naymoCheapest .name domain — registrar & renewal (2026)
The lowest 3-year total cost to own a .name domain is
$19.74 at Cloudflare
($6.58 first year, then $6.58/yr). Median renewal across
registrars is $7.39/yr — deal score 54/100.
Cloudflare lists .name at-cost ($19.74/3yr) but you register from its
dashboard (account required). The cheapest one-click registration is Namecheap at $20.04.
| Registrar | 1st year | Renews/yr | Transfer | 3-yr total | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | $6.58 | $6.58 | — | $19.74 ◀ | At-cost — registration equals renewal, no markup. Register from your Cloudflare dashboard (account required). |
| Namecheap | $3.66 | $8.19 | — | $20.04 | First-term promo — renews higher. |
| Spaceship | $7.02 | $7.02 | — | $21.06 | Namecheap's sister brand; among the lowest renewals. |
| Porkbun | $7.31 | $7.31 | $7.31 | $21.93 | Low, consistent pricing across many TLDs; free WHOIS privacy. |
| Dynadot | $7.46 | $7.46 | — | $22.38 | Single-tier pricing on many TLDs (reg == renewal == transfer). |
| NameSilo | $7.68 | $7.68 | — | $23.04 | Flat pricing, free privacy; no aggressive renewal hikes. |
Porkbun's price is live; other registrars are tier-estimated for this extension — verify before buying. .name availability is checked in real time against authoritative sources.
.name domain — straight answers
How much does a .name domain cost?
The lowest first-year price is $6.58 at Cloudflare, then $6.58 to renew/yr. Over 3 years the cheapest total cost of ownership is $19.74. The median renewal across the 6 registrars we compare is $7.39/yr, so picking the cheapest scores 54/100 on value.
Where is the cheapest place to renew a .name domain?
Cloudflare has the lowest ongoing renewal at $6.58/yr. Renewal — not the first-year promo — is what you pay every year, so it's the number that matters most for a domain you keep. Across all 6 registrars the annual renewal ranges from $6.58 to $8.19.
Is the first-year price a trap?
For .name the cheapest first year ($6.58) is in line with its renewal ($6.58/yr), so there's no bait-and-switch here. We still rank by 3-year total cost rather than the headline first-year price, because a cheap first year elsewhere can hide a steep renewal.