I was perusing one of my favorite web hosting forums, and there was a post there about domain name prices and how one of the member’s clients was paying $45.00 a year for a domain name.

*sigh* I see this all the time.

From time to time (especially if you already have a domain name) you’ll get a very nice looking letter in the mail from certain domain registration companies. These letters -look- like invoices, but they really aren’t. They are just glorified advertisements trying to get you to switch to their registration services. I’ll say this once: DON’T PAY MORE THAN $15 A YEAR FOR DOMAINS. I don’t care what goo-gaws the registrar is offering (most of them offer the same thing – free email forwarding, free parking, a free landing page…just like everyone else) .

A long time ago, there was only one place to register domains. Network Solutions. There were only three TLD’s you could register – .com, .net, and .org. Network Solutions was happy to charge 35 bucks a year for the name. And just the name…no fancy stuff. I know of companies who charge $50 a year for a .com. It’s a joke, friends. Stick with the Enom’s and the GoDaddy’s, and save yourself some cash.

-Dave