Registrar pricing - "sticker shock"

[actnow]

Enom's (plus Godaddy and others) pricing went up today.

Now, the lowest price at Enom is $ 7.95 for .com, .net, .org, .info and .us. (ETP acct)
And, Godaddy's pricing also went up. (sorry Adam)

The registrars are slaughtering the sheep.

I just ran some numbers on my cost for the next 12 and 24 months.
What a sticker shock. Especially, since I'm not getting anything more for the increase in cost.

I'm sure they are raising the prices faster than their cost so domainers will not
renew some of the domains so they can auction them off.
They pocket 100 times more than they would on renewals.

Even though, Enom's cost doesn't go up on all tlds at the same time, they raised all of our prices today.
That alone is a few extra hundred thousand in their pocket.

For example with Enom, lets say they are making $ 1.00 gross profit on the renewal.
But, if they auction if off, they will make a minimum pure profit of $ 69.
And, many cases much more.

I'm seriously considering moving some of my domains to Fabulous.
Excellent customer service compared to ??.
Excellent pricing compared to abusive pricing.
Fab doesn't give over your domains without a fight.
(Kentucky dispute.)

Plus, Fab. is a registrar outside the U.S. which gives a domainer a "slight" advantage against
U.S. lawyers.

I believe if you have domains parked with Fab., they allow you to renew domains with that revenue, if you wish.

Fab. is continously supporting all of the different domain conferences.

Here are the prices Mike posted in another thread.
Unfortunately, that thread was closed. ???

http://www.dnforum.com/f206/fabulous-com-6-60-com-transfer-promotion-thread-321379.html

.com - $7.30 (1-Oct-08)
.net - $5.35 (1-Oct-08)
.org - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)
.info - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)

Fab. is looking a lot better everyday.

 

[Theo]

Aren't these prices old?

And how about Name.com

My eNom account cost went up to $8.45 for com/net/org

 

[David G]

My Moniker dot-com (discounted) pricing went up to more than $8 today :disappointed: A sizable percentage increase.

Anyone else see this?

That is one of the reasons I am letting hundreds of domains expire/

 

[Poohnix]

The com, .net, .org and .info registries raised their prices to the registrars with $0.40 from today, and that's why the registrars have to reise their prices accordingly.
But it doesn't explain why the registrars have to raise the prices with more than $0.50...

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[whitebark]

I believe if you have domains parked with Fab., they allow you to renew domains with that revenue, if you wish.

Indeed they do. They always have some of the lowest prices - no need to go searching around for coupons or waiting for special deals from other registrars.

 

[GAMEFINEST]

They are raising prices without a good reason

 

[jdk]

Don't know about you but prices in Moniker went up over $0.80

 

[Mike Robertson]

I believe if you have domains parked with Fab., they allow you to renew domains with that revenue, if you wish.

That's right actnow, you can use your parking revenue to fund any domain registrations, renewals or transfers you do at Fabulous.com

The com, .net, .org and .info registries raised their prices to the registrars with $0.40 from today, and that's why the registrars have to reise their prices accordingly.
But it doesn't explain why the registrars have to raise the prices with more than $0.50...

Actually, it was only the .com and .net registry that increased their prices. The .org and .info registry increase isn't until November 1. As such, our .org and .info prices will remain the same until that date.

A shameless self promotion - at last week's TRAFFIC New York conference we were voted the Best Overall Domain Solution, for our domain registrar, management, monetization and aftermarket sales services (DDN).

So if anyone is interested in moving their domains over to Fabulous or they want to use our parking program and/or the DDN to sell their names, feel free to drop me an email (mike at fabulous dot com) or shoot me a PM.

Cheers,

Mike
Fabulous.com

 

[south]

Enom has been out of touch for a long time.

 

[David G]

Hi Mike, In addition to Fabulous, do names listed via DDN also show as for sale when checking availability at GoDaddy too?

P.S. I asked GD about that a few times and theyt had not the foggiest idea what DDN was let alone how the names appear as being for sale on their site :?:

 

[Theo]

Hello Mike.

Do the following prices reflect the Fabulous pricing after the increase?

.com - $7.30 (1-Oct-08)
.net - $5.35 (1-Oct-08)
.org - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)
.info - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)

Is there a minimum amount of funding to get these rates (or any rates) or is it per item?

 

[Mike Robertson]

Hi Mike, In addition to Fabulous, do names listed via DDN also show as for sale when checking availability at GoDaddy too?

P.S. I asked GD about that a few times and theyt had not the foggiest idea what DDN was let alone how the names appear as being for sale on their site :?:

Hi trader,

As long as you have specified a commission that is equal to our above GoDaddy's minimum requirements, your domains will receive distribution when checking availability.

Their minimum commission rate can be found here.

GoDaddy are marketing the DDN program as Premium Listings, which is why they may not understand what you mean when you ask about the DDN.

Hello Mike.

Do the following prices reflect the Fabulous pricing after the increase?

.com - $7.30 (1-Oct-08)
.net - $5.35 (1-Oct-08)
.org - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)
.info - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)

Is there a minimum amount of funding to get these rates (or any rates) or is it per item?

Hi Acro,

That's correct, those prices are what you will pay at Fabulous once the price rise has been enforced. As you all know, .com and .net have made their price rise, so those prices are current at Fabulous now.

The only requirement to receive that pricing is if you have a Monetization (Wholesale) account.

Again, if anyone needs assistance getting an account, let me know and I will see what I can do.

Cheers,

Mike
Fabulous.com

 

[actnow]

Is it easy to push domains within Fab?

I believe Enom is the easiest in the industry.

I won't mention who is the most difficult.

Maybe, this might be a good time for professional domainers to move from Enom to Fab.

The only 3 things that Enom offers that Fab does not is -
1. You can create a small website. ( I very rarely do that. )
2. Forward a domain to another link. ( I rarely do that. )
3. Forward the email from a domain to another email address. (only on a couple domains)


I haven't done it but a few domainers have mentioned they use the framing ability.
???

 

[James]

Is it easy to push domains within Fab?

The only 3 things that Enom offers that Fab does not is -
1. You can create a small website. ( I very rarely do that. )
2. Forward a domain to another link. ( I rarely do that. )
3. Forward the email from a domain to another email address. (only on a couple domains)


I haven't done it but a few domainers have mentioned they use the framing ability.
???

Easy pushes..
you can forward urls ..domain/edit/Redirection/otherurl
email forwarding only one though per [email protected] to your preferred email address

jim

 

[Mike Robertson]

Is it easy to push domains within Fab?

It's very easy to push domains between accounts. All you need to do is go to the "Manage > Push" section of your account, enter the Username you want to push the name to and enter the domain(s) you would like to push.

It's also worth noting, that pushes between accounts is free.

The only 3 things that Enom offers that Fab does not is -
1. You can create a small website. ( I very rarely do that. )

Unfortunately we do not offer this service. Maybe it's something we can offer in the future though.

2. Forward a domain to another link. ( I rarely do that. )

You can do this within your Fabulous account. Simply go to the "Portfolio > Traffic Control" section of your account, locate the domain you want to redirect, click the "Edit" button, select "Other URL" from the Redirection pull-down menu and enter the URL.

Note. The domain must be using the Fabulous nameservers for this redirection to work.

3. Forward the email from a domain to another email address. (only on a couple domains)

Again, you can also do this with Fabulous. Each domain name can have one incoming address which will be forwarded to an email address of choice.

For example, if you owned the domain mydomain.com, you could create the incoming email address [email protected] and forward all emails sent to this address to your existing email account.

Note. The domain must be using the Fabulous nameservers for this forwarding to work.

I haven't done it but a few domainers have mentioned they use the framing ability.
???

If you need to use a frame redirect, we can also do this for you. All you need to do is ask your Account Manager.

Let me know if there are any other questions.

Cheers,

Mike
Fabulous.com

 

[tas38]

I guess we should of seen this coming, but if regs drop to where the numbers, hurt them they will lower them again.

 

[David G]

If you need to use a frame redirect, we can also do this for you. All you need to do is ask your Account Manager.

Is that something new? I asked about it not too long ago when I wanted to move some good names which used framed forwarding elsewhere (instead of dns changes) to Fabulous and was told no by cust supt :?: so did not move the parking to Fabulous as I wanted to do,

 

[jdk]

Hi trader,

The only requirement to receive that pricing is if you have a Monetization (Wholesale) account.

Again, if anyone needs assistance getting an account, let me know and I will see what I can do.

Cheers,

Mike
Fabulous.com

How do we go about signing up for such an account?

What methods of funding an account do you support?

 

[Theo]

Same questions here as jdk, please share the info

 

[David G]

Hi Mike,

Your prices look very attractive vs the others including Moniker who had a sunstantial increase Oct 1. The prices beat the registrar where I consolidated my names by a wide margin.

I have a lot of org's so wondering if that price for org is valid after Nov 1?

The other registrar say's they do not offer bulk auth codes. Any other possible way to easily transfer in bulk to you instead of the tedious and slow one at a time way.

thanks.

.com - $7.30 (1-Oct-08)
.net - $5.35 (1-Oct-08)
.org - $7.25 (1-Nov-08) ??
.info - $7.25 (1-Nov-08)