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Originally Posted by lwbbs
Not only the hosting server, the domain name price is also higher than US.
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That depends...
However, where that's the case then usually the reason (on a like-for-like basis) is to cover for exchange rate fluctuations. At the moment anything in USD is cheap for most (anyone?) outside of the US.
If you're paying in GBP for a .com etc. then there's a good change the provider you're buying from is paying for it in USD; it works out well for them at the moment, but will likely get more expensive for them in future as exchange rates change.
Likewise paying for a .uk domain is usually cheapest via a UK provider (i.e. paying in GBP) since the wholesale price is set in GBP.