OT: Israeli domain names

[Shlomo Solomon]

Actually, on GoDaddy you can get a .com or .net domain for about $100
for 10 years.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:30:09 +0300
Rabin Yasharzadehe <rabin at rabin.io> wrote:

> Marketing!
> 
> - you can register for 1$ (inc 0.18$ fee for ICANN) but the renewal
> cost will be much higher (~15$) "שיטת מצליח".
> - .com/.net domain name space are crowded, go find a nice short name
> in them, so not a good compare, check other CC TLD's.
> - very cheap cost will flood the domain space with domain trolls
> which will buy any combination just in case
> - 50 NIS is not that high compare to all the rest -- e.g -
> https://www.hover.com/domains/results?q=troll-hunter-co-il
> 
> --
> Rabin
> 
> On 31 July 2017 at 13:57, Shlomo Solomon <shlomo.solomon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Efraim Flashner   <efraim at flashner.co.il>   אפרים פלשנר
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