.memorial Domain Names
38 registrars compared — cheapest from $39.25 at Truehost
When death care meets the domain industry, you get .memorial — a niche suffix run by the same outfit behind .band and .ninja, delegated in a burst of 2012 new gTLD ambition.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | Truehost Cheapest | $39.25 | $174.71 | $46.41 | $738.09 | $1611.64 | Visit |
| 2 | Cloudflare | $40.20 | $40.20 | $40.20 | $201.00 | $402.00 | Visit |
| 3 | eDomains | $42.60 | $42.60 | $42.60 | $213.00 | $426.00 | Visit |
| 4 | NameBright | $44.00 | $44.00 | $44.00 | $220.00 | $440.00 | Visit |
| 5 | Above.com | $44.22 | $44.22 | $44.22 | $221.10 | $442.20 | Visit |
| 6 | OVHcloud | $46.59 | $50.09 | $46.59 | $246.95 | $497.40 | Visit |
| 7 | Hello.co | $49.99 | $49.99 | $49.99 | $249.95 | $499.90 | Visit |
| 8 | Crazy Domains | $50.95 | $52.49 | $50.95 | $260.91 | $523.36 | Visit |
| 9 | UK2 | $51.59 | $51.59 | $51.59 | $257.95 | $515.90 | Visit |
| 10 | Netim | $59.50 | $59.50 | $43.00 | $297.50 | $595.00 | Visit |
| 11 | Infomaniak | $61.10 | $61.10 | $61.10 | $305.50 | $611.00 | Visit |
| 12 | Gandi | $67.86 | $135.98 | $57.51 | $611.78 | $1291.68 | Visit |
| 13 | 123 Reg | $72.58 | $72.58 | $72.58 | $362.90 | $725.80 | Visit |
| 14 | IONOS | $74.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | $370.00 | $740.00 | Visit |
| 15 | Squarespace | $75.00 | $75.00 | $75.00 | $375.00 | $750.00 | Visit |
| 16 | Porkbun | $102.47 | $102.47 | $102.47 | $512.35 | $1024.70 | Visit |
| 17 | Spaceship | $102.67 | $102.67 | $102.67 | $513.35 | $1026.70 | Visit |
| 18 | Sav | $103.16 | $103.16 | $103.16 | $515.80 | $1031.60 | Visit |
| 19 | Epik | $103.95 | $103.95 | $103.95 | $519.75 | $1039.50 | Visit |
| 20 | Regery | $105.99 | $105.99 | $105.99 | $529.95 | $1059.90 | Visit |
| 21 | Dynadot | $106.15 | $106.15 | $106.15 | $530.75 | $1061.50 | Visit |
| 22 | Marcaria | $112.00 | $112.00 | $112.00 | $560.00 | $1120.00 | Visit |
| 23 | MrDomain | $127.59 | $127.59 | $127.59 | $637.95 | $1275.90 | Visit |
| 24 | Directnic | $130.49 | $130.49 | $130.49 | $652.45 | $1304.90 | Visit |
| 25 | EuroDNS | $131.96 | $131.96 | $131.96 | $659.80 | $1319.60 | Visit |
| 26 | NameSilo | $133.99 | $134.99 | $113.99 | $673.95 | $1348.90 | Visit |
| 27 | Namecheap | $135.98 | $160.98 | $135.98 | $779.90 | $1584.80 | Visit |
| 28 | Internet.bs | $136.74 | $155.04 | $150.45 | $756.90 | $1532.10 | Visit |
| 29 | Regtons | $139.00 | $139.00 | $139.00 | $695.00 | $1390.00 | Visit |
| 30 | 101domain | $142.17 | $168.17 | $142.17 | $814.85 | $1655.70 | Visit |
| 31 | Blacknight | $146.50 | $146.50 | $146.50 | $732.50 | $1465.00 | Visit |
| 32 | INWX | $148.20 | $148.20 | $148.20 | $741.00 | $1482.00 | Visit |
| 33 | OnlyDomains | $150.99 | $170.99 | $170.99 | $834.95 | $1689.90 | Visit |
| 34 | All Domains | $160.95 | $163.17 | $163.17 | $813.63 | $1629.48 | Visit |
| 35 | Name.com | $164.99 | $164.99 | $164.99 | $824.95 | $1649.90 | Visit |
| 36 | Hover | $165.19 | $165.19 | $165.19 | $825.95 | $1651.90 | Visit |
| 37 | Moniker | $181.15 | $203.90 | $197.90 | $996.75 | $2016.25 | Visit |
| 38 | GoDaddy | $198.19 | $198.19 | $198.19 | $990.95 | $1981.90 | Visit |
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A Grave Niche in the 2012 gTLD Gold Rush
Delegated on 2014-11-20, .memorial arrived as part of ICANN's second-round expansion that let anyone with a business plan open their own slice of the internet. Dog Beach, LLC, the registry behind it, clearly saw a need for funeral homes, cemeteries, and obituary sites to claim a more descriptive corner of the web. It wasn't a brand play — this was a speculative bet that grief services would want a name that says what they do at a glance.
Same Registry, Odd Bedfellows
The same registry that operates .memorial also runs .band, .ninja, .video, and .family — a portfolio that reads like a list of unrelated party themes. What links them isn't subject matter but a shared infrastructure and a strategy of scooping up many descriptive words during the 2012 round. For registrants, this means the technical backend is identical to a domain like .family, but the cultural tone couldn't be more different. That's the quirk of the new gTLD era: a funeral home's web address can be managed by the same people who power a martial arts dojo's .ninja site.
A Narrow Spread, Unsurprisingly
Among the 38 registrars that carry .memorial, prices cluster tightly. This isn't a domain with speculative premium tiers — the narrow spread suggests steady, modest demand rather than a speculative rush. [Truehost]($39.25) currently lists it at a budget-friendly rate, but even the priciest registrar won't break the bank. Compare that to the wild volatility of some other new gTLDs, and .memorial looks almost conservative.
Who Actually Wants a .memorial?
The obvious candidates are funeral homes, crematoriums, and memorial planners, plus families creating tribute sites. But the TLD also carries a certain weight that generic alternatives like .com don't — typing `.memorial` into a URL leaves no doubt about the purpose. It's a niche branding tool for an industry that trades in dignity, and while it hasn't become a household name, it fills a semantic gap for those who want their web address to respect the occasion.