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Thursday, February 26, 2004

.nu domains

.nu domains are too expensive. 60 Euros for two years. According to xe.com, that's about 75 bucks. Maybe if I could register for one year at a time... Or, if I were working I'm pretty sure I'd get this domain I want. Sigh.

Whoa, they charge 150 Euros to transfer to another registrar, and 10 Euros to update name server information.

I checked, and I can register a .nu domain with Dotster (the registrar I currently use), but it's even more expensive ($90 for two years). Though, there's probably none of the draconian stuff I just mentioned.

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I bought minotaur.nu a few years ago as a first domain name, but it was cheaper then. Since then I've been buying .co.uk's - I can get them for about 7 pounds, even with the strong pound to a weak dollar, thats only a little over 13 USD.

Nominet, the UK registrar does it the right way - the domains are a basic £5 for two years, though with a little markup and VAT (sales tax), it's 6 or 7 pounds. Registration and changes are also done almost entirely automatically, if you have a Nominet tag (not usually for individuals, you go via an intermediate company), you just send a formatted email that has been PGP signed, and it's done in moments.

∴ Alister | 26-Feb-2004 1:53pm est | http://abulman.co.uk | #4006

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