.com Registry Agreement

On 01 December 2012, ICANN and VeriSign, Inc., entered into a renewal Registry Agreement under which VeriSign, Inc. operates the .com top-level domain. On 27 March 2020, ICANN and VeriSign, Inc. agreed to amend the .com Registry Agreement to include (i) updates to seven of the original appendices, and (ii) the addition of Appendix 11. The Registry Agreement, Amendment No. 3, the existing appendices, the updated appendices, and the new appendix may be viewed by following the links below.

Previous agreement(s) may be viewed on the Registry Agreement Archive page.

Registry Agreement

• HTML (01 December 2012)

Amendments

• Amendment No.3 (27 March 2020)*
• Amendment No.2 (27 March 2019, updated on 23 May 2019 to reflect redaction of confidential text in Exhibit A)
• Amendment No.1 (20 October 2016)

Appendices

• Appendix 1A: Data Escrow Specification (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 2A: Escrow Agreement (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 3A: Zone File Access Agreement (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 4A: Format and Content for Registry Operator Monthly Reporting (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 5A: Registration Data Publication Services Specification (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 5B: Registration Data Access Protocol Service Specification (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 6: Schedule of Reserved Names (01 December 2012)
• Appendix 7: Functional and Performance Specifications (01 December 2012)
• Appendix 8A: Registry-Registrar Agreement (27 March 2020)
• Appendix 9: Approved Services (01 December 2012)
• Appendix 10: Service Level Agreement (SLA) (01 December 2012)
• Appendix 11: Public Interest Commitments (27 March 2020)

Fee Notifications

• .COM Fees – Effective 1 September 2021 (Published 18 February 2021)

*Additional Information Related to Amendment No.3

• Informational blog related to Amendment No.3 (27 March 2020)
• Decision Paper for .COM Amendment No.3 and Letter of Intent (27 March 2020)
• Binding Letter of Intent between ICANN and Verisign, Inc. (27 March 2020)