.DE register?

[thewebboy]

I am looking for a company that registers .de domain names, so far I have only seen register.com and they want $50 a year. Anyone know of any other companies or any cheaper ones?

[Hunter]

Pm me if you want one for less.

[tschild]

The usual (and cheapest) way to register a .de domain is via a German web hoster, using that hoster's service.

Background: the German registry, DENIC [denic.de], is not a for-profit corporation but a cooperative owned by its members [denic.de]. The members are web hosting companies; they get domain registration cheap, typically package it with hosting and resell that package. There is a direct registration service by DENIC for the public but it's prohibitively priced (intentionally, it seems).

Price example: In the hosting package that I use personally, an additional .de domain is EUR 11.88/year. There are hosters with still lower prices

[thewebboy]

i tried Dotster the other day and they list on there site they can register DE but when I tried they couldn't register it even though it was available.