That's definitely too much moolah. What a shakedown! At Gandi it would be around $18. Other registrars could have it down around $10. But I agree that transferring a domain is a hassle and a half. Janina Kirk Reiser writes: > Hi Karen: The registrar I have linux-speakup.org with is > internic.com. They gave me some bull shit about because it was a .org > domain they had to charge $46 a year plus tax etc. My other registrar > told me they wanted $25 for a single year but discounts for multi-year > contracts. It would probably be significantly cheaper if I were to > take it out for ten years or so. > > Internic has always been much more expensive than other registrars but > when I started with them over twenty years ago there were very few > domain name providers around at all. > > Kirk > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2024, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > Hi there, > > Just wondering, how much were they going to charge you? > > All of my domain, save the one here in Canada are with gkg.net > > www.gkg.net. > > I spend on average $12 a year, with the amazing ability to update with > > them on the phone. > > Even my Canadian domain with bare medal > > www.baremedal.ca I hope lol, is little more than $14. > > why is yours so expensive? > > just wondering, > > Kare > > > > > > > > On Sun, 18 Feb 2024, Kirk Reiser wrote: > > > > > Hello everybody: I have decided after poking around with my domain > > > registrar that I'm going to allow the domain linux-speakup.org to > > > expire. My current registrar wants to much money yearly to continue > > > with them and transferring the domain to my other registrar is more > > > work than I wish to put in. I am almost 72 years old and so > > > registering for any length of time really isn't worth it to me. > > > > > > I will keep this list going as speakup@xxxxxxxxxx and Chris Brannon > > > will continue to archive the list. I will also put a link on the > > > reisers.ca webpage to point to the old sites directory so at least for > > > quite a while that will also remain. > > > > > > I will make the switch over on March 1st although it'd be more amusing > > > to do it on the day of the command March 4th! I'll send out a note > > > once the switch is complete and hopefully you won't have to do > > > anything except move from speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to > > > speakup@xxxxxxxxxx when posting a message. > > > > > > Kirk > > > > > > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka (she/her/hers) Accessibility Consultant https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa Linux Foundation Fellow https://www.linuxfoundation.org/board-of-directors-2/
