{"id":81,"date":"2009-12-21T17:56:25","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2013-10-17T20:55:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T09:55:26","slug":"verisign-to-raise-com-net-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/verisign-to-raise-com-net-prices","title":{"rendered":"VeriSign to Raise .COM &#038; .NET Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"verisign-logo.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/verisign-logo.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" height=\"72\" width=\"165\" \/><\/span>VeriSign has recently announced that they will be raising .COM and .NET annual fees as of July 1st, 2010. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.above.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/icann.html\">ICANN<\/a> has an agreement that VeriSign is allowed to raise their .COM fees by up to 7% per year. VeriSign took advantage of this in the first two years of its contract, raising .COM registration from $6.00 to $6.86. It was assumed that VeriSign would increase its prices every year to maximize profits, but it did not in 2009.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe registration fee for .COM will increase from $6.86 to $7.34 and<br \/>\n.NET&#8217;s from $4.23 to $4.65. The current wholesale price of .com domains<br \/>\nis $7.04 including an 18 cent ICANN fee (some registrars pay a 20 cent<br \/>\nICANN fee). The new price will be $7.52 including the ICANN fee (or<br \/>\n$7.54 for registrars on the 20 cent ICANN fee structure).<\/p>\n<p>This increase will affect <a href=\"..\/..\/domain-glossary.html#domainer\">domainers<\/a> with large portfolios, more than any other businesses or consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VeriSign has recently announced that they will be raising .COM and .NET annual fees as of July 1st, 2010. 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