DomainMonster.com Taking The Pi$$

gimpydog · May 4, 2017

I just paid £8.39 (inc VAT) for a 1 year .UK registration at domain monster!!

There was a time, not so long back, when it was about £3.30 a year with them. GoBaddy indeed!

Meanwhile, at Dynadot, 1st year .UK registrations are currently on offer at $1.99 & renewals are $7.99/yr (bulk price tier) - that's about £6.19/yr.

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lazarus · May 5, 2017

Wholesale price is £4.50 inc VAT per year so anything below that is either a Nominet promotion or a loss leader. Expect any price offered below £4.50 with every registrar to rise on future renewals.

Blossom · May 5, 2017

How is that possible when DM just redirects to you to 123-Reg? Which is currently 99p ex VAT?

gimpydog · May 5, 2017

DomainAngel said:
how come you didn't register your uk there?

Because it's a lot easier to exercise uk rights at the same registrar as the couk.
In future, I will transfer the couk out first & then register the uk

Blossom said:
How is that possible when DM just redirects to you to 123-Reg?

It's still up to fleece existing customers...

https://www.domainmonster.com/login/

Blossom · May 9, 2017

gimpydog said:
Because it's a lot easier to exercise uk rights at the same registrar as the couk.
In future, I will transfer the couk out first & then register the uk

It's still up to fleece existing customers...

https://www.domainmonster.com/login/

Oh, that's interesting.

Lovekraft · May 9, 2017

This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Domainmonster is the most incompetent registrar i've ever used, second only to 123-Reg. Both are owned by Webfusion so the recent merger won't improve anything.

Blossom · May 9, 2017

Lovekraft said:
Both are owned by Webfusion so the recent merger won't improve anything.

They were bought out around the same time as Heart I think (I had a fair amount of interaction with them anyway)...those were interesting times (to say the least!). They're all powered by Domainbox anyway afaik.

donreeco · May 9, 2017

They've always been good with me in the past, but the prices have gone up and I expect the service could go down. Any recommendations for other registrars?

aZooZa · May 9, 2017

Blossom said:
They were bought out around the same time as Heart I think (I had a fair amount of interaction with them anyway)...those were interesting times (to say the least!). They're all powered by Domainbox anyway afaik.

Domainbox is defunct, yet the website remains live, together with a Facebook page where people are asking questions. A real monumental HEG/GoDaddy cock-up.