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question, i bought domains a few times, and the first year is super cheap, then the second year they jack up the prices. no, I'm not paying 140$ for a domain I only use for my kids Minecraft server.
that's why you always look at renewal prices and never first year prices. tld-list.com has a good comparison.
A lot of the big ones like to jack the prices up every year. Just dropped Namecheap because my domain tripled in price over 3 years
Who did you go to?
Nameexpensive.com
They start at 50€/Month but get cheaper over time!
thanks, that's what i need to know
Make sure you're buying .com or another common standard TLD and not some weird TLD with super high prices.
And check the renewal price, if your registrar doesn't make it very clear then go somewhere else.
Thats why I bought a dirt cheap domain that is entirely numbers, and it renews for 10 dollars every 10 years.
I just need to remember the digits.
.xyz
Heh. I own https://9007199254740991.com/
It’s the max safe integer in double precision floating point format.
Wait you're the port87 guy
Yeah. :)
JoCo reference is top tier
You’re the first person to mention it. :)
Those are class 1.111B domains. I actually buy them a little cheaper, but have to do it one year at a time. It's only 6-9 digits though, not any string of digits
So... you reinvented ip addresses.
With subdomains and ddos protection
Can you recommend a good site to find/check these prices? No problem if not, I'm utterly clueless and entirely curious lol.
Cloudflare sells domains at cost
my domains were also dirty cheap. they jacked up the prices afterwards because they can
I have a .us domain, I don't even remember what I pay, I only do it every 6 years, it's so cheap...
you must have a high traffic TLD like a .ai or .sucks or something.
one was .eu, another .uk
don't remember the rest