They join, fund and support efforts led by ICANN and other industry groups to combat DNS abuse
Under our Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the .com registry must remain content neutral â ensuring equal access to .com domain names for all legal website content, regardless of viewpoint. The Cooperative Agreement also underscores ICANNâs high specifications for operational performance, as set out in the .com Registry Agreement.
we are then able to perform the more visible aspects of our business, providing registry services for .com and our other popular TLDs. At wholesale prices regulated by the U.S. government for .com, we serve the needs of over 2,000 ICANN accredited retail registrars who, in turn, sell domain names to individual or business end-users.
Find a Registrar to purchase a domain name (cannot buy directly from Verisign; they are a wholesaler)
Domain Name Registrars:
Compared a couple prices for anilkeshwani.com (for example) using Verisignâs Find a Registrar directory:
Nice Figma- or Canva-like GUI to tweak the website design
Buying a domain with Wix (domain name: anilkeshwani.com) priced at £29.30 for 2 years (£14.65/yr)
checked on 2025-04-03
According to Grok: evidence leans toward Wix buying from registrars like Network Solutions or Tucows when acting as a reseller, especially for initial registrations. If Wix is the registrar, they register directly with the registry, like Verisign for .com domains
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