [Read more...]
TheDomains.com/Domaining.com Ticker Is Sold Out
We announced the release of the Domaining.com/TheDomains.com new gTLD ticker about two weeks ago and today I'm happy to announce that we are sold out. In announcing the new gTLD ticker that runs on both TheDomains.com and Domaining.com, we said it was going to be strictly limited to 20 strings and today we sold the remaining strings meaning all 20 spots are sold out. If your a registry and … [Read more...]
WhizzBangsBlog Is Back & Says Domainfest Will Be Held March 31- April 2, 2014
Michael Gilmour has been hard at work for a relaunch of WhizzBangsBlog.com as a website with a social networking platform and is reporting that there will indeed be a Domainfest and it will be held on March 31st-April 3rd 2014. In a post Michael Says: "DomainFest is announced! The dates are 31st March until 2nd April. Further details to follow. :-)" As far as WhizzBangsBlog, the blog is … [Read more...]
Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot.com Partner On Live Auctions Of New gTLD Domains & Contention Auctions
Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot, LLC announced today an exclusive joint partnership to provide live and online auction services for premium domains in new gTLD extensions that are being launched over the next several years. Examples of premium domain names that may potentially be for sale via this new offering could include names like Night.Club, Tour.London, Hotels.NYC, Divorce.Law, … [Read more...]
Demand Media Files With SEC To Spin Off Domain Registries and Registrars Into Rightside
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), a leading media and domain name services company, today announced that its newly formed wholly owned subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. (“Rightside”), has filed a Form 10 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the planned spin-off of Rightside as an independent publicly traded company. "The filing marks an important step … [Read more...]
Domaining.com & TheDomains.com Launch The New gTLD Ticker
Domaining.com and TheDomains.com have a new look this morning as they launched the new gTLD ticker on the top of each site. The new gTLD ticker is an advertising program, the brain child of Francois Carrillo, Founder and C.E.O of Cybertonic which operates Domaining.com who is in charge of making the ticker work Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com is in charge of sales and client relations for … [Read more...]