$2.50 domain registrations
 

$2.50 domain regs are now available at: http://www.dot5hosting.com/

As far as I know, they are not making a profit on selling domains this way, so what's the catch?

Well, look if you want to register for multiple years.

1 for $2.50
2 for $10.00
3 for $20.00

Still looking for the rest of the catch. :Graucho

Domain News & Discussion. please add.
http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...adid=344671&s=

and more competitive pricing

I see two possibilties
a/renewal cost is way higher
b/domains should be hosted with them

And I think it's a+b in this case

Yes, it's definitely competitive pricing, but how is this lucrative?

I know that eNom pays about $3.65/domain, but $2.50 for a domain sounds insane.

Dot5hosting is a pretty reputable hosting company too, so I'm sure they wouldn't allow a scam to rise to the surface to pollute the integrity of their business.

That's what I was thinking, is there a TOS? I can't seem to find one on their website.

Oh wow blogger is included with their hosting packages...


:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

consider all the free advertising they will get. this will completely overshadow yahoo's "big" pr about how they lowered prices to $9.99

:)

hopefully this will compel other registrars to lower even further. but who knows if the service suffers because they get overwhelmed with too many domain registrations.

I just checked with Dot5hosting support, and they said that the renewal cost is NOT highe and the domains do NOT have to be hosted with them.

I think it's funny that they are called DOT5, but their logo has 6 dots in it. :)

nice price. they will do alot of volume to their site from a deal like that. always good for business. give one item away cheap and they might see something else they want on the way to checkout.

I really don't care about paying 5 $ more for my domain and be sure to have good quality service ...

what he said.

Isn't the wholesale rate from Verisign $6 these days?

Talked to their live support and they told me that the renewal fee is $7.95 but the domains can be hosted wherever you want

anyone find their bulk register form yet?

:Graucho

they can probably do it with all the publicity and business they get from news of it

Wow, talk about incompetent support. My support rep told me the renewal fee was not higher.

Oh well, $7.95 isn't too bad.

:thumbsup

Anyone tried it yet?
I bet they register the domains in their own name :angel

Sounds a bit too good....

seems this man gonna sell himself in the market !!

Nice. I just got 10 new domains for my GalleryBooster project for $25.

Great fucking find!

hmmm, still no confirmation or mail with info from them.....

Thats an insanely cheap price.. I am loving it.

wow, thanks for the link.. i'm off regging some :)

u guys remember back in 1997 when it was like $100 to get a domain name

Great times, and hosting was fucking worse

Yeah then they lowered it to 70 for 2 years, but you didn't have to pay up front.. they'd bill you. :Graucho

lol I remember getting free webspace with virtualave.net and paying $70 for a domain, but had to wait several months before they let me pay for it, by that time I had sold the domain for a descent profit :)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I had a crap load of sites hosted with them. They had probly the best free hosting plans out there.

there's always a catch.

the catch is this:

their customer service SUCKS. nothing wrong with Indian Call Centers, but I asked a simple question,

"How do i reserve 10 domains at once?"

they replied, you need a virtual server.

so, I asked if they have a bulk register form so I can register 100 domains.

"For what?"

huh... I explained to register multiple domain names.

"Not possible, you must do one at a time"

HUH? wtf? I asked if I register 10 domains, does my card get charged ONCE for $25 or $2.50 a pop per domain.

"Not possible, you need a virtual host server account"

ugh. has anyone registered thru them yet? if so, have you received confirmation of domain being registered? and once you do, is it easy to register more via one-click?

seems like more trouble than it's worth. at this rate, I'll stick with $6.50 a pop.

2.5$/domain??? nice!!! Good thing for expired domain buyers :)

Sure that is something like that. Domains are also more expensive for reseller companies that the price that they are offering to registrants.

im still waiting for my confirmation email, slow shit

That's the catch :2 cents:
A bit like Netscape did

Registered my domain 16 hours ago, still no confirmation mail and domain shows up as available.

Looks like someone's pulling my leg....

I'm ready to register a ton at this price, but some of these posts are now scaring me off. Has anyone had any success registering through them and how is their control panel for managing the domain?

something seems wrong. perhaps the $2.50 offer was just for .us and they didn't realize it. lots of companies offer .us on sale for $2.99. has anyone received confirmation? perhaps they run all their registrations 24 hours later, which means they get to "sort" through your list. i'll stick w/ $6.50

here's link to other cheap registrars:
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/dot082004.cfm

"Domain prices have dropped rapidly across the industry in the last year as Web hosting companies use the dramatically low prices to attract customers in the hopes of selling them other more profitable services. In June, Globat began offering domains for $3.99 per year and 1&1 Internet is currently offering .us domains for $2.99 per year in a promotional offer. EV1Servers (ev1servers.net) and Hostway (hostway.com) have dropped their domain pricing to $6.49 and $6.95 respectively."

(links in article)

True, but I don't often need support for domain names.