.fr domain registration: price and renewal
.fr domain registration at Registrar Domains: US$9.49 the first year, US$8.49 a year to renew, before VAT. .fr is the extension of France, run by Afnic. Only residents and organisations of the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland 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.
.fr at a glance
- First year
- US$9.49 before VAT
- Renewal
- US$8.49 a year, before VAT
- Minimum term
- 1 year, up to 10 years in one order
- Who can register
- A person who lives, or an organisation whose registered office or main establishment is, in a European Union member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. The holder must stay reachable by phone and email. Source: Afnic Naming Policy, version of 6 July 2026, article 5.1
- Registry
- Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (Afnic). IANA record
- At expiry
- After expiry it can be restored for 29 days, for the renewal plus a restore fee. After that, the .fr 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
- France's extension, for people and businesses that work in France or Europe.
- Good to know
- When the holder is a person, Afnic does not publish their name and address in the public WHOIS. Source: Afnic Naming Policy, article 8.4
Registry facts read on 17 October 2026. Term and expiry periods come from our registrar's catalogue.
.fr renewal prices: Registrar Domains and 11 registrars
We renew .fr at US$8.49, place 2 of 8 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$8.49 | US$9.49 | 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. |
| Infomaniak | US$7.84 | US$5.71 | |
| OVHcloud | US$8.72 | US$5.59 | |
| Hostinger | US$12.30 | US$0.01 | 3-year term required |
| IONOS | US$12.31 | US$1.12 | new customers, first order |
| Name.com | US$18.99 | US$17.99 | |
| Namecheap | US$20.98 | US$17.98 | |
| Gandi | US$26.85 | US$6.72 | |
| GoDaddy | not published | US$0.01 | new customers, 3-year term required; struck 10.99 |
| Squarespace | not published | US$12.09 | |
| Cloudflare | not sold | — | |
| Porkbun | not sold | — |
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 .fr
How much does a .fr domain cost?
US$9.49 for the first year and US$8.49 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 .fr domain?
A person who lives, or an organisation whose registered office or main establishment is, in a European Union member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. The holder must stay reachable by phone and email.
What happens when a .fr domain expires?
After expiry it can be restored for 29 days, for the renewal plus a restore fee. After that, the .fr 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 .fr 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.
How are disputes over a .fr name settled?
Disputes go through Syreli or PARL Expert, the two out-of-court procedures Afnic provides for the extensions it runs.
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