Offer Discounts if You Ask; $5.99 Renewals at GoDaddy — Domain Registrars
GoDaddy offers $5.99 renewals; other registrars have discounts too.
When you multiply domain name registration and renewal costs across thousands of domains, saving even a few dimes per registration adds up quickly. Many registrars offer “preferred” pricing for sizable domain name owners. This article will discuss some of this pricing along with a coupon code for domain renewals at Godaddy.
GoDaddy –GoDaddy has special offers almost daily. I get an e-mail from the firm literally every other day with a special offer. But most of these offers apply to fresh registrations only, not renewals. But here’s a coupon code for cheap renewals on .com and .net: GDBB776. It worked as of yesterday to give me a .com renewal for $5.99 +.22 ICANN fee, or $6.21. If you have a lot of domains at GoDaddy you ought to use this code ahead of GoDaddy yanks it. I don’t know the expiration date.
GoDaddy’s regular prices are $9.17 for .com domains. GoDaddy offers a domain discount club for $79.99 per year. This club entitles you to .com domains for $6.71 per year along with a host of other goodies. If you are a GoDaddy client with 30 or more domains then you ought to sign up for the club.
Moniker – Moniker’s every day .com price is $9.95 per year. But most clients have preferred pricing as low as $6.95 for .com and $5.49 for .net. To qualify you must hold many domains at Moniker and pre-pay your account in increments of at least $500 at a time. Still, Moniker offers interest-free financing plans for people that want to transfer a number of domains at one time to the registrar. To get the best pricing send an email to editor (at) domainnamewire.com.
Dotster – Dotster advertises domain registrations for $14.95. But only first timers pay that much. Dotster will offer you preferred pricing of $8.95 for .com registrations and $6.00 for transfers if you ask (or start transferring your domains out). Or, just use Dotster’s lower-priced affiliate MyDomain.com for $8.25 registrations every day.
eNom –eNom used to offer standard pricing on its web page, but I can’t find it. It was expensive, too. But I don’t know anyone who ever paid those prices. Instead, you sign up as a reseller and get favorable pricing. Don’t worry, you don’t have to actually sell domains registrationsto be a reseller. You can be your only client. Although I don’t keep many domains at eNom anymore, my pricing is $8.95 for .coms. The more you spend with eNom over time the lower your price becomes.
1&1 –1&1 uses domain name sales as a loss leader to sell hosting. (When the firm first entered the consumer webhosting business a few years ago it offered three years of free hosting to anyone who wanted it. They like this business model.) .Com domains cost only $5.99 counting free domain privacy. But you’ll pay the price in a cumbersome management interface.
Bottom Line – If you’re paying more than $8 for .coms then you’re paying too much. You can expect prices to increase a bit later this year when VeriSign increases its wholesale prices by 7% for .com and 10% for .net.
