Domain extensions: registry country and price

Why group extensions by registry country?

Because the registry, not the registrar, holds the authoritative record of a domain, and a court with authority over the registry can order it to act. PanamaRegistrar acts on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints; that rule covers what our service does. The registry of each extension applies the law of its own country. The groups below follow the address IANA lists for each registry manager, checked on 19 October 2026. The full table, with back-end operators and dispute policies, is the registry jurisdiction index.

Which extensions have their registry in the United States?

16 extensions. Verisign in Reston, Virginia runs .com and .net; Public Interest Registry, also in Reston, runs .org. Identity Digital entities in Bellevue, Washington hold .info, .pro, .live, .digital, .media, .news and .email. GoDaddy Registry in Tempe, Arizona holds .biz and .club. Google's registry company in Mountain View, California holds .app and .dev. United States courts have authority over all of them, and 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2) lets a trademark owner sue a domain itself in the registry's district.

• .com: VeriSign Global Registry Services, Reston, Virginia — $11.99/year
• .net: VeriSign Global Registry Services, Reston, Virginia — $12.99/year
• .org: Public Interest Registry (PIR), Reston, Virginia — $12.99/year
• .info: Identity Digital Limited, Bellevue, Washington — $20.99/year
• .biz: Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry), Tempe, Arizona — $20.99/year
• .pro: Identity Digital Limited, Bellevue, Washington — $20.99/year
• .app: Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry), Mountain View, California — $15.49/year
• .dev: Charleston Road Registry Inc. (Google Registry), Mountain View, California — $12.99/year
• .xyz: XYZ.COM LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada — $11.99/year
• .blog: Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC (Automattic), San Francisco, California — $28.49/year
• .club: Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry), Tempe, Arizona — $18.99/year
• .live: Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital), Bellevue, Washington — $29.99/year
• .digital: Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital), Bellevue, Washington — $34.99/year
• .media: Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital), Bellevue, Washington — $35.99/year
• .news: Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital), Bellevue, Washington — $30.99/year
• .email: Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital), Bellevue, Washington — $27.99/year

Which extensions have their registry in the Cayman Islands?

Three extensions, all from Radix, whose registry companies are registered at a corporate address in Grand Cayman. Their database is operated by Tucows in Toronto, Canada, so Canadian courts matter for the operator. As generic extensions, they remain under ICANN policies, including the UDRP and the URS.

• .online: Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC, Grand Cayman — $31.49/year
• .store: Radix Technologies Inc., Grand Cayman — $55.49/year
• .tech: Radix Technologies Inc., Grand Cayman — $51.99/year

Which extensions have their registry in Europe?

Twelve extensions. Nine are national country codes run under national law: DENIC for Germany, Nominet for the United Kingdom, SIDN for the Netherlands, SWITCH for Switzerland, NASK for Poland, DNS Belgium, nic.at for Austria, CZ.NIC for Czechia and Traficom for Finland. All nine are sold with Domain protection only, because their registries need a holder name and a postal address. Three are generic extensions held by European companies: .cloud in Italy, .link in Malta and .art in the Isle of Man.

• .de: DENIC eG, Frankfurt am Main — $36.99/year
• .uk: Nominet UK, Oxford — $38.49/year
• .nl: SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland), Arnhem — $37.99/year
• .ch: SWITCH The Swiss Education & Research Network, Zurich — $41.49/year
• .pl: Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), Warsaw — $43.49/year
• .be: DNS Belgium vzw/asbl, Leuven — $38.99/year
• .at: nic.at GmbH, Salzburg — $44.99/year
• .cz: CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o., Prague — $43.99/year
• .fi: Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, Helsinki — $46.99/year
• .cloud: ARUBA PEC S.p.A., Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo) — $22.99/year
• .link: Nova Registry Ltd., Valletta — $11.99/year
• .art: UK Creative Ideas Limited, Douglas, Isle of Man — $18.49/year

Which country codes have their registry elsewhere?

Most of the remaining country codes belong to small states and territories, often run by a company abroad. The .nz registry of New Zealand is the exception, run by InternetNZ in Wellington. .tv (Tuvalu) and .cc (Cocos Islands) use United States back ends, GoDaddy Registry and Verisign. .io is managed for the British Indian Ocean Territory from the United Kingdom. .co is Colombia's, operated by CentralNic in London. .to lists a contact address in California for the Government of Tonga. .shop, a generic extension, is the only one with its registry in Asia, at GMO Registry in Tokyo.

• .io: Internet Computer Bureau Limited, Diego Garcia — $52.99/year
• .ai: Government of Anguilla, The Valley — $85.49/year
• .co: Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MinTIC), Bogotá — $31.99/year
• .me: Government of Montenegro, Podgorica — $18.49/year
• .tv: Ministry of Transport, Energy, Communications and Innovations, Funafuti — $40.99/year
• .gg: Island Networks Ltd., Alderney — $83.49/year
• .pw: Micronesia Investment and Development Corporation, Koror — $22.49/year
• .vc: Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, Kingstown — $43.49/year
• .cc: eNIC Cocos (Keeling) Islands Pty. Ltd. (Island Internet Services), Melbourne — $43.99/year
• .to: Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, c/o Consulate of Tonga, Burlingame, California — $86.49/year
• .nz: InternetNZ, Wellington — $49.99/year
• .shop: GMO Registry, Inc., Shibuya, Tokyo — $33.49/year

How are extension prices set at PanamaRegistrar?

Each extension has one price per year, the same for registration, renewal and transfer, as of October 2026. A transfer of a generic extension adds one year; for a country code, it depends on the registry. The 12 extensions sold with Domain protection only (.de, .uk, .nl, .cc, .to, .ch, .pl, .be, .at, .cz, .nz, .fi) show a price that already includes the option, +$29 per year. On the others, Domain protection is optional at the same yearly price. .ai is registered for a minimum of 2 years. You pay in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, with a minimum top-up of $25. The price list shows the same grid with payment details.