The price of the world’s most popular domain extension is going up again.
Starting November 1, 2026 at 04:00 UTC, Verisign, the registry operator for .com, will increase the wholesale registry fee for a .com domain from $10.26 to $10.97 per year — an increase of about 6.9%.
Registrars are now beginning to pass that increase on to customers.
Dynadot’s new .COM price
Dynadot has informed customers that its standard price for .com registrations, renewals and transfers will change as follows:
Current price: $10.88
New price: $11.65
Increase: $0.77 per domain per year
Dynadot is also currently offering a .com transfer promotion at $10.12, compared with its regular $10.88 transfer price.
The new $11.65 standard price represents an increase of roughly 7.1%.
For someone managing one domain, another $0.77 per year is almost invisible.
For domain investors, the math looks a little different.
100 .COM domains: +$77/year
1,000 .COM domains: +$770/year
10,000 .COM domains: +$7,700/year
Suddenly, seventy-seven cents matters.
Why is .COM getting more expensive?
The increase originates at the registry level.
Verisign currently operates the .com registry under its agreement with ICANN. The company announced in April 2026 that the wholesale fee would rise from $10.26 to $10.97 on November 1, 2026.
Under the current .com agreement, Verisign is permitted to increase prices by up to 7% in each of the final four years of a six-year pricing cycle.
The previous increase took effect on September 1, 2024, when the wholesale price moved from $9.59 to $10.26.
So this probably should not be viewed as an isolated event.
Should you renew your .COM domains early?
If you already know which .com domains you intend to keep, renewing them before November 1 may make sense.
.COM domains can generally be registered for up to ten years in total, so owners can potentially lock in additional years before the registry increase, depending on their registrar and the domain’s existing expiration date.
For a portfolio of a few domains, the savings are tiny.
For hundreds or thousands of domains, early renewal starts becoming a portfolio-management decision rather than a hunt for loose change.
And perhaps that is the more interesting part of this news.
A domain can cost less than lunch.
A domain portfolio can cost as much as a business.
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
— Warren Buffett
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