On CloudFlare, user224.com renews annually at less than $11
That's where I got my domain (I was using them at the time, but it doesn't matter), for that price, and that includes whois privacy.
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It’s worth noting that if Cloudflare is your Registrar, you must also use them as your authoritative DNS provider. It’s not bad necessarily, it’s just a little unusual.
I did buy a 10 letter(not random) .cc domain on Namecheap 30€ for the next decade.
I paid $12 (USD) for a .in and $32 for a .nu with Namecheap, $20 (AUD) for a .au and $59 for a .email with VentraIP.
I can't really recommend Namecheap though because you can't count on getting support if you need it. A couple of years back I needed to change my account email with them due to Google being an arse and locking me out of my primary gmail account (namecheap required an email code to log in to the domain dashboard but I couldn't view the email), put a support ticket in while logged into the same account in their support portal and they ignored me for close on a month. At that point I managed to get back into the gmail account so didn't need their help anymore, I sent Namecheap back a message saying I was unhappy with their lack of help. About six months later they sent their one and only reply to my ticket, basically saying they were sorry I was unhappy but they didn't see a problem with the time they took.
I must admit I still have domains with Namecheap because sometimes it's just hard to get around to changing things, but I was reminded of their lack of competence literally this morning. They sent me an email saying I needed to update my domain contact info so I logged in and went to change it only to find their contact update form is broken and won't submit...
VentraIP hasn't given me any issues so far with either their domain or email hosting but I haven't had to rely on their support so I can't say how good they are with that.
I've think Cloudflare just sells them at the price they pay even if they don't do the first year promo like NameCheap does
If you’re at all into credit card churning Amex business gold has a new $150 square space credit that can be used for domains. You can prepay for up to 10 years. Their rates are high ($20 for .com) but it’s fake money.
I have entirely too many domains at namesilo.com. Privacy is included for free in the majority of circumstances -- not for .org. .com renewals for me are down to $8.85 year because of the aforemented "too many." I also have some .social and other newer TLDs and those are stupidly expensive.
I use nothing else from namesilo. For domains I use I don't even use their nameservers. But for what I need, their UI is sometimes awful, but it does what I need.
Namesilo used to be the standard for inexpensive domain registration. They keep raising their rates, however, and now they are expensive compared to the alternatives. Being a registrar takes next to no work. Do not accept expensive registrars. You can safely avoid Namesilo.
Hover.com is my favorite. Good prices and no shenanigans.
$24.95/yr seems high. Are you looking at a specialty TLD? I paid around 10 USD/yr for a .com with Cloudflare, and 12 CAD/yr for a .ca with Canspace.
Not at all. And that's without whois privacy.
.com .net .org .us .me are $24.95/year
.meme is $24.99/year
.io is whopping $69.00/year
Dunno your region, but Registro.br's domains are rather cheap imo. However, I need to check again, but afaik it's only for people with CPF or CNPJ, the Brazilian equivalents of person and company identification numbers.
Some will let you pay for up to 10 years at the 1 year price, so if you get a deal on a particular tld (as long as it's not an abused one like .xyz) you can pay upfront and save a decent amount of money.
From memory you should try and avoid 10 year renewals since you can't transfer to a new registrar for the first year of the new renewal.
You'll probably want WHOIS privacy support, so make sure the tld supports it.
I am not renting a VPS from them (only domain registration, an e-mailadres and whois privacy), but have you looked into the offerings from Infomaniak? Mind you, things like the TLD influence the price a lot (reg and/or renewal), and hosting related services can increase costs as well.
My namecheap domain (.net) is around 15 USD annually, with basic privacy protection included
I have a .com for like $19.99 but pay to have my info redacted from whois stuff, an email address, all cones to like $42.99
I have a bullshit domain with some nonsense tld and domain name that I pay $0.99/yr for that's on a vps I pay like $150/yr for all told (it's doing stuff).
All told I keep it below $20/month.
I have a .com for like $19.99 but pay to have my info redacted from whois stuff, an email address, all cones to like $42.99
Porkbun charges $11.08 for a .com with whois privacy. $30/year for email hosting might be worth it if you're getting very good service, but I think you're overpaying.
I have a 9-digit .xyz domain through cloudflare and I think I pay like ~~$1-2~~ $0.87 a year for it
Should be 87 cents USD. It is a 1.111B class domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.xyz
That sounds right. I just remembered incorrectly
I got an .org domain from hover.com for $16/yr. They knock $5 off for the first year. They price domains based on popularity of the tld so that can get expensive. Whois privacy is standard and you can buy additional add-ons
What website do you get your VPS from?
I've got one through name.com and I pay I think $15/year for. Not really sure what extra features I'm getting, I don't do much with it.