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View Full Version : Cheapest Place to purchase .VG?


AndyM3
08-01-2004, 05:13 PM
Could anyone help me out - Im looking for a registrar that has the cheapest price on .VG
So far I have only see one place, and they wanted like $180:eek:

Could someone help me out?

Thank You!
AndyM3

Lubeca
08-01-2004, 06:34 PM
You can register direct with the Registry (Adamsnames) for $50 per year.

AndyM3
08-01-2004, 06:46 PM
Drats, that's still like 5.5 times more expensive than average domain :|

Lubeca
08-01-2004, 07:06 PM
What do you call average?

This is a small registry serving a small island community. You can't compare small island registries with .com - your overheads per domain are a lot higher when you have just a few thousand domains, compared with the many million domains under .com.

When you run a registry for a small community you basically have three choices:

- charge a price that will cover your costs, or

- try to turn yourself into a quasi-GTLD like.tv or .ws (which some small communities may not actually want their national registries to do), or

- give up and go home

50 dollars is fairly average for small island registries like .vg - some small islands charge significantly more.

Bashar
08-02-2004, 06:15 AM
.tt at the registry the cost is $1000:D

It really depends on the country and their rules, some countries give their citizens free domains and charge for foreigners, it all depends

gromy
08-02-2004, 06:22 AM
I regged a .vg at Netsol, was $99 for 5 years I think.