Domain Registration Prices Going Up in July 2010
- Posted on February 24, 2010 by Pixelrage
If you hadn’t heard, let me be the first to infuriate you: domain name purchase and renewal prices for .com and .net are going up by a shocking 7% and 10%, respectively.
The announcement came to me from a GoDaddy email blast. The extra .50 – .80 cents or so won’t make a difference to those who own a handful of domain names, but if you’re like me and own hundreds (or thousands), boy is this going to be painful.
The change was brought about by Verisign; so, expect all registrars to up their prices.
What can you do right now? If you haven’t already done so, renew all of your domains immediately to take advantage of renewals while they’re still at their current prices. For the domains you know you’ll be re-registering for the rest of your life, it might be cost effective to register them now at a multi-year rate.
Come July 1, 2010, you’ll be paying higher fees for your domain names…like it or not.
Thanks, I think I go register my domain name to the maximum amount which is 10 years I believe.
Why should people follow Verisign? They can raise prices if they wish.