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The dirt-cheap domain model — Donuts tries

The dirt-cheap domain model — Donuts tries

Majority of Donuts’ domain names will cost less than $10 for the first year.

Fresh top level domain name firm Donuts initially held out on offering low first-year prices for its domain names. Then, it started testing it across some of its domains.

Apparently, the numbers are working out. It’s extending cheap first year pricing to nearly all of its domain names.

Beginning April 1, you can expect to pick up regarding 60 Donuts domains for under $5 for the first year and nearly all of them for under $10.

11 domains ought to be regarding $2 retail. (Remember, Donuts only sets wholesale prices, not retail.) This group includes .accountants, .technology and .world.

Another 50 domains ought to cost you less than $5 for the first year. This batch includes .credit, .cash and .soccer.

The majority of domains–more than 125–ought to have a retail price around $8-$10.

.Casino, which is usually regarding $150 retail, will cost regarding $20 and .movie, which is right now over $300, will be a relative bargain of regarding $40.

Some of these lower prices are by now available at GoDaddy.

Keep in mind that this is only for the first year and does not apply to transfers. The promo lasts until at least the end of September.

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