news .fm drastic price increase

[pb]

I've just got a message form spaceship announcing .fm renewal price increase from $87.72 to a whopping $149.56 from August 15th. I think there's already been one price hike quite recently, because I was paying ~$70 for my .fm domain from 2020 to 2025 (included). Wtf is this daylight robbery? $70 to $150 in one year... Luckily I only have one .fm domain (blue.fm) but I still find it outrageous.

 

[Eric Lyon]

Interesting...

That could become a pretty tight squeeze for some with larger portfolios of them.

Here's the .FM analysis I did back in Jul 2025: https://www.namepros.com/threads/fm...-cctld-country-code-top-level-domain.1358662/

I linked to your thread in that one, as it's very relevant to that topic as well.

Thanks for sharing...

 

[Hypersot]

@pb ,
thanks for that!

Did they mention if the increase comes from the registry or is it just them?

If it is a general increase then we'll probably need to start renewing asap before that spreads.

 

[Jannes]

Namecheap

they basically doubled the renewal fees for .fm domains

what the fuck man. $203? pic.twitter.com/P4ZfKAOQUN

— 🐺 Mike ⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇹 (@mikesulsenti) August 4, 2026

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Porkbun's comment

We haven't gotten official notice from the registry that .fm prices are increasing but registries are also sometimes horrible at communicating. That said, I wonder if op can rebrand to a different TLD? Those prices are kind of insane.

— Porkbun (@Porkbun) August 4, 2026

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[Jannes]

(their reply to that post by Mike above)

 

[Jannes]

 

[pb]

Lol, just got this from spaceship:

An email was sent incorrectly regarding a price increase for .fm domains. This email was sent by mistake as a result of a miscommunication.

Prices for .fm domains will remain unchanged.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused, and assure you our processes are under review to mitigate related errors going forward.