Does Reg Fee increase with Inflation?

[PowerUp]

I am thinking whether to register 10 year and get a promotional discount now, or renew every year. I'll be keeping the website for own development.

If I pay $7.20 now for the 10th year reg fee of the domain, I'd be better off if
1) domain reg fee increases with inflation

I'd be worse off if:
1) reg fee decreases with time
2) even if renewal fee stays the same, the cost of $7.20 now is more than $7.20 in 10 years time.

How has been the trend for the last 5 years?

 

[max99]

all depends on the economy in your country, you could be saving if inflation rises, but if it fails you will be loosing out. You need to consider other things too, the companies who sell domains might lower prices, or raise them,

Also if you pay year by year if by lets say year 6 you don't need the domain you can just drop it, if you pay for 10years then no matter what you will have paid for it even if you don't want it

 

[Shorty]

It doesn't matter whether you wait to renew or not.

The money you spend now still decreases in value with time, it will just seem like less in the future.

Generally reg fees have increased over the years, but they're not inflation indexed. You will probably save money if you make the investment now and pay the 10 years. One thing I can almost certainly say is prices will wont go down, no matter what happens in regards to inflation.

 

[PowerUp]

Thank you all for the reply

 

[greggish]

Generally reg fees have increased over the years...

Actually, just the opposite is the case. When I first started regging domains in 1999 I was paying NSI $70/2 years, 2 years later I was paying $15/year with directnic, now I'm paying $7.25 with enom. So in general I would say reg fees have declined quite dramatically over the years, can't predict what will happen 10 years from now though.

 

[PowerUp]

now I'm paying $7.25 with enom.

I just went to the website and they are charging $29.95 per .com per year

 

[Rush]

Get a 8.88 account at eNom from Namepros..

Here this might help -> Signup

 

[PowerUp]

Get a 8.88 account at eNom from Namepros..
/QUOTE]

Thanks, however, still after the discount is more expensive than Netfirms at $4.95 per name.

May I know your comment about Netfirms? Has anyone used Netfirms before? Are you satisfied with Netfirms?

 

[AdoptableDomains]

First, be careful because some promo discounts can only be used for the first or second year. Additional years may be higher.

Second, I really don't think we'll see much more decrease in prices, and particularly not for renewals (maybe a little for new reg and transfers).

If you're only talking one domain, you aren't out that much to take the chance and renew now. If they go down by $2, you are only losing $20 or so at the most (not counting time value of the money).

Another benefit of long registration is that you have piece of mind that you won't forget to renew in the short run. There is speculation that longer registrations may give a boost at the search engines as well indicating it's not a speculative domain.

The down side is that if you renew for the maximum 10 years and get mad at the registrar this year, you won't gain another year when transfering, since the maximum registration is 10 years. I don't think I'd ever do more then 5-7 years myself. Also, if your renewal is a long time off, you might forget and not keep your contact info up to date, and lose it way down the road.

 

[deleted984054565403]

Will $72 matter to you ten years down the road? To put that in perspective, did a $72 purchase in 1996 affect your financial status now?