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CloudFlare is only increasing from $9.15 to $9.77
How are Cloudflare and Porkbun keeping the cost still 'low', isn't everyone affected by Verisign's increases?
Namecheap, I think domains are their primary business - they need to make money on them.
CloudFlare is only increasing from $9.15 to $9.77
How are Cloudflare and Porkbun keeping the cost still 'low', isn't everyone affected by Verisign's increases?
I wanted to share my experience with Namecheap over the years. I made the switch from GoDaddy to Namecheap back in the day when they launched a notable campaign against elephant poaching around 2009. At that time, Namecheap seemed like a solid choice, even if it meant paying around $100 annually. However, times have changed, and my opinion has shifted. Lately, I've noticed that shared hosting with Namecheap has lost…
I'm not aware of anyone paying the likes of namecheap for hosting. I don't even understand the thought process involved.
I'm ok if this leads to de-squatting. I wish there was some kind of bulk price increase. I know all the issues but if you own 1,000 domains you're just sitting on, that 1,001th you're trying to snatch should be more expensive Hoarding domains for ransom shouldn't be a business model I guess another model is you could regulate the transfer and selling of domains to a certain cap. If the most you can legally get is say…
> I'm ok if this leads to de-squatting. It wont. If anything it'll just consolidate the squatted domains into fewer hands. Progressively increasing prices for each domain purchased seems pretty reasonable, but unless it raises very quickly it'll still end up being worth it to a wealthy few. Combining those raising prices with capping the resell price of domains seems like it would actually work! Someone somewhere mig…
It's those other groups that throw combinatoric dictionaries at the registrars that force the latest round of startups to have a bunch of letters smashed together for a name, they're the problem.
I've got half a mind to just go with katakana for my next company, register a domain like ツイッター.com and just say "well, there's 46 characters. You can memorize it in like 2 weeks. Not my problem!"
Damn, I need to start shopping for a new registrar.
> All .COM domain renewals will see an approximate 9% increase. This price increase will happen across registrars, not just Namecheap
You can shop for a new registrar but you'll be paying more for .com domains regardless of which one you choose.
What's the reason for the price increases anyway? New root servers?
Running the TLD servers for .com is likely more challenging than running the root servers; the .com zone is tons bigger, changes more often, and is clearly a commercial endeavor as opposed to the root servers which is collaborative in scope.
That phrasing is hilarious. "If you want to take advantage of our higher price..."
It appears to read, "If you want to take advantage of the current price tag," which seems to suggest locking in the current price before the increase. Not sure what you mean.
