.apartments Domain Names
41 registrars compared — cheapest from $9.99 at Sav
Delegated in February 2015, .apartments is one of the many niche real-estate gTLDs to emerge from ICANN’s 2012 new gTLD program, operated by Binky Moon, LLC.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sav Cheapest | $9.99 | $51.16 | $51.16 | $214.63 | $470.43 | Visit |
| 2 | Porkbun | $10.81 | $50.98 | $50.98 | $214.73 | $469.63 | Visit |
| 3 | Dynadot | $10.92 | $52.65 | $52.65 | $221.52 | $484.77 | Visit |
| 4 | Regery | $10.99 | $52.99 | $52.99 | $222.95 | $487.90 | Visit |
| 5 | INWX | $12.10 | $88.80 | $88.80 | $367.30 | $811.30 | Visit |
| 6 | EuroDNS | $18.53 | $100.18 | $100.18 | $419.25 | $920.15 | Visit |
| 7 | Truehost | $18.69 | $74.61 | $63.96 | $317.13 | $690.18 | Visit |
| 8 | Name.com | $19.99 | $94.99 | $94.99 | $399.95 | $874.90 | Visit |
| 9 | Cloudflare | $44.20 | $44.20 | $44.20 | $221.00 | $442.00 | Visit |
| 10 | eDomains | $48.00 | $48.00 | $48.00 | $240.00 | $480.00 | Visit |
| 11 | NameBright | $48.00 | $48.00 | $48.00 | $240.00 | $480.00 | Visit |
| 12 | Spaceship | $50.92 | $50.92 | $50.92 | $254.60 | $509.20 | Visit |
| 13 | OVHcloud | $52.49 | $56.49 | $55.99 | $278.45 | $560.90 | Visit |
| 14 | Epik | $53.95 | $53.95 | $53.95 | $269.75 | $539.50 | Visit |
| 15 | Above.com | $54.12 | $54.12 | $54.12 | $270.60 | $541.20 | Visit |
| 16 | NameSilo | $56.99 | $57.99 | $52.99 | $288.95 | $578.90 | Visit |
| 17 | Crazy Domains | $57.39 | $59.19 | $57.39 | $294.15 | $590.10 | Visit |
| 18 | Regtons | $59.00 | $59.00 | $59.00 | $295.00 | $590.00 | Visit |
| 19 | DreamHost | $59.99 | $59.99 | $59.99 | $299.95 | $599.90 | Visit |
| 20 | Gname | $59.99 | $59.99 | $59.99 | $299.95 | $599.90 | Visit |
| 21 | Hello.co | $59.99 | $59.99 | $59.99 | $299.95 | $599.90 | Visit |
| 22 | Cosmotown | $62.67 | $69.17 | $62.67 | $339.35 | $685.20 | Visit |
| 23 | MrDomain | $63.21 | $63.21 | $63.21 | $316.05 | $632.10 | Visit |
| 24 | Marcaria | $65.00 | $65.00 | $65.00 | $325.00 | $650.00 | Visit |
| 25 | Infomaniak | $65.98 | $65.98 | $65.98 | $329.90 | $659.80 | Visit |
| 26 | Netim | $66.50 | $66.50 | $47.00 | $332.50 | $665.00 | Visit |
| 27 | All Domains | $66.60 | $68.82 | $68.82 | $341.88 | $685.98 | Visit |
| 28 | Internet.bs | $67.25 | $67.25 | $64.59 | $336.25 | $672.50 | Visit |
| 29 | UK2 | $67.43 | $67.43 | $85.90 | $337.15 | $674.30 | Visit |
| 30 | Namecheap | $67.98 | $81.48 | $67.98 | $393.90 | $801.30 | Visit |
| 31 | Squarespace | $70.00 | $70.00 | $70.00 | $350.00 | $700.00 | Visit |
| 32 | 123 Reg | $72.58 | $72.58 | $72.58 | $362.90 | $725.80 | Visit |
| 33 | Gandi | $72.58 | $159.98 | $61.49 | $712.50 | $1512.40 | Visit |
| 34 | Blacknight | $72.69 | $72.69 | $72.69 | $363.45 | $726.90 | Visit |
| 35 | Directnic | $73.00 | $73.00 | $73.00 | $365.00 | $730.00 | Visit |
| 36 | 101domain | $77.17 | $85.17 | $77.17 | $417.85 | $843.70 | Visit |
| 37 | IONOS | $80.00 | $80.00 | $80.00 | $400.00 | $800.00 | Visit |
| 38 | Hover | $82.19 | $82.19 | $82.19 | $410.95 | $821.90 | Visit |
| 39 | Moniker | $96.34 | $109.35 | $106.10 | $533.74 | $1080.49 | Visit |
| 40 | OnlyDomains | $96.99 | $108.99 | $108.99 | $532.95 | $1077.90 | Visit |
| 41 | GoDaddy | $98.19 | $98.19 | $98.19 | $490.95 | $981.90 | Visit |
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Binky Moon’s Portfolio Play
Binky Moon, LLC, the registry behind .apartments, is a holding vehicle for the Internet real-estate niche. The company operates a cluster of property-related TLDs, and .apartments fits squarely into that family. Its parent, Identity Digital, runs a sprawling registry portfolio, but Binky Moon is the entity that holds the contract with ICANN. The delegation in February 2015 came out of the 2012 new gTLD round — the industry’s biggest expansion since .com. For Binky Moon, owning .apartments means owning the literal plural word for rental dwellings, a phrase real-estate marketers already had in their vocabulary. The registry’s URL points to Identity Digital’s site, signaling that the infrastructure behind the TLD is industrial-grade, even if the niche is narrow.
A Niche for Real-Estate Marketers
As a semantic TLD, .apartments is a straightforward label for property listings, rental agencies, and apartment-finding services. It’s a domain hack waiting to happen — think “[yourcity].apartments” — but it also works as a direct keyword match for search engines. The TLD competes with a crowded field of property alternatives, including .realestate, .realty, and .property. What distinguishes .apartments is its specificity: it points to multi-unit residential, not single-family homes or commercial space. In the same portfolio family, .condos covers ownership-style properties, while .apartments skews rental. For a leasing agent, that lexical precision may justify the registration cost, even if the TLD hasn’t seen the mass adoption of its generic cousin .com.
The Pricing Spread Tells a Story
The retail market for .apartments is thin but telling. Across 41 registrars, the cheapest entry point is Sav at $9.99, but renewal pricing climbs steeply — $51.16 — and top-tier registrars charge as much as $98.19. That spread is typical for a portfolio TLD that isn’t a registry’s flagship. The high average renewal ($56.13) reflects the premium positioning of real-estate keywords, which registries hope will be bought by professionals who’ll pay for relevance. The gap between the cheapest first-year deal and the renewal floor suggests registrars are poaching customers with low intro rates, banking on stickiness. For buyers, that means the real cost of .apartments isn’t the first year — it’s the commitment.