Teaser trap on this extension

.com costs $58.05 to keep for 5 years.

16 registrars sell .com. The cheapest first year is IONOS at $1.00 — but it renews at $20.00, so over 5 years Porkbun is $22.95 cheaper.

Get it at Porkbun
$1.00cheapest 1st year
$11.62cheapest renewal
$10.11cheapest transfer
.com
.com · 5-year billtwo ways to buy it
IONOS$1.00 + 4×$20.00
Teaser total$81.00
Trap
Porkbun$10.81 + 4×$11.81
Keeper total$58.05
Difference$22.95

What .com costs over time

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

$0$50$100$150$200Yr 1Yr 3Yr 5Dynadot: $58.10 over 5 yearsNameBright: $58.80 over 5 yearsOVHcloud: $77.55 over 5 yearsClouDNS: $78.45 over 5 yearsKrystal: $80.95 over 5 yearsNamecheap: $85.20 over 5 yearsNameSilo: $86.45 over 5 yearsINWX: $87.50 over 5 yearsJoker.com: $92.20 over 5 yearsNetim: $95.00 over 5 yearsSquarespace Domains: $98.00 over 5 yearsHover: $99.95 over 5 yearsHostinger: $99.95 over 5 yearsGandi: $165.23 over 5 yearsIONOS: $81.00 over 5 yearsPorkbun: $58.05 over 5 yearsIONOS $81Porkbun $58
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun) Cheapest first year (IONOS) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 16 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 5 yrs Verdict Offer
Porkbun BEST US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.81 $11.81 promo $11.81 $11.81 $58.05 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.62 $11.62 $11.62 $58.10 Honest — Buy
NameBright US · checked 2026-11-05
$11.76 $11.76 $11.76 $58.80 Honest — Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.11 $16.86 $10.11 $77.55 Honest — Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$15.69 $15.69 $15.69 $78.45 Honest — Buy
Krystal GB · checked 2026-11-05
$16.19 $16.19 — $80.95 Honest — Buy
IONOS DE · checked 2026-11-05
$1.00 $20.00 promo $20.00 — $81.00 ×20.0 renewal PROMO First year (new-customer welcome offer) Buy
Namecheap US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$11.28 $14.98 promo $18.48 $11.48 $85.20 Honest PROMO Sale 1st year Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$17.29 $17.29 $11.95 $86.45 Honest — Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$13.50 $18.50 promo $18.50 $18.50 $87.50 Honest PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$14.24 $18.99 promo $19.49 $18.99 $92.20 Honest PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.00 $19.00 $13.00 $95.00 Honest — Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$10.00 $22.00 promo $22.00 — $98.00 Honest PROMO First year Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $99.95 Honest — Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 — $99.95 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$11.71 $38.38 $11.71 $165.23 ×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 5 years

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

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • 5-year total$58.05
  • Per year$11.61
Go to Porkbun