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Generally, we like to be able to bring you news about TLD prices going down, at least temporarily, but every so often we have a duty to inform you of price increases on certain TLDs.

This time around it's two German geographic TLDs—.berlin and .hamburg—who are seeing price increases on domain creation, renewal and transfers.

As of November 1, .berlin creations have already increased from $52.18 to $64.18 per year at A rates*. As for .berlin renewals and transfers, these will also go up to $64.18 at A rates from the current $52.18 per year*, but not until March 1, 2017. Since you can register a .berlin domain for a total of 10 years, now's the time to renew it for as long as you can to save money in the long term.

As for .hamburg, on January 1, 2017, it will also see the creation price increase to $64.18 per year at A rates*. Between now and the new year is the time to get that .hamburg domain you always wanted, then.

Renewal and transfers rates on .hamburg will also increase to $64.18 per year at A rates on March 1, 2017, along with .berlin, so renew your .hamburg's for up to 10 years too.

Renew your .berlin or .hamburg domain now:

Register a .hamburg domain before the price increase:

.hamburg

*Prices in USD. See .berlin and .hamburg pricing pages for local prices.


.BERLIN, Germany's second new geographic extension (after .RUHR) enters Sunrise on 14 February.

This Sunrise is a bit special – it's similar to a Landrush, but it's first-come, first-served, just like Berliners at your local bakery. That means that while you must possess the corresponding trademark from TMCH (more info in this post) to be able to register the domain, if someone else owns the same trademark, the first one to register the domain wins!

Of course, it just wouldn't be German if there weren't a few rules:

  • One of the domain's contacts (other than the billing contact) must have an address in Berlin. Gandi doesn't (yet) offer a local contact for this extension, so you'll need to make the necessary arrangements,
  • The administrative contact must be an individual, and
  • The domain must be activated within 12 months of its registration (website, redirection or email addresses; in the case of a website, it must have some relationship to the city of Berlin).

The Sunrise price for a .berlin is $312.18 at A rates.

There will be no Landrush phase for this extension.

General Availability starts the day after the Sunrise phase ends, 18 March at 10am UTC, at which point the price will be $52.18/year.

Please note that invalid applications submitted during Sunrise will not be refunded.


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