Domain Registration Fees In The Past!

[5UP3R]

Hi,

I was wondering what were the domain registration fees in the past years (mid 80's to date), anyone having some sort of comparison chart, prices or any other information to share? I know many people are here since years, any practical knowledge would be highly appreciated!

Regards

[katherine]

Until early 1995, names were free

Read on:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=102875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com

[David G]

After they were free NS then charged $35 from what I remember circa 1996 and gave automatic credit to anyone with their invoice system (no credit card needed) where you would pay them if you wanted to keep the name. I think it was due in 30 days from what I recall but probably not enforced if late.

[mark]

trader you are right about the $35 per year but i believe network solutions had a 2 year minimum registration at that time so you had to pay $70 per domain registered.

[Acro]

You mean, it was $100 per 2 years; then it was dropped to $35 per year due to a court deciding against the extra $15 being effectively a side tax.

[namebank]

We have received lots of Envelopes(Domain Registaration Certificates) from NetworkSolutions.com since 1998. (USD 35.00/ Year)

[mmerlin]

My oldest names from mid 90's I paid some company $100 per domain for 2 years reg, they hand-regged each name. A fair quantity of cool ones I missed out on because the lag, from whois lookup, to emailing some guy, who then registered it for me when he got around to it, was more than 24 hours in most cases!

[Anthony Ng]

Oh man, why do you have to remind me of that fateful morning back in 1999, when I caught about 35 expired domains (they used to drop names around 7 AM Eastern time), and got myself an invoice of nearly US$2,500.

[mark]

Oh man, why do you have to remind me of that fateful morning back in 1999, when I caught about 35 expired domains (they used to drop names around 7 AM Eastern time), and got myself an invoice of nearly US$2,500.

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never had that many at one time but remember groaning on more than one occassion when those renewal notices came in....

[Gerry]

My oldest names from mid 90's I paid some company $100 per domain for 2 years reg, they hand-regged each name.

That is what I recall. Seems like the first one I regged for a client was right at $49.99 per year x 2 years.

[Anthony Ng]

That is what I recall. Seems like the first one I regged for a client was right at $49.99 per year x 2 years.

You may want to check your invoice or memory, because NetSol actually charged EXACTLY $100 (no 99 cents BS) for 2 years back then.

[domaindot]

NetSol charged $100 for 2 years.
Then Register.com was there, with their $35/year registration.

Who was the first "cheap registrar" - does anyone remember? Was it Dotster?

[mark]

NetSol charged $100 for 2 years.
Then Register.com was there, with their $35/year registration.

Who was the first "cheap registrar" - does anyone remember? Was it Dotster?

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I don't know if they were the first "cheap registrar", but registerfree.com really was free for a period of time.

[Gerry]

You may want to check your invoice or memory, because NetSol actually charged EXACTLY $100 (no 99 cents BS) for 2 years back then.

I don't need to check anything. 15 years ago is 15 years ago.

It may not have even been Netsol.

Pissing over 2 cents is a waste of time and energy.

That's where my two cents went.

[Anthony Ng]

I don't need to check anything. 15 years ago is 15 years ago.

It may not have even been Netsol.

Pissing over 2 cents is a waste of time and energy.

That's where my two cents went.

Mine was actually a rhetoric question, if you know what it means. You don't need to check anything because 15 years ago (i.e. 1994), domain registration was guess what ... FREE! And it HAD TO BE NetSol because they were the ONLY registry/registrar for CNO back then. Don't even waste your time.

[mark]

well 5uper is certainly getting some good information for his research, article or just plain curiousity

[Acro]

I never used Register.com
After Netsol I registered with GoDaddy, then Stargate, then eNom - then it's a blur

I had great fun with Netsol in the early days; you could ask for an invoice and register a domain for 60 days without actually paying Then they'd simply delete it for non-payment LOL

[domaindot]

Want to move this over to Unresolved Forum Disputes [sic]?

J/K

I had great fun with Netsol in the early days; you could ask for an invoice and register a domain for 60 days without actually paying Then they'd simply delete it for non-payment LOL

Didn't know this. So what did you do during those 60 days? Try to find a buyer?
Or, just messing with them in general?

[Acro]

A buyer? These days I had no idea how you could sell them although at some point I registered the name of a person in the news and received inquiries.

I'd simply set up a page and put some funny stuff on. Probably did that with a handful of domains. We're talking about 1998 or thereabouts.

[Anthony Ng]

Didn't know this. So what did you do during those 60 days? Try to find a buyer?
Or, just messing with them in general?

I actually "recinded" (a.k.a. not paying) at least a couple of those invoices after cooling off from some impulse buying spree. They just cancelled them. I guess my BULK billing records were good enough so they decided to give me a break.