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05-09-2011, 12:39 AM #1WHT Addict
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Will domain registration prices crash?
I am curious if anyone besides myself feels it is likely that yearly domain price registration fees will go down significantly in the next few years? With the release of possible thousands of gTLDs in the next few years... will it cause a crash? I remember when the price of RAM crashed... any thoughts?
.com .50 cents per/year... maybe.
What are the actual costs to the registrar and will it go down if the registrar has hundreds of gTLDs to resell next year in a market of other registrars that also have hundreds of gTLDs? It is likely the number of domains registered will increase by a large factor.
Paying for a domain may never happen again... it will be ketchup for your fries... how many do you want?
Name space will be free. Search engines will develop new methodologies to define value and keywords will become key structures defined by cross referenced name space. Links will be diluted or highly valued depending on how link indexing will change with the release of thousands of gTLDs.
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05-09-2011, 12:56 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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RAM is an actual product. Domain names are essentially services. With the current state of monopolies enjoyed by the Registries, prices are definitely going up, not down.
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05-09-2011, 12:56 AM #3Disabled
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I am agree with you. But .com price .50 per/year is very less. It might be approximate $3-$4 per month.
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05-09-2011, 01:01 AM #4WHT Addict
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05-09-2011, 01:04 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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05-09-2011, 01:28 AM #6WHT Addict
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Rules will be a main factor. If a name space like .xxx is for adult, then any name space that has an allowed rule set will gain a value depending on it's popularity. What I feel will happen is that ICANN will put growth of name space outside of the virtual world and onto tangibles. IPv6 along with IFRD will drive new name space requests. Governments will give citizens free name space. Charging for a domain registration would at first help the growth of domain name space, but ultimately it will be free. I believe we are close (within years) of entering that time.
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05-09-2011, 02:03 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Eventually, there will also be an orange iPhone.
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05-09-2011, 02:54 AM #8WHT Addict
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Of course!
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05-09-2011, 04:47 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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I think with the vertical intergration of Registries and Registrars we will see more gTLD promotions.
It will also be very intresting to see what the price range willbe for the new gTLD's.RealtimeRegister.com - Worldwide domain management. API (epp) + Resellers prices
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05-10-2011, 07:51 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Domain registration costs have been rising year-on-year for the last 3, and are expected to continue to do so as a direct relationship to
* inflation (money gets worth less each year)
* costs (power, servers, staff etc continue to cost more)
etc
The new gTLD program is unlikely to have any impact on the base-cost of the existing gTLDs, and therefore no impact on the prices charged to a registrar (and passed on plus admin costs and markup to the registrant)
Several places still sell domains at less than their cost price as part of an overall marketing program/land-grab - it works for some, it puts others out of business.Rob Golding Astutium Ltd - UK based ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar - proud to accept BitCoins
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05-10-2011, 04:33 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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I also agree, it is very unlikely to see a sudden price crash on the cost price of Domain Names
There is however a fear factor at losing a Domain Name, and this results in stability in price increases
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05-10-2011, 10:23 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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What are the actual costs to the registrar and will it go down if the registrar has hundreds of gTLDs to resell next year in a market of other registrars that also have hundreds of gTLDs? It is likely the number of domains registered will increase by a large factor.
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05-10-2011, 10:51 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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And as long as VeriSign manages the .com Registry, sadly prices aren't going down. To think few other parties proposed to handle it at lower (?) costs years ago.
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05-11-2011, 12:12 AM #14WHT Addict
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Good point. The new name space will need to compete. Maybe in a year or two ICANN announces plans to regulate name space (already suggested with country code name space). If so, does any of this reduce the demand for existing name space? Maybe Google decides to index name space to give priority to .music for music sites, the demand for .com starts to fall. The courts rule that name space is not a brand (after all), but the content it contains is covered by trademark laws and the new space flourishes. I can foresee taxes on name space and that might cost you more in the long run, but the demand for existing name space has peaked, maybe a few years ago.
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05-11-2011, 06:14 PM #16Currently in Beta
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I'm amazed anybody would think they will go down. All the time verisign are in charge prizes are only going one way...
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05-11-2011, 08:13 PM #17WHT Addict
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Another good point. What happened to domain prices when Network Solutions wasn't the only game in town? It makes sense for stability and growth to have monopolies, but after a while they inhibit growth and are broken up, at least in this country. I am not saying this is going to happen tomorrow. It seems that name space is in for a big change in 2012 and usually change brings about new market forces.
I appreciate everyone's opinions and it looks like I am in a small minority.
Thanks!
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05-11-2011, 08:27 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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Personally, id like to see them go up past $30/year.
It would free up domains being squatted upon.
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05-14-2011, 11:35 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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Other gTLD's may go down because of their geometric multiplications, but the to TLD's will remain. I even notice of recent some tld's like .com, .net and .org have been pushed up will some country tld's like .in keeps droping to even as low as cents.
But i believe the future of domain names lies in search engines and internet monopolies.
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