Direct quote from Wikipedia. (WS)
Due to its potential popularity, a sliding scale of prices is operated by the registrar, depending on the brevity of the desired domain. Domains with four characters or more are competitively priced while...
Direct quote from Porkbun. (AI)
The registry for this TLD does not provide a renewal upon transfer. The price you pay to transfer the domain is for the transfer only. We don't know why some registries do this, but they do.
I'll find out and post. Anguilla is trying to monetize on every transaction. I need to read the fine print.
I was looking WS as a potential investment. I read the renewal is based on market valuation.
I don't remember the original poster, but somebody got hit with premium renewal fees. All of my hand regs were standard. I don't want some additional costs added to the expense of ccTLD renewal fees. There's already a catch as far as AI domains...
My 3 AI domains and several ccTLD's are my main reason for wanting to transfer registrars.
I still have 2 years on my AI domains. It looks like AI is hovering around $85 per year.
BR is around $30 - $45.
CN $40.
JPN $35.
ZA $40 - $60.
JE and GG...
Domain.com recently had a site update. Prior to the update you could turn off auto renewal at any point. Now you have to give 90 days notice prior to expiration, to turn off auto renewal pending approval.