Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

#1

Post by nonoesp » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:20 PM UTC

Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase
namecheap.com

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#2

Post by CameronNemo » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:18 PM UTC

How is this anything but rent seeking on the part of Verisign?

Edit: not surprised how this got regulatory approval... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/09/website-domain-more...

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#3

Post by benguild » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

the .xyz guy be printing money

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#4

Post by chomp » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:20 PM UTC

9% for Namecheap, maybe. Verisign is only allowed to raise prices 7% per year at the moment.

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Post by dismalpedigree » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:24 PM UTC

CameronNemo wrote: post #2

How is this anything but rent seeking on the part of Verisign? Edit: not surprised how this got regulatory approval... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/09/website-domain-more...

Also rent seeking by namecheap. But agreed. It’s parasitic.

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#6

Post by skilled » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:24 PM UTC

$15.88 per .com is pretty steep, damn. Dynadot shows $10.99 per renewal.

How legitimate is the Namecheap claim about "its out of our control" part? I have a number of domains with Namecheap, enough to be an annoyance to transfer them all but that number seems excessively high.

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Post by swozey » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:25 PM UTC

.xyz was a terrible TLD. I used it a few years ago and giving people my email address was so annoying. Even some logins didn't accept it. No benefits whatsoever.

"yourname@domainxyz.com??"

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Post by CameronNemo » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:26 PM UTC

swozey wrote: post #7

.xyz was a terrible TLD. I used it a few years ago and giving people my email address was so annoying. Even some logins didn't accept it. No benefits whatsoever. "yourname@domainxyz.com??"

Oh but if you don't like .com name prices you can always buy a .biz name! /s

Re: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase

#9

Post by tomschlick » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:27 PM UTC

CloudFlare is only increasing from $9.15 to $9.77

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#10

Post by 9g3890fj2 » Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 4:29 PM UTC

.XYZ domains were already too difficult to use for anything other than a regular site since they have such a bad reputation (however warranted it may be) as being used for spam. Not sure what the point is in paying even more for a TLD that's discriminated against by default.