Renewal traps flagged daily · the $0.18 ICANN fee included · See today’s ledger
BeforeYouRegister compares first-year, renewal, transfer, and three-year prices across 10 registrars, with the $0.18 ICANN fee already included.
Live from today’s sync · 10 registrars · $0.18 ICANN included
| .com promo first year | #1 | $6.67 | $10.16 | $9.66 | $29.38 | Spaceship →4.5/5 · 7 wins | 93 | Free WHOISNEWCOM649 |
| .org steady price | #2 | $6.86 | $10.29 | $9.96 | $27.58 | Spaceship →4.5/5 · 7 wins | 91 | Free WHOIS |
| .net steady price | #3 | $11.16 | $11.80 | $11.66 | $35.40 | Cloudflare →4.5/5 · 4 wins | 91 | Free WHOIS |
| .ai steady price | #4 | $59.99 | $70.00 | $69.98 | $210.00 | Cloudflare →4.5/5 · 4 wins | 92 | Check WHOIS fee |
| .io steady price | #5 | $28.12 | $45.00 | $44.95 | $123.94 | Spaceship →4.5/5 · 7 wins | 89 | Free WHOIS |
| .co steady price | #6 | $2.98 | $25.00 | $24.95 | $56.94 | Spaceship →4.5/5 · 7 wins | 72 | Renewal trap |
| .dev steady price | #7 | $8.75 | $12.18 | $12.18 | $34.49 | Porkbun →4.0/5 · 7 wins | 92 | Free WHOIS |
| .app steady price | #8 | $8.75 | $14.18 | $14.18 | $38.61 | Porkbun →4.0/5 · 7 wins | 91 | Free WHOIS |
| .xyz steady price | #9 | $1.66 | $10.18 | $10.18 | $25.89 | Sav →4.0/5 · 6 wins | 84 | Free WHOIS |
| .me steady price | #10 | $5.98 | $15.60 | $15.60 | $39.94 | Spaceship →4.5/5 · 7 wins | 86 | Free WHOIS |
Showing all 24 endings. Every 3-year total adds up: first year plus two renewals. ICANN $0.18 already inside each gTLD price. Activate any ending for all 10 registrars side by side.
Paste a name. We match the ending.
Type “mycafe.io” or just “.io”. The table jumps to that row and reads its three numbers aloud to screen readers.
We add the fees others hide.
The $0.18 ICANN fee on every gTLD, plus paid WHOIS where a registrar charges it. The price you see is the checkout price.
You see three years, not one.
First year plus two renewals. When renewal costs more than twice the first year, the row carries a renewal-trap flag.
.shop at Sav4.1 trust
First year$1.49
ICANN fee included$0.00
Renewal × 2 $30.95 each$61.90
Three-year total$63.39
Renewal trap. Renewal is the real price here
Register at SavA domain is a shop sign, a printed name, and a cable under the street. These pictures show the world around the names. Not our offices, not our customers.
Because the first year is marketing and the renewal is the business. A cheap first year with an expensive renewal costs far more over three years. This page flags any ending where renewal passes twice the first-year price.
We compared six registrars across 24 endings on first-year, renewal, and three-year cost. Spaceship wins 12 three-year totals, Porkbun wins 8, and Cloudflare owns renewals. Here is where each one actually wins.
A .ai starts around $69 to register and $70 a year to renew, with a best three-year total of $210 at Cloudflare. No ICANN fee, no promo games. But the per-year price means the renewal math matters more here than anywhere.
Seven endings on our tracker cost more than twice their first-year price to renew. .shop jumps from $1.16 to $27.18. Here is exactly how the promo math works, how we flag it, and the two numbers that keep you safe.
Type the name, read three numbers, pick the cheapest three years. On a phone, on a laptop, on a slow connection.
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