Domain Registrar Reviews

Cloudflare Registrar sells domains at cost — no markup. At $10.44/yr for .com forever, it's the cheapest mainstream registrar in 2026. We earn no affiliate commission on Cloudflare. We recommend it anyway.

Porkbun charges $11.08/yr for .com with no first-year promo discount and no year-2 price jump. Free WHOIS privacy, free SSL, and free email forwarding are included on every domain. Porkbun's affiliate program was discontinued — we earn $0 from this recommendation. We still rank it 8.5/10.

Dynadot charges the same price to register and to renew a .com — $10.88, no markup inflation on year 2. Free WHOIS privacy for life, an active domain marketplace, reseller and API access, and the best affiliate commission rate in the mainstream registrar category at up to 30%. We earn commission on referrals.

NameSilo charges $8.99/yr flat for .com — the lowest consistent price among full-service ICANN-accredited registrars with no DNS lock-in. Free WHOIS privacy, DNSSEC, API, bulk tools, and crypto payments included. We earn $2 per referral. We recommend NameSilo anyway because the price is correct.

Spaceship is the best-UI option in the budget registrar category. At $8.88 to register and $9.98 to renew a .com, its 5-year TCO is $48.80 — sitting between NameSilo and Cloudflare on price, and beating both on interface quality. Free WHOIS privacy, DNSSEC, 2FA, and API included. Backed by Namecheap's infrastructure.

Namecheap is a well-established registrar with free WHOIS privacy, 700+ TLDs, TOTP 2FA, a developer API, and a domain marketplace. The year-1 .com price is competitive; renewals run higher than at-cost competitors. Solid overall, not the cheapest for long-term holdings.

Squarespace Domains (the Google Domains successor) is a clean, no-upsell domain registrar with free privacy protection. This review covers pricing, the Google Domains transition, and where it fits in the registrar landscape.

Ionos (formerly 1&1) is a major UK-focused web hosting and domain registrar. This review covers their domain pricing, privacy protection policy, and where they beat or lose to Namecheap and Porkbun.

123-reg is a major UK domain registrar offering .co.uk and gTLD registration, web hosting bundles, and UK-based support. This review covers pricing, renewal costs, WHOIS privacy policy, and how it compares to Namecheap and Porkbun for UK buyers.

Hostinger is primarily a web hosting company that also sells domains. The first-year .com price is competitive at $9.99, and drops to $0.01 when bundled with hosting. But the $19.99 renewal doubles your cost at year two, making Hostinger the most expensive mainstream registrar for .com over any multi-year window. Score: 6.5/10.

GoDaddy registers 82M+ domains and ranks #1 in brand recognition. Promotional pricing starts at $0.99/yr. Renewal pricing at $23.19/yr for .com makes it the most expensive mainstream registrar over 5 years. Score: 5/10.