.sarl Domain Names
39 registrars compared — cheapest from $5.20 at Cloudflare
A French corporate suffix turned new-gTLD experiment, .sarl carries the legal weight of 'société à responsabilité limitée' into the domain space — but its real story is one of registry branding and limited uptake.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloudflare Cheapest | $5.20 | $5.20 | $5.20 | $26.00 | $52.00 | Visit |
| 2 | Spaceship | $5.38 | $5.38 | $5.38 | $26.90 | $53.80 | Visit |
| 3 | Sav | $5.40 | $5.40 | $5.40 | $27.00 | $54.00 | Visit |
| 4 | Dynadot | $5.57 | $5.57 | $5.57 | $27.85 | $55.70 | Visit |
| 5 | Porkbun | $5.66 | $5.66 | $5.66 | $28.30 | $56.60 | Visit |
| 6 | Above.com | $5.72 | $5.72 | $5.72 | $28.60 | $57.20 | Visit |
| 7 | Truehost | $5.72 | $8.31 | $6.76 | $38.96 | $80.51 | Visit |
| 8 | NameSilo | $5.99 | $6.99 | $5.49 | $33.95 | $68.90 | Visit |
| 9 | Regery | $5.99 | $5.99 | $5.99 | $29.95 | $59.90 | Visit |
| 10 | NameBright | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $30.00 | $60.00 | Visit |
| 11 | MrDomain | $6.60 | $6.60 | $6.60 | $33.00 | $66.00 | Visit |
| 12 | Namecheap | $6.98 | $8.98 | $6.98 | $42.90 | $87.80 | Visit |
| 13 | Epik | $9.95 | $9.95 | $9.95 | $49.75 | $99.50 | Visit |
| 14 | 101domain | $10.17 | $15.17 | $10.17 | $70.85 | $146.70 | Visit |
| 15 | GoDaddy | $10.19 | $10.19 | $10.19 | $50.95 | $101.90 | Visit |
| 16 | EuroDNS | $14.00 | $14.00 | $14.00 | $70.00 | $140.00 | Visit |
| 17 | Marcaria | $14.00 | $14.00 | $14.00 | $70.00 | $140.00 | Visit |
| 18 | Netim | $14.50 | $14.50 | $8.00 | $72.50 | $145.00 | Visit |
| 19 | Gname | $15.99 | $15.99 | $15.99 | $79.95 | $159.90 | Visit |
| 20 | All Domains | $16.65 | $16.65 | $16.65 | $83.25 | $166.50 | Visit |
| 21 | Regtons | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $99.95 | $199.90 | Visit |
| 22 | Hover | $20.19 | $20.19 | $20.19 | $100.95 | $201.90 | Visit |
| 23 | INWX | $24.24 | $24.60 | $24.24 | $122.64 | $245.64 | Visit |
| 24 | eDomains | $25.80 | $25.80 | $25.80 | $129.00 | $258.00 | Visit |
| 25 | OVHcloud | $27.99 | $32.89 | $32.29 | $159.55 | $324.00 | Visit |
| 26 | Blacknight | $32.17 | $32.17 | $32.17 | $160.85 | $321.70 | Visit |
| 27 | Internet.bs | $33.16 | $37.49 | $33.16 | $183.12 | $370.57 | Visit |
| 28 | Crazy Domains | $33.99 | $33.99 | $33.99 | $169.95 | $339.90 | Visit |
| 29 | Hello.co | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 30 | UK2 | $35.75 | $35.75 | $35.75 | $178.75 | $357.50 | Visit |
| 31 | Infomaniak | $37.12 | $37.12 | $37.12 | $185.60 | $371.20 | Visit |
| 32 | Name.com | $39.49 | $43.99 | $39.49 | $215.45 | $435.40 | Visit |
| 33 | IONOS | $40.00 | $40.00 | $40.00 | $200.00 | $400.00 | Visit |
| 34 | Moniker | $43.86 | $49.59 | $43.86 | $242.22 | $490.17 | Visit |
| 35 | Gandi | $44.10 | $87.98 | $37.37 | $396.02 | $835.92 | Visit |
| 36 | Directnic | $44.49 | $44.49 | $44.49 | $222.45 | $444.90 | Visit |
| 37 | 123 Reg | $46.18 | $46.18 | $46.18 | $230.90 | $461.80 | Visit |
| 38 | OnlyDomains | $48.49 | $54.49 | $54.49 | $266.45 | $538.90 | Visit |
| 39 | Squarespace | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | $250.00 | $500.00 | Visit |
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When a Legal Acronym Becomes a Domain
In France, 'SARL' is corporate shorthand for a limited liability company. That legal meaning is the only reason .sarl exists as a top-level domain, delegated on July 31, 2014 as part of the 2012 new-gTLD round. The sponsor is Binky Moon, LLC, a subsidiary of the domain company now known as Identity Digital. Unlike a brand TLD, .sarl wasn't tied to a single company — it was a bet that businesses would want their corporate form echoed in their web address. The logic was simple: a string already loaded with legal significance could double as a domain for the millions of SARLs across the French-speaking world.
Binky Moon's Corporate Cluster
.sarl didn't land alone. It arrived as part of a portfolio of corporate-form and commercial TLDs from the same registry, including .business, .cafe, .church, .coach, and .codes. What ties them together is not meaning but registry strategy: each was meant to occupy a descriptive niche where the domain itself signals the kind of enterprise behind it. For .sarl, that niche is precise — the string is only meaningful to those who know French corporate law. This is both its strength and its limitation. It's a niche that a general audience won't parse, but for a French entrepreneur, the suffix carries an unmistakable signal of legal structure and seriousness.
Owning a Word No One Can Spell in English
The trade-off for .sarl is baked into the string. Outside the French legal system, 'sarl' is a typo waiting to happen. The registry has to sell a TLD whose primary audience is small businesses in France and other civil-law jurisdictions, yet those businesses have long defaulted to .fr or .com. Because no demand data exists, the pricing spread tells the real story: with about 39 registrars carrying it, the range from Cloudflare at $5.20 to $50.00 is wide, signaling a TLD that registrars stock for completeness rather than proven volume. It's budget-friendly at the low end, but that affordability reflects tepid demand, not a bargain.
A Niche With a Hard Ceiling
There's an elegant match between .sarl and its intended use: a French law firm could register 'dupont-avocats.sarl' and instantly signal its legal form. But that elegance is also the ceiling. The TLD inherits no special policies from its registry — no unique dispute system, no IDN quirks — and it competes against local domains that carry more geographic weight. The 2012 new-gTLD round produced thousands of such niche strings; few became household names. .sarl remains a curiosity for domain collectors and a possible branding tool for the French corporate world, but its limiting factor was never the registry's effort — it's the narrowness of a legal acronym that few outside one country's business code will ever type.