Moving to a new registrar.. Transfer AND renewal cost?

jeanius · 11-03-2007, 01:49 PM

After many reviews I read, I decided to move my domains to namecheap.com. I am confused though because it's giving me a transfer cost PER YEAR. Isn't transfer just one time process? I thought transferring domain means changing registrar and it's a one time thing. Does this mean I will pay for transfer price every year as well as domain renewal whenever it's required?

I hope this makes more sense to you than it does to me!

-NC- · 11-03-2007, 01:56 PM

you will only have to pay the renewal fee next year.

jeanius · 11-03-2007, 01:58 PM

Thanks for your quick response NC!

I'm just curious now.. Do you know why it gives PER YEAR pricing for domain transfer?

-NC- · 11-03-2007, 02:07 PM

hmm, I just added a transfer to my cart at namecheap, I can't see where it says "per year"?

just out of curiosity, what tipped the balance in favour of namecheap for you?

veryboredme · 11-03-2007, 02:21 PM

I guess it just gives you an option to add more than one year when you transfer a domain to them? I've transfered few domains to them last month(just before the prices changed), but I don't remember about the prices or anything like that.
I know when I moved a domain to GoDaddy it let me choose more than one year, so I've added 2 years to my domain instead of just one(Got a good price for it too, 11$ and something for 2 years).

jeanius · 11-03-2007, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -NC-

just out of curiosity, what tipped the balance in favour of namecheap for you?

This one night, I searched for a new domain registrar for hours and found a forum (I'm not sure if it was namepros) that had all kinds of reviews of domain registrars. Some of the reputable forum users seem to be happy with namecheap and godaddy's service.

Here, this page shows domain transfer pricing PER YEAR

https://www.namecheap.com/learn/tran...cefor=transfer https://www.namecheap.com/learn/tran...cefor=transfer

jeanius · 11-03-2007, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -NC-

just out of curiosity, what tipped the balance in favour of namecheap for you?

This one night, I searched for a new domain registrar for hours and found a forum (I'm not sure if it was namepros) that had all kinds of reviews of domain registrars. Some of the reputable forum users seem to be happy with namecheap and godaddy's service.

Here, this page shows domain transfer pricing PER YEAR

https://www.namecheap.com/learn/tran...cefor=transfer https://www.namecheap.com/learn/tran...cefor=transfer

Joe · 11-03-2007, 03:03 PM

Well.
When you transfer a domain, you get another year added until it expires.
This is most likely why it is 'per year'.

Joe

jeanius · 11-03-2007, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheArbiter

Well.
When you transfer a domain, you get another year added until it expires.
This is most likely why it is 'per year'.

Joe

Sorry, another year of what added?

Thanks Joe!

S~ · 11-03-2007, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeanius

Sorry, another year of what added?

Thanks Joe!

Another year of registration.

Say you've transfered a domain expiring in Jan 2008, you'll pay the $8-ish transfer/reg fee which will add a year to registration, meaning it expires in Jan 2009.

11-03-2007, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
jeanius New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Moving to a new registrar.. Transfer AND renewal cost? After many reviews I read, I decided to move my domains to namecheap.com. I am confused though because it's giving me a transfer cost PER YEAR. Isn't transfer just one time process? I thought transferring domain means changing registrar and it's a one time thing. Does this mean I will pay for transfer price every year as well as domain renewal whenever it's required? I hope this makes more sense to you than it does to me!

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-NC- Traveller Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yet another city Posts: 1,392 614.57 NP$ (Donate)	hmm, I just added a transfer to my cart at namecheap, I can't see where it says "per year"? just out of curiosity, what tipped the balance in favour of namecheap for you? __________________ Internet.geek.nz NameCooler.com Unlimited Domain Name Web Hosting Travel Money Rates

11-03-2007, 02:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
veryboredme Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,035 11,082.55 NP$ (Donate)	I guess it just gives you an option to add more than one year when you transfer a domain to them? I've transfered few domains to them last month(just before the prices changed), but I don't remember about the prices or anything like that. I know when I moved a domain to GoDaddy it let me choose more than one year, so I've added 2 years to my domain instead of just one(Got a good price for it too, 11$ and something for 2 years). __________________ Fused Hosting Business Law Get Free FICO Scores The Search Detective Read and Learn about Web development on Webmaster Blog

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Joe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kent ~ U.K. Posts: 3,246 88.85 NP$ (Donate)	Well. When you transfer a domain, you get another year added until it expires. This is most likely why it is 'per year'. Joe __________________ Fused Hosting Simplicity and Superiority. █████████████████████████████████████████████ Affordable web hosting solutions; shared, reseller, shoutcast, WHMSonic, proxy, dedicated and more! My computer is broken; new components have been ordered.

11-03-2007, 01:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
jeanius New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6 0.00 NP$ (Donate)	Thanks for your quick response NC! I'm just curious now.. Do you know why it gives PER YEAR pricing for domain transfer?

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