No teaser trap here
.link costs $37.60 to keep for 5 years.
12 registrars sell .link. Good news: Porkbun is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.
Get it at Porkbun$6.72cheapest 1st year
$7.71cheapest renewal
$7.71cheapest transfer
.link · 5-year billPorkbun
Year 1$6.72
Years 2–5$30.88
Total$37.60
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later
What .link 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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$6.72 |
$7.72 | $7.72 | $37.60 | Honest | PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS | Buy |
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Dynadot
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$7.71 | $7.71 | $7.71 | $38.55 | Honest | — | Buy |
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NameSilo
US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
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$8.59 | $8.59 | $8.39 | $42.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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ClouDNS
BG · checked 2026-11-05
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$10.99 | $10.99 | $10.99 | $54.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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OVHcloud
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$12.14 | $12.14 | $12.14 | $60.70 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Joker.com
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$12.53 | $12.53 | $12.53 | $62.65 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hostinger
LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$10.99 |
$12.99 | — | $62.95 | Honest | PROMO First year | Buy |
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Hover
CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$12.99 | $12.99 | $12.99 | $64.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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INWX
DE · checked 2026-11-05
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$14.52 | $14.52 | $14.52 | $72.60 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Netim
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$17.00 | $17.00 | $10.00 | $85.00 | 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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Gandi
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
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$13.66 | $39.98 | $11.57 | $173.58 | 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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