Buy your fi domain directly from Traficom

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In recent months, Traficom caused a small “uproar” when the Ministry of Transport and Communications proposed that the price of fi domains would increase from €9 to €12, and that domain name registrars would be charged an annual fee of €400 ¹.

The statements given by individuals and companies were generally against it, but some statements were in favour of the proposals. Of these, what caught my eye the most was that the statements in favour were statements from larger web hosting and domain brokerage companies. From the purpose of these statements, it can be assumed that they want to smoke smaller and private actors out of the playing field, that “professional” actors can guarantee a more reliable and secure service. At least that’s what they say. The background in reality is only for narrowing the field of competition, and if, for example, private customers registry status becomes too difficult, then these customers will naturally switch to be customers of these larger providers. As, for example, it is clear from this Shellit.org statement, which is a bit shocking how directly they want to limit competition, and drive more money into their own pockets.

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Buy your fi domain directly from Traficom