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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by MarcelOlsz on Thursday April 22, 2021 @06:03PM (#26908714)
After some more digging it looks like prices are set up by some "registry" that the registrar has no control over, so it'll be the same price everywhere. I don't think what you wrote is correct.
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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by LinuxBender on Thursday April 22, 2021 @06:13PM (#26908806)
What is this registry?
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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by detaro on Thursday April 22, 2021 @06:26PM (#26908901)
The owner of the top-level domain. With the new gTLDs that got sold they are quite free in coming up with their own pricing models.
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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by MarcelOlsz on Thursday April 22, 2021 @06:18PM (#26908843)
I think ICANN?
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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by LinuxBender on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:58AM (#26913785)
That is unlikely. ICANN has set fees per TLD that are very low. The registrars are the companies that jack up the prices. You should make them provide you a source for who is setting this price. I think they are pulling your leg.
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Re:Ask HN: Are Premium Domains a Scam? Getting charged $800/... by detaro on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:08AM (#26914366)
If a registry wants high prices for it's "premium domains" (whatever it defines as such) on one of its TLDs, the registrar can't magically charge you less unless they are willing to make a loss on you. ICANN doesn't really restrict the pricing the registry chooses for this class of TLDs (afaik the contracts for older ones like .com/.org/.net have such limits, but not the new gTLDs, there the registry can do pretty much whatever if wants).
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