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Huh—my first domain name shows it was registered in 2002, and I was sure NetSol was the only option at the time, as in, not that I looked and didn't find others
by handrous 5y ago
Huh—my first domain name shows it was registered in 2002, and I was sure NetSol was the only option at the time, as in, not that I looked and didn't find others, but I looked and the answer was a definitive "NetSol is the only one". IIRC I paid around $70. My recollection was that all the new, cheap registers didn't come about until later rule changes, maybe a couple years later, not all the way back in '98. I'm also pretty sure I remember reading about the change on Slashdot, and I don't think I was reading it yet before 2000.
[EDIT] I must have paid for two years (maybe first time registrations had to be two years, at the time?) at a $34.99/yr rate, to get that $70 figure I had in my head, in 2002.
- dylan604 5y agoI've noticed a lot of registrars try this where they select a multi-year option as default.
- selcuka 5y agoI'm sure Directnic was around in 1998 offering .com domain names for $15/year. Unfortunately archive.org only goes back to 2000 [1]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20000510064309/http://www.directnic.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000510064309/http://www.direct...
- merlyn 5y agoI've checked my records, I registered domains at the start of January 2002 through OpenSRS for my customers. OpenSRS have celebrated 20 years according to their blog. I don't remember the exact year from handoff from NetSol to ICANN approved registars, but some of that work started in September 1998. I found some sources that state sometime during 2001 was when NetSol had it's exclusive registrar service ended.