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Seems the domain name registrar, Go Daddy, has been testing the pricing waters in anticipation of the upcoming increase in registry prices on October 1 of this year. My bet is the increase to $15.19 dropped their new registrations and add-on sales for .net and .org domains quite a bit which in turn led them to drop them back down to $11.19 each including fees from the $15.19.

First they shoot up to $13.19 each. Then they shoot up another $2.00 to $15.19. Now, they’re back down again. Sure looks like price testing to me alright. Wonder how many registrants moved their portfolios because of this?

Other domain registrars have started sending out notices about price increases. The wholesale cost of .com domains will increase 7% on October 1.

Time to check the status of your domain registrar providing you don’t have one of those “Free for Life” primary domain name deals with your web hosting provider. If so, you should be fine.

Psst! Hey buddy, want to transfer your domain name to me? For only $45 a year, I’ll take real good care of it.

This is a parody of what I got in the mail yesterday from one of the companies that actually mail their scam offer to you. Their name is Domain Registry of America but the thing is that they’re not even in America. They’re in Canada! So much for the name of their company. Oh, and their European counterpart is also not in Europe either from what my sources reveal.

See, most domain name registries have in their TOS (Terms of Service) or other fine print that no entity shall email, fax nor call a domain name owner for the purpose of attempting to solicit your business or other things of that nature. Nothing there about actually mailing you offers. Too bad. It’s still unwanted. (more…)