Verisign will retain its power to increase .com prices by 7% a year, and prices in other gTLDs could well go up too, under a new proposed registry contract designed to help patch up ICANN’s budget. The proposed .com Registry Agreement was posted for public comment this evening, and the pricing terms within could have […]
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With the latest public debate about whether Verisign is ripping off registrants with its .com pricing now into its third month, one voice has been conspicuously absent. But the Internet Commerce Association, which represents domain investors and domaining registrars, has now publicly called for .com wholesale fees to continue to be capped and Verisign’s profit […]
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The US government and Verisign are to enter talks about possible changes to .com pricing. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has told the company that it “intends to renew its Agreement with Verisign” but said it welcomed Verisign agreeing to talks that “may include an amendment to the pricing terms”. The news came in […]
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Verisign has yet again massively downgraded its expectations for .com growth, after it lost almost two million domains in the second quarter. The company said it had 170.6 million .com and .net domains at the end of June, down 1.8 million compared to Q1 and a 2.2% decrease compared to a year earlier. CEO Jim […]
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auDA is to raise the wholesale price of .au domains later this year in response to inflation. The registry said that the price will go up from AUD 7.78 to AUD 8.45 ($5.60 USD), not including sales tax, on October 1 due to “inflation-based cost pressures”. auDA said the prices mean .au domains will continue […]
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