Teaser trap on this extension

.com costs $34.43 to keep for 3 years.

16 registrars sell .com. The cheapest first year is IONOS at $1.00 — but it renews at $20.00, so over 3 years Porkbun is $6.57 cheaper.

Get it at Porkbun
$1.00cheapest 1st year
$11.62cheapest renewal
$10.11cheapest transfer
.com
.com · 3-year billtwo ways to buy it
IONOS$1.00 + 2×$20.00
Teaser total$41.00
Trap
Porkbun$10.81 + 2×$11.81
Keeper total$34.43
Difference$6.57

What .com costs over time

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

$0$23$45$68$90Yr 1Yr 2Yr 3Dynadot: $34.86 over 3 yearsNameBright: $35.28 over 3 yearsOVHcloud: $43.83 over 3 yearsClouDNS: $47.07 over 3 yearsNamecheap: $48.24 over 3 yearsKrystal: $48.57 over 3 yearsINWX: $50.50 over 3 yearsNameSilo: $51.87 over 3 yearsJoker.com: $53.22 over 3 yearsSquarespace Domains: $54.00 over 3 yearsNetim: $57.00 over 3 yearsHover: $59.97 over 3 yearsHostinger: $59.97 over 3 yearsGandi: $88.47 over 3 yearsIONOS: $41.00 over 3 yearsPorkbun: $34.43 over 3 yearsIONOS $41Porkbun $34
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun) Cheapest first year (IONOS) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 16 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 3 yrs Verdict Offer
Porkbun BEST US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.81 $11.81 promo $11.81 $11.81 $34.43 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.62 $11.62 $11.62 $34.86 Honest — Buy
NameBright US · checked 2026-11-05
$11.76 $11.76 $11.76 $35.28 Honest — Buy
IONOS DE · checked 2026-11-05
$1.00 $20.00 promo $20.00 — $41.00 ×20.0 renewal PROMO First year (new-customer welcome offer) Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.11 $16.86 $10.11 $43.83 Honest — Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$15.69 $15.69 $15.69 $47.07 Honest — Buy
Namecheap US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$11.28 $14.98 promo $18.48 $11.48 $48.24 Honest PROMO Sale 1st year Buy
Krystal GB · checked 2026-11-05
$16.19 $16.19 — $48.57 Honest — Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$13.50 $18.50 promo $18.50 $18.50 $50.50 Honest PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$17.29 $17.29 $11.95 $51.87 Honest — Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$14.24 $18.99 promo $19.49 $18.99 $53.22 Honest PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.00 $22.00 promo $22.00 — $54.00 Honest PROMO First year Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.00 $19.00 $13.00 $57.00 Honest — Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $59.97 Honest — Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 — $59.97 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.71 $38.38 $11.71 $88.47 ×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 3 years

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

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • 3-year total$34.43
  • Per year$11.48
Go to Porkbun