No teaser trap here

.tel costs $96.80 to keep for 10 years.

10 registrars sell .tel. Good news: Porkbun is the cheapest both on day one and over 10 years.

Get it at Porkbun
$8.78cheapest 1st year
$9.76cheapest renewal
$9.76cheapest transfer
.tel
.tel · 10-year billPorkbun
Year 1$8.78
Years 2–10$88.02
Total$96.80
Honest
cheapest now and cheapest later

What .tel costs over time

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

$0$100$200$300$400Yr 1Yr 5Yr 10Dynadot: $97.60 over 10 yearsNameSilo: $107.90 over 10 yearsJoker.com: $154.80 over 10 yearsOVHcloud: $160.55 over 10 yearsINWX: $170.40 over 10 yearsClouDNS: $181.90 over 10 yearsNetim: $190.00 over 10 yearsHover: $199.90 over 10 yearsGandi: $377.82 over 10 yearsPorkbun: $96.80 over 10 yearsPorkbun $97
Cheapest to keep (Porkbun) Everyone else

Every registrar, ranked

Showing 10 registrars
Registrar 1st year Renewal Transfer Keep 10 yrs Verdict Offer
Porkbun BEST US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$8.78 $9.78 promo $9.78 $9.78 $96.80 Honest PROMO Porkbun coupon AWESOMENESS Buy
Dynadot US · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$9.76 $9.76 $9.76 $97.60 Honest — Buy
NameSilo US · free privacy · checked 2026-10-17
$10.79 $10.79 $10.79 $107.90 Honest — Buy
Joker.com DE · checked 2026-11-05
$15.48 $15.48 $15.48 $154.80 Honest — Buy
OVHcloud FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$14.84 $16.19 $14.84 $160.55 Honest — Buy
INWX DE · checked 2026-11-05
$17.04 $17.04 $17.04 $170.40 Honest — Buy
ClouDNS BG · checked 2026-11-05
$18.19 $18.19 $18.19 $181.90 Honest — Buy
Netim FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.00 $19.00 $12.00 $190.00 Honest — Buy
Hover CA · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$19.99 $19.99 $19.99 $199.90 Honest — Buy
Gandi FR · free privacy · checked 2026-11-05
$18.00 $39.98 $15.50 $377.82 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.

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • First year$8.78
  • Then renews at$9.78/yr
Go to Porkbun

Moving it in

Cheapest place to transfer a domain you already own.

  • RegistrarDynadot
  • Transfer$9.76
  • Then renews at$9.76/yr
Go to Dynadot

Keeping it for 10 years

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

  • RegistrarPorkbun
  • 10-year total$96.80
  • Per year$9.68
Go to Porkbun