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Cheapest Domain Name Registration – 10 things to know

by Domain Names on Jan.03, 2010, under Articles, Uncategorized

Who has the cheapest domain name registration today? With so many registrars to choose from, how do you know if you’re getting the cheapest domain names?

There are hundreds of domain registrars out there – who really wants to go through each one to find the best prices? (Well, we do, but only because we’ve been burned in the past.)

We’ve posted our research for our friends into a domain hosting comparison chart with a really cool sortable table… but who has time for that.

So, here are ten things to know about the cheapest domain name registration deals out there. (Market share data is based on information from Wikipedia which comes from RegistrarStats – eNom’s statistic’s site.)

The largest domain registrar in the world by market share right now is GoDaddy. They’ve registered over 33 million domain names. (The second place registrar is eNom which controls 9 million domains.)
GoDaddy also currently has the cheapest sale price for a .com domain name which is $1.99 for one domain name (for the first year only and with the purchase of another product.) After that, the .com domain reverts to the regular price on GoDaddy which is $10.69 (per domain name per year.)
The best regular price for a new .com domain name goes to Wild West Domains (which is the reseller brand for GoDaddy). Domain names go for $7.29 per .com domain name per year, but this price is only available if you have a Pro Reseller plan which costs $199.99 per year. (Making money online through reselling domain names isn’t for everybody.)
So, the best deal on a .com domain name for the average person (people who just want a website address for their site) is $7.99 per domain name per year. This regular .com price is currently offered by Cheap-DomainNameRegistration.com (which is impressive because they’re really just a Wild West Domain reseller. You’ll see what we mean if you visit their site and then visit GoDaddy and WildWestDomains. Recognize the layout and branding? Their profit margin must be pretty slim on a .com domain.)
GoDaddy, Wild West Domains, and Cheap-DomainNameRegistration.com are all part of the GoDaddy empire which currently charges $8.99 per domain name per year if you want to protect your privacy when registering domain names.
The best price on a .com domain name from a registrar that offers free domain privacy registration is $8.99 per domain name per year. It’s a three-way time between 1&1 Internet, OnlineNIC (which requires a reseller plan), and Fabulous.com (which requires a monetization plan.)
Fabulous.com is an interesting choice if you’re planning on parking domain names and running ads with them. If that’s the case, then you’re looking at $8.99 for a .com website address. Otherwise, their retail price for a .com domain goes for $29.95.
The best sale price for a .com domain name with free privacy registration comes from 1&1 Internet. They offer $6.99 per domain name for the first year before returning to the regular price for 1&1 Internet which is $8.99.
The average price for a regular .com domain name based on the top 20 domain registrars in the world (according to RegistrarStat’s market share research) is $17.39 per domain name per year. (The average price for a .com domain name listed in our domain hosting comparison chart is $16.39, but that’s based on an additional 10 registrars that aren’t necessarily market leaders.)
The worst price for a .com domain name is a five-way tie between Network Solutions, eNom Central, PublicDomainRegistry.com (reseller), Register.com, and INWW.com (Melbourne IT) who all charge $35 per domain name per year. Although Yahoo isn’t in the top 20 registrars, they’re still charging the same regular price. (To be fair, Network Solutions, Yahoo, and eNom all charge a few pennies less, but it still rounds up to $35 per domain name per year.)