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February 12, 2020 09:52 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21134632/domain-name-com-dot-price-increases-icann
.com prices could rise for the first time in eight years
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Prices for .com domain names could go up for the first time in eight years, with the group responsible for overseeing top-level internet domains, ICANN, close to granting final approval for a series of price hikes.
The price of .com registration has been frozen at $7.85 since 2012. Consumers didn’t necessarily see that price — you could have been charged more or less by a registrar — but that was the price domain registrars ended up paying per registration.
Under a proposed agreement, the price could rise to nearly $13.50 per domain over the next 10 years. The agreement allows Verisign, which has a contract to oversee .com domains, to raise the...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/12/21134632/domain-name-com-dot-price-increases-icann
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