How Much Does actually a TLD Costs?

[tajimd]

I have seen some domain sellers selling domains for as less as 2$ where as some have been selling it for as high as 12 to 18 $ per year. But what actually is the price of a real .com , .net or .org domains. How much does Internic charges this registrars for a top level domains.

 

[barefoottech]

InterNIc doesn't not sell to Registrars

 

[RJ]

I have seen some domain sellers selling domains for as less as 2$ where as some have been selling it for as high as 12 to 18 $ per year. But what actually is the price of a real .com , .net or .org domains. How much does Internic charges this registrars for a top level domains.

The cost to the registrar is $6.25 for .COM and $4.25 for .NET, both charged by Verisign GRS and including ICANN fees.

I believe the price for .INFO is $1.00, though I'm not 100% on that. I'm also unsure the exact price of .US and .ORG. I'll see if I can find out, or maybe someone who knows for certain can post here.

 

[barefoottech]

I believe the price for .INFO is $1.00, though I'm not 100% on that. I'm also unsure the exact price of .US and .ORG. I'll see if I can find out, or maybe someone who knows for certain can post here.

Exactly Spot on -RJ- for .info
No idea on .org and .US though I think it is similiar to .com & .net fee

 

[TopSatelliteRadio.co]

I think you're right on the $1.00 cost for .info...

I register 500 .info names at registerfly for $1.25 each.

 

[RJ]

I found the price on those two other TLD's. Neustar charges registrars $5.50 per .US registration and PIR charges registrars $6 per .ORG registration.

 

[budgetname]

What about .biz please:?

 

[tajimd]

Why there is so difference in price of domain with different domain sellers. If the domain is maintained by company then it should have uniformity in its price . How could one seller selle it at 2$ whereas other for 18$

i am really confused regarding this

 

[RJ]

Why there is so difference in price of domain with different domain sellers. If the domain is maintained by company then it should have uniformity in its price . How could one seller selle it at 2$ whereas other for 18$

i am really confused regarding this

It shouldn't be confusing. It is simply a business or marketing decision of each registrar. There's no set price that people have to charge, so each company can decide how much they sell registrations for.

Register.com charges $30+ for a .COM domain registration because they a certain type of customer. GoDaddy was one of the first to start charging under $10 for a .COM registration because they are going for a larger customer base with a smaller profit margin on each purchase. Some companies have even sold domains at a loss to gain customers for their other services.

 

[Ray]

I THOUGHT ICANN JUST Chareged registers a 25 cent fee. That mean syahho domains and 1and1 are losing money if they are 6.25

 

[floatingworld]

I would have thought that the mass registrars such as godaddy can negotiate the 'real' price due to the level of their business.

 

[RJ]

I THOUGHT ICANN JUST Chareged registers a 25 cent fee. That mean syahho domains and 1and1 are losing money if they are 6.25

ICANN charges $.25 fee in addition to Verisign (the .COM registry) charge of $6. Yes, 1and1 is losing money (loss leading) on the registration cost because the $6.25 cost per domain does not take into consideration the setup fees involved with becoming a registrar.

RJ

 

[MadAboutDomains]

Destroyer pricing, no doubt their prices will rise again

 

[moua]

Most people (not people in this forum) have only one or a few domains.
And most people use the same company for hosting.

1and1 get money on hosting, not on domains.

PS : in France, 1and1.fr have 10 years, and since more than a month they give 3 years of hosting (2GB space, 20GB traffic, 500 emails, perl/php/sql, ssh, ect... it's their best offer before dedicated server) and a .info for ... free.
It's something they should sell about 10€/month (360€ for 3 years).

And they made a lot of ad on all tech magazines.

1&1 strategy is apparently to get as many customers as they can, even if it cost a lot of money today.