.site Domain Names
43 registrars compared — cheapest from $0.98 at Namecheap
When .site hit the root zone in March 2015, it didn't promise a niche — it promised the entire web. Sponsored by Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC, this is the generic that claims everything.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namecheap Cheapest | $0.98 | $29.98 | $32.48 | $120.90 | $270.80 | Visit |
| 2 | OVHcloud | $1.15 | $34.39 | $29.39 | $138.71 | $310.66 | Visit |
| 3 | Spaceship | $1.18 | $15.28 | $28.66 | $62.30 | $138.70 | Visit |
| 4 | GoDaddy | $1.19 | $55.19 | $55.19 | $221.95 | $497.90 | Visit |
| 5 | INWX | $1.25 | $48.00 | $48.00 | $193.25 | $433.25 | Visit |
| 6 | 123 Reg | $1.30 | $54.10 | $48.82 | $217.70 | $488.20 | Visit |
| 7 | Alibaba Cloud | $1.35 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $129.35 | $289.35 | Visit |
| 8 | All Domains | $1.66 | $36.63 | $36.63 | $148.18 | $331.33 | Visit |
| 9 | Porkbun | $1.96 | $28.84 | $28.84 | $117.32 | $261.52 | Visit |
| 10 | DreamHost | $1.99 | $29.95 | $29.95 | $121.79 | $271.54 | Visit |
| 11 | Gandi | $1.99 | $56.74 | $34.87 | $228.95 | $512.65 | Visit |
| 12 | Above.com | $2.20 | $30.47 | $30.47 | $124.08 | $276.43 | Visit |
| 13 | Dynadot | $2.50 | $26.97 | $26.97 | $110.38 | $245.23 | Visit |
| 14 | Truehost | $2.63 | $49.27 | $38.34 | $199.71 | $446.06 | Visit |
| 15 | Sav | $2.80 | $28.80 | $28.80 | $118.00 | $262.00 | Visit |
| 16 | Name.com | $2.99 | $49.99 | $49.99 | $202.95 | $452.90 | Visit |
| 17 | NameSilo | $2.99 | $38.50 | $28.49 | $156.99 | $349.49 | Visit |
| 18 | Crazy Domains | $3.00 | $40.69 | $39.49 | $165.76 | $369.21 | Visit |
| 19 | Hover | $3.19 | $42.19 | $42.19 | $171.95 | $382.90 | Visit |
| 20 | EuroDNS | $3.23 | $62.48 | $62.48 | $253.15 | $565.55 | Visit |
| 21 | Infomaniak | $3.31 | $32.85 | $32.85 | $134.71 | $298.96 | Visit |
| 22 | IONOS | $3.44 | $55.00 | $46.75 | $223.44 | $498.44 | Visit |
| 23 | UK2 | $3.94 | $30.34 | $3.94 | $125.30 | $277.00 | Visit |
| 24 | Netim | $4.00 | $43.00 | $30.50 | $176.00 | $391.00 | Visit |
| 25 | Cloudflare | $4.99 | $27.70 | $27.70 | $115.79 | $254.29 | Visit |
| 26 | Regtons | $6.50 | $45.00 | $45.00 | $186.50 | $411.50 | Visit |
| 27 | Bluehost | $7.99 | $39.99 | $7.99 | $167.95 | $367.90 | Visit |
| 28 | Gname | $8.99 | $37.99 | $37.99 | $160.95 | $350.90 | Visit |
| 29 | Squarespace | $20.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $100.00 | $200.00 | Visit |
| 30 | Regery | $29.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $149.95 | $299.90 | Visit |
| 31 | eDomains | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $150.00 | $300.00 | Visit |
| 32 | Cosmotown | $30.15 | $30.15 | $30.15 | $150.75 | $301.50 | Visit |
| 33 | Epik | $31.95 | $31.95 | $31.95 | $159.75 | $319.50 | Visit |
| 34 | Internet.bs | $32.09 | $50.95 | $50.95 | $235.89 | $490.64 | Visit |
| 35 | Blacknight | $33.28 | $33.28 | $33.28 | $166.40 | $332.80 | Visit |
| 36 | Hello.co | $34.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $174.95 | $349.90 | Visit |
| 37 | OnlyDomains | $37.49 | $42.49 | $42.49 | $207.45 | $419.90 | Visit |
| 38 | Hostinger | $39.19 | $39.19 | $39.19 | $195.95 | $391.90 | Visit |
| 39 | Marcaria | $40.00 | $40.00 | $40.00 | $200.00 | $400.00 | Visit |
| 40 | MrDomain | $41.56 | $41.56 | $41.56 | $207.80 | $415.60 | Visit |
| 41 | Moniker | $41.95 | $50.95 | $50.95 | $245.75 | $500.50 | Visit |
| 42 | 101domain | $42.17 | $51.17 | $42.17 | $246.85 | $502.70 | Visit |
| 43 | Directnic | $43.90 | $43.99 | $43.99 | $219.86 | $439.81 | Visit |
Prices updated daily. Some registrars show promotional first-year prices. Always verify the final price on the registrar's website before purchasing.
A Blanket Name in the Post-2012 Wave
The 2012 new gTLD program was meant to carve the internet into specialty corners — music, city, even brand names. But Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC took the opposite approach with .site: file the generic under an already-crowded .com. It's a word so broad it could mean anything from a personal blog to a corporate portal, which is exactly the point. Delegated on March 6, 2015, it joined the wave of new gTLDs that hoped to catch the spillover from classic extensions. There is no restriction on who can register — no proof of a physical site or a specific industry, just a name that sounds like the internet itself.
Radix's Play: Volume Over Identity
Behind .site stands Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC, a registry known for running multiple broad new gTLDs rather than going deep on a single specialty. Its strategy is scale: make .site available everywhere and let the low barrier do the marketing. Radix's registry site emphasizes the word's universality, and the IANA record shows whois.nic.site handling lookups. There's an interesting tension here — .site isn't trying to own a meaning the way .tech or .art do; it's trying to own a synonym for 'web presence.' That makes it a blunt instrument, but also one that require zero explanation to a domain buyer.
The Budget Shelf: Where .site Lives
Check the registrar list and .site sits on the budget shelf next to .info and .biz. At 43 registrars, the price spread is extreme — the cheapest option, Namecheap, charges about a tenth of what the most expensive registrar asks. That's not a premium name by any stretch; it's a bargain nook for people who want a live URL without the legacy price tag of .com. The downside of that spread is confusion: a savvy shopper can grab .site for barely anything, while a less careful one might pay top dollar for the same digital real estate. Namecheap) anchors the low end, keeping pressure on the whole market.
Security Without the Premium Price
Even on the cheap end, .site doesn't skip the technical basics. The domain fully supports DNSSEC, as Wikipedia's entry confirms — meaning registered users can sign their zones and protect against DNS spoofing. That's notable for a gTLD marketed as budget, because DNSSEC adoption is often slower in low-cost extensions. For a small business or blogger who doesn't want to spring for a premium TLD, .site offers an unusual pairing: near-bottom pricing plus a security feature that many pricier domains still treat as optional. So while the name itself might feel like filler, the underlying registry infrastructure isn't.
The Eternal Also-Ran?
Every general-purpose gTLD lives in the shadow of the big three: .com, .net, .org. .site doesn't try to out-legacy them; it tries to out-price them. The real competition is with other 'everything' extensions that came from the same round — .info and .biz have a head start but carry baggage from the early 2000s spam era. .site arrived fresh, in 2015, without that stigma. But freshness wears off. What .site offers is a generic word that might age well or might just copycat the classics. Its fate depends on whether 'site' becomes a default verb for 'put it online' or stays a second-choice also-ran.