# .com domain: registry, jurisdiction and price > Who runs the .com registry, which law applies, what a court there can order, and the $11.99/year price at PanamaRegistrar. Crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/com/ - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: PanamaRegistrar (https://panamaregistrar.com) .com costs $11.99/year at PanamaRegistrar. Its registry, VeriSign Global Registry Services, sits in Reston, Virginia, United States: who controls the domain, which law applies, and what a court there can order. **Quick answer — Who controls a .com domain, and what does it cost?** **.com domain** at **PanamaRegistrar**, as of October 2026: $11.99 a year, the same price to renew. The .com registry is VeriSign Global Registry Services in Reston, Virginia, United States, so United States courts can act on the registry record without us. ## .com registry facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Registry manager (IANA) | VeriSign Global Registry Services | | Registry location | Reston, Virginia — United States | | Back-end operator | VeriSign Global Registry Services, Reston, Virginia (United States) | | Legal framework | ICANN registry agreement (generic TLD) | | Dispute policy | UDRP | | Who can register | Anyone: no residence, nexus or purpose rule | | WHOIS / RDAP | WHOIS `whois.verisign-grs.com` · RDAP `rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/` | | DNSSEC | Yes (DS record in the root zone) | | Registration term | 1 to 10 years | | Price at PanamaRegistrar | $11.99/year; renewal $11.99/year; transfer $11.99 | | IANA record last updated | 10 March 2026 | ## Who runs the .com registry, and from which country? VeriSign Global Registry Services manages .com from 12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, Virginia, according to the IANA root zone database. IANA lists the same company as technical operator, so the registry database, the WHOIS host whois.verisign-grs.com and the RDAP service sit with one United States company. .com is a generic top-level domain. Verisign runs it under a registry agreement with ICANN, not under a national statute written for the extension. As a company, Verisign answers to Virginia and United States federal law. IANA last updated the .com delegation record on 10 March 2026. ## Can a court in the United States take down or seize a .com domain? A United States court can reach a .com domain through Verisign, without the registrar. The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act lets a trademark owner file an in rem action against the domain itself in the judicial district where the registry is located: 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2). It applies when the owner cannot sue the registrant personally or cannot find them after notice. The remedies are forfeiture, cancellation, or transfer to the mark owner. Once served with the stamped complaint, the registry must deposit control documents with the court and leave the domain unchanged while the case runs. ## What does PanamaRegistrar do with a complaint about a .com domain? Nothing happens to a .com domain on a complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court; a foreign judgment must first be recognised in Panama by exequatur. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are suspended within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. You are told before any action on your domain, unless the law or the court order forbids it; with Domain protection, every complaint is also read by a person before any action on the domain. This rule covers what PanamaRegistrar does, not the registry or our registrar partner. Steps and time limits: [takedown procedure](https://panamaregistrar.com/takedown-procedure/) and [how we handle complaints](https://panamaregistrar.com/complaints/). ## Who uses .com domains, and why? The dataset describes .com as the default choice for any business, product or project worldwide. There is no residence rule and no purpose test, and a registration can run from 1 to 10 years. That reach has a price in jurisdiction terms. A .com name gets the widest recognition, but its registry record stays in Virginia whatever registrar holds it. Readers who pick PanamaRegistrar for Panamanian process on the service side should weigh that before choosing .com for a project that may draw legal pressure in the United States. ## Which registry rules are specific to .com? Verisign's wholesale fee for .com was 10.26 US dollars a year in our dataset, with a rise to 10.97 announced for 1 November 2026, plus a 0.20 dollar ICANN fee. Every registrar prices above that floor. .com supports DNSSEC and internationalised domain names. It shares its Reston registry systems and its WHOIS host with .net, so the two extensions behave the same way at the registry level. ## What does the WHOIS show for a .com domain? WHOIS privacy is allowed for .com, and PanamaRegistrar includes it at no charge. Verisign answers lookups on whois.verisign-grs.com and on RDAP at rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/. .com is a thin registry: Verisign receives no registrant contact data, so its record shows the registrar name, the creation and expiry dates, the nameservers and the status codes. The registrant record sits with the registrar of record, our ICANN-accredited registrar partner, and it carries no more than your verified email, or our company with Domain protection. ## Do I need Domain protection for a .com domain? No, it is optional: +$29 per year, on top of the .com price. [Domain protection](https://panamaregistrar.com/domain-protection/) registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, so the registration record and WHOIS/RDAP show our company, never you, and you can take it back in your own name for free. A transfer lock is on, and any transfer or DNS change must be confirmed from your account. We then hold only your email, and a person reads every complaint before any action on the domain; that review exists only with the option. It does not move the registry or change its courts. ## Which dispute policy applies to .com? Trademark disputes over .com follow the UDRP, which ICANN applies to every generic top-level domain. A panel can order a transfer or a cancellation, and we apply the decision. We could not confirm that the URS, built for the 2012 new gTLD round, applies to .com. A trademark owner may also go to a United States court, including through the in rem route above. Our steps for trademark cases: [UDRP and URS](https://panamaregistrar.com/udrp-and-urs/). ## How much does a .com domain cost, and how is it renewed? At PanamaRegistrar, as of October 2026, .com costs $11.99/year; renewal is $11.99/year, and a transfer $11.99 with one year added, as ICANN rules provide for generic extensions. Term: 1 to 10 years. Payment is in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Every extension: [price list](https://panamaregistrar.com/pricing/). ## Search a .com domain Search a domain name: https://panamaregistrar.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.com Popular extensions: .com ($11.99) ## .com questions ### Can a US court take a .com domain registered at PanamaRegistrar? Yes, at the registry level. Verisign sits in Reston, Virginia, and a United States court with authority over it can order a change to the .com record. Under 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2), a trademark owner can even sue the domain itself where the registry is located. We cannot block an order addressed to Verisign. We tell you when we learn of one, unless the order forbids it. ### Does Domain protection stop a .com seizure? No. Domain protection registers the name in our company's name, turns a transfer lock on and keeps your data to a minimum. It does not move Verisign out of Virginia or change which courts can bind it. An order addressed to the registry applies to the record, whatever holder name it shows. ### Which law applies to the .com registry: Virginia or federal? Both can. Verisign is a company located in Virginia, so state courts there and United States federal courts both have authority over it. The in rem rule for domain names is federal law, in the Lanham Act at 15 U.S.C. §1125(d). Which court acts depends on the claim and the parties, not on the registrar you chose. ### Can PanamaRegistrar stop the .com registry from acting on a court order? No. The .com registry, VeriSign Global Registry Services, keeps its own copy of the registration and applies the law of its own country. PanamaRegistrar decides only what its own service does: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints. Our registrar partner also keeps its own legal duties. We tell you when we learn of a registry-level action, unless the law or the order forbids it. See the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### How do I pay for a .com domain? In crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Top up your balance (minimum $25), then register the .com domain from it at $11.99/year. Send the exact amount on the exact network; the top-up is credited after the network confirmations. No ID and no KYC: one verified email per domain, never published. ## Sources 1. [IANA Root Zone Database: .com delegation record](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/com.html) — IANA (checked 2026-10-19) 2. [15 U.S.C. § 1125 — in rem civil action against a domain name, subsection (d)(2)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125) — Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (checked 2026-10-19) 3. [Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 4. [Amazon Route 53 developer guide: .com registration rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/com.md) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-10-08) 5. [.com (encyclopedia entry)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com) — Wikipedia (checked 2026-10-08) 6. [.com wholesale price rise announced by Verisign](https://domainincite.com/31668-more-verisign-bitchiness-as-com-prices-rise-revealed) — Domain Incite (checked 2026-10-08) 7. [Running a domain costs about a dollar a year: what eight registries charge](https://webhosting.today/2026/08/06/running-a-domain-costs-about-a-dollar-a-year-here-is-what-eight-registries-charge-for-it/) — WebHosting.Today (6 August 2026) ## Other extensions and their registry - [.com](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/com/) - [.net](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/net/) - [.org](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/org/) - [.io](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/io/) - [.ai](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/ai/) - [.co](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/co/) - [.app](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/app/) - [.dev](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/dev/) - [.xyz](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/xyz/) - [.info](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/info/) - [.me](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/me/) - [.de](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/de/) --- PanamaRegistrar: PanamaRegistrar is a domain registration service under Panamanian jurisdiction, paid in crypto with no ID upload: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints.