Verisign To Increase Domain Name Registration Prices

VeriSign, Inc., provider of Internet infrastructure services, will be increasing the prices of .COM and .NET internet domain name registrations as per its agreements with ICANN.

The registry fee for .COM domain names will increase from $6.86 to $7.34 starting on July 1st 2010. The registry fee for .NET domain names will increase from $4.23 to $4.65. These prices will be passed along to consumers at a rate of about 7%, and .NET by 10% depending on the seller. To avoid paying the higher registration costs, buyers may register domain names ahead of the planned date.