<html><body><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12.0pt; line-height:1.3; color:#000000"><!-- ##### NINE BODY BEGIN ##### --><div id="signature-x" style="-webkit-user-select:none; font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12.0pt; color:#000000" class = "signature_editor">In regards to the wholesale price increases to domain registrars for .com domains, it's probably best to adjust them to no more than the rate of inflation. 7% annually on 3-year cycles with 2-year hiatuses will outstrip the rate of inflation by an ever-increasing margin.<br><br>That runs the risk of killing private and smaller sites in the long run.<br><br>On a side note, I'm curious if the actual expense of domain administration is remaining steady (adjusted for inflation), or if the economies of scale are gradually reducing per-domain administration expenses.<br><br>--<br>- David MacCarter, Wireball<br>- webmaster@wireball.com<br><br>(Sent from <a href="http://www.9folders.com/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#009BDF">Nine</a> android email)<br></div><!-- ##### NINE BODY END ##### --></div><div class="quoted_output_body"><div id="quoted_header" class="quoted_header_editor" style="clear:both;"> </div><br type='attribution'><div id="quoted_body" class="quoted_body_editor"></div></div></body></html>