> They are more expensive, but not that much per domain
With no coupons, .com extension, including ICANN fees:
Gandi: $17.94/year
GoDaddy: $11.62/year
Namecheap: $10.16/year
So Gandi's premium is almost the whole retail price of a domain elsewhere. They're charging more than double what they pay Verisign per domain. It might be worth it, but it is a big difference.
After using Namecheap, Godaddy and a number of others I have settled on Gandi because I find their whole attitude great. I really appreciate the way they dont try and upsell... ever. And a while ago they did a promotion where they gave out a free domain for every year you had been a customer. I believe they really do care about their customers and it shows in the way they do business and how they get out of your way until you need them.
$15 even is both what's on their price list and on my bank statement for the domain I renewed this month. If there are fees, I think they're included.
But even if I'm missing something, an ~$8 difference kindof proves my point. Sure, it's a big proportional difference, but the only reason that's the case is that the price of domains themselves isn't much in absolute terms -- it's not hard to spend more on dinner than any of the domain prices you listed, and the difference between Gandi and GoDaddy/Namecheap represents lunch, or a couple of coffees or sodas.
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> They are more expensive, but not that much per domain
With no coupons, .com extension, including ICANN fees:
Gandi: $17.94/year
GoDaddy: $11.62/year
Namecheap: $10.16/year
So Gandi's premium is almost the whole retail price of a domain elsewhere. They're charging more than double what they pay Verisign per domain. It might be worth it, but it is a big difference.
After using Namecheap, Godaddy and a number of others I have settled on Gandi because I find their whole attitude great. I really appreciate the way they dont try and upsell... ever. And a while ago they did a promotion where they gave out a free domain for every year you had been a customer. I believe they really do care about their customers and it shows in the way they do business and how they get out of your way until you need them.
> Gandi: $17.94/year
$15 even is both what's on their price list and on my bank statement for the domain I renewed this month. If there are fees, I think they're included.
But even if I'm missing something, an ~$8 difference kindof proves my point. Sure, it's a big proportional difference, but the only reason that's the case is that the price of domains themselves isn't much in absolute terms -- it's not hard to spend more on dinner than any of the domain prices you listed, and the difference between Gandi and GoDaddy/Namecheap represents lunch, or a couple of coffees or sodas.