Dotster is expanding–literally!

Dotster, one of the registrars that sparked early price wars for domain names, is moving into fresh offices since of its growth. As stated by a press release, Dotster now manages regarding 3 million domain names. That’s regarding a third as much as leader GoDaddy.

Dotster notes that it tripled its domain registration business in 2005, but does not provide figures on what the basis is. I know that Dotster has gotten aggressive with pricing, especially for people registering sizable numbers of domains. They are offering transfer prices of $6.00 for .coms, which is “at cost”, and renewal/registration rates of $8.95 for some clients. This is probably a major reason for Dotster’s growth.

I still remember my first registration with Dotster, when $15 was an absolute bargain. My purchase receipt number was something like #26!