.com .com prices go up again in September

[News]

It is going to get a little bit more expensive to register .com domain names later on this year. In a press release sharing Verisign’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 results, the company that operates the .com domain registry announced a 7% price increase in September. As you may recall, the wholesale price of .com registrations was increased in September of last year...

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[abstractdomainer]

While in general, it is a big increase (7%), that is equivalent to finding one coupon code or one registrar giving a discount and with the right planning, seasonal investors won't be affected a lot. What do you think?

 

[googli]

While in general, it is a big increase (7%), that is equivalent to finding one coupon code or one registrar giving a discount and with the right planning, seasonal investors won't be affected a lot. What do you think?

Its quite pathetic.

I can provide .com for $1-2 if ICANN allows an auction for .com registry.

They are charging us insanely more and more for something that takes few cents to produce, in cahoots with ICANN

 

[Mister Funsky]

I'm wondering if the increase was more than 7% from the ICANN approved theives...my prices have increased much more than that (what the registrars are now charging).

 

[Future Sensors]

Porkbun had a +6.7% increase for .com domains.

Old: $8.95 + $0.18 icann fee = $9.13
New: $9.55 + $0.18 icann fee = $9.73

The registry-level wholesale fee increase by Verisign is actually +6.9% (8.39 to 8.97).