Donald Trump was all over the November top 10 trending keywords published by Verisign. 7 of the top 10 trending keywords in .com were related to the President - Elect. The rest were related to marijuana names which dominated … [Read more...]
3,500 Trump .Com & .Net Domains Registered in Last 48 Hours
According to Verisign, the registry for the .Com and .Net domain names, since election day November 8th almost 3,200 .Com and 330 .net domains containing the word Trump have been registered. A lot of domains already are calling for Trump's impeachment, some are boring on criminal as threatening the President elect with violence; some are already indicating the next grounds for protest; some … [Read more...]
.Net Domain Registrations Cross The 16 Million Mark For The 1st Time
The number of domain name registrations ending in .Net crossed the 16 million mark for the first time today according to Verisign. According to Verisign the number of .Net domain names is 16,004,860. This all time high is despite over 1,000 new domain extensions being released over the last 2+ year and the fact that a .net domain name wholesale cost now just slightly lower than … [Read more...]
Tech Crunch Publishes a Great Story On The Domain Industry
TechCrunch.com published a great story about the money floating around in the domain industry entitled ""The silent evolution of domain names"". People in the domain space are mentioned include Rob Grant as the father of Lana Del Rey, Kevin Ham, and Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim. The story covers Godaddy's purchase of our portfolio saying they spend over $100 million in domains. The story quotes … [Read more...]
Verisign: As Of June 30 There Are 334.6 Million Domains In The World; Up 12.9% From Last Year
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today announced that approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 334.6 million across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of June 30, 2016. The increase of approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations globally equates to a … [Read more...]
The Number of .Com Domains Pass 128 Million For 1st Time According To Verisign
The number of registered .com domain names have passed 128 Million for the 1st time according to Verisign the registry for .com. According to Verisign the number of .com domain names in the Domain Name Base as of today is 128,015,138 The Domain Name Base as defined by Verisign "is the active zone plus the number of domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the … [Read more...]
DOJ Says .Com Price Cap Will Remain At $7.85 Until 2024
The Department of Justice in a letter sent on August 31stto Senator Cruz and his colleagues in response to their August 12th letter inquiring on antitrust and Verisign after the transition and .Com RA extension makes clear that NTIA, in consultation with DOJ, retains full authority to extend the Cooperative Agreement and the .Com price freeze through 2024. "We note that the current extension … [Read more...]