: Why do some top level domains cost more and where does the money go? I have recently acquired a cheap top level .sexy domain for around only €30 a year. When I look at the pricing of

@Hamaas447

A bunch of new registries are in control of the new TLDs. They can charge whatever they like for the TLDs. To answer your question, the registry controlling the domain is the one making the money, that is where much of it ends up. Some ends up with the retailer, but domain selling is pretty competitive so you can almost be certain there won't be huge markups at the retail end.

Here is an article about how much it costs to run a registry

And here is another article about the price rises of some TLDs

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