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  "observedDate": "2026-09-11",
  "method": "One registration followed by two one-year renewals, all at observed current prices; integer cents. Not a three-year prepaid quote or forecast.",
  "tax": "Not an Australian checkout total. Customer tax and payment/FX charges unmeasured and excluded. Porkbun says published prices include ICANN and other fees; no further fee added. Namecheap separately lists USD0.20 annually for .com/.net.",
  "selection": "Convenience sample, two registrars and two extensions; no market-representativeness claim.",
  "rows": [
    {
      "registrar": "Porkbun",
      "tld": ".com",
      "currency": "USD",
      "registrationListedCents": 1108,
      "renewalListedCents": 1108,
      "annualAdditionalIcannCents": 0,
      "firstYearCents": 1108,
      "renewalCents": 1108,
      "threeYearCents": 3324,
      "renewalIncreasePercent": 0,
      "source": "https://porkbun.com/products/domains",
      "registrationOfferType": "Published registration-table rate; no separate coupon used"
    },
    {
      "registrar": "Porkbun",
      "tld": ".net",
      "currency": "USD",
      "registrationListedCents": 1252,
      "renewalListedCents": 1252,
      "annualAdditionalIcannCents": 0,
      "firstYearCents": 1252,
      "renewalCents": 1252,
      "threeYearCents": 3756,
      "renewalIncreasePercent": 0,
      "source": "https://porkbun.com/products/domains",
      "registrationOfferType": "Published registration-table rate; no separate coupon used"
    },
    {
      "registrar": "Namecheap",
      "tld": ".com",
      "currency": "USD",
      "registrationListedCents": 1128,
      "renewalListedCents": 1848,
      "annualAdditionalIcannCents": 20,
      "firstYearCents": 1148,
      "renewalCents": 1868,
      "threeYearCents": 4884,
      "renewalIncreasePercent": 62.72,
      "source": "https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/gtld/com/",
      "registrationOfferType": "Publicly displayed promotional first-year rate; no coupon code used",
      "advertisedFirstYearDiscountPercent": 25
    },
    {
      "registrar": "Namecheap",
      "tld": ".net",
      "currency": "USD",
      "registrationListedCents": 1248,
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      "threeYearCents": 5024,
      "renewalIncreasePercent": 48.11,
      "source": "https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/gtld/net/",
      "registrationOfferType": "Publicly displayed promotional first-year rate; no coupon code used",
      "advertisedFirstYearDiscountPercent": 17
    }
  ],
  "australianContext": {
    "registrar": "VentraIP",
    "tld": ".com.au",
    "registrationDisplayed": 9.95,
    "renewalDisplayed": 22.95,
    "displayCurrency": "$ as displayed; currency and GST treatment not independently established on this page",
    "increasePercent": 130.65,
    "source": "https://ventraip.com.au/domain-names/extensions/com-au/",
    "condition": "First year of new standard registrations only; premium excluded; omitted from cross-registrar total table."
  },
  "title": "The second-year price: a small-business domain renewal snapshot",
  "author": "Adam Formosa",
  "articleUrl": "https://veloci.build/research/domain-renewal-snapshot-2026-09"
}