.dev domain registration: price and renewal
.dev domain registration at Registrar Domains: US$20.99 the first year, US$15.99 a year to renew, before VAT. .dev is a generic extension, run by Google Registry. Anyone can register one. We email 30 and 7 days before expiry; automatic renewal is opt-in.
Live price on 27 October 2026, the one the search and checkout charge. Prices in US dollars before VAT.
.dev at a glance
- First year
- US$20.99 before VAT
- Renewal
- US$15.99 a year, before VAT
- Minimum term
- 1 year, up to 10 years in one order
- Who can register
- Anyone, anywhere. There is no residence rule. Source: Google Registry .dev startup policy, general registration period
- Registry
- Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry). IANA record
- At expiry
- After expiry it stops working, and you can still renew it at the normal price for 40 days. After that, the .dev name is deleted and anyone can register it.
- Transfer lock
- Transfers in and out are allowed. Lock and unlock in the dashboard where the registry offers a lock.
- DNSSEC
- Supported, on by default on our nameservers.
- Typical use
- Developers, software and technical projects.
- Good to know
- HTTPS is required: .dev is on the HSTS preload list, so browsers open .dev sites over HTTPS only. The site needs a TLS certificate. Source
Registry facts read on 17 October 2026. Term and expiry periods come from our registrar's catalogue.
.dev renewal prices: Registrar Domains and 11 registrars
We renew .dev at US$15.99, place 3 of 10 among registrars that publish a renewal price. Competitor prices read on 14 October 2026 from each registrar's public page; in US dollars before VAT.
| Registrar | Renewal | First year | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar Domains | US$15.99 | US$20.99 | Our price is our registrar's cost plus 30 %, and never less than what covers the payment fees, the VAT and US$1.00 of margin. |
| Cloudflare | US$12.20 | US$8.20 | struck 12.20 |
| Porkbun | US$12.87 | US$8.75 | first-year sale |
| OVHcloud | US$17.34 | US$9.50 | promotion until 2026-12-31 |
| Infomaniak | US$18.64 | US$15.56 | |
| Hostinger | US$19.02 | US$10.06 | |
| Namecheap | US$21.18 | US$11.18 | sale, struck 15.98 |
| Name.com | US$22.99 | US$14.99 | sale, struck 19.99 |
| IONOS | US$27.99 | US$13.99 | new customers |
| Gandi | US$35.81 | US$10.07 | struck 16.81 |
| GoDaddy | not published | US$15.99 | struck 21.42 |
| Squarespace | not published | US$30.23 |
Each registrar name links to the page the price was read from. Method and every extension on the full comparison; raw data at /compare.json.
Questions about .dev
How much does a .dev domain cost?
US$20.99 for the first year and US$15.99 for each renewal year, in US dollars before VAT. VAT is added at payment where it applies. Our price is our registrar's cost plus 30 %, and never less than what covers the payment fees, the VAT and US$1.00 of margin.
Who can register a .dev domain?
Anyone, anywhere. There is no residence rule.
What happens when a .dev domain expires?
After expiry it stops working, and you can still renew it at the normal price for 40 days. After that, the .dev name is deleted and anyone can register it. We email the owner 30 and 7 days before expiry, and the domain can be renewed from the dashboard or by an agent at any time before. Automatic renewal is off by default; once you turn it on for a domain, we charge your saved card 7 days before expiry.
Can I transfer a .dev domain to another registrar?
Yes. Get its transfer code from the dashboard or with the get_auth_code tool, and give it to the new registrar. When an agent asks for the code, the owner confirms it from an email and sees the code on that page; the agent never gets it. Where the registry has a transfer lock, unlock the domain first. Under ICANN's Transfer Policy, a registrar may refuse a transfer in the 60 days after a registration or a previous transfer.
How are disputes over a .dev name settled?
Disputes over a name go through the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), with an approved provider such as WIPO.
Register .dev from an AI agent
The same price is on GET /api/price?tld=dev and the MCP tool get_price. An agent can check a name, start the order and hand you the payment link: you pay every order yourself. Connect the MCP server →