Buying a domain name is a simple task, but you should be carefull where you buy it, because some of the registrars are using their franchize very nastily.
In the First days of the Internet there were not many Domain names registrars. Actually 2 or 3 registrars were controling the domain name market completely. One of them is "Network Solutions" that still exist but no longer one of the top 3.
I purchased my first 2 domains through "Network Solutions" 13 years ago. For 13 years I have been renewing the domain name every year for… $10 (which is the same cost as a new domain name a reasonable sum) 6 months ago i started receiving notification about renewing my domain names and I was surprised to find that renewing the domain for 1 year costs $ 34 (yes a new domain still cost $10 !)
however if I will renew the domain name for 100 years (who the hell is going to live so long ?) it will cost me $ 10 a year (but i will have to pay $ 1000 for this).
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