.com domains now cost 11.99 $

I was unpleasantly surprised when netfirms.com sent me an Invoice for domain renewal for the amount of 11.99. All these years it was 9.99. They also wrote a letter of explanation why they needed to raise the cost:
http://www.netfirms.com/domain-names/price-change-update.php

Did other domain providers also raise the prices?

 

I still get renewals from GoDaddy for $9.99 a year.
All new domains from GoDaddy are now $11.99.

This maybe why they have done it. I suggest you email them and ask.

 

As I know that raise came from ICANN for .com and .net domains

 

That's strange, I got an email from Netfirms promoting their $7.99 sale , there is a $6.95 special announced on Facebook and their coupon code for November's Black Friday $4.95 sale is still working so I have no idea from where you came up with that raised price, since my control panel also say $7.99 for renewal.

 

ShopSmartDomainsdotcom is where I head for, for a new dotcom. They're still at $9.97 for one year, with discounts for longer.

 

I also think same as you. At 2010 they domain registrar companies increased the prices. I remember that i registered lots of my domain names for $7-8 each. Now i am renewing them for $10-11

My registrar is Godaddy by the way.

 

I am getting .com domain for $5 from 1and1 ...

 

name.com " Price : $9.99 "

 

BAJIONLINE.COM ' Price $ 30

 

Have y'all not heard of Internet.bs? They have one of the best rates so far. They even integrated Google Apps registration in just 2-3 clicks, so you don't need to worry where to set up your CNAME or so forth. .com is $7.49 + ICANN fees.

 

I have used http://powerhoster.com for years.
Sometimes other sites under-cut them for a while - but they are consistently one of the cheapest around.
They have raised their prices over the last year, but dot coms are still just $8.75

 

It seems like a lot of companies like Netfirms attract customers with prices as low as 6$ per domain but then charge 11.99$ for domain renewal.

 

Transfer elsewhere - transfers are always cheaper (I move my domains each year )

 

Yes, the price just went up for all registrars. But you still can renew your domains for less than $10. Just transfer them to somewhere else. Or, if it's too late, just renew at netfirms and then transfer out.

 

thx. fren, I will do that.

 

I learned something in here, thanks~
transfer is a better way to lower your domain name cost!

 

Lol why would you register with them unless you are making $5-10k a day & dont care about money.

 

I think this guy is trying to sell the domain bajionline.com for $30

 

transfer out is the best choice...

 

Namecheap is where it's at, $9.98 and free WHOIS Guard, can't beat 'em.