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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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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I heard .org domains were preferred to avoid these kind of price hikes, how true is this?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's administered by a nonprofit (Public Internet Registry) which cap the wholesale price to ~$9 per year. There was a proposal to remove the price cap and transfer the management to a an investment firm a few years ago and it was met with uproar so it was canceled.

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