August 18, 2026 4 min read
What a TLD costs after the first year
The first-year price is not the price. Register, renew and transfer are three numbers, and only one of them repeats.
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Development preview. dotbunker is still being built. Some of the data shown here, including registrar prices, is sample data and should not be relied on.
Notes on domains, WHOIS and keeping a portfolio in order.
The first-year price is not the price. Register, renew and transfer are three numbers, and only one of them repeats.
The renewal notice goes to one address, the invoice to another, and auto-renew fails quietly. What actually protects a domain.
Registrar, dates, status codes and redacted contacts: what each field means, and which of them actually matter.