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Morgan Hondros
Courses Plus Student 1,450 PointsDifferent prices for different TLDs.
I'm seeing different prices based on different TLDs.
.club is $7.88 per year for example.
.io happens to be $32.88 per year.
What makes these prices so different I wonder?
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsAdam Young you are very knowledgable on this subject (much moreso than I am). you should post your comment as an answer instead of a comment
1 Answer
Adam Young
15,791 PointsBasically, the registry operator sets pricing for TLD's it manages. Registrars act as a reseller of sorts, so the price you're seeing is an adjustment of the registrar's cost.
In short, the price you're seeing is the the registry's price + what the registrar expects to gain as profit for the registration.
For example, Verisign (the registry for .COM) sets a registrar price of about 6-8 dollars. Most registrars will in turn charge you around 10 dollars, meaning that they make a couple bucks for each .COM you register.
As a standard rule, cc(country code) TLD's (such as .IO, the country code for British Indian Ocean) have a higher price tag.
Most gTLD's (with the exception of new gTLD's) are considerably cheaper than ccTLD's.
Adam Young
15,791 PointsAdam Young
15,791 PointsThanks for the tip Stone Preston! I probably didn't mention you right!