No teaser trap here

.me costs $26.00 to keep for 2 years.

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

Get it at IONOS
$1.00cheapest 1st year
$17.27cheapest renewal
$17.27cheapest transfer
.me
.me · 2-year billIONOS
Year 1$1.00
Years 2–2$25.00
Total$26.00
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later

What .me costs over time

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

$0$16$33$49$65Yr 1Yr 1Yr 2Dynadot: $26.74 over 2 yearsHostinger: $26.78 over 2 yearsNameSilo: $29.98 over 2 yearsOVHcloud: $33.18 over 2 yearsPorkbun: $33.54 over 2 yearsHover: $33.98 over 2 yearsNamecheap: $34.96 over 2 yearsINWX: $35.60 over 2 yearsJoker.com: $36.56 over 2 yearsSquarespace Domains: $40.00 over 2 yearsClouDNS: $44.18 over 2 yearsKrystal: $53.98 over 2 yearsNetim: $57.00 over 2 yearsGandi: $63.97 over 2 yearsIONOS: $26.00 over 2 yearsIONOS $26
Cheapest to keep (IONOS) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 15 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 2 yrs Verdict Offer
IONOS BEST DE · checked 2026-11-05
$1.00 $25.00 promo $25.00 — $26.00 ×25.0 renewal PROMO First year (new-customer welcome offer) Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$9.44 $18.87 promo $17.30 $17.30 $26.74 Honest PROMO Dynadot sale until 2026-12-31 Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$6.79 $19.99 promo $19.99 — $26.78 Honest PROMO First year Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$9.99 $19.99 promo $19.99 $18.99 $29.98 Honest PROMO Sale price Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$9.57 $23.61 $23.61 $33.18 Honest — Buy
Porkbun US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$16.27 $17.27 promo $17.27 $17.27 $33.54 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$8.99 $24.99 promo $24.99 $24.99 $33.98 Honest PROMO Hover sale, first year Buy
Namecheap US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$10.98 $19.98 promo $23.98 $17.98 $34.96 Honest PROMO Sale 1st year Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$8.00 $27.60 promo $27.60 $27.60 $35.60 ×3.5 renewal PROMO First year, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$8.45 $28.11 promo $28.11 $28.11 $36.56 ×3.3 renewal PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$20.00 $20.00 — $40.00 Honest — Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$22.09 $22.09 $22.09 $44.18 Honest — Buy
Krystal GB · checked 2026-11-05
$26.99 $26.99 — $53.98 Honest — Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$28.50 $28.50 $19.00 $57.00 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$7.99 $29.23 promo $55.98 $24.36 $63.97 ×7.0 renewal PROMO Gandi promo, first year 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$25.00/yr
Go to IONOS

Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • Transfer$17.27
  • Then renews at$17.27/yr
Go to Porkbun

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$26.00
  • Per year$13.00
Go to IONOS