Skip to content

Domains · .com

.com — the extension people type without thinking

Twenty-five years of habit is a real asset. .com is the one a customer will guess, the one a taxi driver will remember, and the one nobody has to spell out on the phone.

Rendering of three name tiles reading .com, .io and .dev.com.com.io.io.dev.devRenewal printed firstWHOIS privacy free

Who it suits

When .com is the right answer.

Not a list of everyone. The cases where this extension is genuinely doing work for you.

Anything selling to the general public
If your customers are not technical, the extension they expect is the one they have typed for their whole adult lives. Every other choice costs you a small amount of explanation forever.
Businesses trading internationally
.com carries no country association, which is exactly what you want when the same brand sells in Dubai, Berlin and Toronto.
Anyone who will print the address
On a van, an invoice or a business card, .com is the extension that does not need a second look or a spoken correction.
A defensive registration
Even when you trade on something else, holding the .com of your brand stops somebody else from holding it.

.com pricing

$13.49first year

Then $13.49 a year, unchanged.

Registration term
1 year
Register
$13.49/yr
Renew
$13.49/yr
Transfer in
$13.49
WHOIS privacy
Free

A transfer costs the same as a renewal and adds a full year to whatever time is already on the domain, so nothing is lost by moving in.

Registrar prices last checked 2026-09-02. Search re-confirms before you pay.

Search a .com name

Before you register

Three things about .com worth knowing first.

The parts that are easy to find out afterwards and irritating to find out afterwards.

The renewal barely moves

The first year and the renewal are effectively the same figure, which makes long-term budgeting straightforward. Several cheaper-looking extensions cost far more in year two.

Short names are long gone

Anything memorable and generic was registered years ago. Expect to add a word, not to find a one-word name free.

Premium names are priced by the registry

Some .com names are held back and individually priced. When you search one here, the result shows the real figure rather than the standard price.

Questions

About .com specifically.

Does a .com rank better than other extensions?
No. Search engines do not give generic extensions a ranking bonus, and there is no hidden weighting for .com. What .com genuinely buys you is human: higher click-through from people who trust what they recognise, fewer mistyped addresses, and no conversation about what your extension means. That is worth having, but it is a marketing advantage rather than an algorithmic one.
Are there any restrictions on who can register one?
None. .com has no residency, business or industry requirement — anyone anywhere can register one, for any lawful purpose, and hold it as long as they keep renewing.
The name I want is taken. What now?
Check whether it is actually in use or merely parked, then decide between adding a word (get-, -app, -hq), using a different extension for the product while keeping .com in mind for later, or approaching the holder. Our search shows alternatives across the extensions we sell as soon as your first choice comes back taken.

Other extensions

The rest of the shortlist.

Keep reading

Domains, in more detail.