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by nicksantamaria 2445 days ago
I asked donuts (gTLD owner of .family) whether my domain renewal could be reduced (from $385 per year to something more reasonable for a genealogy hobby). This was their response.

Maybe it’s not worth reading too much into the “we can’t change the renewal cost” line.

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Hi Nick,

Unfortunately, we can't change the renewal cost for santamaria.family

If we ever start to change renewals, I will be sure to reach out to help.

Sorry about that.

[redacted]

Domain Consultant, Donuts Inc.
1 comments
flyGuyOnTheSly 2445 days ago
Well that is definitely something.

I reached out to namesilo as well, and while they could not confirm whether or not it was possible, they admit that it would be extremely unorthodox and unprecedented.

And just thinking game theory here...

Raising prices significantly like that would be signing their own death sentence.

Nobody would buy a .yoga domain if they knew the owners were self dealing like that.

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