[danepowell]

Google currently says .dev domains are $12 per year with no fine print about renewals.

https://domains.google.com/registrar/search?searchTerm=asdfg...

I think there's more to the story here.

[miiiiiike]

They classify some domains as "premium" and raise the price to make squatting (and ownership) more painful.

[TAForObvReasons]

the "more" is that it depends on the actual term.

For example, setting.dev is $180/yr https://domains.google.com/registrar/search?searchTerm=setti...

It is likely that there was no premium pricing in the beginning. It was established after the initial lease

[CydeWeys]

> It is likely that there was no premium pricing in the beginning. It was established after the initial lease

The premium pricing was there in the beginning. We have never increased the price of a single domain name after it was initially registered.

[judge2020]

I remember my desired domain being premium at launch. What happened might’ve been the premium list was expanded, but it’s bad to apply that list change to renewals that previously weren’t considered premium.

[danparsonson]

I can't believe asdfggg.dev is still available - I'm taking that!

[layer8]

Ah, crap, taking sdfghhh.dev then.

[theteapot]

How you know my password bro?!

[tomxor]

Congratulations on your bargain $12 domain... although you'll be faced with the difficult decision of paying google $850 next year after you've invested in the name building up a site and a reputation on that domain.

[nickthegreek]

No they won’t.

[danparsonson]

Totally worth it!