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Renewals shock: domain renewal higher than hosting

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carlos2

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13 #1

Renewals shock: my.io domain renewal is €89 while my actual VPS at Contabo is €72/year

I registered this thing 3 years ago for like $8 and never thought about it. Now renewal notice came and it's more than the server itself. Which providers take XMR for domains? I want to at least hide from the registrar who I am while they take my money lol

Is this normal now? Should I have seen this coming? Thinking of just letting it expire and moving to.xyz or something

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lucgone

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Le Baguette

#2

I have make the same discovery since 2 days with my.io haha I have pay 95€ for renewal, my hosting is 60€ at OVHcloud. It is possible to do that? I mean, the price is very crazy no?

I think I will transfer to another registrar but I am not sure if it is possible, I have read something about 60 days lock after transfer, mdr. Since when.io is premium TLD? I remember cheap cheap before

Vive la résistance... électrique
JE

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#3

Up and only up

.io registry raised wholesale rates 28% in 2024, most registrars passed through plus margin. /24 will cost you a kidney but at least IP blocks have utility. Domains are just rent with no equity.

cpanelliw780

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shared hosting survivor

3 #4

Lol yeah I got hit too my .app was like 12 bucks to register and now they want 80 I thought something was broken in the email checked three times nope just real life now transfered to cloudcone.com (https://cloudcone.com) and saved like 10 bucks which is basically nothing should have stayed put probably

Berlin1

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1 #5

@lucgone you cannot transfer someoneelses Premium renewal to another registrar and magically fix the price; the Registry sets the base rate; every registrar adds their own margin; you are just moving deckchairs;

Check your original registration invoice[1]; I bet you paid a First year discount subsidized by the registrar; the real price was always hiding in plain sight; they got you hooked; now you pay;

[1] footnotes make me feel authoritative

Hana5

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GPU poor

#6

@Berlin1 please, you are correct. I check my old invoice, first year was "very cheap" but small text say "renew at standard rate", help. I did not read, server is angry now. No transfer possible because I am inside 60 day window from last update. Very bad luck.

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lee_mcr

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#7

Right then, proper stitch-up this industry is. We see this all the time at Hostinger — customer registers premium-ish thing on promo, forgets about it, gets the shock later.

Honest truth: some TLDs are just revenue extraction machines now..io,.ai, all the "tech cool" ones. If you don't need the brand recognition,.uk or.coop or even.net will do you fine. Cheers lads

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KE

Member

#8

Which XMR registrar did you end up checking, any with actual privacy

mediaaustin

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Deliverability Nerd

#9

28% wholesale but 1000% retail, something doesn't add up there

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SA

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#10

Same shock with .ai last month. Never again.

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