Verisign to Increase Prices for .Com, .Net Domain Names
An anonymous friend sent in this note, direct from Verisign:
“Subject: Advisory: Notice of Fee Change
March 27, 2008
VIA Email and Express Delivery
Re: Notice of Fee Change
To All Registrars,
VeriSign, Inc. and it’s wholly owned subsidiaries (”VNDS”) is hereby notifying all registrars of a fee change for .com and/or .net domain names effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with our contract, ICANN has already been notified. Details as follows:
1. VNDS’ fee for each annual increment of a new and renewal .com domain name registration and for each transfer of a .com domain name registration from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another will be US $6.86, exclusive of any ICANN Variable Registry-Level Fee (as defined in the .com Registry Agreement) or any other ICANN fee; and
2. VNDS’ fee for each annual increment of a new and renewal .net domain name registration and for each transfer of a .net domain name registration from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another will be US $4.23, exclusive of any ICANN Variable Registry-Level Fee (as defined in the .net Registry Agreement) or any other ICANN fee.
Except for the above-described fee changes, all other terms of the relevant agreements (.com and .net Registry Agreements and Registry-Registrar Agreements) remain unchanged.
Please contact Customer Affairs Office at cao@verisign-grs.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have specific questions regarding this notice.
Best regards,
PJ Bolanos
Vice President, Customer Support
VeriSign, Inc.
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Expect another price increase to come 2009, 2010, and 2011, and 2012. I believe it was all part of their arrangement with ICANN last year which the domain industry did not do enough to stand against, and now paying dearly.
Source: Posted on TheConceptualist by Sahar Sahid – Reprinted with permission – March 28,2008