Company will increase marketing plans in second half of year to grow domain name base. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported earnings yesterday and lowered its guidance for the year. It once again blamed China for much of the drop, noting that its base of .com and .net domains fell by 360,000 names in the country. But it […] Post link: Verisign blames higher retail pricing, sets plan for growth © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this ..read more

Complainant accidentally let the domain expire. A UDRP panelist has ordered the domain name SmartContracts.com transferred in an unusual case. SmartContracts.com is a valuable domain name that would be coveted by many blockchain companies and enthusiasts. The Complainant, SmartContract Chainlink, Ltd. was the registrant of the domain name but let it expire. It then filed […] Post link: SmartContracts.com ordered transferred in UDRP © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on a ..read more

Com domain base drops, hurting Verisign’s prospects. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon and has downgraded its guidance for 2024. The company ended Q1 2024 with 172.5 million domains across .com and .net, down 0.27 million from the end of last year. .Com domains under management slipped 0.2 million, while .net remained largely unchanged. […] Post link: Verisign lowers guidance for 2024 after slow Q1 © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site wi ..read more

This calculator makes it easy to offer financing options to prospective buyers. Long term payment plans and domain financing are becoming popular ways to close the gap in domain name negotiations. The creator of Domaining has created a handy calculator to help calculate the terms of these agreements. Hosted on catchy.com, the calculator lets you […] Post link: Create domain financing deals with this handy calculator © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without ..read more

Stronger ID verification replaces the PayPal verification system. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has introduced a new bidder verification system for new accounts to reduce deadbeat and shill bidders. As has been the case since 2015, new account holders can only have two active bids for up to $1,500 in total. To bid on more auctions or […] Post link: GoDaddy implements new bidder verification system © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this ..read more

I understand rebranding, but this? Well, this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Remember SumoMe? The company paid $1.5 million to acquire sumo.com back in 2017 because people didn’t understand its name. It forwarded it to sumome.com. The business was sold in December, and sumo.com wasn’t part of the deal. Apparently, the acquirers didn’t […] Post link: No joke: Sumo rebrands to bdow.com © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this me ..read more

A form-building app, a grilling products company, and a process automation consultant bought domain names. The owner of the new TLD hack pay.day got a payday this week: they sold the domain on Sedo for €21,000. Google’s registry launched this domain in early 2022. There aren’t many good domains on .day, but this is a […] Post link: Domain Jackpot: hack pay.day fetches €21,000 on Sedo, plus end user sales © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission ..read more

Two panelists denied the UDRP. The other dissented and would have transferred the domain. Who was right? It’s not often that I read a UDRP that’s found in favor of the Respondent, but feel like perhaps the Complainant should have won. And I’m not sure I completely feel that about a dispute over trimble.ai, but […] Post link: The Complainant lost this UDRP. Did the panel get it wrong? © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this messa ..read more

Acquiring domains isn’t always easy. Domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja returns to the show this week with more wacky domain name tales. Bill has met some interesting people while acquiring domain names and social media handles. On today’s show, you’ll hear the tales of Pedro the Paranoid, The Satisfied Senior, The Lucky […] Post link: Wacky domain name tales – DNW Podcast #481 © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see thi ..read more

Was the registrant of this short domain really targeting the Complainant? A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name snet.info transferred to Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, and I have questions. Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat has several trademark registrations for S-NET, and operates a website at snet.lu. The crux […] Post link: This SNET UDRP decision doesn’t sit right © DomainNameWire.com 2024. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site with ..read more