.pics Domain Names
41 registrars compared — cheapest from $1.24 at Spaceship
Birthday-party snapshot or fine-art portfolio? The .pics extension, delegated in 2014, is a blank, image-shaped canvas for anyone who thinks in pictures.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | Spaceship Cheapest | $1.24 | $26.08 | $26.08 | $105.56 | $235.96 | Visit |
| 2 | OVHcloud | $1.46 | $31.49 | $30.79 | $127.42 | $284.87 | Visit |
| 3 | Porkbun | $1.54 | $26.26 | $26.26 | $106.58 | $237.88 | Visit |
| 4 | Namecheap | $1.80 | $40.98 | $32.98 | $165.72 | $370.62 | Visit |
| 5 | Cosmotown | $1.81 | $27.47 | $27.47 | $111.69 | $249.04 | Visit |
| 6 | Sav | $1.97 | $26.20 | $26.20 | $106.77 | $237.77 | Visit |
| 7 | Dynadot | $1.99 | $26.97 | $26.97 | $109.87 | $244.72 | Visit |
| 8 | eDomains | $1.99 | $51.99 | $21.99 | $209.95 | $469.90 | Visit |
| 9 | Gandi | $1.99 | $87.98 | $32.52 | $353.91 | $793.81 | Visit |
| 10 | Name.com | $1.99 | $45.99 | $31.99 | $185.95 | $415.90 | Visit |
| 11 | NameSilo | $1.99 | $32.49 | $28.99 | $131.95 | $294.40 | Visit |
| 12 | OnlyDomains | $1.99 | $38.49 | $38.49 | $155.95 | $348.40 | Visit |
| 13 | Netim | $2.00 | $40.50 | $28.00 | $164.00 | $366.50 | Visit |
| 14 | GoDaddy | $2.19 | $50.19 | $50.19 | $202.95 | $453.90 | Visit |
| 15 | Truehost | $2.19 | $41.46 | $32.76 | $168.03 | $375.33 | Visit |
| 16 | All Domains | $2.22 | $37.74 | $37.74 | $153.18 | $341.88 | Visit |
| 17 | Blacknight | $2.87 | $29.40 | $29.40 | $120.47 | $267.47 | Visit |
| 18 | Regery | $2.99 | $26.99 | $26.99 | $110.95 | $245.90 | Visit |
| 19 | Gname | $6.99 | $35.99 | $35.99 | $150.95 | $330.90 | Visit |
| 20 | Bluehost | $8.99 | $39.99 | $8.99 | $168.95 | $368.90 | Visit |
| 21 | Cloudflare | $25.20 | $20.20 | $20.20 | $106.00 | $207.00 | Visit |
| 22 | Above.com | $27.72 | $27.72 | $27.72 | $138.60 | $277.20 | Visit |
| 23 | Epik | $27.95 | $27.95 | $27.95 | $139.75 | $279.50 | Visit |
| 24 | Infomaniak | $28.47 | $28.47 | $28.47 | $142.35 | $284.70 | Visit |
| 25 | Internet.bs | $29.21 | $60.95 | $60.95 | $273.01 | $577.76 | Visit |
| 26 | Crazy Domains | $29.59 | $30.49 | $29.59 | $151.55 | $304.00 | Visit |
| 27 | DreamHost | $29.95 | $29.95 | $29.95 | $149.75 | $299.50 | Visit |
| 28 | UK2 | $31.93 | $31.93 | $31.93 | $159.65 | $319.30 | Visit |
| 29 | Regtons | $32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $160.00 | $320.00 | Visit |
| 30 | MrDomain | $32.13 | $32.13 | $32.13 | $160.65 | $321.30 | Visit |
| 31 | Hello.co | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 32 | Alibaba Cloud | $35.00 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $175.00 | $350.00 | Visit |
| 33 | Squarespace | $35.00 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $175.00 | $350.00 | Visit |
| 34 | Directnic | $39.99 | $39.99 | $39.99 | $199.95 | $399.90 | Visit |
| 35 | IONOS | $40.00 | $40.00 | $40.00 | $200.00 | $400.00 | Visit |
| 36 | Marcaria | $42.00 | $42.00 | $42.00 | $210.00 | $420.00 | Visit |
| 37 | Hover | $42.19 | $42.19 | $42.19 | $210.95 | $421.90 | Visit |
| 38 | EuroDNS | $43.09 | $43.09 | $43.09 | $215.45 | $430.90 | Visit |
| 39 | 101domain | $43.17 | $53.17 | $43.17 | $255.85 | $521.70 | Visit |
| 40 | INWX | $53.40 | $53.40 | $53.40 | $267.00 | $534.00 | Visit |
| 41 | Moniker | $53.95 | $60.95 | $60.95 | $297.75 | $602.50 | Visit |
Prices updated daily. Some registrars show promotional first-year prices. Always verify the final price on the registrar's website before purchasing.
A Dot for the Image Economy
XYZ.COM LLC runs .pics, a generic top-level domain from the 2012 new-gTLD round, delegated on 2014-01-09. The name is short, punchy, and literally spells its purpose. It shares the registry's roof with other visual-minded extensions, but .pics was built for the broad world of imagery—not just artists. The moment a gallery owner, vacation photographer, real-estate agent, or cat-meme curator decides their online home should be as visual as their content, a URL ending in .pics does the announcing.
Cheap Enough to Experiment
The price spread for .pics is dramatic—one of the widest in the gTLD space, with the cheapest registrar undercutting the most expensive by a factor of ten. At the budget end, you're looking at what amounts to pocket change, and that makes .pics an easy purchase for a side project or a personal photo page you're not sure will go anywhere. The registry URL and WHOIS service are standard, but the low entry fee means you can grab a name, play with it, and walk away without financial regret.
The Visual Niche: How .pics Sits Among Creative TLDs
In the crowded space of creative extensions, .pics shares territory with .gallery, .art, and .design, but it's more utilitarian than any of them. .gallery suggests formal exhibition, .art carries a fine-art weight, while .pics stays casual—a snapshot, not a masterpiece. For photographers who want a personal showcase, .pics is a direct route that avoids the pretension of other suffixes. It also competes with more general options like .media, yet remains cheaper and more focused. In a cluster of visual TLDs, .pics is the everyman's pick.