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I just renewed domain name I own for maybe 20+ years, for $23/yr. This is nuts.

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who's your registrar? that sounds like GoDaddy levels of pricing.

Cloudflare, porkbun and others can get you a .com for $10-$11/yr

GoDaddy.

FWIW Cloudflare sells domains at near cost, $10.46 for a .com domain currently.

doesn't mean much when you're forced to use their namesevers. this only applies if you're willing to be tied to CF

Thank you! Looking into this now.

they're a nightmare to deal with if you ever have problems. I'd transfer out

Are you sure it's 20 years? I don't think selling more than the registry max limit (10 years) is allowed by the registry-registrar agreement. Also you should never renew for the max period, because you lock yourself in with your current registrar for at least a year (to transfer your domain name to another registrar you need to be able to renew it for at least 1 year, which you can't do if you renewed for 10 years). Being locked in with a registrar can be risky

They are saying they have owned the domain for more than 20 years, presumably paying much less than 23$/yr during that time. Now they renewed their ownership and they find the price exorbitant.

I did not know about the requirement about being able to renew the domain for transfers, I was considering buying a .com for a long duration but maybe I'll hold off on that.

You can buy a .com for a long duration, just don’t make it 10 years. 8 or 9 years is plenty, and gives you room to transfer out if needed.

Thanks, yes, I own the domain for 20+ years, but pay yearly renewals.

I never really had any issues w/ GoDaddy, but am looking to change to Cloudflare now. I don't understand what am I paying $20+ for.

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