This week, we’re doing a review of the top 10 results for the Cheapest Domain Name Registration on google. How good are their prices, really?

1. Active-Domain.com has a low price of $2.99, but it’s for a .info domain name, and only for the first year before it returns to the regular price of $9.95 per domain name per year.
2. Dynonames has .info domain names for $1.99. The regular price is $8.99, but be careful – DynoNames doesn’t offer free domain name privacy. 
3. NameCheap.com has domain names for as low as $2.98 for a .info domain. (After the first year, you’ll have to pay the regular price of $9.69 per year.)
4. DomainsareFree.com / Globat.com has cheap domain names for $3.99 for .com domains, but it’s only for the first year (regular price $14.95 per domain name per year), and it’s only for domain name parking. (You can’t actually point it at your website.)
5. Stay tuned…

Best Domain Name Price on DynoNames.com: $1.99 USD for a .info domain name for the first year. (After the first year, it will cost you $8.99 per domain name per year.) 

Here’s what caught our eye  with DynoNames. You decide if it’s worth it:

• .com, .org, and .net domain names cost $9.99 per domain name every year. If you pay around $10 per domain name is good, you’re doing ok. The average price charged for a .com domain name is $16 per year. (Based on our research using 28 domain registrars.)
• Private Domain Name Registration costs $6.95 per domain name for the first year. They will charge you $8.95 per domain name per year to renew. This is the deal-breaker for us because there are several domain name registrars that offer free domain name privacy. It doesn’t make sense to pay for domain name privacy.
• You get a free starter web page, but that’s really just a gateway into getting you to use their webhosting services. We’re already with BlueHost

DynoNames.com isn’t bad, but I don’t think we’ll use them. The best domain name price we’ve found so far is (still) with 1-and-1 Internet.

• Their .info domain names are cheaper when they’re on sale ($0.99 for the first year) and their regular price is the same as DynoNames (regular / renewal price: $8.99).
• Their .com domain names are on sale for the first year ($6.99 for a .com domain name) and the regular price is still slightly cheaper than DynoNames (regular / renewal price: $8.99.) 
• Most importantly, 1-and-1 Internet offers privacy domain registration for free. DynoNames offers a .com domain name for $9.99 per year. Add the domain name privacy feature for $8.95 and you’re paying $18.94 per year for a .com domain name. With 1-and-1, you’re paying $8.99 per year.  

If you’re ready to find the cheapest domain name registration, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

Best Domain Name Price on NameCheap.com: $2.98 USD for a .info domain name for the first year. (After the first year, it will cost you $9.69 per domain name per year.) 

Overall, NameCheap ain’t bad: 

• .com, .org, and .net domain names cost $9.69 / yr. Anything less than $10 per domain name is good.
• If you’re interested in .mobi domain names, NameCheap.com offers them for $7.99 for the first year (and $19.88 / year afterwards.)
• .tv domain names are reasonably priced. $17.99 for the first year and $24.99 / year after that.
• Whois Guard protection is cheaper than some registrars. Protecting 1 domain name costs $2.88 per year, where as protecting 5 domain names only costs $7.88 per year. (For a limited time, NameCheap.com is offering free domain name privacy.) Having said that, there are many domain name registrars that offer domain name privacy for free on a regular basis. 

If you’re already with NameCheap, it’s not that bad. 

The best domain name price we’ve found so far is (still) with 1-and-1 Internet.

• $0.99 for a .info domain name (regular / renewal price: $8.99).
• $6.99 for a .com domain name (regular / renewal price: $8.99.) 
• privacy domain registration for free

Compared with NameCheap, it’s 1-and-1 isn’t that much better. But the moment their free domain name privacy registration isn’t free any more, we’d switch to 1-and-1. 

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

Best Domain Name Price on DomainsAreFree.com: $3.99 USD for a .com domain name for the first year. (After the first year, it switches back to the regular price of $14.95 per domain name per year.)

DomainsAreFree.com is powered by glob@t (globat.com). In a world where $10 for a .com domain name is a good price (and $35 per year is just plain ridiculous), $3.99 offered by DomainsAreFree.com seems like a great deal, but read the fine print:

*$3.99 domains are for new domain parking accounts only. 

Do you want to do more than just park your domain name? Do you want to actually use your domain name to run a blog or website? Then you’ll need a hosting plan with globat.com or you’ll need to look elsewhere.

At first glance, hosting with DomainsAreFree.com or globat.com doesn’t look that bad:

• Free domain name registration with hosting. (This is standard. If you didn’t get this you need to keep on looking.)
• Unlimited Disk Space,
• Unlimited Monthly Bandwidth, 
• Hosting of Unlimited Domains
• Unlimited E-mail Accounts
• Free Domain Privacy
• (We get all of these features with BlueHost as well.)

Be careful to look at the fine print: Sure you get “free” domain registration with your web hosting package ($4.44 per month), but it only applies for the first year only. After that you have to pay their regular price of $14.95 per domain name per year – even with hosting! 

The best domain name price we’ve found so far is with 1-and-1 Internet. They offer $0.99 for a .info domain name (regular / renewal price: $8.99). They also offer $6.99 for a .com domain name (regular / renewal price: $8.99.) And, they offer privacy domain registration for free as well.

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

So far, 1-and-1 Internet has the best deals on domain names that we could find.

• $0.99 for a .info domain name (regular price $8.99 per year)
• $6.99 for a .com domain name (regular price of $8.99 per year.)
• Free domain hosting privacy registration.

So we thought we’d look at their web hosting packages. They have a great ad on their website that caught our eye and made us wonder whether we should switch webhosting from Bluehost to 1 and 1.

Host unlimited domains + get up to 5 FREE domains with your 1&1 hosting account. Must see monthly hosting specials!

1-and-1 Internet is offering 5 free domain names with a web hosting plan. We only get one free domain name with our webhosting plan with Bluehost, so obviously this seems like a better deal. Or is it?

1. You only get the 5 absolutely free domain names if you sign up for the most expensive 1&1 Developer package –  $19.99 per month. (If you sign up for their cheapest package (1&1 Beginner – $3.99 per month, you only get 1 free domain name.) In comparison, Bluehost gives you 1 free domain name and they charge $6.99 per month. 
2. Both 1&1 Internet and Bluehost offer free private domain registration. (You shouldn’t be with a domain name registrar or webhosting company if they charge you for domain privacy because you paid for each domain name per year – it add up quickly.)
3. 1&1 limits the number of subdomains you can create. (A maximum of 25 subdomains on the 1&1 Beginner plan all the way up to 600 subdomains on the 1&1 Developer package). You get unlimited subdomains with Bluehost
4. Although you can host an unlimited number of 1&1 domain names, they cap the number of external domain names you can host on your webhosting plan. (20 external domain names registered with other companies on the 1&1 Beginner plan to 200 external domain names with the 1&1 Developer plan)
5. You only get 10 GB to 300 GB web space with 1&1. With Bluehost, we get unlimited web space.
6. 1&1 gives you a 90 day money back guarantee (full refund) but requires a 12 month minimum contract. Bluehost offers 30 day money back guarantee (full refund) as well as a pro-rated refund if you decide to cancel your service later on.  

So, while we would like to have more free domains with our webhosting package, it seems like Bluehost is still the better deal for us. At least now.

Best Domain Name Price on HostGator: $15.00 USD for a .com domain name

As far as domain name registrars and web hosts go, HostGator is on the more expensive side. $15 for a .com or .org and $19.95 gets you a a .biz or .info, but you’re better off with GoDaddy or BlueHost.

(At least with BlueHost, you get the domain names for cheaper and you get free privacy domain name registration.)

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

Best Domain Name Price on OVH: $1.49 USD (£1.00) for a .co.uk domain name (for the first term you register). Regular price for any .uk domain name (i.e. co.uk, me.uk, org.uk) is $3.73 (£2.50) per domain name per year and that’s the price you’ll have to renew at.

The .com domain names go for $5.95 (£3.99) for the first year ($8.93 (£5.99) to renew at the regular price.) OVH Prices are listed originally in British Pounds (£) (VAT not included) and were converted into USD at a rate of 1.49.

OVH wants your business. They offer great rates to transfer a domain name to them from another registrar. For example, it only costs $1.49 USD (£1.00) to transfer a domain name to OVH (which automatically renews it for 1 year). The trick is that the following year, you’ll have to renew it at the regular rate (which is $8.93 (£5.99) per .com domain name per year.)

All in all, $8.93 USD for a .com domain name is excellent. (Any registrar that charges less than $10 for a .com domain name is quite good.) So far, the best deal we could find on a .com domain is from 1-and-1 Internet which charges $6.99 for the first year and $8.99 as the regular price. 

Although OVH looks like a slightly better deal, you might also want to consider that 1-and-1 also offers free domain hosting privacy registration whereas OVH will charge you $8.93 (£5.99) for the WHOIS domain name privacy registration per domain name per year. Without the domain hosting privacy, your contact information (i.e. full name, home address, and telephone number) will be publicly listed on the WHOIS domain registry.

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

Best Domain Name Price on FAST DOMAIN INC:  FREE .com domain name (for one domain name for the rest of your life provided you have a web hosting package with them.)  If you want to buy other domain names, the regular price is $10.00 per domain name per year, but they only sell domain names to clients who have a webhosting package.

We’ve never used FastDomain, but we love BlueHost. (Read this post to find out why we chose BlueHost for ourselves.) Since BlueHost and FastDomain are the same company, it’s probably safe to say that we’d love FastDomain as well. (They don’t identify the parent company on either website, but if you look closely between the BlueHost and FastDomain websites, you’ll notice they’re really the same template website. In fact, the mailing address (1958 South 950 East Provo, Utah 84606) is the same for both companies.

$10 per year per domain name is what you should be paying for a .com domain name. Some of the bigger domain name registrars out there (i.e. Network Solutions) will charge you $35 per domain name per year for a .com domain name, but you shouldn’t settle for anything more than $10 per domain name. (For example, 1-and-1 sells .com domain names at $6.99 for a .com domain name for the first year, before it switches back to the regular price of $8.99 in the second year.)

You have to have a webhosting plan with BlueHost or FastDomain in order to buy domain names, but that’s not a problem for us. Both BlueHost and FastDomain allow you to set up an infinite number of domain names (and subdomain names) on your account. (Not all webhosts will allow that.) So whenever we want to set up a new website, we simply buy a new domain name from BlueHost at $10 and setup WordPress with the click of a button using their SimpleScripts.

One of the biggest reasons why we like BlueHost (and now FastDomain as well) is that they offer free domain hosting privacy registration whereas many other domain name registrars will charge you money every year (for each domain name that you want to have  WHOIS privacy registration.) GoDaddy held a special promotion: buy five $0.99 .info domain names with GoDaddy and get free privacy domain registration. Unfortunately we missed the fine print and didn’t sign up for the privacy domain registration at the sign up. When we later tried to set up privacy domain registration on our domain names with GoDaddy, we were told we had to pay $8.99 per domain name. Seems a little ridiculous when with BlueHost and FastDomain, you get free domain privacy for every domain name. So we transfered the domain names over to BlueHost. 

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.

Best Domain Name Price on Yahoo: $9.95 USD for a .com domain name (for the first term you register). Regular price is $34.95 per domain name per year and that’s the price you’ll have to renew at if you want to stay at Yahoo.

Be careful with Yahoo domains. Sure, Yahoo is a brand name you recognize, and $10 for a domain name is a great price, but that’s not their regular price. After your term expires, your subscription will be renewed automatically for another year. This means your annual billing cycle will continue automatically as long as you maintain your account with Yahoo and if you’re not careful, you’ll be getting charged $35 per year.

Now, some of the biggest domain name registrars out there (i.e. Network Solutions) charge $35 per domain name per year for a .com domain name, but you shouldn’t settle for more than $10 per domain name. For example, 1-and-1 Internet currently offers the best deal we could find: $6.99 for a .com domain name (for the first year, before it switches back to the regular price of $8.99 in the second year.) 1-and-1 also offers free domain hosting privacy registration whereas Yahoo will charge you $9.00 for the WHOIS domain name privacy registration per domain name per year.

If you’re ready to find cheap domain names, we’re here to help at http://www.domain-hosting-comparison.com where you’ll find this information in a sortable table listing the cheapest domain name prices from the top selling domain name registrars.