No teaser trap here

.com costs $21.00 to keep for 2 years.

16 registrars sell .com. Good news: IONOS is the cheapest both on day one and over 2 years.

Get it at IONOS
$1.00cheapest 1st year
$11.62cheapest renewal
$10.11cheapest transfer
.com
.com · 2-year billIONOS
Year 1$1.00
Years 2–2$20.00
Total$21.00
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later

What .com costs over time

Each line is a registrar’s running total. Where lines cross, the cheap start stops being cheap.

$0$14$28$41$55Yr 1Yr 1Yr 2Porkbun: $22.62 over 2 yearsDynadot: $23.24 over 2 yearsNameBright: $23.52 over 2 yearsOVHcloud: $26.97 over 2 yearsNamecheap: $29.76 over 2 yearsClouDNS: $31.38 over 2 yearsSquarespace Domains: $32.00 over 2 yearsINWX: $32.00 over 2 yearsKrystal: $32.38 over 2 yearsJoker.com: $33.73 over 2 yearsNameSilo: $34.58 over 2 yearsNetim: $38.00 over 2 yearsHover: $39.98 over 2 yearsHostinger: $39.98 over 2 yearsGandi: $50.09 over 2 yearsIONOS: $21.00 over 2 yearsIONOS $21
Cheapest to keep (IONOS) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 16 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 2 yrs Verdict Offer
IONOS BEST DE · checked 2026-11-05
$1.00 $20.00 promo $20.00 — $21.00 ×20.0 renewal PROMO First year (new-customer welcome offer) Buy
Porkbun US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.81 $11.81 promo $11.81 $11.81 $22.62 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.62 $11.62 $11.62 $23.24 Honest — Buy
NameBright US · checked 2026-11-05
$11.76 $11.76 $11.76 $23.52 Honest — Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.11 $16.86 $10.11 $26.97 Honest — Buy
Namecheap US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$11.28 $14.98 promo $18.48 $11.48 $29.76 Honest PROMO Sale 1st year Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$15.69 $15.69 $15.69 $31.38 Honest — Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.00 $22.00 promo $22.00 — $32.00 Honest PROMO First year Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$13.50 $18.50 promo $18.50 $18.50 $32.00 Honest PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Krystal GB · checked 2026-11-05
$16.19 $16.19 — $32.38 Honest — Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$14.24 $18.99 promo $19.49 $18.99 $33.73 Honest PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$17.29 $17.29 $11.95 $34.58 Honest — Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.00 $19.00 $13.00 $38.00 Honest — Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $39.98 Honest — Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 — $39.98 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.71 $38.38 $11.71 $50.09 ×3.3 renewal — 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.

Trying an idea

Cheapest if you might drop it after a year.

  • RegistrarIONOS
  • First year$1.00
  • Then renews at$20.00/yr
Go to IONOS

Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarOVHcloud
  • Transfer$10.11
  • Then renews at$16.86/yr
Go to OVHcloud

Keeping it for 2 years

The whole-bill winner — what we’d pick for a name you mean to hold on to.

  • RegistrarIONOS
  • 2-year total$21.00
  • Per year$10.50
Go to IONOS