Reglikedomain industry desk

Verisign confirms .cc price drop

Wholesale price for .cc will be $8.00 beginning in May.

Verisign has confirmed to Reglike that it is reducing the cost of .cc domain names by regarding half.

Effective May 1, 2016, Verisign is changing the standard pricing for .cc domain names for all registrars worldwide to $8.00 USD for each annual increment of fresh registrations and renewals.

.Cc domain names have become popular with domain name investors snapping up short and numeric domain names. The price drop ought to drive further registrations, and also ensure higher renewal rates than what would have been expected.

That stated, a $8.00 wholesale price is still much higher than the cost of many fresh top level domains. Many registries are offering domains to Chinese domain name investors for a retail cost of a dollar or two per year.

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