A quick 'heads up!' for all website owners - the cost of your domain name is about to increase.

On July 1, 2010 the wholesale cost of registering domain names will increase for '.COM' and '.NET' domain names (.COM by 7% and .NET by 10%.)  This means the cost will increase for registrars (like GoDaddy ) and of course most of them are passing the increase on to us, the consumers. 

If you only use 1 or 2 domains, that means you will be paying between $0.75 and $1 more per year for each '.COM' domain name you use (and around $1.30 more per year for a '.NET' domain name.) If, like many small business owners, you use multiple domain names for your web site(s), then the increase becomes more pronounced.

What can you do? If you renew your domain name(s) before July 1, then you can avoid the increase. AND DID YOU KNOW that you can register a domain name for up to 10 years at a time?

So let's do the math...

For each '.COM' domain you can save up to $10 if you renew for 10 years ($13 for each '.NET' name)
If you have multiple domain names, then multiply that savings per name.
Plus you don't have to worry about it again for 10 years (by which time, I'm sure the price will have increased again.)

But the deadline is July 1, 2010. So you will need to act now to beat the increase. If you handle the domain account yourself, that's great. If not, then contact your 'web person' and make sure this gets handled before the deadline. If you have any questions or aren't sure who controls your website's domain name you can contact me . I do this for a living.

Have a great summer... Start by beating the price increase.

Dana