.Com price hike and new identity requirements for .de led last month’s stories.
These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views:
1. Verisign raising wholesale .com prices – Not a big surprise here. Verisign is increasing the wholesale price to $10.97 on November 1. Renew early.
2. .De domain holder warning: NIS2 requirements – .De registrants should pay close attention to any registrar requests for identification.
3. Name.com provides registrant data to UDRP imposter – Whoopsie. One reader commented that it would be even scarier if someone tricked a registrar into transferring a domain due to a fake UDRP.
4. 2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare – Take a look at which registrars grew the most in 2025.
5. Identity Digital to offer “Birth Certificates for AI Agents” – The company is creating a platform similar to GoDaddy’s Agent Name Service.
Miss a podcast episode? Catch up today:
#584 – Round Two: new TLDs return – Ray King joins me to talk about what’s different in this round, and Early Warning Report.
#583 – Google Alerts for Domains – Mike Cyger talks about a new system he created to monitor domains.
#582 – Instant Domain Names – Instant Labs CEO Matt Maiale comes on the show and talks about acquiring instant .ai.
#581 – What could go wrong? – Attorney John Berryhill discusses what can go wrong in domain transactions (and how you can protect yourself).
If you want to track these domains, other domains, available or taken, I have a feature at domainnamesoup.com to watch and track them. I hope you find it useful.