Radix delay blamed on promo pricing
Radix Registry’s first three new gTLD launches have been delayed for 24 hours after registrars experienced problems with promotional pricing.
.website, .host and .press will now go to general availability at 1600 UTC today.
Radix business head Sandeep Ramchandani said that some registrars were not expecting the registry to quote discounted fees at point of purchase; they were expecting a rebate at a later date instead.
This caused problems during pre-launch testing, he said, which led to the decision to delay.
The problem was resolved not too long after yesterday’s 1600 launch deadline, but it was decided to hold off on GA for a full 24 hours.
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Have you guys seen the prices of domains
stock.press $5900 per year
createmy.website $295 per year
creditcard.press $1180 per year
.com really is king