.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).