Epik does offer $8.10 everyday for .COM for folks who fund their account via bank transfer or crypto. Otherwise it is $8.49 for .COM for create, renewal and transfer -- it is basically registrar cost.
In the meantime, we are having a good quarter for .COM. We are thinking to introduce a domainer "Happy Hour" as this was quite popular for .CO where we registered more than 30,000 .CO this month.
As for pricing, I am thinking:
.COM Create: $5.89
.COM Transfer: $7.49
As for time slot, 2-4 pm PT worked pretty well for .CO -- it allowed Europe, Asia and Americas to all participate. We would run this promo through September 30, 2019.
How does that sound?