[lepht]

Can you link to this? I wasn't able to find info about this fixed yearly fee plan on their site.

[nisa]

Looks like it's only a one time fee? of 60$ here are some links: https://www.startssl.com/?app=2 as well as this answer: https://www.startssl.com/?app=25#27

A friend of mine got validated and he send me signed and working wildcard cert with multiple domains a few days ago - so it's a real thing I believe.