How much do you pay for your domain names?

[crus]

Hi there,

ss part of the redev of a current business I am shifting the emphasis and as part of that I am aiming to offer the cheapest domain reg in the UK.

Please could you vote in the poll and let me know what kind of price you are paying at moment.

I have excluded .co.uk as these will be offered for a sub £6 price..
Thanks

D

[JustOneUK]

.co.uk £1.99

.com £8.99

[crus]

OK,

to clarify I dont need to know .co.uk prices as I have already arranged to buy direct from nominet at their wholesale price of £5.00+VAT.

The system I will be offering is standalone registration, not tied to any hosting with full dns management and mail forwarding.

Please only post prices for domain registration alone.

PS thanks justone, can you vote in the poll for me please.

[JustOneUK]

actually my host provides up to 20 .co.uk domains FREE 8)

you can join up (http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=6730614)
with my affiliate link if you want 8)

[JustOneUK]

why would someone want to get their domains from you? It would cost more to transfer them onto their hosting than it would cost to register.

[Coding Monkey]

$2.99 (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/)

[clairemackaness]

Mines free with my hosting package

[crus]

OK,

I understand where you guys are coming from, having double figure experience of the interenet and a portfolio of several thousand domains I have suffered the pitfalls of tied deals and transfer away fees etc.

My target audience is not those who get domains as part of a hosting package, but if that describes you look at it this way.

When you sign up for a mobile contract you may not pay for the phone, however the phone is subsidised and you pay for the phone over the lifespan of the contract.

Equally with so called FREE or subsidised offers, you pay for the domain over the lifespan of the hosting agreement which is beneficial but can cause huge pain in certain circumstances.

I use a blend of hosting, off shelf packages like the ones you describe, dedicated machines from similar companies and for the real hottie stuff I run my own servers out of telehouse and red bus cos I dont llike the idea of restrictions or the possibility of someone having a good nose at what I am doing.

Its horses for courses, however in this instance I appreciate the feedback, and I may have to look at rolling hosting services to capture an even wider audience which I can offer through a reseller package a lot cheaper than the 1&1 service for example.

thanks

D

ps how many ogf you have domains you do not use?

[crus]

Mines free with my hosting package

Love the artwork claire,

Im gonna pass your site onto someone who buys for a couple of blue chips as Im off there for crimbo now.

D