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True 3-Year Cost, Four Registrars Compared

We compared six registrars across 24 endings on first-year, renewal, and three-year cost. Spaceship wins 12 three-year totals, Porkbun wins 8, and Cloudflare owns renewals. Here is where each one actually wins.

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Buying .AI: Renewals and 3-Year Costs

A .ai starts around $69 to register and $70 a year to renew, with a best three-year total of $210 at Cloudflare. No ICANN fee, no promo games. But the per-year price means the renewal math matters more here than anywhere.

The $0.99 Trap: 1,500% Renewal Markups

Seven endings on our tracker cost more than twice their first-year price to renew. .shop jumps from $1.16 to $27.18. Here is exactly how the promo math works, how we flag it, and the two numbers that keep you safe.

.IO vs .DEV vs .APP for Startups

Three-year totals: .dev $34.49, .app $38.61, .io $123.94. All three renew under $46 a year, but .io costs triple the Google endings. Here is the real price breakdown and which one to pick.