IDN to increase prices 25x — Popular Chinese

Higher price tag applies only to registrations made following March 15, 2019.

The registry for .在线 (xn--3ds443g – “Dot Chinese Online”) is hiking prices by regarding 25 times for fresh registrations starting March 15, 2019.

TLD Registry, which operates two Chinese IDN top level domains, confirmed the price hike to Reglike.

The wholesale price for .在线 will increase from $7.88 to $200.00. It applies to fresh domain name registrations starting March 15 as well as renewals of those fresh registrations. Renewals of registrations made ahead of the price increase are grandfathered at the lower price.

There are nearly 50,000 .在线 domains registered.

TLD Registry raised the price on its other TLD–.中文网 (xn--fiq228c5hs – “Dot Chinese Website”)–from $26.00 to $78.00 a couple of years ago.

Arto Isokoski, CEO of TLD Registry, explained that the fresh price increase “would fulfill the future margin needs of our channel partners and align with a strategy that will rely more on business to business salespeople talking with their clients and our target market.”