# Which domain extensions are the cheapest to renew?

> Cheapest domain extensions to renew in 2026: .com $11.99/year, .xyz, .link, .org, then .name, .net, .dev. 35 of 43 renew higher. No KYC, crypto.

- URL: https://dotalmanac.com/cheapest-domain-extensions-to-renew/
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Publisher: DotAlmanac (https://dotalmanac.com)

Ten extensions ranked by what they cost from the second year on, at DotAlmanac's prices of 29 October 2026. Each one shows its first-year price too, and the wholesale floor behind it.

**Quick answer — What are the cheapest domain extensions to renew?**

The cheapest domain extensions to renew at DotAlmanac are .com ($11.99/year), .xyz ($11.99/year), .link ($11.99/year) and .org ($11.99/year), as of 29 October 2026, followed by .name, .net and .dev. DotAlmanac's price grid shows that 35 of its 43 extensions sold in your name renew higher than their first year. All are sold with no KYC and paid in crypto.

## The 10 cheapest domain extensions to renew (29 October 2026)

**Methodology.** Ranked by the yearly renewal price in DotAlmanac's price grid of 29 October 2026, across the 43 extensions sold in your own name. Equal renewal prices are ordered by the size of the jump from the first year, smallest first. The 12 extensions sold only with Domain protection are left out, because their price includes that option.

*Last checked on October 29, 2026; older figures carry their own date.*

### 1. .com — Same price every year

The default extension renews at its first-year price. Its wholesale cost is $10.46 until 31 October 2026 and $11.17 from 1 November 2026 (Verisign plus the ICANN fee).

- Best for: Any business or project that wants a fixed yearly cost
- Price: $11.99/year to renew · $11.99/year first year

### 2. .xyz — Same price every year

At DotAlmanac, .xyz costs $11.99 in year one and every year after. At Porkbun, the first year is a teaser: $2.04, then $14.21 to renew (19 October 2026).

- Best for: Side projects, web3 projects and generic names
- Price: $11.99/year to renew · $11.99/year first year

### 3. .link — +9% at renewal

A short generic word run by Nova Registry. It suits link hubs, short links and redirect pages, and renews just above its first-year price.

- Best for: Link-in-bio pages and short redirect domains
- Price: $11.99/year to renew · $10.99/year first year

### 4. .org — +26% at renewal

The first year is discounted, then .org renews at the same level as .com. Public Interest Registry raised its wholesale fee to $11.00 on 1 June 2026. Porkbun goes from $7.98 to $11.84 (19 October 2026).

- Best for: Non-profits, open-source projects and communities
- Price: $11.99/year to renew · $9.49/year first year

### 5. .name — +4% at renewal

A legacy extension run by Verisign and meant for personal names. It renews close to its first-year price.

- Best for: A personal site or an email address under your own name
- Price: $12.49/year to renew · $11.99/year first year

### 6. .net — Same price every year

Verisign's second extension keeps one price at DotAlmanac. Its wholesale fee goes from $10.91 to $12.00 on 1 March 2027, which every registrar will have to absorb or pass on.

- Best for: Network services, infrastructure and a .com fallback
- Price: $12.99/year to renew · $12.99/year first year

### 7. .dev — +44% at renewal

Cheap to start and still cheap to keep, but the jump is real. Google Registry puts the whole extension on the HSTS preload list, so sites need HTTPS.

- Best for: Developer portfolios, docs and tools
- Price: $12.99/year to renew · $8.99/year first year

### 8. .page — +13% at renewal

Another Google Registry extension with HTTPS required. It fits a single profile, document or landing page.

- Best for: One-page sites, profiles and documents
- Price: $13.49/year to renew · $11.99/year first year

### 9. .app — +67% at renewal

The largest jump in DotAlmanac's grid, yet the renewal stays below most extensions. Porkbun shows the same pattern: $8.75, then $14.93 (19 October 2026).

- Best for: Mobile and web apps, SaaS products
- Price: $14.99/year to renew · $8.99/year first year

### 10. .vip — +11% at renewal

A GoDaddy Registry extension used for premium branding. After it, the next renewals in the grid are .art ($18.49/year) and .me ($18.49/year).

- Best for: Premium and VIP branding
- Price: $15.49/year to renew · $13.99/year first year

*Disclosure: this page is published by DotAlmanac, a domain extension guide and registrar. Competitor details come from their public websites, price lists and the sources cited, on the date shown above, and may have changed since.*

## Why rank extensions by renewal price?

Because you pay the renewal price every year after the first, for as long as you keep the domain. DotAlmanac is a domain extension guide and registrar: compare every extension, then register it with no KYC and pay in crypto. We rank by renewal because that is the number that decides your bill.

Over five years, the first year is a small part of the cost. A .io at Cloudflare Registrar costs $32.00 the first year and $50.00 to renew, so $232.00 over five years; the first year is 14% of it (8 October 2026). The full comparison is in the [domain renewal price index 2026](https://dotalmanac.com/data/domain-renewal-price-index-2026/ "How much does it cost to renew a domain in 2026?").

## How close are these renewals to the wholesale cost?

Very close on .com: Cloudflare renews at the registry cost itself, and Dynadot and Porkbun within 62 cents of it. Verisign charges $10.26 for a .com, plus a $0.20 ICANN fee: $10.46 in total. From 1 November 2026, the fee is $10.97, so the total becomes $11.17.

Cloudflare sells at that cost: $10.46 on 8 October 2026. Dynadot renews .com at $10.88 (8 October 2026) and Porkbun at $11.08 (19 October 2026). DotAlmanac renews it at $11.99, so those three registrars renew .com for less than we do. What DotAlmanac adds is no ID check, payment in crypto, and the renewal price shown next to the first-year price.

## Renewal prices of the same extensions at other registrars

| Extension | DotAlmanac renewal (29 Oct 2026) | Porkbun renewal (19 Oct 2026) | Cloudflare Registrar renewal (8 Oct 2026) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| .com | $11.99 | $11.08 | $10.46 |
| .xyz | $11.99 | $14.21 | — |
| .org | $11.99 | $11.84 | — |
| .net | $12.99 | $12.52 | — |
| .dev | $12.99 | $12.87 | — |
| .app | $14.99 | $14.93 | — |
| .io | $52.49 | $51.80 | $50.00 |
| .ai (per year) | $84.49 | $82.70 | $80.00 |

*Last checked on October 19, 2026; older figures carry their own date.*

Renewal price per year. A dash means the price is not part of our dated sources. Cloudflare sells at cost and requires its own DNS.

## Which extensions cost the most to renew?

Country codes sold as tech brands and some long new gTLDs renew far higher. At DotAlmanac, as of 29 October 2026:

- **.ai:** $84.49/year, billed 2 years at a time. According to DotAlmanac's table of 225 extensions, .ai is the only one with a 2-year minimum.
- **.gg:** $82.49/year, with 1-year terms only.
- **.store:** $54.99/year.
- **.io:** $52.49/year, after $33.99/year the first year.
- **.tech:** $51.49/year.

Each of these costs more per year than four .com renewals combined. Pick them for the name, not for the price. Our [.ai vs .io](https://dotalmanac.com/ai-vs-io/ "Should an AI startup use .ai or .io?") comparison weighs the two most popular ones.

## How do you keep your renewal bill low?

Choose on the renewal price, then lock in the habits that avoid surprises.

- **Compare renewals, not first years.** Our [price list](https://dotalmanac.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain name cost per year?") shows both for every extension.
- **Prefer a one-price extension.** 8 of DotAlmanac's 43 keep the same price every year: .com, .net, .ai, .co, .xyz, .info, .me and .gg.
- **Read promo conditions.** Namecheap's $6.48 .com needs the code NEWCOM648, for new customers only (19 October 2026).
- **Register for several years where allowed.** Most extensions go up to 10 years; .co stops at 5 and .de at 1. See [should you register a domain for 10 years](https://dotalmanac.com/should-you-register-a-domain-for-10-years/ "Should I register my domain for 10 years?").
- **Turn on auto-renew.** At DotAlmanac: automatic renewal from your balance, switched on or off for each domain.
- **Know the transfer price.** At DotAlmanac, a transfer costs the renewal price, so moving a .com in costs $11.99.

## Cheapest extensions to renew: FAQ

### What is the cheapest domain extension to renew?

At DotAlmanac, .com, .xyz, .link and .org share the bottom of the grid at $11.99/year, as of 29 October 2026. Across registrars, Cloudflare renews .com at its $10.46 cost (8 October 2026). That cost rises to $11.17 on 1 November 2026.

### Is .xyz cheap to renew?

It depends on the registrar. Porkbun sells the first year at $2.04 and renews at $14.21 (19 October 2026). DotAlmanac charges $11.99/year in the first year and every year after.

### Why does .org cost less the first year?

The first year of .org is sold at a discount, then it renews at $11.99/year at DotAlmanac, +26% as of 29 October 2026. The registry fee rose to $11.00 on 1 June 2026. Our guide on [why domain renewals cost more](https://dotalmanac.com/why-do-domain-renewals-cost-more/ "Why does a domain cost more to renew than to register?") explains the mechanism.

### Will .com renewals go up?

The wholesale cost does: from $10.46 to $11.17 on 1 November 2026. The October 2026 renewals of Cloudflare, Dynadot and Porkbun are all below that new cost. DotAlmanac's .com renewal is $11.99/year as of 29 October 2026.

### Does Domain protection change the renewal price?

Yes, it adds +$29/year per domain on top of the domain renewal, every year you keep the option. For .de, .uk, .nl, .cc, .to, .ch, .pl, .be, .at, .cz, .nz, .fi, it is included in the price shown, because those extensions are sold only with it. See [what is Domain protection](https://dotalmanac.com/what-is-domain-protection/ "What is domain protection, and do I need it?").

## Sources

1. [Verisign .com price update 2026](https://osir.com/en/blog/verisign-com-price-update-2026/) — osir.com (checked 2026-10-08)
2. [.org prices to increase on June 1](https://domainnamewire.com/2026/03/12/org-prices-to-increase-on-june-1/) — Domain Name Wire (12 March 2026, checked 2026-10-08)
3. [Verisign announces .net price increase](https://domainnamewire.com/2026/08/27/verisign-announces-net-price-increase/) — Domain Name Wire (27 August 2026, checked 2026-10-08)
4. [Domain pricing](https://porkbun.com/products/domains) — Porkbun (checked 2026-10-19)
5. [Cloudflare Registrar prices](https://cfdomainpricing.com/) — cfdomainpricing.com (checked 2026-10-08)
6. [Cloudflare Registrar FAQ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/faq/) — Cloudflare (checked 2026-10-08)
7. [Domain extensions and prices](https://www.dynadot.com/domain/tlds) — Dynadot (checked 2026-10-08)
8. [.com prices by registrar](https://domainoffer.net/tld/com) — domainoffer.net (checked 2026-10-19)
9. [HSTS preload and Google Registry](https://kb.porkbun.com/article/96-hsts-preload-and-google-registry) — Porkbun (checked 2026-10-08)

**Pick an extension you can afford to keep** Search a name and see its first-year and renewal price together. No ID; pay in crypto from a balance. [Search a domain](https://dotalmanac.com/app/domains/?lang=en) · [See all prices](https://dotalmanac.com/pricing/ "How much does a domain name cost per year?")

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