Comment by stayallive

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