Domain renewal

[ATiRubyfan]

Hi.

Apologies if this should have gone somewhere else in the forum instead of General Discussion.

I have a org.uk domain which I registered with Godaddy few years ago. During renewal, they bump up the price and I switched to Namecheap. I have a feeling that Namecheap are doing somthing similar as my renewal for next year is £7.
Is this the going rate?

 

[Diddums]

I just paid 95p with 123Reg. New customer promo.

 

[ATiRubyfan]

I just paid 95p with 123Reg. New customer promo.

Is domain renewal like Breakdown cover?
You keep switching every year?

 

[Blackbadger]

At £7 for a renewal I believe that's a good price. I doubt GoDaddy are making more than a few pence on it. It's a very competitive price.
Most Hosts/registrars offer some kind of sign up deal for registering a new domain for your first year, however few if any provide such a deal if transferring a existing domain. (I will likely be corrected).

Most make their money on upselling additional features such as webhosting etc, and sometimes (like GoDaddy) even charge you extra to amend the records.

 

[Rob_B]

My Google, now squarespace renewal is £17 for a random, rubbish domain site that I purely use as an email sink.
So yeah, £7 seems good.

 

[Resident]

My domain is about £8/yr. Started off at £5/yr in 2012 with TSOHosts

 

[ATiRubyfan]

I just paid 95p with 123Reg. New customer promo.

I went with 123Reg in the end. Nil for this year and £12 next year.

 

[visibleman]

Good thread here - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/uk-domain-reg-companies.18973277/

Currently, Porkbun and Cloudflare (one of the cheapest) and use a currency fee-free/low card (as it's usually USD).

Edit - Porkbun currently charges $5.66 p/y (~£4.45) for .uk domains (includes .org.uk); Cloudflare is $4.94 or ~£3.88.

 

[punky_munky]

It depends on the top level domain, but £7/year seems about right

 

[drakioned]

+1 for Porkbun.

 

[Nomisf]

That's similar to some of the cheaper domains I keep with Gandi, so not bad I'd say

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

In the early 2000s, I had a domain with Freeparking which was £15 across 3 years, so £5/year.

20 years later, I agree with others on here that £7/year is pretty good or at least about right.