Domains Pricing
Why domain prices vary by extension, when you see the price, and how renewals are billed.
Domains are priced per name, and the price depends on the extension. There is no rate table here because there is no single rate to quote — so the guarantee is about when you see the price rather than what it is.
You see the price before you pay
Searching for a name returns its availability and its purchase price together, so comparing extensions is one step rather than several.
The renewal price is set up alongside the initial purchase, so what you will pay next year is known at the point of buying — not discovered a year later. Registration and renewal prices are frequently different for the same extension, which is why both are shown.
Registration term
A domain is registered for a full year from the date of purchase. Unlike the other products, it is not prorated to your billing date — a domain is a term registration with the registry, not a monthly resource.
Renewals
Renewals are billed annually, on the domain's own anniversary rather than your monthly billing date. The renewal invoice goes to the project's billing email along with your other billing notifications.
If a renewal payment fails, the domain enters the registry's own grace period. Recovering a domain after that point can cost considerably more than the renewal would have, so a failed domain payment is worth treating as urgent — see Payment Lifecycle.
What is included
- WHOIS privacy, as part of the registration rather than an upsell
- DNS hosting for the domain
- Pointing the domain at apps, servers, and buckets in your projects
None of these are charged separately.
Deleting a domain
Domain registrations are not credited back. Unlike a monthly resource, the registration is already paid to the registry for its full term, so removing the domain from your project does not generate a prorated credit.