Comment on Which domain registry or specific TLD do you prefer, and why?
lntl@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I bought into .net almost 10 years ago and never left. I think legacy tlds (com, net, org) tend to be more affordable and I can be motivated by money.
dan@upvote.au 1 day ago
Verisign are trying their best to make .com and .net less affordable. Their contract with ICANN is on a six year cycle, and it lets them increase the price by up to 7% for the last four years. So far, they’ve always increased it the maximum amount.
Wholesale price has gone up from $6 in 2000 to $7.85 in 2020 (before this contract structure), to $10.26 now, and they’re increasing it to $10.97 on November 1.
Having said that, it’s still better than ccTLDs and newTLDs, where the registry can increase it as much as they want.