Media King
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stop register new gtlds
boycott high renewals!
boycott high renewals!
I had only .world and grace deleted it.HAHA that usually happens (naturally) after the 1st year renewals come around HAHAHAHA
$32.88/yr (namecheap)If you exclude the premium, I think renewal rates in the most popular ngTLDs are not unreasonable. A few weeks ago I did a blog post on what the best renewal rates for the 10 highest registration new extensions. I used TLD-list to find the best current renewal in each domain extension. I subsequently updated this when the FFM extensions were taken over by new management and the fees changed.
- .online $16.99
stop register new gtlds
boycott high renewals!
go to main page namecheap.com and type in search field example.onlineThe renew rate for .online at the least expensive registrar (Namesilo) as of today is $16.99, just as I had quoted in table (note that I said that for both legacy and new I had used the least expensive renewal). According to TLD-list the .online renewal rate at Namecheap is currently $19.06, not the $32 you quoted.
As not near top 10 extensions, .tech was not covered in my list, but the renewal rate at Namesilo is $24.79 currently. Fortunately I have .tech at Namecheap up for renewal, so for that extension I can check the rate directly at Namecheap (I don't own any .online currently). The rate for renewal of .tech at Namecheap is $23.88 (+$0.18), not the $45 you quoted.
I see you only joined NPs on Sunday @Media King. Perhaps if you don't actually have any new extensions registered at Namecheap you don't realize that almost always the rate they actually give you when you have a renewal is much less than some "retail" price.
Since you are so new to NPs, perhaps you do not realize that there are tools that make it easy to find the best rates on registration, transfer and renewal at all registrars for all extensions.
Because of fluctuations in prices I always recommend that people lock-in for multiple years if they have a long term holding strategy. Since you mentioned .online and Namecheap, I would point out, for example, that those registering .online domains at Namecheap now (its been on for some weeks but still active) can register 3 years of .online for a total cost of $9.99. Radix also have a current promotion whereby you can get 10 years of .tech for $54.99 total.
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Welcome to NPs, but I would humbly ask that you take a bit more care with accuracy in what you post (I see that in your few days here you have started at least two threads attacking Radix renewal rates). Since you admit above that you only ever owned one new extension domain, and it was neither .online or .tech, I wonder why in your first days of NPs you feel such an expert that you call for a boycott of all ngTLDs (700+), and spread misinformation on two different threads with respect to two extensions you have never even held a single domain in?
I don't plan to post more on this thread, as each time someone posts gives your thread attention it does not deserve in my opinion. I would like to suggest that we all ignore this thread and any other parallel threads started by the new member with a similar theme. Of course each NP member can do as they wish, just suggesting what I am doing.
stop register new gtlds
boycott high renewals!
Yes, please stop registering new g's!! .
On 2018 it became almost impossible to reg. a great new gTLD cause folks out there already own them.
It is nonetheless important to note that nTLDs are not like .com, they are not regulated and the conditions could change. We have seen it already. Brutal price changes, clawbacks. A few years ago FS also said how much he disliked the premium pricing model, but desperate conditions call for desperate measures sometimes, not excluding greed.I think that pressure should be put to remove premium renewal fees. It is encouraging that extensions such as ICU have committed to never charging premium renewals - even premium domains are at standard rates.
You have to keep in mind that some ccTLDs have few names registered, some African countries have hundreds, thousands of names registered, so they cannot realize the economies of scale available to bigger registries.If anyone is to be boycotted, it is the country codes that are really cashing in, such as .io and .ai. There is no real reason why the administration of these extensions should require the fees being charged.
but note that some ccTLDs are literally run by one person (.ai ?)
410,000 close but no cigar, only 8100% off the markI don't have an accurate count for .io at the moment but I would be surprised if they have more than 50K regs presently.
Why should this be an acceptable excuse for cctlds but not new gtlds?You have to keep in mind that some ccTLDs have few names registered, some African countries have hundreds, thousands of names registered, so they cannot realize the economies of scale available to bigger registries.
No matter the size of the zone (numbers of domain registered), the registry still needs to pay salaries to their staff and own infrastructure, but note that some ccTLDs are literally run by one person (.ai ?), some are even on auto-pilot it seems (some African ccTLDs)
Good point, Some great ones are not purchased. Recently advised a Print on-demand business to pick up the nGTLD it cost $5750 the reason it's not with a domain holder is because of the price, The lady who runs the business recouped investment within the 2nd month.any end user seriously interested in ngtlds has all the scope in the world to hand register something. No shortage of options to choose from and absolutely no reason to overpay on the aftermarket.
Many nTLDs are owned by one single owner (ie Donuts, Radix) so they already enjoy economies of scale: there is consolidation.Why should this be an acceptable excuse for cctlds but not new gtlds?