Alan Do you mean wholesale price or retail?
And either way it’s not just Africa The Latin American market is as bad if not worse, with many ccTLDs in the region looking for $50+ per year. Also, if you look at the African ccTLDs there are still quite a few that don’t offer any level of automation or a proper registrar system so it’s hard to see how they’d scale. But why do you want them to buy African domains? A domain by itself is of no value. If you are trying to encourage content then it’s a very different conversation Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com/ http://blacknight.blog/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 From: Alan Levin <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday 16 November 2017 at 09:52 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local level Hi, I've been studying African cctld for many years. The cost of registering an African cctld in Uganda / Nigeria / Ghana / Botswana / Angola, etc appears to remain totally out of kilter with the global market rates. To buy a .ke for a local is around USD6, but for a foreigner it's >USD17 and they appear to be one of the cheapest. In South Africa a domain goes for less than USD5, and they are available globally at the same price. We have over 1.2m registrations... significantly more than any other African cctld... How can I encourage our clients to buy African cctlds when there is so much more to chose from nowadays? Sincerely Alan
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