.com
The most widely used generic top-level domain on the internet, whose registry is operated by Verisign.
Core Facts
Timeline (last 90 days)
After the 2018 revision, the .com wholesale price controls in the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement were removed, allowing Verisign to set prices freely according to market conditions (though still subject to indirect constraints from ICANN).
Historically, the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement set a cap on .com wholesale price increases (such as no more than 7% per year).
Under the cooperative agreement between Verisign and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Verisign's status as the .com registry is exclusive.
The annual fees for .cfd and .icu are typically lower than those for traditional extensions such as .com.
Compared with .com and .net, .name has a small registration volume and weak secondary-market liquidity.
.com accounts for approximately 45% of global domain names, and domain name data exhibits typical Zipf distribution characteristics.
The .com and .net domain names managed by Verisign are typically released in batches within a few fixed time windows each day in UTC after the Pending Delete phase ends.
gTLDs such as .com are operated by registry operators like Verisign, but must comply with the unified policy framework established by ICANN, including UDRP, registrar accreditation systems, and consumer protection standards.
Critical businesses should register related .com or other suffixes in advance as defensive assets to reduce single-point domain risk.
In new project selection, when trust in a ccTLD is undermined, developers and businesses directly avoid that suffix and turn to alternatives with more transparent policies such as .com, .io, and .dev.
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Verisign is the registry operator of the .name top-level domain
65%UnverifiedAfter the 2018 revision, the .com wholesale price controls in the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement were removed, allowing Verisign to set prices freely according to market conditions (though still subject to indirect constraints from ICANN).
50%UnverifiedUnder the cooperative agreement between Verisign and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Verisign's status as the .com registry is exclusive.
50%UnverifiedHistorically, the NTIA-Verisign cooperative agreement set a cap on .com wholesale price increases (such as no more than 7% per year).
50%UnverifiedThe annual fees for .cfd and .icu are typically lower than those for traditional extensions such as .com.
50%UnverifiedCompared with .com and .net, .name has a small registration volume and weak secondary-market liquidity.
50%Unverified.com accounts for approximately 45% of global domain names, and domain name data exhibits typical Zipf distribution characteristics.
50%UnverifiedThe .com and .net domain names managed by Verisign are typically released in batches within a few fixed time windows each day in UTC after the Pending Delete phase ends.
50%UnverifiedgTLDs such as .com are operated by registry operators like Verisign, but must comply with the unified policy framework established by ICANN, including UDRP, registrar accreditation systems, and consumer protection standards.
50%UnverifiedCritical businesses should register related .com or other suffixes in advance as defensive assets to reduce single-point domain risk.
50%UnverifiedIn new project selection, when trust in a ccTLD is undermined, developers and businesses directly avoid that suffix and turn to alternatives with more transparent policies such as .com, .io, and .dev.
50%UnverifiedVerisign simultaneously operates the .com, .net, and .name top-level domains.
50%UnverifiedCore personal digital identities should be bound as much as possible to the longest-established and most widely registered top-level domains such as .com, .org, and .net.
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