Shouldn't there be some China-based registrar that can offer .com dn for $1 Usd/yr?

[yapzhanyang]

Pardon me if this is some absurd, ridiculous, newbie max question.

But since my country imports goods from both China and Usa, i see the huge difference in pricing for 2 similar items. Example will be a notebook. Low-end 'made in Usa' notebook would cost $999 here usually but a similar 'made in China' notebook with the similar specs would cost only $300? more than a third cheaper in price!

So i'm wondering if such things happen in the domain arena? Does it make sense for a China-based registrar that allows people to register a .com domain that cost only maybe 1-2 usd a year?



:lol:

 

[HappyBunny]

Probably not, because .com domains are not "made in china"...

The registrars (such as GoDaddy, Moniker, Dynadot) have to buy them from a central authority, who sells the .com at a fixed price (more than $5 for each .com domain).

Therefore it is impossible to profit if you sell at $2 each.

 

[-REECE-]

wholesale on a .com is $6,42 -- anyone selling under that will be out of business in no time because they're losing money one each reg.

 

[Licantropo]

If you see cheaper for new com domains, name.com or netfirms.com under 6 USD, and name.com and www2.stargate.com for under 6 Transfers.

 

[soggyindo]

it's already happening in some ways. companies sell domains at a loss (even give them away free) just to get you to open an account. or to tempt you to buy other things.

for the moment it's western countries doing the big discounting tho. mainly automatic so not much advantage in cheaper labor costs.

 

[shockie]

thankfully no or else .com would go down the drain and be worth garbage..... like .cn :notme:

 

[wot]

thankfully no or else .com would go down the drain and be worth garbage..... like .cn :notme:

Yeah .cn are worthless, who would want to buy a name with a country code that is being promoted by it's government and only has 1 billion plus local potential buyers/users.

 

[barefoottech]

Yes It is a stupid, but commonly asked Newbie Question

Domain Names are NOT Consumers goods able to be Manufactured cheaply in some countries. They are licenses to use a particular string of characters. This license has a licensing or registration fee. The wholesale price is set by the originating registry for the particular gTLD or ccTLD.

Any difference in the retail price is the decision of the registrar/reseller of the domain name. If a particular registrar wishes to sell below w'sale price that is their choice.

So yes in theory, a .com domain could be sold for $1 ,but only at a loss to the registrar of over $5 . This is not a good business model, unless it is intended as a promotion to bring business for webhosting or some other full priced service. For instance a lot of Hosting sites give away a domain free if signing up for a year of hosting.

 

[shockie]

Yeah .cn are worthless, who would want to buy a name with a country code that is being promoted by it's government and only has 1 billion plus local potential buyers/users.

and how many of those peasants can afford internet access or have enough money to spend on the internet?

thought so.

 

[wot]

and how many of those peasants can afford internet access or have enough money to spend on the internet?

thought so.

I am sure the 290 million plus Chinese internet users and 9 million .cn registrees would appreciate your peasant racist slur.

 

[shockie]

I am sure the 290 million plus Chinese internet users and 9 million .cn registrees would appreciate your peasant racist slur.

perhaps you should look up the definition of "peasant" if you're not that familiar with english.

 

[wot]

perhaps you should look up the definition of "peasant" if you're not that familiar with english.

I think my english is good enough to know when someone is casting racial slurs and it was plainly obvious in what context you meant it.

If you consider it is acceptable then so be it, just not in my book. :td:

 

[Dean]

Its more ignorant then racist. Shockie, it will be funny one day when your country is controlled by China and your a Chinaman's peasent.

 

[shockie]

the context is that if they don't have that kind of money to spend because of their work. the whole sentence in that post refers to income and the ability to spend money.

what context are you do you two haters think it was in? no need to be so sensitive to the facts...

to dean26: it would really suck if china controlled my country because they treat their own citizens (other than those related to the government) like trash.

 

[wot]

what context are you do you two haters think it was in? no need to be so sensitive to the facts...

to dean26: it would really suck if china controlled my country because they treat their own citizens (other than those related to the government) like trash.

Fairly obvious when you feel the need to explain yourself. And then you go on to berate China yet again.

Please tell us of your experiences of China and the way they treat their citizens to confirm your statements and your obvious bitterness.

 

[Dean]

the context is that if they don't have that kind of money to spend because of their work. the whole sentence in that post refers to income and the ability to spend money.

what context are you do you two haters think it was in? no need to be so sensitive to the facts...

to dean26: it would really suck if china controlled my country because they treat their own citizens (other than those related to the government) like trash.

But they do have money. They are like the 3rd biggest economy in the world or something now I think. In the future they will be number 1. In the cities like Beijing and Shanghai they are rich. The problem is in the rural areas they are still poor. You really need to educate yourself more before you post such ignorant remarks.

There government is a big problem but it will sort itself out. I think its kind of funny that they call themselves communists when they aren't. Communism is an economic theory more then anything else and if they used communist economics then they still would be very poor. Anyway I really dont see the authoritarian government lasting much longer, soon the Chinese will wake up and start a revolution.

 

[shockie]

Fairly obvious when you feel the need to explain yourself. And then you go on to berate China yet again.

Please tell us of your experiences of China and the way they treat their citizens to confirm your statements and your obvious bitterness.

yes i feel the need to explain myself because it seems some people are too busy being sensitive to the facts instead of excepting them *coughs*. but if you rather figure these out some facts yourself instead of having me explain it then tell us what happened at tiananmen's square for starters. or you can tell us why all (except maybe a few) of the buildings fell during the recent earthquake. (hint: the few that didn't fell were funded and regulated by outsiders).

if you want i can give more examples, but i'm pretty sure most of us are well aware of the human rights violations that china exhibits on its citizens.

But they do have money.

"they" as in the government or all the people outside of the government and outside of beijing and shanghai? btw what's the foreign population in shanghai? and isn't most of china considered rural, "where they are still poor?"

you need to look at the distribution of income, not just the total gdp out of the country. a large population might make for a blindly impressive economy, but it doesn't necessarily mean there's a large population of internet consumers within that country.

 

[wot]

yes i feel the need to explain myself because it seems some people are too busy being sensitive to the facts instead of excepting them *coughs*. but if you rather figure these out some facts yourself instead of having me explain it then tell us what happened at tiananmen's square for starters. or you can tell us why all (except maybe a few) of the buildings fell during the recent earthquake. (hint: the few that didn't fell were funded and regulated by outsiders).

if you want i can give more examples, but i'm pretty sure most of us are well aware of the human rights violations that china exhibits on its citizens.


"they" as in the government or all the people outside of the government and outside of beijing and shanghai? btw what's the foreign population in shanghai? and isn't most of china considered rural, "where they are still poor?"

you need to look at the distribution of income, not just the total gdp out of the country. a large population might make for a blindly impressive economy, but it doesn't necessarily mean there's a large population of internet consumers within that country.

Ah, I see you believe all that you read in the popular press.

My guess is you have never been to China and do not know any native Chinese.

Tiananmen - 19 years ago! Come on now.

I am pleased to hear that you have inside knowledge in relation to the building structures in Sichuan and the surrounding provinces

296 million internet users and growing at a very rapid rate.
Figures you chose to ignore, how does that compare to your country- a higher percentage of the population no doubt?

I am now finished on the subject. Hence you may have the last word- but you would any way would you not. :D

 

[cache]

hi,

I am pretty sure china will get more and more internet users. However at the present time, domain sales there is not good enough. time will tell.

 

[Dean]

"they" as in the government or all the people outside of the government and outside of beijing and shanghai? btw what's the foreign population in shanghai? and isn't most of china considered rural, "where they are still poor?"

you need to look at the distribution of income, not just the total gdp out of the country. a large population might make for a blindly impressive economy, but it doesn't necessarily mean there's a large population of internet consumers within that country.

I mean people outside of the government do have money. From 1 billion people I am sure you will find more internet users in China then in the USA.