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Wholesale Registry Price History and Price Caps

Curated repository of historical wholesale registry fee changes, contractual price-cap freezes, and renewals. Every entry contains a verifiable source link from ICANN registry agreements, government disclosures, or official operator notices.

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TLD Effective Date Old Wholesale Price New Wholesale Price Currency Official Source Document and Contract Note
.com 2012-11-30 (Friday, November 30, 2012) $7.34 $7.85 USD Verisign implemented a 7 percent price increase under the 2006 agreement before the 2012 renewal froze prices.
.com 2018-10-26 (Friday, October 26, 2018) $7.85 $7.85 USD US Department of Commerce and Verisign amended Cooperative Agreement 97-0333 to permit 7 percent annual wholesale price increases in four out of six years starting in 2020.
.com 2020-03-27 (Friday, March 27, 2020) $7.85 $7.85 USD ICANN and Verisign finalized Amendment 3 to the .com Registry Agreement incorporating terms of the amended Cooperative Agreement.
.com 2021-09-01 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021) $7.85 $8.39 USD First 7 percent annual wholesale price increase exercised under Amendment 3, raising registry fee to $8.39.
.com 2022-09-01 (Thursday, September 1, 2022) $8.39 $8.97 USD Second 7 percent annual wholesale price increase, raising registry fee to $8.97.
.com 2023-09-01 (Friday, September 1, 2023) $8.97 $9.59 USD Third 7 percent annual wholesale price increase, raising registry fee to $9.59.
.com 2024-09-01 (Sunday, September 1, 2024) $9.59 $10.26 USD Fourth 7 percent annual wholesale price increase of the 2020 to 2024 cycle, raising registry fee to $10.26.
.net 2017-02-01 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017) $7.46 $8.20 USD Verisign 10 percent wholesale fee escalation permitted annually under the .net Registry Agreement.
.net 2018-02-01 (Thursday, February 1, 2018) $8.20 $9.02 USD Annual wholesale escalation of 10 percent.
.net 2019-02-01 (Friday, February 1, 2019) $9.02 $9.92 USD Annual wholesale escalation of 10 percent.
.net 2023-02-01 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023) $9.92 $10.91 USD Verisign instituted annual wholesale escalation to $10.91.
.net 2024-02-01 (Thursday, February 1, 2024) $10.91 $12.00 USD Annual wholesale escalation to $12.00.
.org 2019-06-30 (Sunday, June 30, 2019) $9.05 $9.05 USD ICANN renewed Public Interest Registry .org agreement, transitioning to the base new gTLD registry agreement and removing the historic wholesale price cap.
.org 2023-01-01 (Sunday, January 1, 2023) $9.05 $9.95 USD Public Interest Registry adjusted .org wholesale price by 90 cents to $9.95.
.org 2024-01-01 (Monday, January 1, 2024) $9.95 $10.95 USD Public Interest Registry adjusted .org wholesale price by $1.00 to $10.95.
.info 2019-06-30 (Sunday, June 30, 2019) $10.84 $10.84 USD ICANN renewed Afilias (now Identity Digital) .info agreement, transitioning to base contract and removing historical price cap.
.info 2022-04-01 (Friday, April 1, 2022) $10.84 $11.92 USD Identity Digital implemented wholesale price update for .info registrations.
.biz 2019-06-30 (Sunday, June 30, 2019) $10.40 $10.40 USD ICANN approved new agreement removing historic price caps for Neustar (now GoDaddy Registry) .biz registry.
.xyz 2022-09-01 (Thursday, September 1, 2022) $8.00 $9.00 USD XYZ.com updated wholesale baseline pricing for standard .xyz registrations.