Verisign’s domain base has fallen last quarter

[Digital Pandit]

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reports earnings this Thursday, and there will be something unusual for the company to report: a drop in the base of registered .com and .net domain names.

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[dnk]

It is very difficult to make any money from advertising on domains compared to ten years, revenues have decreased 500% while in other sectors revenues of most businesses have increased. The domain prices have also increased, resale prices have decreased, and in some countries, online, domain ownership fraud levels are very high, so people prefer not to register domains, or let domains expire. People find that they can invest their time and money elsewhere to get better returns