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DDC .com prices to $8.85 on September 1 — GoDaddy increasing

DDC .com prices to $8.85 on September 1 — GoDaddy increasing

GoDaddy will pass along Verisign’s increase in September.

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Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is increasing the wholesale price of .com domains by 7% on September 1, and registrars with little margin will be forced to increase their prices as well.

GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) clients who are part of the Domain Discount Club have been paying $8.29 per .com per year, but that’s below Verisign’s fresh wholesale price of $8.39. So prices will go up at GoDaddy by regarding 7% on September 1 as well. The fresh price will be $8.85.

This excludes the 18 cent ICANN fee tacked on to each domain, which brings the total to $9.02.

Clients can avoid the added expense on existing domains by renewing them by the end of August.

Expect other registrars that operate at low margins to announce price increases soon.

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