.io domain prices: register, renew and transfer
.io is the country code top-level domain of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Some country-code domains have eligibility rules set by their registry; check them before registering.
Among the 3 registrars with a listed .io renewal price, the lowest is $46.00 (read 2026-10-08) per year at Vercel Domains. The first year there is listed at $14.99 (read 2026-10-08), $31.01 less than a renewal year. Registering there and renewing twice costs $106.99 (read 2026-10-08) over three years. The highest listed renewal price is $74.99 (read 2026-10-08) per year at Hover, $28.99 more per year (same dates).
Over five years (the first year plus four renewals) the lowest cost is $198.99 (read 2026-10-08) at Vercel Domains.
| Registrar | Register (regular) | First-year sale | Renew | Transfer | 3-year cost (regular prices) | 5-year cost (with first-year sale) | Price date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel Domains | $14.99 2026-10-08 | none recorded | $46.00 2026-10-08 | $46.00 2026-10-08 | $106.99 2026-10-08 | $198.99 2026-10-08 lowest 5-year cost | 2026-10-08 | vercel.com/domains/pricing |
| Porkbun | $51.80 2026-10-08 | $28.12 2026-10-08 | $51.80 2026-10-08 | $51.80 2026-10-08 | $155.40 2026-10-08 | $235.32 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 | api.porkbun.com/api/json/v3/pricing/get |
| Hover | $74.99 2026-10-08 | none recorded | $74.99 2026-10-08 | $74.99 2026-10-08 | $224.97 2026-10-08 | $374.95 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 | www.hover.com/tld/buy-io-domain |
| NearlyFreeSpeech.NET | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed |
5-year cost = first-year price + 4 x renew. The first-year price is the first-year sale price when the registrar's page showed one on the price date (column 'First-year sale'); otherwise it is the regular register price. The row marked 'lowest 5-year cost' has the lowest such total among the registrars compared here, nothing more. A sale can end at any time, and then the first year costs the regular price.
3-year cost = register + 2 x renew, using the regular register price and no sale price. Sources are the registrars' own public price pages, named as plain text.
Notes on the .io prices
- Vercel Domains, read 2026-10-08: The page lists $14.99 as the registration price with no 'normally' price next to it; renewal is $46.00, so later years cost more than the first.
- Porkbun, read 2026-10-08: First-year sale: registration is $28.12 today (pricing endpoint); the regular registration price $51.80 is from the price list page, which labels the sale '1st Yr Sale!'.
- Hover, read 2026-10-08: Page lists one price under 'Registrations, Renewals, & Transfers'.
- NearlyFreeSpeech.NET, no one-year price, page read 2026-10-08: The price page has no row for this TLD.
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