RenewPings tracks the real renewal prices of 8 major registrars — not the teaser first-year deals — so you can see exactly where your domain and hosting are cheaper to keep, before the auto-charge lands.
*Moving one .com from GoDaddy ($22.99/yr renewal) to Spaceship ($10.18/yr total). Prices checked 24 October 2026.
Every registrar pays the same wholesale cost for a .com — $10.44 ($10.26 to Verisign + $0.18 ICANN fee) — and Cloudflare sells at exactly that, with zero markup. Everything above it is markup, and the markup hides in the renewal, not the signup. Only one registrar totals below it: Spaceship, Namecheap's budget brand, charges $10.18 all-in because it subsidises the difference as a loss-leader.
First year vs. renewal for a single .com — the gap is the business model.
Year one costs the same as year ten. No teaser, no ambush at renewal time.
A $2.99/month hosting intro that renews at $10.99–$17.99/month is the same trick as the $1 domain. Here are the cheapest shared-hosting renewals we track — promo price, renewal price and the honest 3-year total.
$4.66/mo renewal (promo $2.28/mo)
Free SSL, free CDN, free migration, cPanel, 30-day free trial, backups twice a week
3-year total: $139.20
$10.99/mo renewal (promo $2.99/mo)
Free SSL, free domain 1st year, weekly backups, AI website builder
3-year total: $299.64
$10.99/mo renewal (promo $3.75/mo)
Free SSL, free domain 1st year, unmetered bandwidth, Cloudflare CDN, chat support
3-year total: $308.76
Ignore the first-year teaser. The renewal price hiding in your registrar's dashboard is the number that bills you every year — that's the one to beat.
Our table lines up first-year, renewal and true 5-year costs side by side — checked and dated — so the cheapest home for your domain is obvious at a glance.
A transfer adds a full year at the new registrar's lower price — you lose nothing you've paid for, and every future renewal stays cheap.
Every guide answers one money question with real, checked numbers — no filler, no copied lists.
IONOS renews a .com at $20.00 a year after a $1 first-year offer. This honest review breaks down the real 5-year cost, what you get for the markup, and when to renew, transfer, or switch.
Dynadot renews a .com for $10.88 a year, with free WHOIS privacy and flat pricing — no renewal jump. Our honest 2026 review covers the real cost, pros and cons, and who should use it.
Spaceship renews a .com for $10.18 a year and Porkbun for $11.08 — a $0.90 difference. We compare the real 5-year cost, privacy, transfers and support so you can pick the cheaper registrar for your situation.
Cloudflare renews a .com for $10.44 at cost. Namecheap charges $18.48. That is $8.04 extra every year for the same domain — here is the full 5-year maths, the trade-offs, and who should pick which registrar.
Hostinger renews a .com at $19.99 a year and Namecheap at $18.48 a year — but the cheaper renewal is not the whole story. Compare first-year prices, privacy, hosting bundles and the 5-year cost, then decide where your domain belongs.
Namecheap renews a .com at $18.48 a year. Porkbun charges $11.08. That $7.40 gap adds up — here is the honest comparison, including privacy, support and when Namecheap still wins.
Registrars sell first years at or below cost to win you, then make the money back on renewals. The wholesale cost of a .com is $10.44 (Verisign's $10.26 plus the $0.18 ICANN fee). Cloudflare charges exactly that — $10.44, zero markup — while GoDaddy renews a .com at $22.99. One registrar totals even less: Spaceship, Namecheap's budget brand, charges $10.18 all-in ($9.98 plus the $0.20 ICANN fee) because it subsidises the difference as a loss-leader — always verify the final total at checkout.
Usually, yes. A transfer costs one year at the new registrar's price and that year is added to your expiry date — you never lose time you already paid for. Moving a .com from GoDaddy ($22.99 renewal) to Porkbun ($11.08) or Cloudflare ($10.44) saves roughly $12 every year, per domain.
We re-check every registrar's published renewal prices by hand on a weekly-to-monthly cycle — there is no automated price feed. Each check updates one dated price list, and the comparison table, price ticker and calculator all calculate from that same list, so the whole site moves to the new prices at once. Every table shows the date prices were last checked; always confirm the final price at the registrar's own checkout before paying.
Your website and email stop working almost immediately. Most TLDs then give you a grace period to renew at the normal price, followed by a redemption period where recovery costs a large extra fee. After roughly 75 days the domain is deleted and anyone can register it — including competitors and squatters.
Rarely. Most registrar coupons apply to new registrations and transfers, not renewals — that is deliberate. The reliable way to 'coupon' a renewal is to transfer the domain to a cheaper registrar during a transfer promotion, which is why we track transfer prices alongside renewal prices.
No. The price comparisons, the calculator and every guide are free. We are building the site to earn through advertising and, in future, clearly disclosed partner links — never by charging readers or selling their data.
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