No teaser trap here
.protection costs $10,199.95 to keep for 5 years.
12 registrars sell .protection. Good news: NameSilo is the cheapest both on day one and over 5 years.
Get it at NameSilo$1,999.99cheapest 1st year
$2,049.99cheapest renewal
$2,039.99cheapest transfer
.protection · 5-year billNameSilo
Year 1$1,999.99
Years 2–5$8,199.96
Total$10,199.95
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later
What .protection 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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$1,999.99 |
$2,049.99 | $2,039.99 | $10,199.95 | Honest | PROMO Sale price | Buy |
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Porkbun
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,059.25 |
$2,060.25 | $2,060.25 | $10,300.25 | Honest | PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS | Buy |
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Dynadot
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,140.22 | $2,140.22 | $2,140.22 | $10,701.10 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Squarespace Domains
US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,470.00 | $2,470.00 | — | $12,350.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hover
CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,499.99 | $2,499.99 | $2,499.99 | $12,499.95 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Netim
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,605.00 | $2,605.00 | $2,119.50 | $13,025.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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ClouDNS
BG · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,799.00 | $2,799.00 | $2,799.00 | $13,995.00 | Honest | — | Buy |
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OVHcloud
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,630.12 | $2,858.93 | $2,630.12 | $14,065.84 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Hostinger
LT · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,069.99 |
$2,999.99 | — | $14,069.95 | Honest | PROMO First year | Buy |
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INWX
DE · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,880.12 | $2,880.12 | $2,880.12 | $14,400.60 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Gandi
FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-06
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$2,214.19 | $3,527.98 | $2,203.39 | $16,326.11 | Honest | — | Buy |
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Joker.com
DE · checked 2026-11-06
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$3,440.00 | $3,440.00 | $3,440.00 | $17,200.00 | 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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