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DomainMonster.com Taking The Pi$$

Discussion in 'Domain Name Registrars' started by gimpydog, May 4, 2017.

  1. gimpydog United Kingdom

    gimpydog Active Member

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    I just paid £8.39 (inc VAT) for a 1 year .UK registration at domain monster!! :mad:

    There was a time, not so long back, when it was about £3.30 a year with them. GoBaddy indeed!

    Meanwhile, at Dynadot, 1st year .UK registrations are currently on offer at $1.99 & renewals are $7.99/yr (bulk price tier) - that's about £6.19/yr.

    Affiliate link - New accounts get $5 DynaDollars free: http://www.dynadot.com?s8JG8o7nA8O6p7l ;)
     
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  3. DomainAngel

    DomainAngel Well-Known Member

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    Ovh and lcn are currently only £1.20 for a 1 year uk
     
  4. DomainAngel

    DomainAngel Well-Known Member

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    Ah just saw your affiliate link, how come you didn't register your uk there?

     
  5. lazarus

    lazarus Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Wholesale price is £4.50 inc VAT per year so anything below that is either a Nominet promotion or a loss leader. Expect any price offered below £4.50 with every registrar to rise on future renewals.
     
  6. Blossom

    Blossom Well-Known Member

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    How is that possible when DM just redirects to you to 123-Reg? Which is currently 99p ex VAT?
     
  7. gimpydog United Kingdom

    gimpydog Active Member

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    Because it's a lot easier to exercise uk rights at the same registrar as the couk.
    In future, I will transfer the couk out first & then register the uk ;)

    It's still up to fleece existing customers...

    https://www.domainmonster.com/login/
     
  8. Blossom

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    Oh, that's interesting.
     
  9. Lovekraft United Kingdom

    Lovekraft Well-Known Member

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    This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Domainmonster is the most incompetent registrar i've ever used, second only to 123-Reg. Both are owned by Webfusion so the recent merger won't improve anything.
     
  10. Blossom

    Blossom Well-Known Member

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    They were bought out around the same time as Heart I think (I had a fair amount of interaction with them anyway)...those were interesting times (to say the least!). They're all powered by Domainbox anyway afaik.
     
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    They've always been good with me in the past, but the prices have gone up and I expect the service could go down. Any recommendations for other registrars?
     
  12. aZooZa

    aZooZa Well-Known Member

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    Domainbox is defunct, yet the website remains live, together with a Facebook page where people are asking questions. A real monumental HEG/GoDaddy cock-up.
     
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  13. TallBloke

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    Always found domainmonster to be alright, albeit not as competitively priced as they used to be.

    Who is good nowadays?
     
  14. Blossom

    Blossom Well-Known Member

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    I would like to (very biasedly) suggest https://www.20i.com

    Resellers get discounted domains too.