Ten domain registrars ranked by what you really pay every year after the first: .com, .org and .xyz renewal prices checked on each registrar's own pages.
Domains & Web
Last updated: October 2026.
The cheapest place to keep a .com domain in October 2026 is Spaceship, which renews it for $10.18 a year including the ICANN fee, followed closely by Cloudflare at $10.46, Dynadot at $10.88 and Porkbun at $11.08. At the other end, the same .com renews for $18.68 at Namecheap and $23.19 at GoDaddy. Over ten years, that difference adds up to more than $100 for a single domain.
Domain registrars compete hard on the first year, with offers of $0.01, $1 or $2. But you pay the first-year price once and the renewal price every year after. So we ranked ten registrars by what really matters: the renewal price, checked on each registrar’s own pages.
Short answer: For the lowest long-term cost, register or transfer your domains to Spaceship, Cloudflare, Dynadot or Porkbun. Choose Cloudflare if you already use its DNS and want at-cost pricing with no upsells, and Porkbun if you want clear pricing with free extras. Avoid choosing any registrar by its first-year price alone.
We read every price on the registrar’s own pricing pages, price lists or checkout search on 19 October 2026, in US dollars. Where a registrar adds the $0.20 ICANN fee at checkout, we included it so the numbers compare fairly. Some registrars show different prices by country; our checks were made from Bangladesh, and US prices may differ slightly at GoDaddy and Hostinger. We verified prices and included features on registrar pages; we did not run a long hands-on test of each service for this piece.
| Registrar | .com first year | .com renewal | .org renewal | .xyz renewal | Free privacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceship | $9.08 | $10.18 | $11.59 | $13.97 | Yes |
| Cloudflare | $10.46 | $10.46 | $11.20 | $11.20 | Yes |
| Dynadot | $10.88 | $10.88 | $11.64 | $14.45 | Yes |
| NameSilo (free discount programme) | $17.29 | $11.05 | $13.49 | $17.29 | Yes |
| Porkbun | $11.08 | $11.08 | $11.84 | $14.21 | Yes |
| Namecheap | $11.48 | $18.68 | $19.18 | $21.68 | Yes |
| Hostinger | $0.21 with a multi-year term | $20.19 | $18.19 | $20.19 | Yes |
| IONOS | $1 (welcome offer) | $20.00 | $20.00 | $15.00 | Not confirmed |
| Squarespace | $10 | $20 | $20 | Not shown | Yes |
| GoDaddy | $2.99 for new customers | $23.19 | $24.19 | $26.19 | Yes, eligible extensions |
Cost
What a .com costs to renew each year
Including the ICANN fee, US dollars, October 2026
Prices read on registrar pages on 19 October 2026, before the .com wholesale increase on 1 November 2026. Expect the cheapest registrars to rise by about 70 cents.
By the numbers: Keeping one .com for ten years costs about $101 at Spaceship and about $212 at GoDaddy at today’s renewal prices. The $0.01 or $2.99 first-year deals do not come close to closing that gap.
Verisign, which runs .com, is raising its wholesale price from $10.26 to $10.97 a year on 1 November 2026. With the ICANN fee, the true cost floor becomes $11.17. That means the cheapest registrars in our table, which currently sell at or near cost, will almost certainly raise their .com prices by about 70 cents. If you have domains to renew, renewing for several years before 1 November locks in today’s price for those years.
Best for: the lowest renewal prices across popular extensions, with a modern dashboard.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com $8.88 first year and $9.98 renewal, plus the $0.20 ICANN fee, on Spaceship’s .com page.
The catch: Its .com renewal is below Verisign’s wholesale price, so it is unlikely to last after 1 November. Check the price in the cart. Restoring an expired .com costs $41.40 plus renewal.
Best for: people who already use Cloudflare and want at-cost prices with no upsells, ever.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com $10.46 a year, rising to about $11.17 after 1 November, through Cloudflare Registrar.
The catch: You must use Cloudflare’s DNS while your domain is registered there. Prepaid and gift cards may be refused, and account credit cannot pay for domains. Some extensions, such as many country codes, are not available.
Best for: low, stable prices across many extensions, including a one-year .ai option.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): see Dynadot’s price list.
The catch: The restore fee for an expired .com is about $101, and its .com price is also below November’s new cost floor.
Best for: people with many domains who want free extras such as privacy and email forwarding.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): see NameSilo’s pricing page.
The catch: Without joining the Discount Program, its .com renewal is among the higher ones here, so join before you renew. The interface is dated.
Best for: clear pricing with the most free extras included.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): see Porkbun’s domain pricing.
The catch: PayPal cannot be used for auto-renewal, so you need a card on file. A tracking service recorded an outage of about 18 hours in April 2026.
Best for: people who want domains, hosting and email in one long-established account.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com $11.28 first year and $18.48 renewal, plus the ICANN fee, on Namecheap’s domains page.
The catch: Renewals are much higher than at its sister company Spaceship: $18.68 for .com and $21.68 for .xyz with the ICANN fee. Redemption fees for expired domains range from $88 to $250.
Best for: people buying web hosting at the same time, where a free domain is often included.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com renews at $19.99 plus the ICANN fee, on Hostinger’s domain search. The $0.01 first-year offer requires a multi-year purchase.
The catch: Renewals cost nearly double the cheapest registrars, and redemption costs $80 plus renewal.
Best for: very cheap first years if you plan to move the domain later.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com $1 with the welcome offer, then $20 a year, on IONOS’s price page.
The catch: Renewals jump to $20, and restoring an expired domain costs $90.
Best for: Squarespace website owners, and former Google Domains customers who stayed after the move.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com $10 first year and $20 renewal in Squarespace’s domain search.
The catch: Renewals are about double the cheapest registrars, and it does not clearly state whether the ICANN fee is included.
Best for: people who value phone support and an all-in-one website platform over price.
Pricing (verified 19 October 2026): .com renews at $22.99 plus the ICANN fee, on GoDaddy’s .com page. The $0.01 first-year offer requires a three-year purchase.
The catch: The highest renewals in our test, plus upsells at checkout such as domain protection and email.
Common mistake: letting a domain expire because the card on file has changed. Redemption fees for expired domains range from about $40 to $250. Turn on auto-renew for domains you care about, keep your payment details current, and use an email address you check.
Transferring a domain usually costs the price of one year’s renewal, and that year is added to your registration, so you lose nothing. The process takes a few days:
You cannot transfer a domain within 60 days of registering it or a previous transfer.
PayPal is still not available to residents of Bangladesh, and none of these registrars accepts bKash or Nagad. In practice you need an internationally enabled or dual-currency Visa or Mastercard. Cloudflare may refuse prepaid cards. Spaceship can show prices in taka, though you are still charged in US dollars. For .bd and .com.bd names, which BTCL sells directly with bKash and Nagad payment, see our guide to domain extensions explained.
Decision guide
Which registrar should you use?
Start at the top. Stop at the first yes.
For long-term cost in October 2026, Spaceship, Cloudflare, Dynadot and Porkbun renew a .com for about $10 to $11 a year including the ICANN fee. Prices at the low end will rise slightly after 1 November 2026.
Many registrars sell the first year below cost and recover it through higher renewal prices. You can usually save by transferring to a cheaper registrar before renewal.
Cloudflare says it charges what the registry and ICANN charge it, with no markup. The trade-off is that you must use Cloudflare’s DNS while the domain is registered there.
At all the registrars we checked, privacy is free for eligible extensions, although IONOS did not confirm it on the pages we read.
A transfer usually costs about one year’s renewal at the new registrar, and that year is added to your registration, so you do not lose time already paid for.
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