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Yes, they can pull the shenanigans.

Registries (like Google for .dev, Verisign for .com/.net) set the pricing for domains under their TLDs. Registrars like Gandi add just a very slim markup.

If I'm reading the Gandi cart right to renew "fly.dev", yes they can pull these shenanigans. It's showing $780 to renew. I can't tell if that's one year or not.

Presumably fly will be keeping `fly.dev` around? Perhaps you're in a good place to make a fuss about this given your commercial usage of a "cool" .dev domain.

How much is Gandi’s markup? I’d bet it’s the same couple of dollars they charge for regular domains. I suspect Google is pocketing 99% of that price hike.

I have some .dev with namecheap, and it's showing me $16.98 to add a new year for all of the ones I have, and I can go up to 9 years (only 8 for one of them interestingly), so I don't think this is all .dev domains, likely just premium ones.