#Neustar, #Verisign and #PIR join forces against illegal #opioids
Three domain Registries are spear-heading the war against illegal opioids. Neustar, a DomainGang sponsor, along with Verisign, and PIR will be part of a new effort assisting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA.) Referred to as the “trusted notifier” program, this 120-day pilot program aims to help […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Verisign stock soars, as dot .COM Registry prepares for quarterly report
Verisign, managers of the .COM TLD, are getting ready to release quarterly data, reporting financial performance for the year so far. The report will be shared in an upcoming audio conference on April 23, next week. When that announcement was made, Verisign stock was trading at $181 dollars a share. Today, VRSN soared and closed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Should the #ICANN president, Göran Marby, resign?
ICANN president and CEO, Göran Marby, delivered his seal of approval for the deal presented to Verisign, managers under contract of .com and .net domain names. In exchange, ICANN will be bestowed $20 million dollars over 5 years, to perform DNS infrastructure improvements. In effect, ICANN gave no real consideration to thousands of comments by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Verisign : Dot .COM #domain contractor to release its quarterly report in 3 weeks
Verisign, managers of the .com and .net domain names, received a “sweet deal” when the ICANN president, Göran Marby, announced the approval of its .com contract. The deal gives Verisign extended rights to increase .COM base prices by 7% during the last four years of its six year contract period. In return, ICANN will receive […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN president : I have decided to execute the amendment of the .COM Registry Agreement
Göran Marby, ICANN President & CEO, announced that he gave Verisign the green light with regards to the .com Registry Agreement. The agreement allows Verisign to increase prices by 7% during each of the last four years of each six year contract renewal. Additionally, the wholesale price of a .com domain would increase from $7.85 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Verisign helps the elderly with early morning #domain transactions
If you’re a senior citizen over 65, you’re in good hands with Verisign. The managers of .com and .net domains announced that elderly domainers will get special treatment with their domain registrations and renewals. “Here at Verisign we want to provide additional support to those senior citizens that shop with our Registry, and give them […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN president on .COM #domain prices : Articles perpetuate misunderstandings!
ICANN posted a new editorial claiming that industry articles that have been written about .COM price increases “perpetuate misunderstandings.” Signed by Göran Marby, ICANN President & CEO, the article says that ICANN is not a domain pricing regulator. But ICANN gave the green light to .COM Registry, Verisign, to uncap its pricing increase limits, so […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICA : Let #ICANN know you oppose dot .COM price hikes by #Verisign
The Internet Commerce Association has created a tool for comment submissions, that notifies ICANN of your opposition to upcoming .com price hikes. Verisign, managers of the .com (and .net) domain space, are planning to raise the base cost of dot .com domains by 7% annually. According to the email from ICA, the price increases benefit […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ethos Capital rolling on the floor laughing after #Verisign agreement with #ICANN
Late last year, we discussed the obsession of domain investors with the transition of dot .ORG Registry, PIR, into the lap of Ethos Capital. The latter is a newly formed capitalist fund, backed by conservative investors. Many speculated that Ethos Capital lacks any experience in managing the quintessential TLD for organizations and non-profits. In that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Domain crap : Verisign to share data about really bad .com registrations
Verisign announced that it will be publishing a live stream of .com data, showing the bad domain choices registrants make. The RSS feed will be titled “It might be a .com but it’s definitely crap” and will display the domain, the timestamp of the registration, and the first name of the registrant along with better […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Verisign stock jumps on Domain Scalping Marketplace ™ announcement
Verisign stock jumped 200% and some change on Friday, following the announcement of the revolutionary Domain Scalping Marketplace ™ on the corporate blog. Aimed at seasoned domain investors and newbies alike, the Domain Scalping Marketplace brings several new features that most domainers didn’t known they’d need. Marcus Aurelius, Memes & Propaganda VP at Verisign, shared […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Hebrew dot .COM : #Verisign rolls out support for .קום IDN #gTLD
Verisign, operators of dot .com domains, announced support for .קום which is the dot .COM equivalent in Hebrew. The .com homonym is aimed at the Hebrew speaking world, with a focus on Israel. According to the announcement: Verisign is pleased to announce that קום., the new, Verisign-operated, internationalized domain name (IDN) extension that is uniquely […]
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