All Domain Name Transfers/Renewals Always at Cost Price @ Cloudflare

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zzymurgy on 28/09/2018 - 16:34 blog.cloudflare.com (342 clicks)
Last edited 14/02/2019 - 10:47 by 2 other users

Today, on Cloudflare’s 8th birthday, we’re giving all our customers a present: a registrar they can love.

We promise to never charge you anything more than the wholesale price each TLD charges. That’s true the first year and it’s true every subsequent year. If you register your domain with Cloudflare Registrar you’ll always pay the wholesale price with no markup.

For instance, Verisign, which administers the .com TLD, currently charges $7.85 per year to register a .com domain. ICANN imposes a $0.18 per year fee on top of that for every domain registered. Today, if you transfer your .com domain to Cloudflare, that's what we'll charge you per year: $8.03/year. No markup. All we're doing is pinging an API, there's no incremental cost to us, so why should you have to pay more than wholesale?

You may be able to find a cheaper price somewhere else under some promotion. But, ultimately, there's a wholesale price that the other registrar must cover so inevitably you know there's going to be a bait and switch — with the price getting jacked up in the future — along with endless upsells.

Cloudflare Registrar will also be offering personal data redaction on WHOIS, that meets current ICANN guidelines, for free. Broadcasting the registrant contact information, via the WHOIS service, can invite mountains of spam to your personal addresses. Like your domain, your privacy should not come at a markup.

You can't actually register a new domain with the Cloudflare Registrar. Not yet. Today, the service is restricted to existing Cloudflare customers transferring their existing domains to us. If you’ve had trouble transferring domains before, just wait: we’ve made the process extremely smooth and easy.

If you're not yet a Cloudflare customer, but you want to use Cloudflare Registrar, we encourage you to sign up for our core service now. We don't prioritize based on how much you pay us — or if you pay us at all — so even new free customers will get a place in the queue.

After we've given existing Cloudflare customers a chance to take advantage of the Cloudflare Registrar, we'll open it up more broadly. At that time, we'll allow new domain registration as well. But, regardless of when you sign up, our promise will always be the same: best security practices at the wholesale registration price. A registrar you can trust, and, we hope, one you can love.

(prices in $US, obviously)

Current list of TLDs supported, expected to grow rapidly.

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  Hybroid on 28/09/2018 - 16:36

  +1

  Hmmm, great bargain indeed but makes you wonder what's in it for them then?

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    lbft on 28/09/2018 - 17:25

    They get customers to more easily upsell to paid CloudFlare plans, since they've already signed up and provided billing details (and for companies, overcome internal purchasing bureaucratic processes). It's not hard to imagine that plenty of customers would at least hand over the US$20/month for Pro if it was more frictionless.

    They've also probably found that as they mitigated DDoS attacks for their customers, the more committed attackers have moved onto other methods like using social engineering to go after domain registrations. MarkMonitor is likely a lot more expensive than even CloudFlare's highest plans. If customers are getting hit anyway, they're less likely to keep paying for protection so it's in CF's interests for their domains to be protected.

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  Gav on 28/09/2018 - 16:39

  +1

  You can't actually register a new domain with the Cloudflare Registrar. Not yet. Today, the service is restricted to existing Cloudflare customers transferring their existing domains to us.

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  alvian on 28/09/2018 - 16:41

  You can't actually register a new domain with the Cloudflare Registrar. Not yet. Today, the service is restricted to existing Cloudflare customers transferring their existing domains to us.

  For existing Cloudflare customers only. No start date for new customers yet.

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    zzymurgy on 28/09/2018 - 16:42

    If you're not yet a Cloudflare customer, but you want to use Cloudflare Registrar, we encourage you to sign up for our core service now. We don't prioritize based on how much you pay us — or if you pay us at all — so even new free customers will get a place in the queue.

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      alvian on 28/09/2018 - 16:43

      We anticipate there's going to be quite a bit of demand, so we’ll be rolling invitations out slowly to make sure we provide a terrific transition experience. To claim your place in line, you need to be a Cloudflare customer and sign up for Early Access. Invitations will then go out over the next few weeks based on loyalty: the longer you've used Cloudflare, the sooner you'll get your invitation. Just our way of thanking our most loyal customers and helping them save money on their domain registration fees.

      Targeted deal for existing customers with a wait list for new customers.

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        zzymurgy on 28/09/2018 - 17:06

        +1

        Not really. I'm a (non-paying) customer and I'm on the waitlist, along with any new customer who signs up today. Anyone can easily sign up for this deal.

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          bluesky on 28/09/2018 - 17:57

          +1

          @zzymurgy: I signed up. The email sent after claiming a spot said:

          Once available, you will only be able to transfer domains that are active zones in your Cloudflare account. If you want to transfer all of your domains, start adding them to Cloudflare today.

          My intention is simply to register/transfer domains at cheaper cost. Haven't used Cloudflare before, so not sure what the implications of "start adding them to Cloudflare today" to make them in the active zones mean (any cost involved?)

          It is not clear to me if deal applies to someone who just wants the domain registration, and not additional services, if extra cost is involved. If anyone knows, your feedback appreciated.

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            zzymurgy on 02/10/2018 - 09:58

            +1

            @bluesky: No need to spend any money. Cloudflare offers free DNS services that are very highly regarded.

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              bluesky on 05/10/2018 - 13:30

              @zzymurgy: Thanks for feedback.

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    jazoom on 28/09/2018 - 20:36

    +1

    I'm a paying customer of theirs and have been with them for years. Even so, they estimate I'll get access to this in November (when I signed up for the wait list today).

    This is a good thing, I believe, but it's not a bargain in the sense that it belongs here. Forum post perhaps?

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  [Deactivated] on 29/09/2018 - 08:50

  +2

  Is this a deal or just a promise?