How we compare prices

Observations, not estimates

Each price is stored as an observation with its registrar, currency, source and the date it was read. Nothing is published until it is verified, and unverified figures stay hidden rather than appearing as a guess.

Renewal decides the cost

First-year promotions are labelled as promotions. Renewal price and three-year total are shown next to them so a cheap first year is never mistaken for a cheap domain.

Price sets the ranking

Tables are sorted by price. Group-owned and commercial partners are labelled and receive no ranking advantage.

Availability comes from registrars

Availability lookups are served by registrar APIs. We do not scrape registrar sites, and when a lookup is unavailable we say so instead of showing a stale answer.