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Loss leader. The markup from legacy registrars is probably excessive, but with Google, Cloudflare, etc getting into the game, they can likely offer wholesale p
by qeternity 5y ago
Loss leader.
The markup from legacy registrars is probably excessive, but with Google, Cloudflare, etc getting into the game, they can likely offer wholesale pricing to support the rest of their (very) profitable product lines.
- ted0 5y agoExactly. Depends how you define legacy registrars but I can agree with you to an extent. Namecheap's retail pricing is not excessive by any means — domains on their own are essentially commoditized — it all depends how much you value service and trust. Try calling Google if your domain is hijacked, your account is locked, or you have any number of other issues with a high value domain.
- France_is_bacon 5y agoYes. Just got off the phone with your support this morning. It made the process so much faster and easier. Instead of spending 3 hours trying to fix it myself and reading countless search results, I got it fixed in 5 minutes. Never, ever would happen with Google or Yahoo.
- commoner 5y ago> Namecheap's retail pricing is not excessive by any means $12.98 for a .com domain renewal is a 65% upcharge over the $7.85 wholesale rate. That is considerably more expensive than many of Namecheap's competitors.
- qeternity 5y agoOthers will do it cheaper and make it up with cloud, email, etc services. That’s why we’ve moved away from Namecheap (who were my go-to for many years). If I’m really worried about domain hijacking, locking, etc I’d use something like MarkMonitor.