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26.11.2002

A leading seller of website domain names says prices are rising despite the impending introduction of a more competitive industry structure. 

It pays to shop around among sellers of domain names because charges range from $44 to $268 and value for money varies. 

Freeparking managing director Richard Shearer told the Herald that under the new domain name registry system, due to come into effect next month, domain names should reduce in cost. 

But instead, some firms were already increasing prices. 

He blamed profiteering and a recent increase in charges by the monopoly supplier Domainz, which sells to the sellers. 

"It's hard to see how domain name prices will fall if the wholesale prices are going to increase," he said. 

On December 7, sellers gain direct electronic access into the domain name "register" run by The New Zealand Domain Name Registry, a firm launched on October 14. It is owned by InternetNZ, the Internet Society of New Zealand (www.isocnz.org.nz), which also owns Domainz. 

Domainz at present also sells domain names direct but will, from December 7, be just another "registrar" in the new arrangement. 

More at: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3006152&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general