Since 1 November 2026, Verisign charges registrars $10.97 a year for every new or renewed .com domain, up from $10.26. Verisign set out the change, announced on 23 April 2026, in its quarterly report for the third quarter of 2026. The same report confirms a rise for .net in March 2027.
How much more does a .com cost now?
The registry fee rose by $0.71, or 6.9%, for each year of registration. It is the second rise in the current contract period: Verisign raised the fee from $9.59 to $10.26 on 1 September 2024.
The fee is the wholesale price that the registry charges registrars. What a holder pays also depends on the registrar, which adds its own margin and costs, so retail prices move at different times and by different amounts.
Why can Verisign raise the price of .com?
Its contract with ICANN allows it. Verisign renewed the .com Registry Agreement in November 2024 and remains the sole operator of .com until 30 November 2030. Under that agreement it may raise the .com price by up to 7% in each of the last four years of each six-year period. The current period began on 26 October 2024.
For .net, the agreement allows rises of up to 10% each year until 30 June 2029. On 27 August 2026 Verisign announced that the .net fee will rise from $10.91 to $12.00 on 1 March 2027, an increase of 10%.
Which other prices change in the coming months?
| Extension | Registry fee before | Registry fee after | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | $10.26 | $10.97 | 1 November 2026 | Verisign |
| .io | $50 | $56 | 19 January 2027 | reported by Domain Name Wire |
| .net | $10.91 | $12.00 | 1 March 2027 | Verisign |
For .io, the British Indian Ocean Territory’s country code, the figure comes from Domain Name Wire, which reported on 21 July 2026 that the registry had told registrars of a 12% rise from $50 to $56 on 19 January 2027.
What does it mean next to country domains?
The .com agreement covers only .com. Each country-code registry sets its own price, under its own rules, and on its own calendar. At Domgate, on the day of writing, a .com costs €18 a year, while a .de costs €8, a .co.uk €10 and a .fr €12.
For a company present in several countries, the price of .com is therefore one line among many. In several large markets, as the prices above show, the country domain costs less than the .com. Country codes held 151.4 million of the 411.6 million registered domain names at the end of September 2026, according to the Domain Name Industry Brief.
What should you do now?
- List your .com and .net names with their renewal dates, and budget the new fees for each year ahead.
- Drop the names that no longer serve a brand, a redirect or a defensive purpose: each one now costs more to keep.
- Before 1 March 2027, ask your registrar how it will charge .net renewals made before and after the change, and whether a renewal for several years fixes today’s price.
- For each market, compare the cost of the local country domain with your .com and decide which name customers should see.
Domgate is a corporate ccTLD registrar for 1,300+ extensions. It registers and renews .com, .net and country-code domains in one account for brand owners, law firms and registrars, and helps review large portfolios through portfolio consolidation and managed services.
