[jedberg]

That's a brilliant business model. They get all the money up front, get to invest how they want, and if there is a price increase, it probably will be less than inflation, and almost certainly less than their investment returns on your upfront payment.

[tzs]

It occurs to me that another possibility is that the 10 year limit does not apply to Network Solutions. Network Solutions was a registrar for something close to a decade before ICANN was created. It's possible that there is some sort of grandfathering that lets them operate under pre-ICANN rules.

[londons_explore]

Potentially unlimited losses if the price goes up to $99999 per year...

Although in that case, I bet they'd just give an excuse and offer a refund of the originally paid amount.

[jedberg]

Keep in mind though that the price of the domains has to still be feasible for other people to register, so it would never go that high.