We have a cost-plus pricing model for our generic top-level domains (gTLDs) at OpenSRS. That means we break out the cost of gTLDs to give you transparency into who is getting what when you buy domains through us. As a result, you’ll see your cost for buying .INFO domains through your OpenSRS Reseller account rise by $0.67 on July 1, 2011, to $10.60/year.

In the case of .INFO domains, of the new $10.60 list price, the registry gets $7.42. ICANN gets $0.18 for the ICANN fee, and the remaining $3.00 makes up the OpenSRS Management Fee.

You may wish to beat the price increase by renewing existing .INFO domains before July 1st as you’ll pay the current price if you renew now, even if the domain doesn’t expire until after July 1.

.INFO Promotion Starts July 1

Also effective July 1, 2011, OpenSRS is offering a .INFO pricing promotion in conjunction with Afilias. For those resellers who sign up and do some promotion of .INFO domains to their customers, we’ll drop the registry cost for new, one-year registrations to just $1.99. You’ll still have to pay the ICANN fee and OpenSRS Management fee on top of that, but it’s a savings of $5.43 of the new regular cost.

Terms and conditions for the promotion can be found on the sign up page. You need to sign up for this promotion and the discount is paid in the form of a rebate deposited in your Reseller account the month following for that month’s transactions.

Sign up here

The .INFO generic top-level domain was introduced in 2001 and has since grown to be one of the most widely used TLDs on the Internet. .INFO domains, as the extension would suggest, tend to be used mainly for websites where the primary goal is to provide information. You’ll find everything from travel information sites to government sites. Golf lovers can visit the home of the PGA while geeky-types can learn all about regular expressions online.

The .INFO Registry runs a directory of sites and anyone can submit their sites for inclusion in the listing.

.INFO Quick Facts

• Afilias is the Registry operator for .INFO.
• Anyone can buy a .INFO domain.
• There were approximately 5.2 million .INFO domains registered as of April 2008.
• .INFO is the fourth largest gTLD on the internet, after .com, .net and .org.
• The word ‘info’ means “information” in 37 languages.
• .INFO is the fastest growing new TLD to date.

Available Resources:

Registries offer a wide-range of resources for Resellers. Here are some of the key links you can use to learn more about .INFO:

• .INFO Registry website
• .INFO News
• .INFO Worldwide Statistics
• .INFO on Twitter
• .INFO on Facebook

.INFO Promotion:

.INFO has been one of our most popular TLDs and we continue to see strong growth. Our popular .INFO promotion has been running for quite some time now and continues through June 30, 2009. There’s more information about it at the .INFO promotion page.