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Domain Name Price Factors |
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We hope to convince our customers that our low prices are sustainable and not just a marketing gimmick or promotion. Having a job provides a more reasonable and sustainable income until this business is profitable enough to do it full time. Every profit we make is treated as a bonus. With our low profit margin, it will take a lot of sales to
make this business profitable enough to do full time. As our objective is to promote website ownership in Malaysia, we will not increase our prices, as long as the Registries and Registrars
don't increase their prices. Domain Registration Fee Break UpFees are in USD. VeriSign and PIR are Registries. GoDaddy and ResellerClub are Registrars. KawanHost is a Reseller. Before Price Increase
| Domain | ICANN | VeriSign | PIR | ResellerClub | Total | | .COM | 0.20
| 6.42 | -
| 0.37 | 6.99 | .NET
| 0.20
| 3.85 | - | 2.95 1.44 | 6.99 5.49
| .ORG
| 0.20 | -
| 6.15 | 0.64 | 6.99
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| Domain | ICANN | VeriSign | GoDaddy (6.73 excludes ICANN, 199/year fee) | Total | | .COM | 0.20
| 6.42
| 0.31 +
0.20 (1,000 sales/year) 0.10 (2,000 sales/year) 0.07 (3,000 sales/year) 0.05 (4,000 sales/year)
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7.13 7.03 7.00 6.98 |
After Price Increase (Oct & Nov 2008)
Domain | ICANN | VeriSign
| PIR | ResellerClub | Total | | .COM | 0.20 | 6.86 (+7%) | - | 0.83 | 7.89 | .NET
| 0.20
| 4.23 (+10%)
| - | 3.46
| 7.89 | .ORG
| 0.20 | -
| 6.75 (+10%) | 0.94 | 7.89 |
ResellerClub Payment CostRegistering a domain name at RM25/year allows us to enjoy a profit margin of about RM1/year.
Cost Breakdown
| Charges
| Amount
| Amount in RM
| ResellerClub
| 6.99 | 6.99
| 23.28 | USD 200 PayPal (approx.) | 3.043% | 0.21 | 0.70 | | Currency Exchange (approx.) | 1:3.33 | -
| | | Total | | 7.20
| RM 23.98
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Paypal Charges for Receiving Customer PaymentThis is the reason why we do not accept PayPal payments. For a $6.99 domain names, we have to price our domain names 7.73% higher in order to enjoy the same profit margin. | Domain | ResellerClub | PayPal | Total | Transaction Cost
| .COM, .NET, .ORG
| 6.99 | 0.30 + 3.4%
| 7.53 | 7.73% |
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