Jumba are offering "cost price" domain registrations for October.
.com.au just $22 for 2 years
.net.au just $22 for 2 years
.id.au just $16 for 2 years
.asn.au just $11 for 2 years
.org.au just $11 for 2 years
According to http://whatsinaname.com.au/, this is the best available price.
There ya go! So, how are name.com.au offering below cost + hosting… they must be expecting to do a lot of upselling. I assume name.com.au allow you to point the domain to other name servers.
Yup. Got a .net.au and a .com.au with Name.com.au. No problem in terms of pointing to your own name servers. They also provide DNS hosting though.
It should be pointed out that those prices are not "cost price", as the current "cost price" of a .com.au/.net.au domain is $20.35, which includes auDA's fee, AusRegistry's fee, and GST.
Doesn't AussieHost/Jumba also have to charge GST on top of the AusRegistry's wholesale price? So $20.35 + 10% = $22.38. Obviously they can then claim back the GST and all that tax stuff that I have no idea about but I guess that's how they claimed that $22 is their cost…
$20.35 is the GST inclusive price. The GST liability from a $22.00 sale is $2.00. They would then claim back $1.85 from the purchase price. So the true "cost" price would be $20.50. Also, these domains are not instantly registered as opposed to name.com.au and many others out there at the moment that are similarly priced or cheaper.
That is not how GST works. The cost price to Jumba is $18.50 and they pay $1.85 GST.
When they sell the domain name for $20 + $2 GST, they remit $0.15 to the ATO (which is the difference between the GST they paid and the GST they collected). The profit they have made is therefore $20 - $18.50 = $1.50. But whether they sell the domain name for $22 or $220, the cost price is still $18.50.
Hi Simon!
whatisinaname.com.au, while it provides pretty good price comparison, has not been updated often. The .id.au and .org.au price is good, but for .com.au and .net.au, Name.com.au have been selling them for $20/2 year (which is lower than cost) for while now.