Hostway undercuts NetRegistry in .au registration

Stan Beer
Sunday, 11 September 2005 10:33

Business IT - Networking

Web hosting service provider, Hostway, has undercut rival NetRegistry, just one day after it slashed its prices for .com.au and .net.au domain registration.

Hostway now offers the lowest prices available for registration of .com.au and .net.au domains through IntaServe, its domain registrar channel, with prices packaged at $39.00 for a fixed two year contract.

Amin Kroll, managing director of Hostway, said, 'The Australian market has expected commoditisation of the .au domain pricing for some time now.  In line with our company strategy globally, we aim to provide consumers with a guarantee for the best value pricing and still offer all the benefits of a global organisation in terms of customer service, round the clock technical support and ongoing investment in infrastructure and technology.

'Customers can now enjoy real savings on domain name registration as they expand their web presence enabling them to reinvest in marketing and support to ensuring their sites are compelling and adding value to the business day in day out.'

As we mentioned in article yesterday, domain name registration is small beer for companies like Hostway and NetRegistry. What they really want to do is sell the high value services, such as web hosting.