No teaser trap here
.channel costs $53.05 to keep for 5 years.
10 registrars sell .channel. Good news: Porkbun is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.
Get it at Porkbun$9.81cheapest 1st year
$10.81cheapest renewal
$10.81cheapest transfer
.channel · 5-year billPorkbun
Year 1$9.81
Years 2–5$43.24
Total$53.05
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later
What .channel costs over time
Each line is a registrar’s running total. Where lines cross, the cheap start stops being cheap.
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun)
Everyone else
Every registrar, ranked
| Registrar | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | Keep 5 yrs | Verdict | Offer | |
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$9.81 |
$10.81 | $10.81 | $53.05 | Honest | PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS | Buy |
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Dynadot
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$12.24 | $12.22 | $12.22 | $61.12 | Honest | — | Buy |
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ClouDNS
BG · checked 2026-11-05
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$14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $74.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hostinger
LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$12.99 |
$15.99 | — | $76.95 | Honest | PROMO First year | Buy |
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Hover
CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$16.99 | $16.99 | $16.99 | $84.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Joker.com
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$19.00 | $19.00 | $19.00 | $95.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Gandi
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$19.35 | $19.35 | $16.40 | $96.75 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Squarespace Domains
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$20.00 | $20.00 | — | $100.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Netim
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$21.50 | $21.50 | $13.00 | $107.50 | Honest | — | Buy |
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INWX
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$35.52 | $35.52 | $35.52 | $177.60 | Honest | — | Buy |
Keep = first year plus renewals for the period you pick. ×3.0 means the renewal is
three times the first-year price. Prices exclude tax; other currencies converted to USD at the ECB daily rate.
Keeping it for 5 years
The whole-bill winner — what we’d pick for a name you mean to hold on to.
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