This must be Monday morning price increase day. Go away price increase news, begone!

1&1 (affiliate) is raising their domain prices (.com, .net, .us, .org, .info, name) by $1 from $5.99 to $6.99, a 15% increase. For those of us with many domains, this starts adding up, for those with only a few domains, it probably won’t matter too much. In an email dated today and timestamped at 4:57am PST from info at 1&1 they write (emphasis mine):

We are writing today to inform you that it has become necessary for us to increase the rates for some domains due to price increases by the major domain registries.

As reported back on April 6 this year, domain prices were set to increase by 7% on October 14 and I’d hoped our registrars didn’t tack on more. So much for that. I guess rather than raise them by 75 cents which would have covered inflation and the price increase, they wanted to make it a round $1. 1and1.com is still a good deal, especially if you want private registration for domains (see picture).

If you’re wondering who to thank for the base domain price increase, it’s Verisign. For webmaster readers, how much did your domain registrar raise prices? More than $1? Less? If it’s more you might want to give 1and1.com a try with your next renewal or new domain purchase. You can search for domains using the form below. 1and1.com discontinued paying commission on instant domains so I don’t make anything if you buy through this form.

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