.rip Domain Names
43 registrars compared — cheapest from $3.99 at Sav
When an online memorial gets mirrored by file-sharing sites, you know the string is pulling double duty. Delegated in 2014 as a niche for tributes, .rip found its true calling somewhere darker.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
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| 1 | Sav Cheapest | $3.99 | $21.00 | $21.00 | $87.99 | $192.99 | Visit |
| 2 | Dynadot | $4.50 | $21.62 | $21.62 | $90.98 | $199.08 | Visit |
| 3 | Porkbun | $4.63 | $21.11 | $21.11 | $89.07 | $194.62 | Visit |
| 4 | Regery | $4.99 | $21.99 | $21.99 | $92.95 | $202.90 | Visit |
| 5 | INWX | $5.04 | $37.20 | $37.20 | $153.84 | $339.84 | Visit |
| 6 | Hostinger | $5.19 | $27.19 | $5.19 | $113.95 | $249.90 | Visit |
| 7 | Truehost | $6.60 | $29.76 | $23.66 | $125.64 | $274.44 | Visit |
| 8 | EuroDNS | $7.43 | $42.01 | $42.01 | $175.47 | $385.52 | Visit |
| 9 | Name.com | $7.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $147.95 | $322.90 | Visit |
| 10 | Bluehost | $17.99 | $29.99 | $17.99 | $137.95 | $287.90 | Visit |
| 11 | eDomains | $18.00 | $18.00 | $18.00 | $90.00 | $180.00 | Visit |
| 12 | Cloudflare | $18.20 | $18.20 | $18.20 | $91.00 | $182.00 | Visit |
| 13 | Alibaba Cloud | $19.00 | $19.00 | $19.00 | $95.00 | $190.00 | Visit |
| 14 | NameBright | $20.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 | Visit |
| 15 | Above.com | $20.02 | $20.02 | $20.02 | $100.10 | $200.20 | Visit |
| 16 | OVHcloud | $20.89 | $23.39 | $23.39 | $114.45 | $231.40 | Visit |
| 17 | Spaceship | $20.90 | $20.90 | $20.90 | $104.50 | $209.00 | Visit |
| 18 | UK2 | $22.16 | $22.16 | $22.16 | $110.80 | $221.60 | Visit |
| 19 | NameSilo | $22.49 | $23.49 | $20.49 | $116.45 | $233.90 | Visit |
| 20 | Crazy Domains | $23.99 | $23.99 | $23.99 | $119.95 | $239.90 | Visit |
| 21 | Epik | $24.95 | $24.95 | $24.95 | $124.75 | $249.50 | Visit |
| 22 | DreamHost | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $124.95 | $249.90 | Visit |
| 23 | Hello.co | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $124.95 | $249.90 | Visit |
| 24 | Internet.bs | $25.26 | $28.78 | $25.26 | $140.38 | $284.28 | Visit |
| 25 | Infomaniak | $26.08 | $26.08 | $26.08 | $130.40 | $260.80 | Visit |
| 26 | 123 Reg | $26.38 | $26.38 | $26.38 | $131.90 | $263.80 | Visit |
| 27 | MrDomain | $26.58 | $26.58 | $26.58 | $132.90 | $265.80 | Visit |
| 28 | Namecheap | $27.98 | $36.98 | $27.48 | $175.90 | $360.80 | Visit |
| 29 | Marcaria | $28.00 | $28.00 | $28.00 | $140.00 | $280.00 | Visit |
| 30 | Directnic | $29.00 | $29.00 | $29.00 | $145.00 | $290.00 | Visit |
| 31 | Blacknight | $29.95 | $29.95 | $29.95 | $149.75 | $299.50 | Visit |
| 32 | All Domains | $29.97 | $32.19 | $32.19 | $158.73 | $319.68 | Visit |
| 33 | Gandi | $30.80 | $55.98 | $26.10 | $254.72 | $534.62 | Visit |
| 34 | Gname | $30.99 | $30.99 | $30.99 | $154.95 | $309.90 | Visit |
| 35 | Hover | $33.19 | $33.19 | $33.19 | $165.95 | $331.90 | Visit |
| 36 | Moniker | $33.24 | $38.35 | $33.24 | $186.64 | $378.39 | Visit |
| 37 | IONOS | $34.00 | $34.00 | $34.00 | $170.00 | $340.00 | Visit |
| 38 | Regtons | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 39 | Squarespace | $35.00 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $175.00 | $350.00 | Visit |
| 40 | 101domain | $35.17 | $43.17 | $35.17 | $207.85 | $423.70 | Visit |
| 41 | Netim | $36.00 | $36.00 | $21.00 | $180.00 | $360.00 | Visit |
| 42 | GoDaddy | $40.19 | $40.19 | $40.19 | $200.95 | $401.90 | Visit |
| 43 | OnlyDomains | $46.49 | $52.49 | $52.49 | $256.45 | $518.90 | Visit |
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From Headstones to Hyperlinks
Dog Beach, LLC, a subsidiary of Identity Digital, launched .rip in 2014 with a somber pitch: create a digital resting place for memorials and tributes. The IANA record lists it as a generic TLD with no registration restrictions, meaning anyone could grab a name for any purpose. But the intended use — as Wikipedia notes — never quite matched reality. Instead of cemetery plots, .rip became shorthand for 'remember when this was alive?' On social media, the string naturally punctuates jokes about broken dreams and failed tech. The registry's own marketing leaned into the pun, but the net effect is less than solemn. The gap between what a TLD is designed for and what people actually do with it doesn't get much wider than this.
Why Filesharing Latched Onto .rip
The same phonetic clarity that made .rip work for memorials made it irresistible for something else: piracy. '[Download] something.rip' reads as an instruction, not a eulogy. The actual use documented by observers is predominantly leaks and warez sites — domains where users share copyrighted content before a takedown. It's a perfect fit because the name itself is the threat: 'this website rips content.' No registration restrictions on .rip mean the registry doesn't police content beyond standard abuse reporting. For a pirate, .rip is both a description and a boast. For rights holders, it's a round-the-clock whack-a-mole. The string's flexibility — memorial, warning, or verb — is exactly what let it slip its intended rails.
The Identity Digital Stable: A Shared Genetic Code
.rip didn't arrive alone. It shares its registry operator, Dog Beach, LLC, with a stable of lifestyle and media extensions: .band, .ninja, .video, .family, and .live. They're all run under the Identity Digital umbrella, which means the technical backend — DNS, DNSSEC, dispute resolution — is identical across the group. If you've registered a .live, buying a .rip feels familiar. But the family resemblance stops at infrastructure. Each name targets a different tribe: bands want .band, martial artists want .ninja, families want .family. .rip's tribe turned out to be internet anarchists rather than mourners. That's the risk of a string with a double meaning: the registry rolls the dice on cultural reception, and the public rolls its own.
A Pocket-Sized Price, a Goliath Spread
Of the 43 registrars carrying .rip, the cheapest option at Sav sells at $3.99 — a tenth of what the most expensive outlet demands. Pricing for .rip runs the full gamut from budget to premium, making it one of the most volatile names in the new-gTLD space. The renewal rate at the cheap end, $21.00, is low enough to treat as a bargain. But if you land on the wrong registrar, you could be paying $22.98 — roughly average, yet nowhere near the floor. For a TLD with no restrictions, the spread signals inconsistent demand: some registrars see it as a niche curiosity, others as a prime piracy hot spot worth charging for. Shopping around isn't optional; it's the difference between pocket change and a real bill.
Security That Outlasts the Jokes
Despite the chaos in its use cases, .rip has never skimped on infrastructure. It supports DNSSEC, per Wikipedia's documentation, meaning domain records can be cryptographically signed to prevent DNS spoofing. That's a quiet but meaningful choice for a TLD with as many contentious sites as it hosts. When your namespace is full of takedown targets and angry copyright holders, having the parent registry enforce secure, signed responses helps keep the broader DNS stable. The registry's own site, nic.rip, even plays on the string's cheekier side. For all the eulogies and leak sites, .rip runs on the same industry-grade rails as its Identity Digital siblings. The technology is serious; the culture is anything but.