Why did .com prices go up and how high will they go?
Nobody likes a surprise when it comes to the price of domain renewals. That's why Porkbun will always be transparent about our pricing, and we do our best to make that information as easy to understand as possible.
If you're concerned about your .com domain increasing in price this year, or if you just want to understand more about domain pricing in general, read on!
⚠️️ Note
Please be aware that we anticipate the price of .com domains to increase by about 7% every year from 2027 until 2030. The rest of this guide will explain why.
Why is this happening?
Verisign (the registry operator for .com) created a deal with our mutual regulator ICANN (aka "The Man") to have .com pricing go up by about 7% every year until 2030.
Registries such as Verisign set the wholesale price for domains they operate. When you register a new domain, Porkbun (as your registrar) pays the wholesale price for the registration. We then pass that cost on to you, including the ICANN fee and a credit card processing fee. The next section will go into more detail about our pricing, but just know that we as a registrar are subject to the same registry price changes that you as a customer are.
What does this mean for me?
At Porkbun, we usually sell all of our domains close to the wholesale cost, and we do everything in our power to give you the best price possible. If you want to dig deeper into how domain pricing works, we have a handy article from our Blog that breaks it all down. Speaking of our blog, you can also find a list of upcoming price increases for all of the TLDs we support.
You can also review more information about our pricing structure (and why we think we're the best oinkin' registrar around) on the "Why Choose Porkbun?" page from our website.
What happens now?
You can find our current .com pricing here. To save money and avoid the pending increase, consider renewing your .com domains today.
- If you’ve invested in .com domains, renew in bulk. If you are a US-based customer, you can save money bulk renewing by setting up an ACH account.
- If you’re not planning to switch up your domain any time soon, lock in today’s prices by renewing for years ahead. The max renewal period allotted per domain is 10 years.
- If you’ve been eyeing a .com for a while, buy it now, as the price can only increase in the future.
If you have any questions or concerns about domain pricing, please feel free to get in touch with our support team.