Domain Registration Price Increase FAQ

What's all this about?
Last year in January our domain provider, Verisign, hit us with a price increase for .com and .net registrations, with another increase coming in July for .net. As irritating as these increases have been for us, we're sorry to say that any protests regarding these increases have fallen on deaf ears. We've held off on passing this increase to our customers for an entire year simply because we didn't want to believe it was true.

However, we are sad to report that we've allowed reality's harsh embrace to alter our thinking on domain pricing for .com and .net domains. As of June 15, 2013, we will be increasing the price for .com and .net domain registration and renewals to $11.95 per year.

Due to our commitment to non-profit organizations and all of the good work that they do, we will NOT be increasing the price for ".org" domain registrations and renewals at this time. They will stay at the current rate of $9.95 per year.

We're sorry to be the bearers of bad news and wish we didn't have to follow in Verisign's footsteps on this, but them's the breaks.

FAQ
We've received quite a few questions about this in response to our first batch of notifications, so we'd like to address some of the more common questions here, for your convenience:

How does this affect domains that have been paid for in advance for several years.
Prepaid domains are still considered paid in full until their expiration (so there is no impact).

Can we renew domains for extra years at the old rate if done so before June 15th?
Yes, absolutely. Any registrations and renewals that go through before the price change takes hold will be charged at the current rate.

Do we still get a free domain with a paid hosting plan?
Yes, you will still receive a free domain registration with your shared hosting plan.

Does that mean my paid hosting plan will increase in price?
We are not changing the price of any other services at this time. Your hosting plan will continue at the same rate you agreed to when it was added.

Why not switch domain registration providers?
Verisign is the central registry for .com and .net registrations. Essentially, there's no one higher than them when it comes to maintaining these domain registrations.

All other providers of .com and .net registrations that we could've used are actually just reselling Verisign's services, and charge even more.

I received a notification but I have already closed my account?
When you close your account, you're presented with this message:



If you choose to keep your domain registrations, then your hosting and everything would still be closed, but your account remains just open enough to keep and manage your domain registrations.

You can verify your account status from the Manage Account section of the panel.