alt Hacker NewsPorkbun has .party for $21.09 (bar the first year promotion, not sure about VAT) and INWX (DE, VAT included) has it 32.80€ . It is definitely more but not as scary as you made it sound.
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willy__ • yesterday at 11:24 AM
Wow, gotta check out INWX. I am paying in the 50s now..so double the cost..No VAT at porkbun!
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It’s not all bad. I hope you don’t mind tooting my own horn. But there are providers who try to keep prices reasonable: https://domain.chief.app/pricing (disclaimer: this is mine)
I must say though that this (at this stage) is mostly only possible because a few (also Dutch) reseller titans that allow me to be affordable.
The cost of entry as registrar into ICANN TLDs is pretty high