Domain updates

Registrar and registry news

Analysis from our price desk, plus registry and registrar changes that move what a domain costs.

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  26 Aug 2026

  Renewal, not the first year, decides what a domain costs

  Across the registrars we track, the cheapest first year and the cheapest three years are almost never the same company. Our price desk explains why the renewal line is the one to read.

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  25 Aug 2026

  .ae stays the premium extension — and the price spread is the widest we track

  The UAE country extension costs several times a .com at every registrar in our table, and the difference between the cheapest and most expensive seller is larger than for any generic extension we follow.

• 24 Aug 2026

  What a one-dollar domain actually costs over three years

  We ran every promotional first-year price in our table out to a three-year total. The discount rarely survives the second invoice, and in the new extensions it reverses completely.