Let's talk about domain registrars. I recently discovered the price of my domain jumps up after a year. This seemed extremely scam-y to me, but apparently it's normal, which kinda upset me because I can't seem to find that information on any of the sites, and certainly didn't see any warning. 

Apparently I'm blind, because there is indeed an astriks--- with no explanation.

Currently I'm using GoDaddy, but I'm quite interested in switching at this point. Does anybody know what is worth switching to? What has a low and **consistent** rate? 

I don't even need any sort of hosting because I just use github to host it. It's just personal site. I really really wish I could go around the companies and just pay direct, but I get the feeling that's not a thing. 