No teaser trap here

.pay costs $100.00 to keep for 5 years.

2 registrars sell .pay. Good news: Squarespace Domains is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.

Get it at Squarespace Domains
$20.00cheapest 1st year
$20.00cheapest renewal
$27.00cheapest transfer
.pay
.pay · 5-year billSquarespace Domains
Year 1$20.00
Years 2–5$80.00
Total$100.00
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later

What .pay 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 5Netim: $177.50 over 5 yearsSquarespace Domains: $100.00 over 5 yearsNetim $178Squarespace D… $100
Cheapest to keep (Squarespace Domains) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 2 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 5 yrs Verdict Offer
Squarespace Domains BEST US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$20.00 $20.00 — $100.00 Honest — Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$35.50 $35.50 $27.00 $177.50 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.

Trying an idea

Cheapest if you might drop it after a year.

  • RegistrarSquarespace Domains
  • First year$20.00
  • Then renews at$20.00/yr
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Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarNetim
  • Transfer$27.00
  • Then renews at$35.50/yr
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Keeping it for 5 years

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

  • RegistrarSquarespace Domains
  • 5-year total$100.00
  • Per year$20.00
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