[jurassic]

I hope prices stay "high"; maybe $55+/yr is enough to keep the domain squatters in check to some extent.

[kijin]

.io prices are coming down rather quickly. Gandi.net sells them for $40 apiece, and I wouldn't be surprised if it became available for half of that with some sort of promotion. I'm waiting to grab one when that happens.

[StavrosK]

Damnit, I just paid $72 three seconds ago, before reading the comments.

[tracker1]

I paid close to $100 about a year ago... though renewal will be less...

[jurassic]

Well I bought three today @55/each. So don't kick yourself too hard.

[unreal37]

I think prices for .com/.net should go up too. Too many domain squatters and advertising-only domains. If it was $50 a year, some good names might become available for real businesses.

[bdcravens]

Or just regular registration. I have near 100 that I registered with good intention. Then I get distracted and later I'll look at my list and be amazed at the quality of the names I have. Nothing that I could sell for much, but that would be great memorable names for a service or company. They're so cheap that it's no big deal (at least in bite size chunks), but the truth is I'm locking it up for an entrepreneur with the time and motivation.

[unreal37]

Same here. I had over 50 at one point, some short, some clever... and just in the past couple of years turned off auto-renew for many of them...

[tracker1]

I wouldn't mind them staying/back to around $100 for initial registration, and half that for renewal.