As of 2026-10-16, among the 85 registrars covered and ranked in the snapshot unified basis (not counting coupons; original currency listed per row), the cheapest .com registration is US$6.05 NGN8049.00 at TFhost; renewal US$6.05 NGN8049.00 at TFhost; lowest 3-year cost US$18.14 at TFhost (3-year cost = registration + list-price renewal × 2, taxes excluded). Display currency defaults to USD and is switchable; displayed values are converted references.
Cheapest registration
US$6.05 NGN8049.00
TFhost
Cheapest renewal
US$6.05 NGN8049.00
TFhost
Lowest 3-year cost
US$18.14
TFhost
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About .com
.com is a generic top-level domain (gTLD). ICANN lists VeriSign, Inc. as its registry operator. According to Verisign, it also operates .net, .name and the country-code extension .cc. According to Verisign, an individual, business or organization can register a domain name through a registrar for one to 10 years.
ICANN decided to sign Amendment 3 to the .com agreement with Verisign; under the amended terms the .com wholesale price may rise by up to 7% a year in the final four years of each six-year period.
Scope: The cap on the .com registry wholesale price (not registrars’ retail prices).
According to an ICANN decision paper, ICANN’s President and CEO decided to execute Amendment 3 to the .com registry agreement with Verisign.[1]
The paper says the amended Cooperative Agreement lets Verisign raise prices for new registrations and renewals by up to seven percent a year in the final four years of each six-year period, the first of which began on 2018-10-26.[1]
We only record events with sources and say whose statement each one is; we do not rate extensions. An event not listed here may still have happened. How we record events
.com price notes
On list prices (coupons not counted), the lowest first-year .com quote is from TFhost: US$6.05 for the first year, US$6.05 to renew — renewal costs the same as the first year. Across the 84 registrars quoting both a first-year and a renewal price, the median renewal-to-first-year multiple is about 1.1×.
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PublishedThe root zone publishes a DS record for .com, meaning the registry has registered a DNSSEC trust anchor with the root. Whether you can turn on DNSSEC for your own domain depends on the registrar.
Authoritative name servers (13)
Name servers the root zone lists for this extension. Addresses are the glue records in the root zone file; an address type that is not listed is one the root zone does not give, not one the server lacks.
.com is on the extension list in China’s MIIT “Chinese Internet domain name system” page. Alibaba Cloud’s filing guide says suffixes not on the list cannot be used for ICP filing and that the registrar must also be approved by MIIT; being listed is a precondition only, not a guarantee that filing succeeds.
As of 2026-10-16, among the 85 registrars covered and ranked in the snapshot unified basis (not counting coupons; original currency listed per row), the cheapest .com registration is US$6.05 NGN8049.00 at TFhost; renewal US$6.05 NGN8049.00 at TFhost; lowest 3-year cost US$18.14 at TFhost (3-year cost = registration + list-price renewal × 2, taxes excluded). Display currency defaults to USD and is switchable; displayed values are converted references.
How is the 3-year cost for .com calculated?
3-year cost = registration + renewal × 2 in a unified currency basis (CNY at the snapshot fx version). Taxes excluded; renewals for years 2–3 are estimated at current prices and not guaranteed; promo prices shown separately with their own conditions.
Where does the .com data come from and how fresh is it?
Daily snapshots of the nazhumi.com open API across all quoting registrars. Page version: 2026-10-16 17:12 UTC. Failed per-suffix rounds keep the last published quote and are marked stale.
How much does a .com renewal cost, and is it the same as the first year?
On list prices, the lowest first-year .com quote is from TFhost: US$6.05 for the first year and US$6.05 to renew, so renewal costs the same as the first year. Across 84 registrars quoting both prices, the median renewal-to-first-year multiple is about 1.1×. Amounts are converted at the snapshot rate; the registrar's own page is authoritative.
How much does it cost to transfer a .com domain?
On list prices (coupons not counted), the cheapest .com transfer is at TFhost: US$6.05. Amounts are converted at the snapshot rate; the registrar's own page is authoritative.
Which events about .com have we recorded?
We have recorded 1: 2020-03-27 — Price change: ICANN decided to sign Amendment 3 to the .com agreement with Verisign; under the amended terms the .com wholesale price may rise by up to 7% a year in the final four years of each six-year period. Each entry cites its sources; an event not listed here may still have happened.
Who runs .com?
According to ICANN's gTLD list, the registry operator of .com is VeriSign, Inc..
When was .com delegated to the root zone?
According to ICANN's records, .com was delegated to the DNS root zone on 1985-01-01. The delegation date is not the date public registration opened.
Does the root zone publish a DS record for .com?
Yes. The root zone publishes a DS record for .com, so the extension has a DNSSEC trust anchor in the root. Whether you can enable DNSSEC on your own domain depends on the registrar.
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