Best .com domain registrars July 2024

This post was originally titled June 2024 but I procrastinated all month and here we are. My registrar needs are probably different from most people’s needs. Pricing is paramount as is quick support responses via chat or email. These are just my opinions, use TLD-List to compare prices and DYOR.

  1. Spaceship – My current go to. New but from the founder of the second largest registrar (Namecheap, also decent). Cool name, low prices, slick and improving UI
  2. Dynadot – My previous go to. Good prices, solid support and it’s been around for 20+ years
  3. Sav – Low prices, some good features like DNS working after expiry but it has a few bugs
  4. Porkbun – They have a good reputation but I haven’t used it
  5. Cloudflare – I use them for DNS/SSL stuff but need to test them as a registrar
  6. NameBright – Good but I generally transfer names out as I prefer Spaceship and Dynadot
  7. GoDaddy – The 800lb gorilla of domains, not terrible but not great. 24/7 phone support, sleazy upsells and higher prices.
  8. Crazy Domains – Competitive .com.au pricing but you might as well just use GoDaddy
  9. NameSilo – They used to be good but they seem to have fallen off
  10. Network Solutions – The original registrar. I am forced to use them for some purchases but I transfer out ASAP

Some recent domain acquisitions

  • Externality.com Good for finance, crypto etc
  • MedicalServices.com The future of health is for profit
  • AustralianConsulting.com I love boring names in high value industries
  • Petkeeping.com Big industry but I will price high because I want to learn about ferrets
  • AntiAgingTreatments.com Long domain but Botox, Ozempic, TRT = $$$