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It's not really clear from their website but to register a domain only ( no hosting ) you have to deposit into an NFS account first including 'deposit fees' tha

It's not really clear from their website but to register a domain only ( no hosting ) you have to deposit into an NFS account first including 'deposit fees' that they charge, plus any international payment fees charged by your institution. Slightly awkward and seems likely to leave an unusuable residue, as opposed to just paying the required amount directly.

netule 10y ago
You can deposit an arbitrary amount of funds into an account, while simultaneously calculating the fees charged by payment processors, so unless you deposit an odd amount, you'll never have residual funds in your account. Here's what's on the deposit page: We charge a small deposit fee on each deposit. This fee is designed to to cover the following costs we incur: Fees charged to us by third parties to process your payments. Banking and accounting costs. Dealing with payment fraud. Developing and maintaining secure payment infrastructure. To keep this fee from being too large, we also apply an instant rebate that can vary widely by payment method, deposit amount and other factors. For most payments, the deposit fee and instant rebate are not the deciding factors in determining which method to use. However, for extremely small deposits, they can be very important. Honestly, I'd rather be charged a fee once for "funds" (and transparently explained) than for each domain.
j_s 10y ago
This is on purpose. https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#gp_domains https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#gp_domains Are your domain registration services intended for general-purpose usage? No, our domain registrations services are provided on a cost-recovery basis as a service to our hosting members, and are not intended to be used as a standalone product. We are not, nor do we have any interest in being, a general-purpose domain registration provider. Consequently, while we do not impose any restrictions on the use of our domain registration and RespectMyPrivacy.COM services, our system is specially designed to facilitate use of registered domains with our hosting services. If you wish to use these services for other purposes, you are welcome to do so, with the following caveats: • it may require additional effort on your part to set up, • our prepaid balance model is not optimized for domain-only usage, and • we will not be able to provide technical support for usage of domains in conjunction with third-party services.

netule 10y ago

You can deposit an arbitrary amount of funds into an account, while simultaneously calculating the fees charged by payment processors, so unless you deposit an odd amount, you'll never have residual funds in your account. Here's what's on the deposit page: We charge a small deposit fee on each deposit. This fee is designed to to cover the following costs we incur: Fees charged to us by third parties to process your payments. Banking and accounting costs. Dealing with payment fraud. Developing and maintaining secure payment infrastructure. To keep this fee from being too large, we also apply an instant rebate that can vary widely by payment method, deposit amount and other factors. For most payments, the deposit fee and instant rebate are not the deciding factors in determining which method to use. However, for extremely small deposits, they can be very important. Honestly, I'd rather be charged a fee once for "funds" (and transparently explained) than for each domain.

j_s 10y ago

This is on purpose. https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#gp_domains https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#gp_domains Are your domain registration services intended for general-purpose usage? No, our domain registrations services are provided on a cost-recovery basis as a service to our hosting members, and are not intended to be used as a standalone product. We are not, nor do we have any interest in being, a general-purpose domain registration provider. Consequently, while we do not impose any restrictions on the use of our domain registration and RespectMyPrivacy.COM services, our system is specially designed to facilitate use of registered domains with our hosting services. If you wish to use these services for other purposes, you are welcome to do so, with the following caveats: • it may require additional effort on your part to set up, • our prepaid balance model is not optimized for domain-only usage, and • we will not be able to provide technical support for usage of domains in conjunction with third-party services.