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Namecheap ups its prices 9% for .com and .xyz this fall. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

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[–] 97 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Cloudflare is also upping prices. Since Cloudflare sells domains at cost, I expect domain prices have simply increased.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Aside from the obvious fighting and bidding over an already claimed single domain name, what factors into the inherent pricing of a domain?

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    The domain registry (basically owner of the domain ending) sets the price.

    Edit: Though it should be mentioned there's a power above them (ICANN) that has to approve the price.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I just tried to check the pricing of domains at cloudflare and they just don't have a list. You need to transfer a domain to see the price. So I will probably stay with inwx for the time being.

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