.vip Domain Prices — Compare 43 Registrars
Launched in 2015, .vip is now managed by Registry Services, LLC. It is a generic top-level domain, open to registration worldwide. See more about .vip →
Registration for .vip starts at $3.81, with renewal from $4.90 — 43 registrars compared.
All 43 registrars
The 3 cheapest .vip registrars to keep for 3 years
Renewals included. Prices updated 46 minutes ago.
| Registrar | Register | Renew | Transfer | WHOIS privacy | 3-year | Payment | Register |
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Cheapest to keep
Spaceship
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$4.90 $3.82 | $4.90 | $4.90 | Free | $13.62 | Register → | |
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Runner-up
Nameslink
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$3.81 | $4.99 | $4.99 | Free | $13.79 | Register → | |
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Third
Porkbun
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$4.12 | $5.15 | $5.15 | Free | $14.42 | Register → | |
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Dynadot
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$4.49 | $5.03 | $5.03 | Free | $14.55 | Register → | |
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NameMart
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$4.29 | $5.29 | $5.29 | Free | $14.87 | Register → | |
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Rayname
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$4.46 | $5.53 | $5.53 | Unknown | $15.52 | Register → | |
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Netcetera
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$5.46 | $6.55 | $6.55 | Free | $18.56 | Register → | |
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Cosmotown
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$4.11 | $13.37 | $13.37 | Free | $30.85 | Register → | |
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NiceNIC
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$6.99 | $12.99 | — | Unknown | $32.97 | Register → | |
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Regery
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$16.79 $6.71 | $16.79 | $16.79 | Free | $40.29 | Register → | |
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NameSilo
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$4.99 | $19.49 | $16.50 | Free | $43.97 | Register → | |
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NicNames
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$15.00 | $15.00 | $15.00 | Free | $45.00 | Register → | |
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Cloudflare
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$15.20 | $15.20 | $15.20 | Free | $45.60 | Register → | |
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Blacknight
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$16.23 | $16.23 | $16.23 | Unknown | $48.69 | Register → | |
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Atom
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$16.40 | $16.40 | $16.40 | Unknown | $49.20 | Register → | |
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Above.com
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$16.72 | $16.72 | $16.72 | Free | $50.16 | Register → | |
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Truehost.com
renews at 5.1× the first-year price
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$4.83 | $24.56 | $21.45 | Free | $53.95 | Register → | |
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Hostinger
renews at 6.3× the first-year price
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$24.99 $3.99 | $24.99 | — | Not offered | $53.97 | Register → | |
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Namecheap
+$0.20 ICANN fee
renews at 4.9× the first-year price
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$21.18 $5.18 | $25.18 | $21.18 | Free | $55.54 | Register → | |
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one.com
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$24.63 $6.71 | $24.63 | $6.71 | Unknown | $55.97 | Register → | |
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Epik
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$18.95 | $18.95 | $18.95 | Unknown | $56.85 | Register → | |
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AEserver
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$19.99 | $19.99 | — | Unknown | $59.97 | Register → | |
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Hello.co
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$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | Unknown | $59.97 | Register → | |
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Atak Domain
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$19.49 | $20.99 | $19.49 | Unknown | $61.47 | Register → | |
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Unstoppable Domains
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$20.50 | $20.50 | $20.50 | Free | $61.50 | Register → | |
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Upflare
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$22.39 | $22.39 | $22.39 | Free | $67.17 | Register → | |
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IONOS
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$24.00 | $24.00 | $24.00 | Unknown | $72.00 | Register → | |
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NearlyFreeSpeech
+$3.29/yr for privacy
renews at 4.4× the first-year price
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$23.19 $6.39 | $28.19 | $23.19 | $3.29/yr | $72.64 | Register → | |
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DreamHost
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$24.95 | $24.95 | $24.95 | Free | $74.85 | Register → | |
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Name.com
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$24.99 | $24.99 | — | Free | $74.97 | Register → | |
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Regtons
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$25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | Free | $75.00 | Register → | |
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Directnic
+$5.00/yr for privacy
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$21.99 | $21.99 | $21.99 | $5.00/yr | $80.97 | Register → | |
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Joker.com
+$1.68/yr for privacy
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$27.00 | $27.00 | $27.00 | $1.68/yr | $86.04 | Register → | |
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Netim
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$29.12 | $29.12 | $17.36 | Unknown | $87.36 | Register → | |
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Whois.com
+$2.88/yr for privacy
price checked 2 months ago
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$25.48 | $31.48 | $25.48 | $2.88/yr | $97.08 | Register → | |
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BigRock
+$10.98/yr for privacy
renews at 6.2× the first-year price
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$22.93 $4.83 | $29.77 | $22.93 | $10.98/yr | $97.31 | Register → | |
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Njalla
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$33.60 | $33.60 | — | Free | $100.80 | Register → | |
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INWX
+$5.03/yr for privacy
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$37.20 | $37.20 | $37.20 | $5.03/yr | $126.69 | Register → | |
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Easyspace
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$41.45 | $49.97 | $13.76 | Unknown | $141.39 | Register → | |
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101domain
+$10.99/yr for privacy
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$31.99 | $39.49 | $31.99 | $10.99/yr | $143.94 | Register → | |
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Moniker
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$45.99 | $50.95 | $50.95 | Unknown | $147.89 | Register → | |
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Instra
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$53.99 | $55.49 | — | Not offered | $164.97 | Register → | |
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iwantmyname
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$77.86 | $87.73 | $84.82 | Free | $253.32 | Register → | |
Cheapest renewal over time
How much does a .vip domain cost over 3 or 5 years?
Of the 43 registrars compared, Spaceship is cheapest for both 3 years ($13.62) and 5 years ($23.42).
Does the cheapest start stay the cheapest?
Almost. Nameslink's 3-year total ($13.79) is $0.17 more than Spaceship's ($13.62), or 1.2% more.
What if you already own the domain?
Spaceship is cheapest to move in ($4.90) and cheapest to keep: $14.70 for 3 years.
Bottom line
Spaceship has the lowest 3-year cost for .vip ($13.62); Nameslink is within 1.2%.
.vip was started by Minds + Machines (MMX), a company whose shares are listed in London, and the majority of its initial customers were based in China. Registration began on 17 May 2016. Five days afterwards MMX announced that 203,720 names had been taken, more than 80% of these having been purchased from China and 34 of the 77 registrars being located there (MMX launch update).
China then made this official. On 5 December 2016 the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology gave approval to .vip, thus allowing Chinese owners to obtain the local licence required to host .vip sites within China. This was one of only three new generic extensions to be approved in that round, together with .xyz and .club.
In April 2021 GoDaddy agreed to purchase most of MMX's extensions, the largest of these being .vip with around 900,000 names; during the summer GoDaddy's registry division became the operator (Domain Name Wire). By 30 June 2026 .vip had become the tenth-largest generic top-level domain. It also suffers from an abuse issue: in the data collected by Interisle Consulting between May 2025 and April 2026, 83,816 of the approximately 1.67 million .vip domains were reported as being used for phishing.
MMX's launch figures went beyond registrations; in its first five days it recorded $3.2 million in billings and orders and stated that it had not provided any names free of charge or resorted to similar methods to inflate the numbers. The company described .vip as the most successful new extension ever launched on the basis of registrations during its first month and mentioned that Chinese domain investors were among the early major buyers. Its technical partner in China was ZDNS, while in Japan GMO was responsible for promoting .vip there. By March 2017 the number of .vip names had reached 586,000 and MMX had set a target of one million by the end of that year. Most of the abuse is deliberate: of the .vip phishing domains in Interisle's 2025–26 data, 79,694 were registered by the attackers themselves.
Technical details
| Type | gTLD · New generic |
| Registry | Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry) |
| Delegated | 30 July 2015 |
| WHOIS server | whois.nic.vip |
| Domain level | Top-level domain |
| IDN / punycode | No |
| DNSSEC | Supported |
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.vip questions
What is a .vip domain?
.vip is a generic domain extension. It is operated by Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry) and has been part of the domain name system since 2015.
Which registrars are cheapest for .vip?
Spaceship comes first for .vip at $13.62 over 3 years. Nameslink ($13.79) and Porkbun ($14.42) are next.
Which registrars accept Bitcoin or crypto for .vip?
Spaceship ($13.62), Porkbun ($14.42) and Dynadot ($14.55) accept BTC and other crypto for .vip. Totals are for 3 years. Others also accept crypto; see the table.
Is a year added when you transfer .vip?
Yes. When a .vip domain moves to a new registrar, one year is added to its expiry date. The transfer fee pays for that extra year.
Does .vip support DNSSEC?
Yes. DNSSEC is available for .vip domains at the registry level, so a signed zone can be validated by resolvers.
Is .vip popular in China?
Yes. Over 80% of launch registrations came from China, and China approved it in December 2016.
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