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.info Domains Price Increase!
The price of .info domains seems to have risen lately. I noticed when I tried to purchase a new domain earlier today from namecheap.com. I love name cheap because its easy to navigate, usually cheap and always reliable. Sadly their prices have risen quite substantially. The price of .info domains is now $9.29. Which means info domains are the same price as .coms and .nets!
The days of the .info domains being used for spam websites and MFAs may be over. If the price of .infos are the same as other top level domains they may seem less attractive. However some places do still have cheap .info domains.
The days of the $1 info domains seems to be over as I looked around today to no avail. The cheapest I found with a well known registrar was $2.99 with godaddy and dotster. I went with dotster because godaddy does not accept paypal balance trasfer. This means I would have to add a credit card to my account to buy domains. Not something I can really do since I don’t have a credit card.
I will reveal the domain I purchased tomorrow when the website is live. Its a information site about a niche. It probably won’t get much traffic but may become part of a network of information sites. Thats if it makes any money.
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I was sorry to see those .info prices go too… every time I grabbed a new domain I just added the .info with it… for $3 or less it was a great deal.
Thanks for the post, enjoyed your blog. Scott
- Michael- October 18th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Thanks. I did not know that although the price does increase after the first year.
NameCheap are fine and they did it because they are a reseller and they have to Increase the price.
Good thing I picked up 12 domains before the prices shot.
Slightly out of context, but you can use the 99info godaddy coupon to get 99 cents .infos from godaddy - worked well enough for me.
Hope that helps