Buying domains is probably the first thing that you wanna do when you start your business and trust me it may be one of the stressful decisions that one has to take. There are so many options to choose from, there is GoDaddy, Namecheap, and a lot of other registrars where you can buy and register your domain. Let us look at some of them
No matter which platform we choose to buy the domain, .com domains will be priced higher than others. This is because .com is recognized as a premium domain extension and business that use it are considered to be more professional and legitimate. Well, it is definitely some people's opinion and not a rule, so you can choose any extension which you think will suit your business. For example, if you have a Flower Shop, you can buy flower.shop instead of flowershop.com. (In this case flower.shop might be priced higher than the flowershop.com as i is a one-word domain name)
Enough said, let us look at some of the websites where you can purchase and register your first domain.
Namecheap.com
NameCheap is one of the oldest and most popular places to buy a domain and as the name suggests, they are affordable too. Let us look at how much does it cost to buy a .com domain in Namecheap, let's check the pricing for bigbrownfox.com.
As you can see in the image above, it costs $9.66 to register this domain on Namecheap for one year. And it also renews at the same price after the first year. the good thing here is they are providing full domain privacy protection free and also forever. So it is a good buy in my opinion.
There are other things you can add to your domain like hosting, email, etc which costs you extra every year. If your business requires a professional email or WordPress hosting, you can get that too.
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Check out the pricing for your domain in your region on Namecheap.
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Porkbun.com
Porkbun is another price where you can buy and register your domain without much damage to your wallet. It is not popular like Namecheap so probably you might not have heard about Porkbun until now.
Checking at the same domain (bigbrownfox.com) on Porkbun, it costs slightly less at $9.13 a year to register your domain. The best part about Porkbun is you get a lot of things with the domain, like domain privacy, SSL certificate, URL forwarding, and email forwarding. Plus you get Site builder, Email hosting, and web hosting free trials.
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So Porkbun.com is definitely one to check out.
Namesilo.com
Namesilo is another place to register your first domain. Just like Porkbun, they are also not very popular and definitely one to check out.
Bigbrownfox.com is priced slightly higher at $9.95 including ICANN fees and they have add-ons like Premium DNS and Website hosting at $9.00 a year and $2.99 a month respectively
Apart from these, for every domain you purchase from Namesilo you get WHOIS Privacy, Email Forwarding, Domain Defender Protection, Custom WHOIS Records and DNS Management for Free.
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GoDaddy.com
Last but not least and one that I recommend is GoDaddy. They are one of the most popular places to purchase and register your domains and offer a lot of attractive plans and discounts. GoDaddy can be considered as a onetime stop for all your domain needs because they have them all.
Bigbrownfox.com is priced at just $4.99 for the first year if you get the 2 year registration. And after the first year, it renews at $18.99 the next year.
They offer a wide range of options for us like Full Domain Privacy protection, Website builder, Microsoft 365 Email Essentials, and a lot more. Check out the images below to see all of the options.
With just $200 you can purchase everything you need for your online business from GoDaddy. This includes domain registration for 3 years, Full privacy protection for three years, website builder, Microsoft email service for 3 years, and all the other basic stuff like SSL, etc.
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GoDaddy is the most popular place to get a domain name as they are in the game for a really long ti me and offers very good customer service and support.
From all the above mentions, if you want to go with the cheapest option, then that would be with Porkbun or if you want a complete package you can register your domain with GoDaddy. I would suggest Namecheap.com which is the place where I have all my domains registered.
