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Domain registrations for $16 a year? Perhaps they should change their promotion title to "Hello GoDaddy".

No no, you're wrong. It's $10 with the promo, but with an additional $3/month for the DNS service that's free in GoDaddy. A grand total of $46/year, hands up!

At least it is for 10 domains, but that doesn't make it worth moving to them. Give me 10 domains for free and you may have a deal.

I am thinking about switching to Hover. TWiT has been pimping them lately. I don't see that hidden expense that this place has.

My understanding is that domain buying is not the primary goal of dnsimple; rather, it's an API to make it easier to deal with DNS.

See the screencast here: https://dnsimple.com/intro

And API doc here: https://dnsimple.com/documentation/api

While you will see any and all expenses before you are able to transfer (since you have to select a hosted DNS plan before you can transfer) I agree that I should make it a bit more obvious. I've added a note to the promotional page indicating that you will need to subscribe as well, with plans starting at $3 per month.

Regarding free domains, if I ever get to the point where I can sell domains as a loss-leader then I'd consider it, but almost every domain has a base cost, including ICANN fees and then markup from accredited registrars who offer reselling, and giving away something for nothing just doesn't make much sense to me unless there is a massive upside.

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