Fellow skunks, I hold this issue in very high regard. Our friends at KENIC (http://www.kenic.or.ke) charge about KShs. 4000 for a .ke domain name. (Is it worth it compared to a .com domain name for KShs. 1000?) It seemed reasonable at first when they said that the high cost was meant to recoup their investment. (...and I personally think that this is increasingly becoming an outdated excuse!) Their website states that this would be the situation for two years, which, as you may have noticed, went by long ago. I will word my request to you in a question: How, or rather, what strategy do we use to convince KENIC to reduce the price for a .ke domain name? Over to you skunkers.
@ Samuel, I've checked www.kenic.or.ke, and there are some registrars charging Kshs. 2,320 vat inclusive for a .ke. I have not seen the Kshs. 4,000 you are mentioning. Post the link, please! On 09/09/2009, Simeon Oriko <simeonoriko@yahoo.com> wrote:
Fellow skunks,
I hold this issue in very high regard.
Our friends at KENIC (http://www.kenic.or.ke) charge about KShs. 4000 for a .ke domain name. (Is it worth it compared to a .com domain name for KShs. 1000?)
It seemed reasonable at first when they said that the high cost was meant to recoup their investment. (...and I personally think that this is increasingly becoming an outdated excuse!)
Their website states that this would be the situation for two years, which, as you may have noticed, went by long ago.
I will word my request to you in a question: How, or rather, what strategy do we use to convince KENIC to reduce the price for a .ke domain name?
Over to you skunkers.
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On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Simeon Oriko <simeonoriko@yahoo.com> wrote:
Fellow skunks,
I hold this issue in very high regard.
Our friends at KENIC (http://www.kenic.or.ke) charge about KShs. 4000 for a .ke domain name. (Is it worth it compared to a .com domain name for KShs. 1000?)
Did you pay this amount to KENIC directly? I doubt it, unless KENIC these days allows anyone to register a domain without going through an accredited registrar, and even so, domains cost 2k+VAT, if memory serves me well. Anyway, I cannot argue on the case of 2k+VAT versus 1k for .com domains. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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