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See if a domain name is free, asked straight from each registry, and what it really costs over 3 years. No name yet? Get AI names you can register.

Availability from each registry · prices from Cloudflare (at cost) and Porkbun · AI ideas by Qwen · searches never logged or sold
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USDprices checked Oct 23, 2026

Today's prices for 14 extensions

Type a name to see which ones are free. Sorted by what 3 years cost at the cheaper of Cloudflare and Porkbun, so a cheap first year can't hide a high renewal.

Not checkedname.comYour market
$10.46$10.46
$31.38
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $33.24
Not checkedname.uk
$5.30$5.30
$15.90
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $16.98
Not checkedname.us
$4.43$7.00
$18.43
PorkbunCloudflare $19.50
Not checkedname.ca
$8.81$9.20
$27.21
PorkbunCloudflare $27.57
Not checkedname.xyz
$2.04$14.21
$30.46
PorkbunCloudflare $34.70
Not checkedname.org
$8.50$11.20
$30.90
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $31.66
Not checkedname.dev
$8.20$12.20
$32.60
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $34.49
Not checkedname.net
$11.86$11.86
$35.58
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $37.56
Not checkedname.app
$8.20$14.20
$36.60
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $38.61
Not checkedname.me
$16.56$16.56
$49.68
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $51.81
Not checkedname.co
$15.76$31.20
$78.16
PorkbunCloudflare $90.00
Not checkedname.tech
$9.99$49.20
$108.39
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $108.95
Not checkedname.io
$28.12$51.80
$131.72
PorkbunCloudflare $132.00
Not checkedname.ai
$80.00$80.00
$240.00
Cloudflareat costPorkbun $248.10

Why does a domain show as available, but I can't register it?

Because “nobody holds it” and “you can buy it at the normal price” are two different answers.

A name can have no website and no DNS and still be registered: when we looked on Oct 23, car.jp had been held since 2005 with no nameservers at all. Other names have no owner, but the registry sells them above the standard price (a premium name, such as car.xyz) or not at all (reserved, such as car.au, held back by its registry).

That's why we ask the registry itself, and say Free only when the answer is “registrable at the standard price”. When a check fails, the row says Can't confirm, never “available”.

Three checks, four answers
DNS (nameservers)Registry recordRegistrar checkWhat we show
car.jpnoneheld since 2005not offeredTaken
car.xyznoneno recordpremium tierPremium
car.aunonereserved by the registrynot offeredReserved
radwink.comnoneno recordstandard priceFree
Real answers from Oct 23, 2026: JPRS WHOIS, auDA WHOIS, Verisign RDAP and Cloudflare's registrar check.
Domain checker result: a name free on every extension, ranked by 3-year cost, Cloudflare and Porkbun prices side by sideDomain checker result: a name free on every extension, ranked by 3-year cost, Cloudflare and Porkbun prices side by sideOne verdictHow many extensions are free, the cheapest one over 3 years, and how many renew at twice the first year or more.The 3-year cost barYear one, two and three of every free extension on one dollar scale. A cheap first year with an amber renewal is a trap.Two registrars, side by sideCloudflare's at-cost price and Porkbun's for the extension you pick, with the transfer price and the date we checked.Price changes aheadWhen a registry has announced a new price, the receipt says when: the .com fee rises on Nov 1, 2026, and paying for several years now keeps today's price.
A check of a made-up name: every extension ranked by what 3 years cost, the renewal traps in amber, and the true cost at both registrars. Select a number to see what each part shows.

First year vs renewal: why 3 years is the honest price

Because many extensions sell the first year cheaply and make it back on every renewal after it.

The registry sets both prices, so even a registrar that sells at cost passes the jump on: at Cloudflare a .store costs $4.99 for the first year and $42.20 for every year after. Over three years that's $89.39, almost three times a .com ($31.38).

It shows in who keeps their names: about three in four .com and .net names are renewed, against fewer than one in three new-extension names.

That's why the checker sorts by the 3-year total, shows the renewal as large as the first year, and marks every extension whose renewal is twice the first year or more. You can switch the total to 1 or 5 years.

3 years of five extensions, at the cheaper of Cloudflare and Porkbun
  • .comCloudflare$10.46$31.38flat
  • .xyzPorkbun$2.04$30.46renews ×7.0
  • .onlinePorkbun$28.84$28.84$1.96$59.64renews ×14.7
  • .storeCloudflare$42.20$42.20$4.99$89.39renews ×8.5
  • .techCloudflare$49.20$49.20$9.99$108.39renews ×4.9
Year 1RenewalRenewal at 2× year 1 or more
Prices from Cloudflare's at-cost list and Porkbun's public price list, Oct 23, 2026.

How much does a domain name cost?

A .com costs $10.46 a year at cost today; most registrars charge more, and some much more to renew.

The price has three parts: the registry's fee (Verisign charges $10.26 a year for a .com), the ICANN fee of $0.20, and the registrar's margin. Cloudflare adds no margin and charges exactly the first two; Porkbun charges $11.08.

Verisign raises its .com fee to $10.97 on November 1, 2026, so a .com goes to $11.17 even at cost. Its contract lets it add up to 7% a year in four of every six years, so more rises can follow. Renewing for several years before a rise keeps today's price.

Watch the promotions: a .com for $0.01 at GoDaddy or Hostinger needs a 3-year purchase or term, and the years after it cost $22.99 and $19.99.

One .com: what it's made of, and what five registrars charge
At cost today$10.46+ ICANN $0.20From Nov 1, 2026$11.17+ ICANN $0.20
  • Cloudflare$10.46 → $10.46
  • Porkbun$11.08 → $11.08
  • Namecheap+ $0.20 ICANN fee included$11.48 → $18.68
  • Hostinger$0.01 needs a 3-year term$0.01 → $19.99
  • GoDaddy$0.01 needs a 3-year purchase$0.01 → $22.99
First yearRenewalRenews 50% higher or more
Prices in USD on Oct 23, 2026, including the $0.20 ICANN fee where the registrar adds it. Verisign's new fee: ICANN's published .com fee schedule.

Registry vs registrar: who actually sells the name?

The registry runs the extension and keeps its list of names; the registrar is the company that registers a name for you.

Each extension has one registry: Verisign for .com, DENIC for .de, JPRS for .jp. For .com and the other generic extensions you buy through an ICANN-accredited registrar, and your price, renewals and transfers are set by your agreement with it. Country extensions follow their own country's rules.

That's why availability comes from the registry, not from a registrar's search page: we ask the registry (through Cloudflare's registrar check, or the registry's own RDAP and WHOIS servers) and compare registrars only on price. Moving a .com to another registrar adds a paid year at the new one.

ICANNsets the rules for generic extensions, $0.20 a name a yearICANN
Registriesrun one extension each and keep its list of names. We ask them whether a name is free.Verisign.com .netPublic Interest Registry.orgDENIC.deJPRS.jpRadix.store .online .site .tech
Registrarsregister names for you and hold your account. We compare their prices.Cloudflare$10.46Porkbun$11.08Namecheap$11.48 → $18.68GoDaddy$0.01 → $22.99
Youthe registrant: you hold the name for 1 to 10 years at a time
Prices are .com, first year → renewal, Oct 23, 2026.

Can I buy a domain that's taken?

Sometimes. You can buy it if the owner sells, or register it yourself if the owner lets it expire.

For a taken name, ask Who has it?: the checker shows whether it is for sale on a marketplace, parked on an ad page, a live site, or has no website, with the registrar and the days until it expires.

An expired .com doesn't free up at once: the registrar has up to 45 days to delete it, then it spends 30 days in redemption, when only the owner can restore it, and 5 days pending delete. The checker draws that timeline with real dates when a name is in it.

Backorder and drop-catch services try to register a name the moment it is deleted; a backorder usually costs nothing unless it catches the name.

What bakery's taken names were doing on Oct 23, 2026
For sale

Listed on a marketplace: make an offer or buy it at the asking price.

  • bakery.coAfternic
  • bakery.appAtom
  • bakery.uk
Parked

An ad page, often with an offer to sell the name.

  • bakery.deparking page
  • bakery.meSedo
  • bakery.caSedo
Live site

Someone uses it. A sale is up to them.

  • bakery.netsite
  • bakery.aisite
No website

Held but unused. Watch its expiry date.

  • bakery.orgexpires Feb 25, 2027
  • bakery.infoexpires Sep 21, 2027
If the owner doesn't renew a .com
  1. Auto-renew graceup to 45 days · the owner can renew at the normal price
  2. Redemption30 days · the owner can restore it for a fee
  3. Pending delete5 days · locked
  4. Dropsanyone can register it
Verdicts from each site's own answer and its nameservers (Afternic, Sedo and Atom run marketplace and parking nameservers). The lifecycle: the .com registry's own rules.

Is WHOIS privacy free?

For most people it's built in now: the public record shows the registrar and the dates, not your name or address.

Since the EU's GDPR took effect in 2018, registries and registrars redact personal data in the public record where the law requires it, and may redact more. A redacted field says so; it isn't silently left out.

What every record still shows: the domain, the registrar, the creation and expiry dates, the status codes and the registrar's abuse contact. With a privacy service, the record shows the service's details instead of yours. RDAP has replaced WHOIS as the official source.

RDAP recordradwink.comhow it looks once registered
Registrar
Cloudflare
public
Registered
2026-10-23
public
Expires
2027-10-23
public
Status
clientTransferProhibited
public
Nameservers
ns1.example.net
public
Registrant name
REDACTED FOR PRIVACY
hidden
Email
the registrar's contact form
hidden
Address
REDACTED · country shown
hidden
What a gTLD record must show (ICANN's Registration Data Policy) and what is redacted where the law requires it.

.com or another extension?

Take the .com if it's free and you sell worldwide; take your country's extension if most of your customers are there.

.com is still the largest extension by far: 169.8 million of the 411.6 million names registered in the world. Country extensions hold 151.4 million together.

To Google, a country extension such as .de or .com.br says the site is for that country. A few country codes are treated as generic: .io, .ai, .co, .me and .tv among them, which is why startups use them worldwide.

That's why the checker puts your market's extension first, before the global ones. Watch the newer extensions' renewals: the cheapest first year is often the most expensive over three.

Where the world's 411.6 million domain names are
  • .com169.8 M
  • Country extensions151.4 M
  • New extensions56.6 M
  • .net12.6 M
  • Other21.2 M
.com

Treated as generic by Google

$31.383 years
.co.uk

Says “this site is for United Kingdom”

$15.903 years
.io

Treated as generic by Google

$131.723 years
.ai

Treated as generic by Google

$240.003 years
Treated as generic by Google:.io.ai.co.me.tv
Registrations at the end of Q3 2026 (Verisign's Domain Name Industry Brief); Google's list of generic country codes. Prices Oct 23, 2026.

Are my searches private?

Yes. We don't log the names you check, we don't sell them, and we never register them ourselves.

Some sites have been accused of “front-running”: registering names soon after people search for them. Here, a search goes from your browser to our server, which asks the registries and Cloudflare's registrar check and keeps only the answer, for 5 minutes, without who asked.

In AI mode your description goes to Qwen on Amazon Bedrock to write names, and nothing else does.

Your browsera name, a domain or a description
dnsrobot.netno log of names · answers kept 5 min, without who asked
Cloudflare registrar checksees: the names
Registry RDAP and WHOISsees: one name at a time
Amazon Bedrock · Qwensees: your description, AI mode only
  • We never register names you search and never sell the list.
  • Your IP isn't sent to the registries or to Bedrock: they see our server.
  • Registrar links are plain links, with nothing that identifies you or your search.
The page itself shows ads; the privacy policy says what the ad network stores.

Domain Checker FAQ

How do I check domain availability?

Type the name you want above, with or without its extension, and press Check. This domain name search asks each extension's registry directly and streams every answer as it lands, so you see the domain name availability within seconds: which ones are free, taken, premium or reserved. Each free one shows its real price: the first year, the renewal and what three years cost in total.

Is this domain checker free?

Yes. Checking names, comparing prices and AI name ideas are free, with no account and no sign-up. To keep the registries' answers fast for everyone, one network can run a few checks a minute; answers we already have cost nothing. The price list and the guide always work.

Why does a name say “Can't confirm”?

Because the registry didn't answer in time, or it offers no public lookup we can use. We never guess “available”: a name with no website and no DNS can still be registered, as car.jp is. Try again in a minute, or confirm it at a registrar before you count on it.

Why don't you sort by the cheapest first year?

Because the first year is often a promotion. Even at cost, a .store is $4.99 the first year and $42.20 each year after: $89.39 over three years, nearly three times a .com. The 3-year total shows what you'll really pay, and you can switch it to one or five years.

Are these prices final?

They're each registrar's standard prices in US dollars, including the ICANN fee, checked on the date shown; Cloudflare's come live with each check. Taxes depend on where you live, and premium names cost more. The registrar's own checkout has the final word, so we link straight to it.

Do you earn money from the registrar links?

No. They're plain links to Cloudflare and Porkbun, with no affiliate code, and we rank only by cost. The site is paid for by the ads on the page, never by a registrar, so a cheaper registrar always ranks first.

What is a premium domain?

A name the registry prices above the standard rate, usually because it's short or a common word, like car.xyz. Some premium names renew at the normal price; others keep a premium price every year, so check the renewal before you buy. We list premium names apart and never rank them as cheap.

How does the AI domain name generator work?

Describe your idea in a few words, like “coffee shop in Lisbon”, and press Get ideas. Qwen3 Next 80B on Amazon Bedrock writes names, and we check every one at the registry before it appears, so you only see names you can register, each with its cheapest price over three years.

Can I check an extension that isn't in the list?

Yes: type the full domain, like bakery.berlin, or add the extension under the list. For extensions Cloudflare and Porkbun don't sell, we still ask the registry whether the name is free and link to the registry's own list of registrars for the price.

How do I get a domain that expires soon?

Check it here: for an expiring .com we show the expiry date, the grace and redemption periods and the earliest day it could drop. Until then only the owner can renew or restore it. After it drops, anyone can register it at the normal price; backorder services race for popular names at that moment.

Do you keep or sell the names I search?

No. We don't log searches, we never register names people check, and we never sell the list. To answer repeat checks quickly we keep each answer for five minutes, filed by the name alone, without who asked. In AI mode only your description goes to the model.

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