Tag Archives: Neustar

Thu 20th March 2014
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.CO Internet S.A.S Acquired for $109 Million - Neustar traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSR has a market cap of roughly $2.16 billion, today after the close they announced the acquistion of the company behind the .CO extension. Neustar is acquiring  .CO Internet S.A.S for $109 million. Neustar recorded $4 million in revenue for its role as the back-end provider for .CO Internet, which will be eliminated upon consolidation. Neustar is proud to announce the acquisition of .@dotco .CO Internet will expand Neustar’s registry services http://t.co/xpv8XLDRHe — ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2014
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US Gives NeuStar New Contract To Run .US Domain Extention For Up To 5 Years - The Department of Commerce has re-awarded the contract to operate the .US domain extensions for three years with two additional one-year extension options to Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR). The .US Top Level Domain (TLD), is the official country code domain of the United States (ccTLD) “Neustar has successfully administered this critical domain since 2001, when the Department of Commerce first selected the company to build and manage the new domain.” “The .US domain represents Main Street America, ... read more ...
Thu 31st October 2013
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 8%; & Acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc For $119 Million - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), the back end provider of  the ccTLD’s, .Us .Co and the TLD of .Biz and for hundreds of new gTLD applicants today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, and in a separate release stated that it has acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc., a leading campaign and predictive analytics platform, for approximately $119 million in cash consideration. Results for Third Quarter 2013 Compared to Third Quarter 2012   Revenue increased 8% to $227.6 million Non-NPAC ... read more ...
Fri 4th October 2013
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Neustar faces the Verisign moment - Contract to run “telephone number registry” is out for bid. You may know Neustar as the registry for the .biz domain name, and the registry selected by many applicants for new top level domain names. But that’s not its bread and butter. Its business was built off of a single contract to administer the North American Numbering Plan. The simplest way to describe this is a registry for phone numbers. Much like a domain name registry, this system enables the routing ... read more ...
Wed 17th July 2013
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Body.com seller took a loss, and Neustar buys a .com - Body.com sold for a loss, plus the .biz registry buys a .com in this week’s Sedo end user sales roundup. Sedo’s big sales week was led by the $380,000 sale of Body.com. The domain was sold through Sedo’s partnership with GoDaddy. This is the second time Sedo has cashed in selling the domain. In 2009 it sold the domain name for $400,000 on behalf of Live Current Media. It looks like the buyer back then is the seller today, which would be the domain has lost value ... read more ...
Wed 3rd July 2013
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75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours - Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th,   75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCompany.com to Mashable.com, to the WashingtonPost.com, have covered the story with more being added hourly. We have been telling you for quite a while that the new gTLD program will get more coverage for the domain name industry in the next two years than the ... read more ...
Mon 5th November 2012
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 38% - Neustar (NSR) announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 and updated its guidance for full-year 2012. after the market closed today. Neustar provides the back end of many TLD including .biz, .US and .Co and is the back end provider for many of the new gTLD applications.   GAAP Results for Third Quarter 2012 Compared to Third Quarter 2011 Revenue increased 38% to $211.2 million Income from continuing operations increased 21% to $45.8 million. Income from continuing operations for ... read more ...
Mon 11th June 2012
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New TLD updates: Neustar 358, Key-Systems 31 - Neustar signs up boatloads of new TLD applicants and news from Key-Systems. New top level domain news stories are coming fast and furious today. Here are a couple more updates: Nuestar (NYSE: NSR) said it has been selected as the backend registry services provider for 358 top level domain applications. The actual number the company will end up supporting will likely be smaller since some of the applicants will drop or or be contested. Key-Systems announced that 31 ... read more ...
Sun 31st July 2011
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Neustar Announces .Biz Price Increase - .Biz registration and renewal prices increase in six months. Neustar has informed its registrars and ICANN that it will increase its annual prices for .biz domain names effective February 1, 2012. The new price will be $7.85, or 55 cents more than the current $7.30 per year. That’s about 7.5%. This wholesale price does not include ICANN’s 18 cent “tax” per domain year registered. Neustar’s notice to ICANN does not include a reason for the price increase. Price ... read more ...
Wed 29th June 2011
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Neustar Offers $10k a Year .Brand Domain Names - A dormant .brand domain for $10,000 a year (plus ICANN fees). Domain name registry Neustar has created a new package for companies wishing to get their own .brand top level domain names. Called the “Brand Assurance Package” (pdf), it’s a bare bones solution that seems to be geared to companies that may want to get a .brand but have no idea if they’ll ever do anything with it. For $10,000 a year, Neustar guarantees companies will “meet ICANN specifications ... read more ...
Mon 27th December 2010
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ICANN to Neustar: Yes, You Can Own a Registrar - Registry-Registrar separation will create interesting circumstances for established registries. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz sent a letter to Neustar Vice President Jeff Neuman last week (pdf) regarding registry-registrar separation. ICANN’s board dropped a bombshell in November when it said there would be no restrictions on registrars owning registries for new top level domains. Observers questioned how exactly this would work for existing registries ... read more ...
Thu 30th September 2010
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.Biz Prices to Increase Along with .Org - Another domain name price increase announced. .Biz domain name registry NeuStar has informed ICANN (pdf) that it intends to raise wholesale prices for .biz domain names effective April 1, 2011. That’s the same time that Public Interest Registry will raise its rates on .org domain names to $7.21. The wholesale cost of a .biz domain name will increase from $6.85 to $7.30. That does not include an ICANN fee of $.18 cents that registrars must pay, so the wholesale ... read more ...
Fri 12th March 2010
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ICANN Board Drops Bomb on Registrars Hoping to Launch New TLDs - Board opts for separation of registrars and registries for new top level domain names. [Update: Minutes from board meeting emphasize pending plan from GNSO.] ICANN’s board resolved today that there will be “strict separation of entities offering registry services and those acting as registrars. No co-ownership will be allowed.” However, the board left the possibility open for compromise, stating that if the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) comes ... read more ...
Tue 16th February 2010
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Go Daddy, Neustar, IPC Say No to Nairobi Meeting - Groups back out of Nairobi meeting over security concerns; will test limits of remote participation systems. Domain name registrar Go Daddy, registry Neustar, and the Intellectual Property Constituency have all informed ICANN that they will not be attending the upcoming meeting in Nairobi due to security concerns. Security has been a major concern for the meeting, but was escalated last week after it became known that a suicide bomb attack was planned against the ... read more ...
Mon 11th January 2010
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On.biz Leads Two Character .Biz Sales Chart - Two character .biz auction site has sold hundreds of domains. Neustar has auctioned off some of its one and two character .biz domain names through Sedo and Moniker, but last month it started online auctions in conjunction with Pool at TwoDotBiz.biz. Hundreds of domain names have sold on the auction site, and more sell each day. So far the highest sale is On.biz, which took home $8,100. Here are the top ten sales: on.biz $8,100 qc.biz $3,300 88.biz 3,200 dr.biz ... read more ...
Mon 7th December 2009
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Two Character .Biz Domains Selling Daily - Web site auctioning off two character .biz domains; first domains close today. TwoDotBiz.biz, an online auction site for two character .biz domain names, has domain auctions closing daily for the next couple months. The site was set up by Pool in conjunction with .biz registry Neustar. The first auctions started closing earlier today. A number of domains are selling for decent prices, with the majority of bids in the low three digit range but some crossing over ... read more ...
Wed 21st October 2009
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Moniker to Auction Off 1 and 2 Character .Biz Domain Names - More .biz domains heading to auction next week. Following on the Neustar’s successful auction of one and two character .biz domain names on Sedo, the company has inked a deal to sell a number of domains through Moniker. The domains will be auctioned at next week’s TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn, as well as in Moniker’s extended online auction following the event. Sedo’s auction included only one character domains, as Neustar was still seeking proposals from ... read more ...
Fri 16th October 2009
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Domain Registries Clarify Stance on Registry-Registrar Separation - Afilias, PIR, and Neustar explain their position on a critical change to the domain name sales channel. Domain registries have a lot to lose if registry/registrar separation ends with the introduction of new top level domain names. Representatives of several registries, including Afilias, Public Interest Registry, and Neustar, have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN’s board and CEO that says ICANN is misstating the registry constituency’s position on registry/registrar ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2009
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e.Biz Sells for $66,001 - e.Biz steals the show at successful one character .biz auction. It’s no surprise that e.Biz was the top selling domain name in Sedo’s one character .biz domain name auction. But $66,001? That will certainly turn a lot of heads. Especially since the winner could have picked the domain up for a few hundred dollars and a commitment to develop/market it had it gone through .biz registry Neustar’s RFP process. About 20 bidders participated, but just two bidders ... read more ...
Mon 1st June 2009
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One and Two Character .Biz Domain Names Approved - ICANN approves release of one and two character .biz domain names. After a delay a month ago, ICANN has finally granted .biz registry NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) the right to release one and two character .biz domain names. The domain names will be released in two phases. The first phase will call for ‘requests for proposal’, where an entity can explain how it will use and promote the domain name. NeuStar will begin accepting RFPs for 36 one-character letters and numbers ... read more ...
Wed 20th May 2009
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Battle Erupts Between Domain Registries and Registrars - Existing registries fight registrars over registry-registrar separation. Registries: In this corner we have three registry providers, Public Interest Registry, Afilias, and NeuStar. They provide the backend and management of domain names such as .org, .biz, and .info, that are sold to customers by registrars. Registrars: In this corner we have domain name registrars hoping to profit from the release of new top level domain names. Issue: Until now, there have been ... read more ...
Tue 5th May 2009
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1 and 2 Character .Biz Domain Names Face Delays - NeuStar asks for prompt approval of plan to release one and two character .biz domain names. .Biz registry NeuStar has sent a letter to ICANN expressing its disappointment that the ICANN board delayed approving the release of one and two character .biz domain names (pdf). According to the letter, the ICANN board was supposed to vote on NeuStar’s proposal at its April 23 meeting but time ran out before a vote was held. NeuStar wants to request proposals from parties ... read more ...
Wed 3rd September 2008
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1&1 Giving Away 25 Free .Biz Domain Names - Company offers first year free on up to 25 .biz domain names. Web hosting company and domain registrar 11 is giving away free .biz domain name registrations for the first year. The promotion allows you to register up to 25 domains for free. Standard pricing applies after the first year. The offer includes free private registration and e-mail. 11 is known for its cut rate pricing on domain names including $6.99 pricing on most major extensions including .com. ... read more ...
Thu 28th August 2008
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GoDaddy Hikes Price of .Net and .Org Domain Names to $13.19 - You’ve been paying more at the pump. Now you’re paying more at the registrar. I’m not sure when this happened, but a reader pointed out that GoDaddy has hiked prices on .net and .org domain names to $13.19 per domain. That’s a 30% increase. This is probably just a business decision by GoDaddy to maximize profit. It can easily calculate how many .net and .org sales it loses and determine if the price hike is worth it. When I asked GoDaddy about its ... read more ...
Wed 11th June 2008
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GoDaddy Playing Hardball with NeuStar? - Pricing at GoDaddy for NeuStar’s .us and .biz domains is oddly high. In February I wrote about GoDaddy’s price increase for .biz domain names. The registrar was charging $14.99 for .biz domain names, even though its wholesale cost at the registry is about the same as .com domain names (which GoDaddy sells for $9.99). It appeared that GoDaddy was just trying to make some extra profit. But a couple weeks ago a friend pointed out that I may have missed the boat ... read more ...