Domain names were free until 1995!

Domain names were free until 1995!

Trying to find a domain name for your future web page? It must be a catchy and yet perfect name! Especially since you’ll be paying for it.

Sadly, we are not in 1995 anymore, the days when domain names were free!

Prices of Domain Names went through a lot of ups and downs since the very beginning, Domain names started as a free asset in 1985.

In the year 1995 when Network Solutions was granted the authority to start charging for domain names, They kept the price at 100 USD for 2 years, which dropped to 70 USD in the year 1997.

In 1998, Domain name prices came down after the formation of ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

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