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Domain registration services number in the hundreds. Prices
vary from about $10 to $35 for annual domain name registration.
What's the difference between all of these different domain
registration services?
Currently, there are only about 100 official ICANN-Accredited
registrars in the United States. These are organizations that
are financially strong and have passed strict standards. They
are governed by regulations that are in place to protect the
public. Domain registration is usually completed within 24
hours when done through an official ICANN-Accredited Registrar.
There are hundreds of non-accredited domain registration
services that are essentially brokers or middlemen. They sell
domain names at retail prices and submit domain name registrations
in bulk for substantial discounts. Usually, the process of
domain name registration with a non-accredited domain registration
service takes anywhere from 72 hours to 2 weeks.
The price that a domain registration service charges is not
regulated and is only limited by market demand. That is why
there is such a variety of prices for domain registration.
To further complicate your choices, many domain registration
services offer added value services when you register you
domain with them.
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