Maybe the price increase tell us indirectly that there is a great demand for .com and .net domain , massive demand determines the price of domain

Hey there, Portland! Yamhill over here

Verisign is hella expencive!

If you use a reasonable registrar, you probably will not see an increase in price. Our registrar raised their rates by fifty cents a year, and that is the only increase we've seen in ten years of using them.

Increase of domain prices is like a cold slap to my wallet, so to speak, since I have many domains and I experience jitters down my spine every time GoDaddy sends me a price "warning" message.

Yeah, I understand where you are coming from. A friend of mine who have several domains without websites developed for them also told me the same. I am glad currently I only have two registered domain names.

Well nope, we don't find $12 to $17 for a domain name very appealing at all! Surly less than $10 at the very least for a .com, .net or .org is really more in-line. In our opinion that is. (smile)

As far as I know, .com and .net have always been the most popular (though reading about .de domains don't surprise me somehow).

I know you can get cheaper domains if you change to a good site for this, but I always have reason to believe that .com and .net will always be higher than the rest. .org too maybe.

I used GoDaddy for my domain and only because they had a sale on another extension. I didn't research any others, but kind of wish that I did. Surely there are prices cheaper than $12+.

I just checked Go Daddy and in fact, .com and .net are not the most expensive TLD's. The registrar charges $29.99 a year for a .co domain, and $12.99 a year for a .ca domain.

Yes verisign is the firm managing entire .com/.net domains system. They are increasing rates bec ICANN is looking to put ICANN fee on these extensions