where to degister a .com?

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:32

where to register a .com?

i need to register a new .com, but where is cheap and reliable?

killsta · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:36

I've always used http://www.register1.net

Excellent support and prices

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:38

only £5.48 for a .com?

what is the catch...?

daz · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:40

That's pretty much the normal price

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:40

daz said:
That's pretty much the normal price

well my other domain is on registron and they are still charging £8.

Adz · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:50

It's generally known in business as "making a profit"

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Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:51

Adz said:
It's generally known in business as "making a profit" .

so register1 doesnt make a profit?

killsta · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:54

They make a huge profit, they just buy things cheaper due to their size.

Adz · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:55

Not much of one on £5.48 I'd imagine. Their .uk domains I'd be very surprised if they don't sell at a loss - Nominet charge tag holders £5 + VAT and as Register1 aren't a direct tagholder they have to pay Tucows who they resell, merchant account fees, bank fees and staff before they make a profit on their £5.48

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The idea with Register1, with Registron and in fact with all 'low cost' domain registrars is that a lot of people will buy their hosting too which is far more profitable. It's a form of loss leader.

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:56

i see. well i've registered my .com with them now, cheers (although it came to something like £6.80 with VAT).

Adz · 31 Jul 2006 at 16:57

How dare they charge you VAT? Ripoff merchants

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Beansprout · 31 Jul 2006 at 17:21

killsta said:
They make a huge profit, they just buy things cheaper due to their size.

A huge profit on domains? s/profit/margin

killsta · 31 Jul 2006 at 17:45

Did I say margin or domains? I just said profit

TomaHawk · 31 Jul 2006 at 17:47

I'd recommend GoDaddy.com! Really great prices and currently have two domains with them and never had a problem. Their customer service is also spot on!

lozza · 31 Jul 2006 at 18:15

Are those renewal prices too?

I recently got "stung" if you can say that when i was looking for a cheap domain and went for an info one @ £2.99 a year but now on renewal i have to pay £8.99 a year - if i had known i'd of gone with a co.uk or me.uk for £8.99 for 2 years. Luckily for me the domain name isn't important and so i can just buy a new domain - but would have been majorly annoyed if it were an important domain name

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 18:19

Harib0 said:
but would have been majorly annoyed if it were an important domain name

couldn't you just transfer it to a different registrar if that happened?

Beansprout · 31 Jul 2006 at 18:26

killsta said:
Did I say margin or domains? I just said profit

I guess that depends how the context of the previous posts is interpreted, I didn't think seek would actually think Register1 as a whole made no money

Van Hellseek · 31 Jul 2006 at 18:29

Beansprout said:
I didn't think seek would actually think Register1 as a whole made no money

i didn't. i was simply questioning adz statement.

Beansprout · 31 Jul 2006 at 19:21

seek said:
i didn't. i was simply questioning adz statement.

Good

FWIW I don't sell domains at a loss :cool:

tsinc80697 · 31 Jul 2006 at 20:15

random post but, why does the topic in the topic list say

where to degister a .com?

but when you're in the topic reading the posts it says

where to register a .com?

:confused: