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Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by ted0 »

forty wrote: post #231
ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

What about the future increase of .sh? I own one for personal stuff, and it's apparently going to increase from ~40€ to ~73€ which is a bit hard to swallow for personal use.

Not familiar with any .sh price increase but it's certainly possible..

If you can swing it, you can add years to your registration(s) now to lock in the current price before any sort of increase.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by ted0 »

mysterydip wrote: post #240
ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

Thanks for the transparency and great service! I have all but one of my domains there now (register.com had a deathgrip on until I got fed up with their process and let it lapse. Now it sits available for $370, which I'm not willing to shell out)

Thank you! Bummer re the premium cost on the name that expired.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by ted0 »

jbaber wrote: post #236
ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

I cannot pass up the opportunity to personally thank you for NameCheap.

Thank YOU!

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by kjaftaedi »

MerelyMortal wrote: post #204
ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

Former Namecheap customer here, thank you for the transparancy. (I only left Namecheap because of the interface, I found that Dynadot was comparable in price and features, but with a nicer GUI. NC seems like a good company otherwise, so I'm always open to the possibility of switching back.)

The interface may be a little clunky, but they provide better support than any other domain or SSL vendor, which always gives them the advantage in my book.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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sschueller wrote: post #77
eclipsetheworld wrote: post #10

The .io TLD is owned by Ethos Capital. The same private equity company that tried to buy the .org TLD a while ago. Go figure...

From their website: "OUR ETHOS Drive prosperity for all stakeholders We believe that long-term success is best accomplished through a thriving ecosystem in which prosperity is shared amongst all stakeholders." [1] Bullshit, they exist to squeeze every little penny left in a company out and then dump the hollowed out remains on the stock market to die. [1] https://ethoscapital.com/about-us/

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Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by rasengan »

jfk13 wrote: post #208
rasengan wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is scary is that Ethos Capital is made up entirely of ICANN affiliates. In other words, these are the same people that govern our domain names. Pretty fucked up if you ask me. They are also going around buying up basically every major TLD. Lease with ICANN and be subject to their price gouging forever or own with Handshake, the only thing ICANN is afraid of [1], and never pay again. [1] https://www.icann.org/en/…

Handshake, what's that? Oh, I see... blockchain... "Handshake coin (HNS)"... PoW... the way you're plugging it, I thought it had that kind of smell.

Oh, excuse me. I thought that smell was Ethos Capital.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by bxparks »

dazc wrote: post #71
bxparks wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cloudflare Registrar is "at cost". Hard to get cheaper than that.

Is it a good idea to have your domain and dns controlled by the same company though? Say something bad happens at Cloudflare - you're kinda stuffed.

If their DNS service goes down, I can transfer to another DNS in about 2h. I tested that. The bigger problem is if Cloudflare's AI bans my account and I lose access to their Registrar.

My hope is that Cloudflare is small enough that it still has human beings in control of their AI. Unlike Google's AI which can’t be bargained with, can’t be reasoned with, which doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or sympathy. I have friends at Google, but I don't have any confidence that they will be able to help when their Terminator strikes.

I'm in the process of de-Googlifying my digital life as much as possible. Getting out of Google Domains into Cloudflare was the first step. Setting up backup accounts and workflows that will continue work after a catastrophic Google AI termination can be a bit tricky.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by riekus »

ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

Love it that you report on details here. Happy namecheap customer, may GoDaddy burn.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by ted0 »

kjaftaedi wrote: post #244
MerelyMortal wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Former Namecheap customer here, thank you for the transparancy. (I only left Namecheap because of the interface, I found that Dynadot was comparable in price and features, but with a nicer GUI. NC seems like a good company otherwise, so I'm always open to the possibility of switching back.)

The interface may be a little clunky, but they provide better support than any other domain or SSL vendor, which always gives them the advantage in my book.

Support is core to our business and always our main focus but so is UX. We are admittedly a bit behind in improving our dashboard but can promise you that we have already started developing a radically updated experience and will be ready in the nearish future.

Re: Price increase on .io domains on January 1, 2022 (Renewal: $55.00)

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Post by ted0 »

riekus wrote: post #248
ted0 wrote: post #186

Ted from Namecheap here. Donuts, who now operates the .io TLD, is only increasing the wholesale price by ~10%. We are still obviously not happy about this since it's always our goal to ensure that domain pricing is as accessible as possible to our customers. It would appear that Gandi has just chosen to substantially increase their markup as part of this Donuts update. Our pricing will likely only increase a small am…

Love it that you report on details here. Happy namecheap customer, may GoDaddy burn.

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