What a .com domain really costs
The first year looks cheap. Every year after costs $10.88 to $35.89. Here is the real cost to register, renew or transfer a .com at 15 registrars, read each week from their own price pages.
Renewals are most of what a .com costs, so the first-year price decides little.
- Spaceship$31.44
- Cloudflare$33.51
- Dynadot$34.86
- NameBright$35.28
- Porkbun$35.43
- IONOS$41.00
All 15 registrars
Click a column to sort. Each name opens that registrar's own price page.| Spaceshipintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $9.68 | $10.88 | $10.38 | $31.44 |
| Cloudflarechecked Nov 6 | $11.17 | $11.17 | not listed | $33.51 |
| Dynadotchecked Nov 6 | $11.62 | $11.62 | $11.62 | $34.86 |
| NameBrightchecked Nov 6 | $11.76 | $11.76 | $11.76 | $35.28 |
| Porkbunchecked Nov 6 | $11.81 | $11.81 | $11.81 | $35.43 |
| IONOSintro pricechecked Nov 6 | $1.00 | $20.00 | $9.50 | $41.00 |
| Internet.bsintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $7.70 | $17.49 | $17.49 | $42.68 |
| OVHcloudchecked Nov 6 | $9.99 | $16.49 | $9.99 | $42.97 |
| GoDaddysold 3 years at onceintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $45.99 for 3 yrs | $22.99 | not listed | $45.99 |
| Domain.comintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $5.00 | $22.99 | not listed | $50.98 |
| Namecheapintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $12.28 | $20.18 | $12.48 | $52.64 |
| Name.comintro pricechecked Nov 6 | $13.99 | $21.99 | $21.99 | $57.97 |
| Network Solutionsintro pricechecked Nov 5 | $11.99 | $22.99 | not listed | $57.97 |
| Hoverchecked Nov 6 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $59.97 |
| Gandichecked Nov 6, converted from EUR at the ECB rate of Nov 5 | $13.08 | $35.89 | $13.08 | $84.86 |
| Also sell .com, no full price listed | ||||
| NameSilochecked Nov 6 | $19.99 | not listed | not listed | — |
About .com
The most common ending. First meant for businesses, now used for any kind of site.
- Renews
- $10.88 to $35.89 a year
- Shortest term
- 1 year (GoDaddy: 3)
- Registry
- Verisign
- Who can register
- Open to anyone.
Registrars often sell the first year below their own cost and earn it back on renewals. Compare the 3‑year total, not the first year.
Got your .com? Make it work
- Point it at your website
- Set up email on it
- Stop others sending mail as it
Compare other endings
How we collect prices
Each registrar's public price for a standard name, read weekly from its own site, in US dollars at the day's ECB rate; taxes not included unless the registrar shows them. Premium and reserved names cost more, and prices change: the registrar's page is the final word. We don't sell domains and earn nothing from any registrar. A registrar can ask to be removed at hello@dnsdoctor.dev.