Comments on: $60 Fee For .BM Domain Names Now In Effect

By: Tony Brannon

Tony Brannon — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:58:05 +0000

Complete rip off….
This is nickel & dime annoyance….

By: Ignorance is not bliss

Ignorance is not bliss — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:59:30 +0000

So $0.164 per day is too expensive for a .bm name but some people pay twenty fives times + that daily for one designer coffee.

By: another farce

another farce — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 11:54:43 +0000

good luck getting a response emailing dnsmanager@gov.bm.

Gov should use the whois database to automatically email us when our name comes up for renewal instead of having us all check…there will be an uproar when one of the Re’s gets its .bm shutdown for not renewing on time.

Why not wait until your new portal is ready to accept online payment instead of making us walk in payments. How archaic. Hopefully the faxing in of information will go away as well.

By: Huh?

Huh? — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:35:59 +0000

charities should get .org.bm domains for free.

By: Huh?

Huh? — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:28:22 +0000

Or if you want a domain name that associates your company’s name with poop. Maybe we could go out and get a better TLD at least for sixty bucks? There is no way that I am going to pay that for such an unappealing and unrecognisable domain.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:18:35 +0000

There comes a point where where you say ‘screw it’. I don’t need your $60 .BM or some other rediculous fee. I don’t need that class G or H car & the license fee that you charge. I don’t need other things that Government charges way too uch for & gives nothing or little in return. I am tired of being screwed over by Government which just wastes the money away.

Keep your .BM. Nobody knows or cares what .BM is anyway.

By: Whistling Frog

Whistling Frog — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:50:43 +0000

This reminds me of the banks who first told its shareholders (Customers) ” Use the internet to do all your transactions and check your balances, its free” Now there’s a charge to for it.” One bank up to $35.00 monthly.

By: infidelguy

infidelguy — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:38:30 +0000

I foresee a mass exodus from the .BM domain in the near future. I see no problem with charging for domain names but $60 is way over the top.

Let’s hope they at least improve their web portal. At the moment it is pathetic!
It should be modified so that it is self-service and fully automated. At the moment it is an archaic, manual, time consuming process which could take as long as a week before your domain is processed.

By: theothersidebermuda

theothersidebermuda — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:20:09 +0000

It is still a viable option if the .com you want is taken. If you are a serious business and the .bm is available and the .com isn’t, then the $50 difference is more than worth it from a marketing standpoint. There is nothing more ridiculous when a Bermuda company has an email/domain address that is so long just to find something that works (e.g. bermudarealestateandrentals.com….just pay the $60 and get something that says you’re legit and serious about doing business). Now if the .com is available, different story but certainly not the death of the .bm. In fact, with it now being open to the public, my guess is you will see very little fall, if not a small increase, over the years.

By: Onion

Onion — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:35:11 +0000

You can. And get them more easily and with better service.

This just ended the .bm as a viable option.

By: .com

.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:13:57 +0000

Could we not just go with .com addresses and pay about $10 a year?