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Do all Doamin registrars register domain names at a loss.
Having had a look at nominet, it seems to me that the cheapest you can register a .co.uk name is £75 + VAT. How does this work then? Seeing as I can register through a company my .co.uk domain name for £7.50 + VAT Many thanks Andy |
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You can register a .co.uk domain through www.1and1.co.uk for £3.98 for 2 years + VAT. So Im not sure how this can be possible.
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This is my point, basically i run a small hosting business, with someone else, and we ar ecurrently paying £7.50 per .co.uk domain name to register, do we trhought wewould look at getting an IPS-TAG etc.. but it seems prohibtavly expensive.... £75 + VAT per domain.
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The nominet costs you are looking at are direct registration, not becoming your own tag with electronic registration.
The £75 includes them doing all the data capture, sending certs etc. The more you register the cheaper it gets, so they are not selling at a loss just a very small profit, and small profits on many sales = £ÃÆ ’‚£Ãà¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£. You need to become a member http://www.nominet.org.uk/Members/HowToJoin/ £400 Then the costs of using the automaton http://www.nominet.org.uk/Members/BenefitsOfMembership/ £5 per registration. http://www.nominet.org.uk/TagHolders...iningATag.html Looking at your post 3 you would need to be registering 160 names a year 400 / (7.50-5) = 160 before break even. Unless you are selling loads of names looks like you are still better off using a third party. |
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Thank you for your help.. means some companies do sell at a loss, obviously making money on the acssociated services they sell..
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As was said, it really just comes down to bulk - you get enough people buying domains your prices come down - you'll find a lot of places will run at a loss first of all to build up the customer base, so that over time the wholesale prices comes down to something more reasonable. You just need a large bank balance to carry it through. The domain market has become incredibly tough recently, with more and more companies having to try and encourage customers with other things, such as hosting, email and so on. |
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I was pointing out how some do it. I've just had a look at my UK2.net invoices, they are pretty fair, for a .co.uk the invoice breaks down to a
£5 Nominet Fee (so at cost) £3.98 DNS (so thats 16p a month for 2 years) and all they can see as contribution to profit. |
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yea, that sounds about write, its worth noting for the unwise that, anything less than £5 gor domain registration, is going to include extra costs somewhere along the line...
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Is yours the link that you use as the link in your footer. if so nice prices...
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To be fair, I get beaten by some on the .co.uk, but I think for most other ones I'm fairly well priced... |
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IO think as this thread has covered, its doesnt matter squat how cheap your domain registration is... its more to do with what do you get with that and what are the hidden prices... £7.50 seems to be around about the correct pricefor no hdden charges as it were..
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Budget for £200 per year for the first 3 years which will cover your initial registration of £400 and 2 years at £100... Then you could say 200 / (7.50 -5) = 80 for those three years and subsequent years at 100 / (7.50 - 5) = 40 to break even... much simpler... |
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