I really wish Cloudflare at least made $1 or $2 Gross Profits per domain. Who paids for Domain Register Support? I would much rather be a "customer" than I am not sure where they are making money from my Domain.
P.S - If those were wholesale price, do other companies get heavy discount for signing up in bulks? How do other companies made money when they are selling it for $0.99 or $6.99
$8.99 .coms as a base price, free whois guard for life, solid support and no up-sell spam or BS.
I moved almost all of my domains there over the last year'ish.
However, they were acquired by a Canadian investment firm earlier this year [1]. Till now there's been no change and things are still running smoothly — I just hope that continues.
[1] https://coupontree.co/namesilo-was-sold-for-9-5-million/
Also, on closer inspection today, I realised that Namesilo does indeed increase renewal fee after the first year. The fee stays the same thereafter, and it's still the cheapest around, but it's worth keeping in mind.
I caught onto this when I realised their registration price is actually below the wholesale cost for .com domains, according to this Cloudflare blog post.
I might move my domains to Cloudflare when they make this available.
If it was with a coupon then I could see it being bumped up but if you get it at $8.99, it will be $8.99 the next year and all years forward.