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Verisign discloses another .net price hike

Verisign discloses another .net price hike

25 days following prices went up, Verisign discloses another price increase.

.netThe wholesale registry fee for .net domain names just increased from $5.11 to $5.62 on July 1.

Today, Verisign disclosed another price hike that will increase the price to $6.18. The increase will go into effect on February 1, 2014 following a six month waiting period.

Verisign has the contractual right to increase the fees for .net domain name registrations by up to 10% each year during the term of its .net agreement with ICANN through June 30, 2017.

The wholesale price of .com domain names is fixed at $7.85 for the duration of its fresh .com registry agreement through November 2018.

Wholesale prices do not include ICANN per-domain fees and domain registrars’ markups.

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