Why are GoDaddy Renewals and Privacy so expensive?

[domainhacks-931385]

Renewed a domain with Moniker and I was shocked at how low the renewal price was. Godaddy is easily 2X the price without coupons. Why are their renewal fees and privacy so expensive?

 

[Tushar Batra]

Why are you checking the price without coupons??
I have many domains with Godaddy and always gets best price on renewals in the industry.

 

[-NC-]

Er, because they have to cover the losses from all the $1.99 registrations?

 

[biggie]

Er, because they have to cover the losses from all the $1.99 registrations?

:talk:

exactly, folks can't see the wool cuz they trying to screw the sheep


and why do you need privacy?

 

[Name Trader]

I wouldn't choose Moniker as my Registrar. They've been going down hill. They'll survive, but I think their service is crap. I don't choose GoDaddy as my registrar because they restrict the number of whois lookups you make (on your own domains) to something over 100 and less than 200 a day. It's the only reason why I left them. Not domainer friendly, at all. I chose Dynadot as my Registrar, and I'm happy with them in terms of Price and Service ($8.50 .com registrations and renewals and up to 5000 whois lookups a day). No coupon hunt (which I hate).

 

[dnk]

Domain registration price at GoDaddy are lower than other registrars, so renewal prices may be higher to compensate.

 

[alien51]

Expensive domain renewals at Godaddy, are needed to pay for all the race cars that Danica Patrick has sent to the wall and totaled during every Nascar season.