.gratis Domain Names
42 registrars compared — cheapest from $16.80 at eDomains
A Spanish word for 'free' that landed in the internet's root zone in 2014, .gratis has become an exercise in naming psychology — what does it mean to claim your product is 'free' in a domain name?
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | eDomains Cheapest | $16.80 | $16.80 | $16.80 | $84.00 | $168.00 | Visit |
| 2 | Bluehost | $17.99 | $27.99 | $17.99 | $129.95 | $269.90 | Visit |
| 3 | Cloudflare | $18.20 | $18.20 | $18.20 | $91.00 | $182.00 | Visit |
| 4 | Hostinger | $19.19 | $27.19 | $19.19 | $127.95 | $263.90 | Visit |
| 5 | OVHcloud | $19.89 | $22.89 | $21.49 | $111.45 | $225.90 | Visit |
| 6 | Hello.co | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $99.95 | $199.90 | Visit |
| 7 | NameBright | $20.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 | Visit |
| 8 | Above.com | $20.02 | $20.02 | $20.02 | $100.10 | $200.20 | Visit |
| 9 | Truehost | $20.02 | $30.41 | $23.66 | $141.66 | $293.71 | Visit |
| 10 | Spaceship | $20.90 | $20.90 | $20.90 | $104.50 | $209.00 | Visit |
| 11 | Sav | $21.00 | $21.00 | $21.00 | $105.00 | $210.00 | Visit |
| 12 | Porkbun | $21.11 | $21.11 | $21.11 | $105.55 | $211.10 | Visit |
| 13 | Dynadot | $21.62 | $21.62 | $21.62 | $108.10 | $216.20 | Visit |
| 14 | Regery | $21.99 | $21.99 | $21.99 | $109.95 | $219.90 | Visit |
| 15 | NameSilo | $22.99 | $23.99 | $20.99 | $118.95 | $238.90 | Visit |
| 16 | UK2 | $23.87 | $23.87 | $42.49 | $119.35 | $238.70 | Visit |
| 17 | Crazy Domains | $23.99 | $23.99 | $23.99 | $119.95 | $239.90 | Visit |
| 18 | Infomaniak | $24.29 | $24.29 | $24.29 | $121.45 | $242.90 | Visit |
| 19 | Epik | $24.95 | $24.95 | $24.95 | $124.75 | $249.50 | Visit |
| 20 | DreamHost | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $124.95 | $249.90 | Visit |
| 21 | MrDomain | $26.58 | $26.58 | $26.58 | $132.90 | $265.80 | Visit |
| 22 | Marcaria | $27.00 | $27.00 | $27.00 | $135.00 | $270.00 | Visit |
| 23 | Namecheap | $27.98 | $35.48 | $27.48 | $169.90 | $347.30 | Visit |
| 24 | Internet.bs | $28.33 | $32.13 | $28.33 | $156.85 | $317.50 | Visit |
| 25 | 123 Reg | $29.02 | $29.02 | $29.02 | $145.10 | $290.20 | Visit |
| 26 | EuroDNS | $29.08 | $29.08 | $29.08 | $145.40 | $290.80 | Visit |
| 27 | Blacknight | $29.95 | $29.95 | $29.95 | $149.75 | $299.50 | Visit |
| 28 | All Domains | $29.97 | $32.19 | $32.19 | $158.73 | $319.68 | Visit |
| 29 | Gandi | $30.80 | $55.98 | $26.10 | $254.72 | $534.62 | Visit |
| 30 | Gname | $30.99 | $30.99 | $30.99 | $154.95 | $309.90 | Visit |
| 31 | Directnic | $32.99 | $32.99 | $32.99 | $164.95 | $329.90 | Visit |
| 32 | 101domain | $33.17 | $39.17 | $33.17 | $189.85 | $385.70 | Visit |
| 33 | Hover | $33.19 | $33.19 | $33.19 | $165.95 | $331.90 | Visit |
| 34 | IONOS | $34.00 | $34.00 | $34.00 | $170.00 | $340.00 | Visit |
| 35 | Name.com | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 36 | Regtons | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 37 | Squarespace | $35.00 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $175.00 | $350.00 | Visit |
| 38 | Netim | $36.00 | $36.00 | $21.00 | $180.00 | $360.00 | Visit |
| 39 | INWX | $37.20 | $37.20 | $37.20 | $186.00 | $372.00 | Visit |
| 40 | Moniker | $38.25 | $43.82 | $38.25 | $213.53 | $432.63 | Visit |
| 41 | GoDaddy | $40.19 | $40.19 | $40.19 | $200.95 | $401.90 | Visit |
| 42 | OnlyDomains | $48.99 | $54.99 | $54.99 | $268.95 | $543.90 | Visit |
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The 2014 New gTLD Wave and Binky Moon's Quiet Stewardship
.gratis was delegated on April 17, 2014, as part of ICANN's 2012 new gTLD program. It is operated by Binky Moon, LLC, a name that sounds more like a children's book publisher than an internet infrastructure company. Binky Moon is a subsidiary of Identity Digital, the registry behind dozens of generic top-level domains. That corporate structure is common among new gTLDs, but the whimsical name masks a serious operation: Identity Digital runs the technical backend and policy framework for a portfolio that includes .business, .cafe, .church, and .coach. The delegation round was the largest expansion of the domain name system since its inception, and .gratis was one of hundreds of strings to emerge from it — a niche word turned into a global addressing space.
Marketing Psychology in a Single Word
The entire appeal of .gratis rests on a linguistic shortcut. In Spanish, 'gratis' means 'free of charge,' but in English it has imported that meaning as well. A domain like 'free.gratis' is redundant; 'software.gratis' is a pitch. Marketers know that the word 'free' triggers an emotional response, and .gratis lets businesses bake that trigger directly into their URL. It sits alongside other word-based new gTLDs like .cafe or .coach, but with a crucial difference: it doesn't describe a type of business, but a pricing strategy. That makes it unusually versatile — any industry, from apps to samples to events, can append .gratis to signal that their offering costs nothing. The flip side is that it paints you into a corner: registering under .gratis is a permanent promise of zero cost, which can be hard to walk back if your business model shifts.
Registry-Wide Family Ties and the Binky Moon Cluster
New gTLDs rarely stand alone; they arrive in clusters managed by the same registry, sharing technical infrastructure and pricing models. .gratis is one of several descriptive strings under Binky Moon's umbrella, including .business, .cafe, .church, and .coach. This portfolio strategy lets identity Digital cross-sell: a business that wants a general-purpose domain might register .business, while a complementary .gratis could be part of a promotional landing page. In practice, the clustering also means that pricing and availability trends for one TLD often mirror the others. Because the registry operates dozens of similar suffixes, it can standardize its backend, keeping costs down and features — like DNSSEC and WHOIS — uniform across the family.
Cost-Conscious Niche or Just Another Address?
Given its small footprint, .gratis hasn't developed the kind of fervent community that some new gTLDs attract. It's a budget-oriented namespace, with a narrow pricing spread — eDomains offers registrations at $16.80 with renewals around $16.80, and most of the 42 registrars carrying it stay within a similar range. That affordability keeps it an impulse buy for side projects and short-term campaigns rather than a cornerstone corporate identity. For a domain meant to signal 'free,' expensive registry fees would undercut the message; the low cost of .gratis is almost a brand extension of the word itself. But it remains a niche choice, dwarfed by legacy extensions and even by more popular descriptive gTLDs from the same 2012 round.