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Cheapest domain renewal (self.selfhost)

submitted 1 year ago by ijustlookatpictures to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking to register a new domain but hate how pricing is $0.01 first year, $1M renewal. It doesn't seem like a deal if it's going to cost so much to renew.

Are there any transparent registrars or any tools that will give you a cost over 3 years or something?

I'll be honest, I did Google it but you'll never guess what the top hit was. I didn't click. I'm putting this here in a small attempt to transfer some knowledge to the fediverse.

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[–] cstine@lemmy.uncomfortable.business 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cloudflare's domain registration is also a decent option.

You pay wholesale+ICANN fee. There are no 'special deals' or whatever, but the price is clear, and predictable, and you can (reasonably) guess what it'll cost you next year unless the registrar and/or ICANN dink with the costs.

[–] ijustlookatpictures 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did see that cloudflare tends to have a similar first and subsequent year price which is much more straight forward. I do actually have a domain with them. I was looking for another cheap domain to tinker with so I went for an 8 figure .xyz but from namecheap rather than porkbun as it was 85c for the year instead of $1.66 . Renewal price says it will be the same as the first year.