Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

  • neutronEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I heard .org domains were preferred to avoid these kind of price hikes, how true is this?

    • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      It’s administered by a nonprofit (Public Internet Registry) which cap the wholesale price to ~$9 per year. There was a proposal to remove the price cap and transfer the management to a an investment firm a few years ago and it was met with uproar so it was canceled.