No teaser trap here
.ist costs $75.00 to keep for 5 years.
8 registrars sell .ist. Good news: NameSilo is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.
Get it at NameSilo$15.00cheapest 1st year
$15.00cheapest renewal
$14.00cheapest transfer
.ist · 5-year billNameSilo
Year 1$15.00
Years 2–5$60.00
Total$75.00
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later
What .ist costs over time
Each line is a registrar’s running total. Where lines cross, the cheap start stops being cheap.
Cheapest to keep (NameSilo)
Everyone else
Every registrar, ranked
| Registrar | 1st year | Renewal | Transfer | Keep 5 yrs | Verdict | Offer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$15.00 | $15.00 | $14.00 | $75.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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OVHcloud
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$15.46 | $18.48 | $18.48 | $89.38 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hover
CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $99.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hostinger
LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$21.99 | $21.99 | — | $109.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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ClouDNS
BG · checked 2026-11-05
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$30.19 | $22.39 | $22.39 | $119.75 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Netim
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$26.50 | $26.50 | $15.00 | $132.50 | Honest | — | Buy |
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INWX
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$31.80 | $31.80 | $31.80 | $159.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Gandi
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$34.60 | $55.98 | $19.77 | $258.52 | 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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