Now about the price of TLD.
Often the registrar may offer a deal of a very low price the first year and the price goes way up the next year.
Some web builders can make money rom new doin sites by using cleaver tricks to get people to spend money on a novel flashy web site. For those kind of commercial operators the cost of the TLD is of little concern. So they can afford to pay almost any price.
Now for myself, and many individuals like me who have a domain as a hobby, the cost of renewal of the domain becomes important.
To date the cost of the CLUB is about one dollar per year. But the COM is now at about $15 per year. Some registrars change even more.
Fro me, the choice was either give up or reduce the cost of my hobby.Kemp in mind a number of people live on on a fixed income and do not have a pension.
Also of relevant interest....
You can search for low cost domain names and not get a real answer. The first 10 links will be from companies that want our business. This is way you have to use an
independent search tool for the right answer to some questions.
http://www.basewebmaster.com/seo/5-alternative-search-engines.php5 Alternative Search Engines You Should Get To Know