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VeriSign Monopoly To Increase .Com and .Net Fees

VeriSign, the monopoly registry responsible for .com and .net domain names, announced that effective Oct. 15, 2007, registry fees for .com and .net domains will increase as follows:

.com domains: from $6.00 to $6.42 (+7%)
.net domains: from $3.50 to $3.85 (+10%)

The "registry fee" is the fee that domain registrars such as Network Solutions and [...]

Domain Statistics Released By VeriSign

VeriSign released the latest issue (PDF file) of its Domain Industry Brief. By the end of 2006, there were more than 120 million registered domains, which represents a growth of 32% over the previous year. In terms of registrations, .com remains the largest top level domain, followed by .de, .net, .uk and .org:

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RealEstate.net, BDSM.com and Yearbook.com Lead Weekly Domain Sales Chart

DNJournal's latest weekly top 20 list of reported domain sales is shown below (for the complete list go here). It's been an excellent week with three six figure sales. Remember that this list is only the "tip of the iceberg" where both buyers and sellers have agreed to publicize the transaction. Most domain sales actually [...]