MarketSource: Maxinames
.com renewals go up 7% on Nov. 1: lock in today's price for your agent website
Original headline: “Should You Renew Your .com Before 1 November?” — Maxinames, Oct 1, 2026
Verisign raises the .com wholesale price from $10.26 to $10.97/yr on Nov 1, 2026 (first of up to four annual 7% hikes through 2030). Retail prices follow at each registrar's own rate, so check your renewal quote rather than assuming the wholesale bump. Renewing before Nov 1 locks the current price for every year you prepay, up to ten years; worth doing for the domain your website and email run on.
Our take (opinion & analysis, not reporting)
Check your registrar's actual renewal quote, then consider prepaying the domain your website and email run on before Nov. 1. Domain renewal is the cheapest line in your tech stack; a lapsed domain breaks your website, email and CRM sending at once.
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