Domain Registration Prices Going Up
 

For those that own domains, I got an email from GoDaddy a few weeks ago saying prices are going up by 10% for .com and .net starting July 1st. Not sure what the reason is, technically the cost of a domain is close to 0. Any ideas?

GoDaddy wants to make more money? Not to mention I imagine GoDaddy holds most of the non-computer savvy consumer base due to its easy to relate to everybody-loves-boobs ads, so they probably have a pretty easy crowd to raise prices for. Or are you saying all domains are going up in price. I know ass all about domains. What even allows GoDaddy to make a domain and disallows a common user to make their own domain?

I believe you have to be a certified domain registrar to register domains. To be come that, I believe you have to signup with ICANN.

I actually have no idea the steps involved, but I do believe it has something to do with that.

Also, I haven't heard anything about the price of domains going up, so it may just be GoDaddy.

http://www.pixelrage.net/domain-nam...up-in-july-2010

Looks like it's stemming from Verisign and they're passing the costs onto us.


The article says it best.



Personally it's not a huge deal for me but for some of us here it might be a pain in the ass. Luckily the page comes with a bit of advice that may apply to you, but you probably already knew to do it anyway.

I love that last bit, nice way to "encourage" customers to renew early.

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