.education Domain Names
43 registrars compared — cheapest from $19.99 at Sav
Delegated in late 2013, .education is a generic top-level domain aimed at the vast ecosystem of learning institutions, course providers, and ed-tech ventures. It's a niche that combines clarity with a certain institutional gravitas—but its registry history is more corporate than academic.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | Sav Cheapest | $19.99 | $31.40 | $31.40 | $145.59 | $302.59 | Visit |
| 2 | Regery | $20.99 | $31.99 | $31.99 | $148.95 | $308.90 | Visit |
| 3 | Porkbun | $21.11 | $31.41 | $31.41 | $146.75 | $303.80 | Visit |
| 4 | Dynadot | $21.62 | $32.32 | $32.32 | $150.90 | $312.50 | Visit |
| 5 | Hostinger | $23.19 | $41.19 | $23.19 | $187.95 | $393.90 | Visit |
| 6 | INWX | $24.20 | $55.20 | $55.20 | $245.00 | $521.00 | Visit |
| 7 | Cloudflare | $27.20 | $27.20 | $27.20 | $136.00 | $272.00 | Visit |
| 8 | OVHcloud | $28.29 | $34.29 | $33.79 | $165.45 | $336.90 | Visit |
| 9 | eDomains | $28.50 | $28.50 | $28.50 | $142.50 | $285.00 | Visit |
| 10 | Above.com | $29.92 | $29.92 | $29.92 | $149.60 | $299.20 | Visit |
| 11 | Truehost | $29.92 | $44.71 | $35.36 | $208.76 | $432.31 | Visit |
| 12 | NameBright | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $150.00 | $300.00 | Visit |
| 13 | UK2 | $30.61 | $30.61 | $43.99 | $153.05 | $306.10 | Visit |
| 14 | Spaceship | $31.25 | $31.25 | $31.25 | $156.25 | $312.50 | Visit |
| 15 | Gandi | $32.67 | $63.98 | $27.68 | $288.59 | $608.49 | Visit |
| 16 | 123 Reg | $32.98 | $32.98 | $32.98 | $164.90 | $329.80 | Visit |
| 17 | NameSilo | $33.99 | $34.99 | $31.99 | $173.95 | $348.90 | Visit |
| 18 | Epik | $34.95 | $34.95 | $34.95 | $174.75 | $349.50 | Visit |
| 19 | Crazy Domains | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 20 | DreamHost | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 21 | Hello.co | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 22 | Marcaria | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $180.00 | $360.00 | Visit |
| 23 | Cosmotown | $36.67 | $42.67 | $33.67 | $207.35 | $420.70 | Visit |
| 24 | EuroDNS | $37.06 | $57.09 | $57.09 | $265.42 | $550.87 | Visit |
| 25 | MrDomain | $38.79 | $38.79 | $38.79 | $193.95 | $387.90 | Visit |
| 26 | Name.com | $39.99 | $54.99 | $54.99 | $259.95 | $534.90 | Visit |
| 27 | Squarespace | $40.00 | $40.00 | $40.00 | $200.00 | $400.00 | Visit |
| 28 | Infomaniak | $40.45 | $40.45 | $40.45 | $202.25 | $404.50 | Visit |
| 29 | Namecheap | $40.98 | $52.48 | $40.98 | $250.90 | $513.30 | Visit |
| 30 | Gname | $40.99 | $40.99 | $40.99 | $204.95 | $409.90 | Visit |
| 31 | Internet.bs | $41.39 | $41.39 | $36.19 | $206.95 | $413.90 | Visit |
| 32 | Directnic | $42.90 | $42.90 | $42.90 | $214.50 | $429.00 | Visit |
| 33 | Regtons | $43.99 | $43.99 | $43.99 | $219.95 | $439.90 | Visit |
| 34 | Blacknight | $44.38 | $44.38 | $44.38 | $221.90 | $443.80 | Visit |
| 35 | Netim | $45.00 | $45.00 | $30.00 | $225.00 | $450.00 | Visit |
| 36 | All Domains | $46.62 | $48.84 | $48.84 | $241.98 | $486.18 | Visit |
| 37 | 101domain | $46.67 | $53.67 | $46.67 | $261.35 | $529.70 | Visit |
| 38 | Moniker | $47.33 | $53.07 | $47.33 | $259.61 | $524.96 | Visit |
| 39 | Alibaba Cloud | $49.00 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $245.00 | $490.00 | Visit |
| 40 | IONOS | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | $250.00 | $500.00 | Visit |
| 41 | Hover | $50.19 | $50.19 | $50.19 | $250.95 | $501.90 | Visit |
| 42 | OnlyDomains | $51.49 | $57.49 | $57.49 | $281.45 | $568.90 | Visit |
| 43 | GoDaddy | $60.19 | $60.19 | $60.19 | $300.95 | $601.90 | Visit |
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The Corporate Hand Behind a Scholarly Name
The .education namespace is operated by Binky Moon, LLC, a company that also manages a small portfolio of other generic TLDs. Binky Moon is part of the Identity Digital group, which runs dozens of new gTLDs under the 2012 new gTLD program. Its corporate structure belies the academic tone of the extension—there's nothing nonprofit or university-affiliated about the registry. The delegation date of 2013-12-19 places it in the early wave of that program, when hundreds of new top-level domains began appearing alongside legacy ones like .com and .org.
Why 'Education' Beat Out Other Suffixes
Among the scores of education-flavored strings that emerged from the new gTLD expansion, .education was one of the first to be delegated. It was applied for during the 2012 new gTLD round, a period when companies scrambled for descriptive, category-specific domains. What makes .education distinctive is its breadth: unlike .academy, which implies a more selective or specialized institution, or .school, which leans K-12, .education signals generic learning—from corporate training to online courses to credentialing programs. That ambiguity is both its strength and its weakness, as it competes with a crowded field of nearly synonymous alternatives.
A Niche for Institutions and Ed-Tech Alike
The domain's open registration policy means anyone can claim a .education address, not just accredited institutions. That creates an interesting dynamic: a university might register `study.education` while a startup offers `coding.education` alongside. The price structure, though, is telling. Registration costs fall near the budget end of the new gTLD spectrum, with a narrow spread across the 43 registrars that carry it. That low barrier to entry encourages experimentation but also means the namespace is unlikely to ever carry the prestige of a legacy TLD. Still, for a program, department, or business whose entire identity is educational, the suffix says more than a `.com` ever could.