Domain registrar pricing list, updated for 2020

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 This was pretty comprehensive, but out-of-date.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 November 17, 2020. FTC Disclosure: We may receive a commission when you click on our links and/or purchase products linked on this blog.

Registrar USD annual price Notes
CloudFlare $8.03 CloudFlare is allowing users to register domains at wholesale price + ICANN fee, in exchange for bringing them into the CloudFlare ecosystem and their other paid services. They have the lowest price I can find, not to mention free SSL, DNS, and CDN/site protection. Just be aware that at some point, they would likely have to raise prices.
Moniker $8.39 $8.39 for new users
Namecheap $8.58 $9.69 to transfer in .com, $10.48 for .net and .org
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
Domain.com $9.99 Appears to be same company as Dotster and Netfirms
DynaDot $9.99
FXDomains $9.99 $8.99 first year and transfer ins. GoDaddy reseller.
GoDaddy $11.99 Transfer-ins are $7.99
Google Domains $12.00 Google Domains, has some unusual benefits such as free e-mail forwarding at your domain.
Hover $12.99
Bluehost $12.99
eNom $13.95
Ionos by 1&1 $15.00 $0 first year new user pricing
Gandi.net $15.50
Network Solutions $37.99 $2.95 first year, parent company is Web.com
Register.com $38.00 $5 first year, parent company is Web.com, same as Network Solutions

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