.recipes Domain Names
41 registrars compared — cheapest from $4.86 at Spaceship
A kitchen-sink extension from the 2012 new gTLD wave, .recipes has been quietly simmering since its December 2013 delegation.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spaceship Cheapest | $4.86 | $68.51 | $68.51 | $278.90 | $621.45 | Visit |
| 2 | Namecheap | $5.48 | $105.48 | $90.48 | $427.40 | $954.80 | Visit |
| 3 | Sav | $5.99 | $68.84 | $68.84 | $281.35 | $625.55 | Visit |
| 4 | Dynadot | $6.64 | $70.84 | $70.84 | $290.00 | $644.20 | Visit |
| 5 | Porkbun | $6.69 | $68.49 | $68.49 | $280.65 | $623.10 | Visit |
| 6 | Regery | $6.99 | $70.99 | $70.99 | $290.95 | $645.90 | Visit |
| 7 | Above.com | $7.04 | $66.22 | $66.22 | $271.92 | $603.02 | Visit |
| 8 | Cosmotown | $7.15 | $64.90 | $64.90 | $266.75 | $591.25 | Visit |
| 9 | OVHcloud | $7.50 | $78.59 | $75.39 | $321.86 | $714.81 | Visit |
| 10 | INWX | $7.56 | $123.00 | $123.00 | $499.56 | $1114.56 | Visit |
| 11 | Blacknight | $7.75 | $97.66 | $97.66 | $398.39 | $886.69 | Visit |
| 12 | All Domains | $7.77 | $94.35 | $94.35 | $385.17 | $856.92 | Visit |
| 13 | NameSilo | $7.99 | $77.99 | $73.99 | $319.95 | $709.90 | Visit |
| 14 | GoDaddy | $9.19 | $132.19 | $132.19 | $537.95 | $1198.90 | Visit |
| 15 | Truehost | $9.75 | $100.61 | $78.26 | $412.19 | $915.24 | Visit |
| 16 | EuroDNS | $11.10 | $113.64 | $113.64 | $465.66 | $1033.86 | Visit |
| 17 | Netim | $11.50 | $83.00 | $63.00 | $343.50 | $758.50 | Visit |
| 18 | Directnic | $11.99 | $102.99 | $102.99 | $423.95 | $938.90 | Visit |
| 19 | Gname | $11.99 | $78.99 | $78.99 | $327.95 | $722.90 | Visit |
| 20 | Name.com | $11.99 | $114.99 | $114.99 | $471.95 | $1046.90 | Visit |
| 21 | eDomains | $50.40 | $50.40 | $50.40 | $252.00 | $504.00 | Visit |
| 22 | Infomaniak | $54.00 | $54.00 | $54.00 | $270.00 | $540.00 | Visit |
| 23 | Hello.co | $59.99 | $59.99 | $59.99 | $299.95 | $599.90 | Visit |
| 24 | Squarespace | $60.00 | $70.00 | $70.00 | $340.00 | $690.00 | Visit |
| 25 | Cloudflare | $60.20 | $60.20 | $60.20 | $301.00 | $602.00 | Visit |
| 26 | NameBright | $66.00 | $66.00 | $66.00 | $330.00 | $660.00 | Visit |
| 27 | Epik | $70.95 | $70.95 | $70.95 | $354.75 | $709.50 | Visit |
| 28 | UK2 | $71.26 | $71.26 | $71.26 | $356.30 | $712.60 | Visit |
| 29 | 123 Reg | $72.58 | $72.58 | $72.58 | $362.90 | $725.80 | Visit |
| 30 | Gandi | $72.59 | $143.98 | $61.51 | $648.51 | $1368.41 | Visit |
| 31 | DreamHost | $74.99 | $74.99 | $74.99 | $374.95 | $749.90 | Visit |
| 32 | Regtons | $76.99 | $76.99 | $76.99 | $384.95 | $769.90 | Visit |
| 33 | Crazy Domains | $78.99 | $78.99 | $78.99 | $394.95 | $789.90 | Visit |
| 34 | Marcaria | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $395.00 | $790.00 | Visit |
| 35 | MrDomain | $85.41 | $85.41 | $85.41 | $427.05 | $854.10 | Visit |
| 36 | Internet.bs | $90.74 | $90.74 | $75.38 | $453.70 | $907.40 | Visit |
| 37 | IONOS | $102.00 | $102.00 | $102.00 | $510.00 | $1020.00 | Visit |
| 38 | 101domain | $105.67 | $115.67 | $105.67 | $568.35 | $1146.70 | Visit |
| 39 | Moniker | $109.79 | $124.44 | $109.79 | $607.55 | $1229.75 | Visit |
| 40 | Hover | $110.19 | $110.19 | $110.19 | $550.95 | $1101.90 | Visit |
| 41 | OnlyDomains | $124.49 | $106.99 | $106.99 | $552.45 | $1087.40 | Visit |
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Born in the 2012 New gTLD Kitchen
.recipes was delegated on December 12, 2013, a product of ICANN's 2012 new gTLD program, which flung open the doors to hundreds of niche extensions. It was one of the food-related strings approved in that round, joining .restaurant, .cafe, .coffee, and .pizza in the culinary corner of the namespace. Unlike a brand TLD, .recipes was never tied to a single company — it was conceived as a generic space for anyone sharing or seeking culinary instructions. The timing was no accident: the early 2010s saw an explosion of food blogs and recipe-sharing platforms, and the new gTLD program was designed to give those communities more specific web real estate than a crowded .com.
Binky Moon's Recipe Collection
The registry operator behind .recipes is Binky Moon, LLC, a name that sounds whimsical but is actually a shell for the internet infrastructure company Identity Digital (formerly Donuts Inc.). Identity Digital runs a massive portfolio of new gTLDs — hundreds of strings — and .recipes sits alongside sibling food TLDs like .restaurant and .cafe, all managed under the same commercial umbrella. For registry purposes, this means .recipes shares the same backend infrastructure, dispute policies, and pricing strategies as its stablemates. The quirky corporate name is a reminder that behind every TLD is a business entity — even a cute one.
A Wide Spread on the Menu
When shopping for a .recipes domain, the price can vary dramatically. The cheapest registrar offers it for $4.86, while the most expensive charges nearly ten times that — an extreme spread that puts .recipes in the budget-to-mid-range category overall, depending on where you buy. With 41 registrars carrying it, there's plenty of competition, so savvy buyers can often land a deal at [Spaceship](Spaceship). But the low entry price is a double-edged sword: renewal costs at many registrars climb higher than the initial registration, a common tactic across new gTLDs. The takeaway: comparison shopping matters as much as the recipe itself.
Against .com and the Food Crowd
For a food blogger or restaurant, .recipes offers a descriptive, memorable alternative to a forgettable .com URL — think `yourname.recipes` versus `yournamerecipes.com`. But it's not alone. The food-use-case cluster is crowded: .restaurant suits an establishment, .cafe and .coffee name specific venues, .pizza is hyper-niche, and .bar covers drink-focused spots. .recipes is the most verb-oriented of the group, signaling content rather than a physical place. That makes it a natural fit for personal blogs, cooking channels, or meal-planning sites, but less ideal for a business that needs to signal a brick-and-mortar location. The choice between these related TLDs often comes down to whether the goal is selling a service or sharing a craft.