Teaser trap on this extension

.net costs $61.60 to keep for 5 years.

16 registrars sell .net. The cheapest first year is IONOS at $1.00 — but it renews at $20.00, so over 5 years Porkbun is $19.40 cheaper.

Get it at Porkbun
$1.00cheapest 1st year
$12.49cheapest renewal
$12.49cheapest transfer
.net
.net · 5-year billtwo ways to buy it
IONOS$1.00 + 4×$20.00
Teaser total$81.00
Trap
Porkbun$11.52 + 4×$12.52
Keeper total$61.60
Difference$19.40

What .net 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 5NameBright: $62.45 over 5 yearsDynadot: $62.60 over 5 yearsNameSilo: $79.75 over 5 yearsKrystal: $80.95 over 5 yearsClouDNS: $81.45 over 5 yearsOVHcloud: $86.06 over 5 yearsNamecheap: $86.80 over 5 yearsHostinger: $89.95 over 5 yearsINWX: $93.60 over 5 yearsSquarespace Domains: $94.00 over 5 yearsJoker.com: $94.56 over 5 yearsHover: $99.95 over 5 yearsNetim: $107.50 over 5 yearsGandi: $172.91 over 5 yearsIONOS: $81.00 over 5 yearsPorkbun: $61.60 over 5 yearsIONOS $81Porkbun $62
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
$11.52 $12.52 promo $12.52 $12.52 $61.60 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
NameBright US · checked 2026-11-05
$12.49 $12.49 $12.49 $62.45 Honest — Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$12.52 $12.52 $12.52 $62.60 Honest — Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$15.95 $15.95 $15.95 $79.75 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
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$16.29 $16.29 $16.29 $81.45 Honest — Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$13.22 $18.21 $16.86 $86.06 Honest — Buy
Namecheap US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$12.48 $14.98 promo $18.58 $12.98 $86.80 Honest PROMO Sale 1st year Buy
Hostinger LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$17.99 $17.99 — $89.95 Honest — Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$18.72 $18.72 $18.72 $93.60 Honest — Buy
Squarespace Domains US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$14.00 $20.00 promo $20.00 — $94.00 Honest PROMO First year Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$14.76 $19.95 promo $19.95 $19.95 $94.56 Honest PROMO First year of new registrations, until 2026-12-31 Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $99.95 Honest — Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$21.50 $21.50 $13.50 $107.50 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$12.99 $18.78 promo $39.98 $15.74 $172.91 ×3.1 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$20.00/yr
Go to IONOS

Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarNameBright
  • Transfer$12.49
  • Then renews at$12.49/yr
Go to NameBright

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$61.60
  • Per year$12.32
Go to Porkbun