Eby
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We all wish the same!! Hope CIRA is noting these concerns
Registration Prices going up Sept 1 (2.Viewing)
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Eby
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It's amazing to see how the competing Registrars could have the same opinion and stand together.I am with@CanSpace and
@MapleDots - the logistics and decisions of a price change like this are a bit of a nightmare.
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So made the decision to amalgamate my domains to a couple of registrars, meaning that I will be dropping 382 miscellaneous .ca domains hosted at several registrars.
The ones I'm keeping will be moved to my two main registrars but even there I will be dropping another 100 or so names at each bringing the total to over 500 drops.
I will say the magic number for me was around $10 or so and the domains steadily creeping up made me decide to review my spending habits on domains.
I cannot say the price increase was the sole reason for my decision but it sure was instrumental for me to look closer at my portfolios to make some cuts.
Most registrars don't have folders like godaddy so in a lot of cases I'm just unlocking the domains, which means I have made my decision on them.
As the months pass I will post some of them but unfortunately I have some niche categories that I cannot divulge for fear of giving away some of my successful strategies so these domains will just hit the regular TBR sessions.
I have a lot more travel planned in the next few years so lightening the load makes sense. I did the same for hundreds of .net's I acquired buying up catalogs. Nothing bothers me more than owning .net's and for some reason I feel a lot better shedding those as well.
The next year will be interesting to watch as a lot of MEH domains hit TBR where the magic $10 renewal is getting too far behind and people decide those domains are no longer worth renewing at new pricing.
I predict it will hit the total .ca registration numbers pretty hard and CIRA will have to scrutinize the impact of future price increases more carefully. As a domainer I can say that confidently because if more larger catalog owners start doing the same the numbers will show the impact. So CIRA may make more money on renewals but it won't show well for the total amount of domains registered.
The ones I'm keeping will be moved to my two main registrars but even there I will be dropping another 100 or so names at each bringing the total to over 500 drops.
I will say the magic number for me was around $10 or so and the domains steadily creeping up made me decide to review my spending habits on domains.
I cannot say the price increase was the sole reason for my decision but it sure was instrumental for me to look closer at my portfolios to make some cuts.
Most registrars don't have folders like godaddy so in a lot of cases I'm just unlocking the domains, which means I have made my decision on them.
As the months pass I will post some of them but unfortunately I have some niche categories that I cannot divulge for fear of giving away some of my successful strategies so these domains will just hit the regular TBR sessions.
I have a lot more travel planned in the next few years so lightening the load makes sense. I did the same for hundreds of .net's I acquired buying up catalogs. Nothing bothers me more than owning .net's and for some reason I feel a lot better shedding those as well.
The next year will be interesting to watch as a lot of MEH domains hit TBR where the magic $10 renewal is getting too far behind and people decide those domains are no longer worth renewing at new pricing.
I predict it will hit the total .ca registration numbers pretty hard and CIRA will have to scrutinize the impact of future price increases more carefully. As a domainer I can say that confidently because if more larger catalog owners start doing the same the numbers will show the impact. So CIRA may make more money on renewals but it won't show well for the total amount of domains registered.
Eby
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At the time of writing there are 3,360,644 domains registered and would be nice to have a close eye on it.
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