OT: Israeli domain names

[Shlomo Solomon]

Also OT, but can anyone explain why Israeli domain names are so
expensive?  A .com or .net domain on (for example) GoDaddy costs $1 for
the first year and then about $10 per year.



On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:11:40 +0300
Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> I am happy with DomainTheNet.
> 
> I have one .co.il domain. I pay 80 NIS /Year and manage everything via
> their Web Site. No papers and no phone calls....
> 
> Amichai Rotman
> 
> 2017-07-31 10:34 GMT+03:00 Efraim Flashner <efraim at flashner.co.il>:
> 
> > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 09:42:52AM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am a bit late bird, but as my domains start to expire I have to
> > > move them away from ISOC. I thought to give a try to BezeqInt
> > > (VirtualNest) as I don't know any of the others either.
> > >
> > > Apparently I cannot do the transfer online. I need to fill out
> > > some paper(!) forms.
> > > I talked to a representative. She told me I will also need to call
> > > them for renewals as that cannot be done via the website either.
> > >
> > > Finally she told me the cost is 100 NIS for the transfer and 250
> > > NIS / 2 years for the domain name. I have not seen any of these
> > > prices on their site (I saw there 69 NIS / year) so I was rather
> > > shocked.
> > >
> > > What is your recommended registrar for Israeli domain names?
> > >
> > > regards
> > >    Gabor
> > >
> >
> > I've been using peligon and hosting my site and DNS at digital
> > ocean, I haven't tried migrating my domain. I've been able to renew
> > my domain several times online without a problem.
> >
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