NameCheap’s pricing for new TLDs is low.
Two months ago I ran a price comparison of new top level domain name options at various top registrars.
The prices were for the three tiers of domains offered by registry Donuts. Many more domains have come out since then, often offered by registries other than Donuts.
Today I ran another comparison based on four non-Donuts domains.
In many ways the results were very similar to the Donuts comparison. NameCheap lives up to its name pretty much across the board. 1&1 has slightly better first year pricing for the domains it offers, but these prices jump after the first year.
Some notes and observations:
* eNom pricing was my reseller rate.
* Web.com (Network Solutions/Register.com) still makes you go to a separate page to register new TLDs. You can’t search for them on the home page. They also continue to be priced at $40 across the board. Its site offers .buzz as an option but returned “unavailable” for all domains I searched.
soulshake says
It’s never easy to do an apples-to-apples comparison for domain names, but for info, some of the prices listed here don’t include things like ICANN fees (e.g. Namecheap).
Here are Gandi.net’s prices (which include ICANN fees as well as many basic services) for these TLDs:
.blue: $16.31
.buzz: $40.54
.link: $12.02
Cheers!
AJ
John says
What a waste of money
S.Pradeep Kumar says
It’s interesting to see so many acquisitions these days. Congrats Rook Media, hope we can see Domain Sponsor in a new dimensional from now on. 🙂
Kevin Murphy says
What’s with the .88? Chinese thing?
Andrew Allemann says
I assume it’s a psychological pricing thing. Note that BuyDomains’ portfolio all ends in 88.
Sam says
Lesson: buy one year with 1&1 then transfer it to NameChange for all renewals.
Any idea how NameCheap can be so cheap?
John says
Never buy anything from 1 &1
Chris says
Name cheap now offers even more TLD that comes loaded with some hosting plan.
kami2k says
1&1 is not recommended