No. Registrars do not change the standard registration price in relation to the domain name's popularity. (If they do, you can move to another.)
It's your domain till you decide to sell it (for whatever price you set/negotiate), or it's registration expires, then it's up for grabs.
Some registrars own domains or broker the sale of domains. However, the sale price should have no effect on regular registration price.
Answer from jehad on Stack ExchangeHey 👋 a few of my domains are due for renewal but GoDaddy is requesting I pay over $150 for each one?! I only paid under $20 each when purchasing.
Is this normal or is it due to their value increasing? Transferring them to a new registrar won’t work would it?
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Hi! I purchased a domain through godaddy with the .studio TLD last december. It was around 1000USD and we've been using it since without any problems. However, we have to renew it now after a year and they are trying to charge us 500USD+ for ONE YEAR of renewal. Is this normal? All registrars display renewal fees of below 30USD/year for .studio TLDs. Am I being scammed? This doesn't sound right. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
EDIT: If this is standard for Godaddy, is there any way I can avoid paying such a high price? Maybe transfer the domain to another registrar?
It's quite typical of GoDaddy to have a low introductory offer for the first year. But the "renewal" costs are hard to find. This is, unfortunately, quite common practise, but not necessarily "standard". It relies on the fact that most users probably don't change the registrar. But this domain might have been heavily discounted in the first year. Personally, I avoid registrars/hosts that are not upfront with their costs and prefer registrars have the same registration/renewal costs.
if so, is there anyway I can change my registrar while keeping the same domain name for cheaper rates?
Yes, you can change registrar at "any time". Providing you're not too close to renewal and they've already taken payment! It can also take several days to transfer the domain - but that doesn't necessarily mean any down time.
There might also be restrictions on transferring a domain too soon after registration. eg. in the first 3 months.
Also, some registrars might charge an additional "admin" fee for transferring away. Need to check their T&Cs. Again, I would avoid any registrar that imposes additional fees like this, most do not. (I don't think GoDaddy does.)
And, as mentioned in comments, be wary of any scam emails (that have plucked your details from the WhoIs database) trying to get you to "renew" with them, rather than your real registrar.
So it was WhoisGuard fees for $10. This gives you anonymity for "whois" so no one can see your registration information online. You don't have to accept that. What will happen is, when someone does a "whois yourwebsite.com", it will show GoDaddy contact information instead of your personal or company information.
If you didn't ask for whoisGuard or SSL, and GoDaddy tacked that on automatically, I will add that to my list of 9634 reasons I won't use GoDaddy for anything.