I’m looking to register a new domain but hate how pricing is $0.01 first year, $1M renewal. It doesn’t seem like a deal if it’s going to cost so much to renew.
Are there any transparent registrars or any tools that will give you a cost over 3 years or something?
I’ll be honest, I did Google it but you’ll never guess what the top hit was. I didn’t click. I’m putting this here in a small attempt to transfer some knowledge to the fediverse.
Cloudflare’s domain registration is also a decent option.
You pay wholesale+ICANN fee. There are no ‘special deals’ or whatever, but the price is clear, and predictable, and you can (reasonably) guess what it’ll cost you next year unless the registrar and/or ICANN dink with the costs.