Cost verdict · PW-DOM-NAMECHEAP
The first-year price is the draw; the renewal is the bill. Namecheap's .com registers at $10.98 a year and renews at $18.48 a year — a +68% step. This record leads with that markup, because it is the number you actually keep paying. Every figure is a dated reading, never a live quote.
Prices are annual (per year), in USD, read for the recorded Namecheap file dated 2026-06-15. Confirm at Namecheap before you buy.
The basis Good Value · weights v1.0 · the scorecard is filed below
The answer on file
Namecheap registers a .com at $10.98 for the first year and renews it at $18.48 a year — a +68% step, as read 2026-06-15. WHOIS privacy is included at no extra cost. Over three years the recorded rates total $47.94. These are dated readings from the recorded Namecheap file, not live quotes; confirm at Namecheap before you buy.
As read 2026-06-15 Dated reading — not a live quote Confirm at Namecheap before you buy
Folder A · TLD ledger
Each TLD reads the same way: what it registers at, what it renews to, and what a transfer in costs. Only
the .com row is source-backed with a dated reading, so it is the only row that
shows a ▲ markup.
The other 5 TLDs are filed recorded_static — figures on record with no per-row source — so
their markup column is left blank rather than computing a percentage that would imply a renewal delta we
have not verified.
| TLD | Registers /yr | Renews /yr | Markup | Transfer /yr | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | $10.98 | $18.48 | +68% | $9.98 | Source-backed · as read 2026-06-15 |
| .org | $7.48 | $15.98 | — | $9.98 | Recorded · no source |
| .net | $11.98 | $18.58 | — | $12.98 | Recorded · no source |
| .io | $34.98 | $75.98 | — | $32.98 | Recorded · no source |
| .co | $12.48 | $39.98 | — | $11.98 | Recorded · no source |
| .dev | $12.98 | $20.98 | — | $15.98 | Recorded · no source |
All figures are annual, in USD. Only the .com register→renewal pair
carries a source and a date (namecheap.com/domains, read 2026-06-15), so it
is the only row with a computed ▲ markup. The
other 5 TLDs are filed static readings with no per-row source attached — shown as
recorded, not confirmed, and with no markup % implied. Confirm any TLD at Namecheap before you buy.
The recorded .com pair, projected over a term — a modeled sum of dated readings, not a quote.
If every year cost the first-year rate, the same term would run $32.94 — the renewal step adds $15.00 over 3 years at the recorded rates.
Modeled from the readings above · as read 2026-06-15 · confirm at Namecheap
Folder B · Registrar scorecard How scores work ↗
Every dimension is bucketed to a whole number 1–5 by the published rubric, carries the weight it holds in the composite, and shows the figure and the source it came from. Provenance is derived from the source on file: a row is source-backed only when a source_url is present, otherwise it falls to needs-review. Pips show each dimension's 1–5 score; the renewal-markup row is marked as the increase. The composite is read whole, not recomputed here.
Standard (non-promotional) .com first-year price. A discounted first-year promo (~$6.79, ~40% off) is frequently offered, but the benchmark uses the standard rate.
Source-backed as read 2026-06-15 Cited source ↗
Source-backed as read 2026-06-15 Cited source ↗
Standard first-year to renewal increase (benchmark uses the standard first-year rate, not the promo).
Source-backed as read 2026-06-15 Cited source ↗
Source-backed as read 2026-02-19 Cited source ↗
Source-backed as read 2026-02-19 Cited source ↗
Auto-renew enabled by default, but checkout is otherwise clean. No aggressive upsells.
Source-backed as read 2026-02-19 Cited source ↗
Folder C · Checkout Scores the Checkout Transparency row
One setting is pre-set at checkout — auto-renew-style defaults that change when you next pay, not what the cart adds today. Observed on the cart as read 2026-02-19; otherwise the checkout is clean.
Folder D · Provenance
The .com register/renewal pair is the one source-backed reading on this record: both years read from the same registrar page on 2026-06-15, in USD. Everything else is labelled in place.
A reported price opens a pending claim, weighed against a source — it never edits the record on its own.
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The .com registration, renewal, markup, WHOIS-privacy cost, transfer and checkout figures, the six dimension scores and the composite are real values read from the Namecheap score record on 2026-06-15. TLDs beyond .com are recorded_static figures carried from the existing page without a per-row source, so no markup % is computed for them. The all-in totals are a modeled sum, not a quoted cart total. File / reference numbers (PW-…) are labels. Nothing here is presented as live, source-backed-now, monitored, or promised-current. Confirm the current price at Namecheap before you buy.
Folder E · Questions on file
Each answer reads only from this file — the dated readings above, never a live quote. Confirm the current price at Namecheap before you buy.
$18.48 a year, as read 2026-06-15. The first year registers at $10.98; the renewal is the standing rate the domain steps to after that — a +68% increase. Both figures are dated readings, not live quotes.
The first year is an acquisition price; the renewal is the list rate. On the recorded file the .com registers at $10.98 and renews at $18.48 — a +68% step. The renewal, not the promo, is the number you keep paying, which is why this dossier leads with it.
Yes — WHOIS privacy is included at no extra cost on the recorded Namecheap file, as read 2026-02-19, so no separate privacy line is added to the totals on this page.
$47.94 at the recorded rates: $10.98 for the first year, then two renewals at $18.48 a year. A modeled sum of dated readings, not a quoted total — the worked-math panel above projects other terms.
Every registrar file leads with the same pair — what a .com registers at and what it renews to. Namecheap's recorded step is +68%; on PriceWorld's files, some registrars renew flat at their registration rate and others step higher. The domains ledger lines the recorded pairs up side by side.