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ENom Discloses .Com Price Increases

Here come the price increase notices.

It’s that time of year again, when domain name registrars send out notices to their clients regarding .com price increases. We actually got a reprieve last year as VeriSign didn’t increase prices. But they’re back this year, to the extent allowed: 7% for .com and 10% for .net at the wholesale level.

eNom sent a notice to its clients today with .com increases of 55 cents across the board effective July 1:

Tier / OLD Tier Pricing / Fresh Tier Pricing
PREMIER $7.95 $8.50
VOLUME $8.95 $9.50
BASIC $9.95 $10.50
ALTERNATIVE $10.95 $11.50

The wholesale price for a .com will be $7.34 to VeriSign and $.18 to ICANN, or $7.52. Throw in overhead and domain names remain a very low margin product.

Go Daddy informed clients of the price increase a couple months ago, but I haven’t seen its fresh pricing.

One surefire way to save money: renew your domains ahead of the June 30 deadline.

Has your registrar disclosed its fresh prices? Please note the change in the comments.

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