# ICANN to increase .com prices!

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/icann-to-increase-com-prices/195>\
**Category:** Industry & Culture\
**Tags:** domains\
**Created:** [9 March 2020 18:15 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/icann-to-increase-com-prices/195 "2020-03-09T18:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2020 18:15 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/icann-to-increase-com-prices/195/1 "2020-03-09T18:15:15Z")

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I find this quite worrying…

> **[ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money](https://www.namecheap.com/blog/icann-allows-com-price-increases-gets-more-money/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Service_DomCPIv2_20200210)**
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> ICANN has announced significant changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc. to operate the top-level domain .COM, including .COM price increases.

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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [9 March 2020 19:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/icann-to-increase-com-prices/195/2 "2020-03-09T19:16:28Z")

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It’s not a large increase, a couple dollars over many years, but it will definitely pad out the owner of `.com`'s pockets more.