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The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) and one to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today.The two companies are the most prolific patent filers in the domain name industry. GoDaddy has only used its patents defensively to date. Verisign previously said it...

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Verisign released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2020. From the looks of the report it was a good quarter for new gtlds. An increase of 3 million registrations over Q4 2019. NEW GTLD DETAIL Total new gTLDs (ngTLDs) domain name registrations were 32.3 million at the end of the first...

Verisign released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2020. From the looks of the report it was a good quarter for new gtlds. An increase of 3 million registrations over Q4 2019. NEW GTLD DETAIL Total new gTLDs (ngTLDs) domain name registrations were 32.3 million at the end of the first...

Verisign, Inc ((NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter 2020 earnings. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.14 billion, a decrease of $79 million from the end of 2019.Cash flow from operating activities was $180...

Verisign, Inc ((NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter 2020 earnings. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.14 billion, a decrease of $79 million from the end of 2019.Cash flow from operating activities was $180...

Hi all, asking to see if anyone got a similar experience. April 2 2020 I registered Domain name Chicken//Desire//com at Porkbun. Immediately I listed on Dan & afternic (now deleted). Next, I wanted to update/change nameservers to point to Dan. I couldn't update nameservers. Tried to update to...

Hi all, asking to see if anyone got a similar experience. April 2 2020 I registered Domain name Chicken//Desire//com at Porkbun. Immediately I listed on Dan & afternic (now deleted). Next, I wanted to update/change nameservers to point to Dan. I couldn't update nameservers. Tried to update to...

I recently learned that registrars can't give out promos whenever they feel like as much as they'd love to. It all boils down to the quotas the registry like Verisign imposes on registrars before they can give out promos for say transfers or domain registrations. This is common knowledge but...

I recently learned that registrars can't give out promos whenever they feel like as much as they'd love to. It all boils down to the quotas the registry like Verisign imposes on registrars before they can give out promos for say transfers or domain registrations. This is common knowledge but...

Recently tried to transfer domains using a .com promo. I was told I missed it. I was also told such promos are contingent on when that registrar meets the quota that Verisign has set up for .com, .net, & .org. It's not really the registrars fault they can't offer you deep discount on transfers...

Recently tried to transfer domains using a .com promo. I was told I missed it. I was also told such promos are contingent on when that registrar meets the quota that Verisign has set up for .com, .net, & .org. It's not really the registrars fault they can't offer you deep discount on transfers...

Verisign and other registries are starting to step up to the plate and empower the industry with new incentives designed to help domain investors avoid losing their nest eggs. There is news this week that Verisign will waive restore fees on .COM and .NET until June 1. This is a great step in...

Verisign and other registries are starting to step up to the plate and empower the industry with new incentives designed to help domain investors avoid losing their nest eggs. There is news this week that Verisign will waive restore fees on .COM and .NET until June 1. This is a great step in...

Rahm Emanuel once said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” I’d bet that’s been on the mind of ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, these last couple weeks...

Rahm Emanuel once said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” I’d bet that’s been on the mind of ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, these last couple weeks...

https://domainnamewire.com/2020/03/27/breaking-icann-and-verisign-agree-to-com-extension-with-7-price-hikes/ This came just a day after ICANN published their "analysis" of the public comments: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-com-amendment-3-26mar20-en.pdf ICANN...

https://domainnamewire.com/2020/03/27/breaking-icann-and-verisign-agree-to-com-extension-with-7-price-hikes/ This came just a day after ICANN published their "analysis" of the public comments: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-com-amendment-3-26mar20-en.pdf ICANN...

After multiple delays, ICANN has released it's report on Proposed Amendment 3 regarding the contract with Verisign and potential price increases to .com among other things. https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/report-comments-com-amendment-3-26mar20-en.pdf It doesn't look particularly...