The history of prices for Domain Names, updated - Gandi Bar

Like a bad dream that keeps coming back, once again the old registries
leverage their position and take advantage of what ICANN allows: A
unilateral price increase for Domain Name registrations.




This time we are getting off easy. Only 5 extensions are going up: .ORG,
.NET, .BIZ, .INFO and .NAME. The price increase is different for each
one, and ranges from $0.51 to $0.78 (you can find more information at
the end of this article).




The reason this is possible is that the registries are in a dominant
position, in that they control the extensions. Add to this the
indulgence of the ICANN (the master of domain names), and the prices
creep higher each year. As you may know, at Gandi we have absorbed most
of those increases in the past, even though we were increasing our
quality of service, adding extensions, and hiring more highly-qualified
support agents. As was the case last year, it is once again impossible
for us not to pass along these prices increases. With the number of
domains we handle, these few cents make up a lot of our operational
budget. 




The history of prices for Domain Names, updated - Gandi Bar