Domain registrar pricing comparison (2014)
Registering a domain name is like trying to sign-up for and find the real cost of a cell phone plan.
I couldn't find a good, unbiased and up-to-date domain price comparison (some try to funnel you to sign up for a particular registrar so they can earn a commission; I have affiliate links, but my chart is sorted by price alone!). This was pretty comprehensive, but out-of-date. Now, this one is pretty close (Sept. 2012), but didn't include pricing. So after personally visiting a bunch of registrar sites, I came up with the price list below. For today's post, I'm reserving comment about the quality or morality of most of these registrars, but I highly recommend doing an online search or checking a site like Better Business Bureau to make sure you're not going with a bait-and-switch type of company.
These are all for a .com name, 1-year registration ignoring the introductory pricing (in other words, these are the year 2 and onward prices). These were checked on 22 Dec 2013.
I couldn't find a good, unbiased and up-to-date domain price comparison (some try to funnel you to sign up for a particular registrar so they can earn a commission; I have affiliate links, but my chart is sorted by price alone!). This was pretty comprehensive, but out-of-date. Now, this one is pretty close (Sept. 2012), but didn't include pricing. So after personally visiting a bunch of registrar sites, I came up with the price list below. For today's post, I'm reserving comment about the quality or morality of most of these registrars, but I highly recommend doing an online search or checking a site like Better Business Bureau to make sure you're not going with a bait-and-switch type of company.
These are all for a .com name, 1-year registration ignoring the introductory pricing (in other words, these are the year 2 and onward prices). These were checked on 22 Dec 2013.
| Registrar | USD annual price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| NameSilo | $8.99 | Transfer-ins only $8.39. Free WHOIS privacy. $1 off coupon code = SILOBUCKOFF |
| Cheapdomain.com | $8.99 | GoDaddy reseller (Wild West Domains). Transfer-ins are $8.99 |
| Moniker | $9.59 | $8.59 for .net and $10.09 for .org |
| United Domains | $9.90 | Transfer and renewals also $9.90. $14.90 for .net and .org |
| Domain.com | $9.99 | Same company as Dotster, but prices are different |
| DynaDot | $9.99 | |
| FXDomains | $9.99 | $8.99 first year and transfer ins. GoDaddy reseller. |
| Namecheap | $10.69 | $9.69 to transfer in .com, $10.48 for .net and .org |
| Name.com | $10.99 | $8.25 to transfer in |
| Netfirms | $11.99 | $9.95 first year |
| GoDaddy | $12.99 | Transfer-ins are $7.99 |
| eNom | $13.95 | |
| 1&1 | $14.99 | $7.99 first year |
| Dotster | $14.99 | Same company as Domain.com, different pricing however |
| Hover | $15.00 | |
| Gandi.net | $15.50 | |
| Network Solutions | $34.99 | $2.95 first year |
| Register.com | $38.00 | $5 first year |
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