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CameronNemo | karma 5260 | avg karma 2.11 · 2023-08-21 12:18:53

I think because the Verisign price increase is only 7%, and presumably namecheap has a margin on top of that. So increasing the price by 9% and blaming the registry could be considered unreasonable.

skilled | karma 18165 | avg karma 5.67 · 2023-08-21 12:38:03

But isn't the 7% already agreed upon in the wholesale agreement?

https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/registry-agreements/com/c...

I was under the impression that the other $6 comes from Namecheap, no? Maybe I misunderstood it.

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CameronNemo | karma 5260 | avg karma 2.11 · 2023-08-21 13:56:37

This comment breaks it down. Namecheap is using the opportunity to sneakily increase their markup, which is a bit underhanded IMO.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37213773

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