.com price increases and new identity rules for .de dominated last month’s headlines.
Here are the five most-read stories on Domain Name Wire from last month, listed by page views:
1. Verisign raising wholesale .com prices – Verisign announced a wholesale price increase for .com domains to $10.97 effective November 1. If you manage .com names, consider renewing sooner rather than later to avoid higher costs.
2. .de domain holder warning: NIS2 requirements – Registrants of .de domains should be alert for requests from their registrars asking for identification. These requests are tied to NIS2 compliance and require careful attention to avoid service disruptions.
3. Name.com provides registrant data to UDRP imposter – A registrar accidentally supplied registrant details to someone impersonating a UDRP representative. Readers noted the risk that a convincing fake could lead to more serious abuses, such as unauthorized transfers.
4. 2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare – A look at which registrars posted the largest .com growth in 2025 and how market share shifted over the year.
5. Identity Digital to offer “Birth Certificates for AI Agents” – Identity Digital is developing a new platform that issues identity records for AI agents, a concept similar to GoDaddy’s Agent Name Service.
Catch up on podcasts you may have missed:
#584 – Round Two: new TLDs return – Ray King joins the show to discuss what’s changed in the new TLD round and to explain the Early Warning Report.
#583 – Google Alerts for Domains – Mike Cyger describes a monitoring system he built to track domain-related activity and alerts.
#582 – Instant Domain Names – Instant Labs CEO Matt Maiale talks about acquiring instant.ai and the startup’s approach to domain services.
#581 – What could go wrong? – Attorney John Berryhill explains common pitfalls in domain transactions and practical steps to protect yourself.