Costly "Domain Name" Renewals - Transfer to Another Company

IVI on 26/02/2018 - 14:30
Last edited 26/02/2018 - 15:08 by 1 other user

If you registered a .SCIENCE domain, on the cheap, eg, when they first became available, you might be shocked when later asked to pay, eg, $40 / year to Renew it…

Well, there may be a Cheaper way:

• Transfer it to another company

While they may charge for the Transfer, it may well cost Less than that $40 Renewal price you saw in an eMail.

And - Transfers add 1 year to your domain's registration period, at its new "home" (ie, the 2nd (or desto) registrar).

Although I know it's not always the most popular registrar, GoDaddy's transfer fee is ~US$ 8.00
which compares favourably with the $40.00 some may charge to renew by 1 year.

PS PingPonging between registrars may help you save on -each- future year's renewals.

Now, What -other- low-cost Transfer fees (beyond GoDaddy's) do we know about, Brain-Trust…? ;-)

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  pjetson on 26/02/2018 - 15:34

  Transferring a domain name to a different registrar is usually free.

  Unless you pay the new registrar, I've never seen a transfer that extends the registration.

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    kipps on 26/02/2018 - 22:17

    Depends on the domain type. From memory .com requires an extension on transfer but .au not necessary.

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  Borg on 26/02/2018 - 15:50

  Its free for .aU domain names but most others require an extension of one year when transferring to new registrar. It depends on the Domain name extension.