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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nik282000@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Having just jumped from Google to Nameheap this is more than mildly frustrating.

edit: apparently this is the result of Verisign putting up their wholesale prices

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[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Upstream costs are indeed going up as you implied, and Namecheap has razor thin margins.

Part of the deal with services providing bare-minimum prices is that the consumer takes on supplier costs when they arise. Same in all thin-margin businesses.

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