The Web hosting provider and domain name registrar Register.com (www.register.com) announced on April 11 that it has lowered the price for its single-year domain names from $35 to $30. Register.com's move comes just weeks after another large registrar and Web hosting provider, Network Solutions(www.networksolutions.com), started giving away free single-year domain registrations to new Web hosting customers. Network Solutions charges a single-year price of $35.
Domain name pricing has dropped at a rapid pace as hosts sell them at a loss in an effort to attract new customers. According to data provided by the research and analysis firm Netcraft (www.netcraft.com), Yahoo!, Go Daddy, Hostway, Interland, 1&1 Internet and EV1Servers all sell domains for less than $10.
