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		NewJazz on Aug 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase 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 on Aug 21, 2023 [–]

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.

NewJazz on Aug 21, 2023 | [–]

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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