Register.com Is Offering $.50 New Domains Registrations On .Com, .Net .Org +

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Register.com is offering new registrations for just $.50 for any .com, .net., .org, .info .biz or .us domain name.

The offer is being advertised on Google.

Here is the offer.

Here is the fine print:

“LIMITED TIME OFFER. Offer valid for new customers in the US and Canada only, limited to a total of three domains. Upon expiration, all products will be renewed at the then current price”.

During the checkout process you can decline auto renew.

However the system defaults for privacy and another service which will add $10 to the registration but you can easily remove those choices.

Be aware that although the ad may come up even if you search for other domain extensions like .tv (do a Google search for:(whois .tv domain and you should see the ad (US & Canada) the special price only applied to the six extensions mentioned above.

Since the wholesale cost of a domain name to registrars is over $8 including the ICANN fee I’m not sure if Register.com is taking the potential $24 loss on each sale plus the cost of advertising the promo or if they are getting a special deal through Verisign.

Either way I haven’t seen a $.50 .com registration price in a very, very long time.

Enjoy

 

 

About Michael Berkens

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.

Comments

  1. jose says

    i think godaddy has done one recently

    also, namecheap yesterday had $3,99 registration and transfers for top gTLDs (limited to 50 domains per account)

    are you sure wholesale costs for registrars are above $8 ?

  6. joeblog says

    Simple lead generation to drum up upsells..

    Put in a fake phone number unless you want to be harassed by a canadian “sales team” calling you

  8. Dave Zan says

    Why limit the offer to the US and Canada only? What’s wrong with Europe and Asia now?

    Probably market testing. Besides, they can anyway.

  10. Michael Berkens says

    Cher

    Sorry to say personally I don’t think its a great domain not even a good domain plus legal aid = free legal services so have no idea who is going to pay a lot of money in that sector