Cheapest .com renewal is $9.49 (at cosmotown.com).
I think for domain registrations/renewals you should just always go for the cheapest one (of course making sure it's not a scam and there is some basic customer service).
I'm maintaining a tool that focuses on domain name renewal rates, have a look if you're interested: https://dot.bs
About 40, of which I only use a few. It actually got me started on a project: how can I minimize the cost of keeping all of those domains.
After a lot of tinkering I could cut costs with a healthy amount, not sure if it was worth all the time I put into it though, haha ;)
Maybe it will help someone out: https://www.dot.bs/registrar-combinations -> copy-paste a list of your domains, and it will find the cheapest combination of registrars for you
Exactly. I run a registrar price comparison service, and a lot of domain extensions are basically sold ‘at cost’. The catch is that a) a registrar will sell some tlds with a tiny/no margin, but charge a healthy extra for other tlds (like a ‘loss leader) and/or b) get you on the renewals (or c) keep increasing fees once their number of customers is high enough and hope most of them won’t notice for some time, double or triple of regular fees is not uncommon!).
So even though margins are low, as a customer it still makes sense to shop around.
Ps https://dot.bs is the service I run to compare tld registration and renewal prices
I wanted something as close to paper as possible, but with tracking etc. Couldn’t find it and built my own :)
Maybe it will be useful for you as well: https://can.do
Looks like you're back 'online'?
But this is sad to hear. I run a service that compares domain name prices (https://dot.bs if you're curious), and maybe it would be good to include something like a 'reliability' score or something per extension (ie registry).
I see (on https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db) that Radix also operates .fun, .host, .press, .site, .space, .store, .tech, .uno, and .website. So those could get some indication to start with.
Does anyone know of any other 'less reliable' registries..?
The issue with radix is their silence before and after a domain suspension. We are also very new to this. We will publish our learnings in a future blog post.
I'm coming from a bit similar situation and I decided to build something for this.
Basically I see the domain registration itself as a commodity service (ie just go for the cheapest one), and then DNS management etc you can do through a common interface. A way to achieve this is to:
1. Register the domain at whichever place is the cheapest.
2. Set the nameservers to the ones belonging to the DNS management service.
3. All domain name management can be done from the DNS panel at the DNS management service.
Not sure if I'm explaining it clearly, but please have a look at our service at https://dot.bs if you're interested.
We're comparing a 140 domain registrars on price and provide the service I described above.
Almost my philosophy! Except I do list multiple tasks at the start of the day, but the next day I do a complete reset and start over again (see https://can.do/about if you’re interested)
Food for thought here. I've developed an app for myself that addresses issues 1, 2, 3, and 6 to some extent (ie prevent long todo lists, finishing tasks is rewarding, nudges towards effective behavior).
Now to see if the other issues can be addressed/are in scope for me :)
This resonates a lot with me. I've tried so many todo apps, but in the end I always returned to a simple piece of paper.
It did bother me that paper is not very flexible, so I'm experimenting with a digital 'paper to-do' version.
If you're curious, check it out at https://can.do :)
I'm maintaining a tool that focuses on domain name renewal rates, have a look if you're interested: https://dot.bs