VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 reported revenue of $236 million for the first quarter of 2013, up 15% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported the quarter ended with 123.1 million .com/.net domain name registered a 5.5% increase year over year. Verisign reported net income of $85 million and diluted earnings … [Read more...]
Sedo: 63% Unaware of New gTLD’s; 94% Not Planning On Purchasing One
Sedo.com published a New gTLD Research Report last month and I don't see that anyone reported on it. The report was based on a survey of 600 small to medium business owners that took place in January The most important findings of the ‘gTLD Awareness Report’ are: 63% of small to mid-sized business owners are unaware that new gTLDs will be available in 2013 and many do not understand what … [Read more...]
TLDH Withdrawing 4 New gTLD Applications: .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu
According to a press release we received this morning, The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) issued an update to its new gTLD application with the biggest news out of the release is that it is withdrawing 4 of its new gTLD application TLDH announced that is decided to withdraw its application for .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu. Those withdrawals are not reflected on … [Read more...]
Frank Schillings Name Administration Hit With UDRP On WalkTheWalk.com
A UDRP has just been filed against Frank Schilling's Name Administration on the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. The company filing the complaint is Walk the Walk Worldwide, whose site is at WalkTheWalk.org According to the organization's site it operates a charity since 1998 centered in the UK. Walk the Walk Worldwide has two trademark registered with the USPTO for walk the walk, one in … [Read more...]
eNom Collects More Than 2 Million Expressions Of Interest on New gTLD’s
According to enom.com its "New TLD Watchlist module has collected more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with the new TLDs, in just nine months In the more than two million Watchlist submissions received over the course of nine months, the three new domain extensions of greatest interest are: 1) .Web 2) .Shop 3) .Hotel From a category viewpoint, the … [Read more...]
ICANN Sends Out Notices Of Breach Due To 3 Domain Registrars
ICANN send three registrars Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement The three domain name registrars are: Dotted Ventures, Inc. (IANA# 833) of Atlanta, GA which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $9,289.10 A. Telecom S.A. (IANA# 1458) of Sao Paulo Brazil which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $10,863.67 Basic Fusion, Inc. (IANA# 813) … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Comment Period On GAC Advice For New gTLD’s
ICANN just opened a comment period to get input on a portion of the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. ICANN is looking for input on "how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings". Comments can be left from now until the period closed on May … [Read more...]