I’ve just received an email from Namecheap saying that they are now increasing their
price for domain name from $8.88 per year to $9.29 per year.

Here is a part of the email’s notification about the price increases:

In light of that decision, NameCheap.com will be adjusting its pricing
on Sunday, October 14, 2007 as follows:

.com domain renewals, transfers and new registrations:
Old pricing $8.88, new pricing $9.29 per year

.net domain renewals, transfers and new registrations:
Old pricing $8.88, new pricing $9.29 per year

.org domain renewals, transfers and new registrations:
Old pricing $8.88, new pricing $9.29 per year

.info domain renewals, transfers and new registrations:
old pricing $8.88, new pricing $9.29 per year

.biz domain renewals, transfers and new registrations:
Old pricing $8.88, new pricing $9.29 per year