Verisign's Price Increse... Will they make money, or lose money?!

[acesfull]

Due to the Verisign price increase in .com domain renewals, I will not be renewing 25% to 35% of my domains.

With my renewals, Verisign will end up losing. Multiplied by many times... for people like me not renewing the "weaker" domains, that could be a huge loss for Verisign. It would seem smarter for them to decrease renewal prices.

I've got to wonder, with lower PPC revenue, a tougher domain market, and new domainers with limited budgets - how many renewals and new registrations they will lose because of their price increase.

 

[A D]

If people filter their portfolios proerly, they will make a little less money.

The bottom line is people that run websites for businesses will have no choice but to renew them.

... And only domainers care about price increases on doimains, the average end user could care less about a few cents increases.

-=DCG=-

 

[Bender]

if a domain name does not have enough revenue over one year to cover the registration fee, or traffic, or sentimental value, then probably should not be renewed anyway.
yes, probably a few domains won't be renewed, but not 10% of them so Verisign won't be losing in the long run.

 

[katherine]

I don't think that the past hikes have caused the number of registrations to decrease.
We are talking about less than $1 additional per domain, it's not that much.
Or you have too many domains

 

[acesfull]

I don't think that the past hikes have caused the number of registrations to decrease.
We are talking about less than $1 additional per domain, it's not that much.
Or you have too many domains

I have too many domains. The price increase just pushed me into housecleaning.

 

[A D]

The price increase just pushed me into housecleaning.

I have been housecleaning for months, but driven to housecleaning by common sense not the price increase.

if a domain name does not have enough revenue over one year to cover the registration fee, or traffic, or sentimental value, then probably should not be renewed anyway

This is the key to housecleaning.

-=DCG=-

 

[draggar]

They'll still make money. For everyone domain you drop there will be people trying to catch it and other people registering new ones.

 

[Poker]

Good points all...if there is any postive spin to the increase, it is the forced housecleaning, which is never much fun.

 

[draggar]

House cleaning should never be forced. Unless you have a developmental idea or as Bender stated, it pays for itself, get rid of it.

I've dropped just about every domain I got my first two years of domaining (except the ones I use).

 

[Poker]

Even real house cleaning needs to be forced at times