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Who Is The 100 Year Plan For?
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress.com is quoted as saying:
That works out to $380 per year for hosting and domain registration.
What Comes With WordPress Century Plan?
The typical maximum domain name registration period is capped at ten years.
Read WordPress.com’s announcement:
The announcement explains:
- “Families who wish to preserve their digital assets—the stories, photos, sounds, and videos that make up their rich family history—for generations to come.
- Founders who want to protect and document their company’s past, present, and future.
- Individuals seeking a stable, flexible, and customized online home that can adapt to whatever changes the future of technology will bring.”
Signing up for the plan is simple, just fill out a form at the WordPress.com website.
WordPress calls this new offer the 100-year plan.
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The cost of the 100 year domain name registration is $38,000 USD.
At this time it feels apparent that the usage they have in mind are individuals who want to create a lasting way to communicate their stories.
Introducing the 100-Year Plan: Secure Your Online Legacy for a Century
The official announcement named these features that come with the plan:
- Domain secured for one hundred years
- Multiple backups across data centers in different geographic locations
- “Top-tier” managed WordPress hosting
- Unmetered bandwidth (means unlimited traffic)
Sign up for the 100-Year Plan here
So it’s quite unusual to be able to register a domain for one hundred years.
WordPress says that the plan is designed for individuals, families and company founders who want to document their company’s legacy.
WordPress.com announced a one hundred year domain registration that comes with managed hosting and 24/7 customer service and other features for one price.
WordPress 100-Year Plan
“Whether it’s giving a newborn the special gift of a domain and lifetime home on the web, or something you put in your will to make sure your website and story are accessible to future generations, I hope this plan gets people and other companies thinking about building for the long term.”