Price and Currency Changes for CentralNIC TLDs

CentralNIC recently announced some major price changes and change of currency for their TLDs.  Effective June 1, 2015, please note the following:

Huge Changes for .SO ccTLD - June 9, 2015

HEXONET recently reviewed important notice (May 7, 2015) of major changes to the .SO registry (ccTLD of Somalia).  The Registry's backend will be transitioning away from GMORegistry and will be moving to SONIC - Somali Network Information Center (SONIC).  As a result, here are some important changes on the registration and management of .SO domain names going forward:

• June 9, 2015: HEXONET will no longer accept new registrations in .SO until further notice
• June 9, 2015: HEXONET will only permit 1 year renewals for existing .SO domain names
• June 9, 2015: Price Increase as follows:
  • Reseller Prices: 78.54* (net price: 66.00) USD/Domain/Year
  • Premium Prices: 73.78* (net price: 62.00) USD/Domain/Year
  • Platinum Prices: 69.02* (net price: 58.00) USD/Domain/Year
• Restore Price will change to: 142.80* (net price: 120.00) USD/Domain/Restore
• Renewals will ONLY be for 1 year

Please note that these changes are from the registry and HEXONET has no influence on these changes. According to the information received, SONIC will be introducing new policies and will significantly modify registration eligibility requirements, as well as, introduce new restrictions on content and usage.  Until these new policies and registration requirements are revealed, SONIC will ONLY allow .SO domain renewals for now.

HEXONET apologies for the very short notice, as we too abruptly received information from the .SO Registry. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

.ORG Price Increase - August 1, 2015

PIR announced an increase to the annual price of .ORG domains starting August 1, 2015.

• .ORG Prices: increasing by 0.96* (net price: 0.81) USD per Domain/Year.
• HEXONET recommends renewing any domains ahead of this price increase.  .ORG domains can be renewed now or at any point in the future.  Renewals can be for 1 to 9 years.  

.BIZ Price Increase - November 1, 2015

Neustar announced an increase to the annual price of .BIZ domains starting November 1, 2015.

• .BIZ Prices: increasing by 1.02* (net price: 0.86) USD per Domain/Year.
• HEXONET recommends renewing any domains ahead of this price increase.  .BIZ domains can be renewed now or at any point in the future.  Renewals can be for 1 to 9 years.  

* The GROSS price includes Germany's 19% VAT; many resellers pay the lower NET price without VAT.