NameSilo
- Free allowance
- Not free. A public price list of 462 TLDs; promotional first-year prices are printed beside the crossed-out regular price, and renewal is charged at the regular price
- Verdict
- paidno free allowance; listed for its price
- Cost
- no price statedsee Price below
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedthe promotional price covers the first-year registration only; renewal is the regular price: .xyz USD 2.79 then USD 17.29, .vip USD 4.99 then USD 19.49, .cc USD 4.19 then USD 9.99, .eu USD 5.49 then USD 9.99, .org USD 10.79 then USD...
- Evidence
- documented88 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | not free. A public price list of 462 TLDs; promotional first-year prices are printed beside the crossed-out regular price, and renewal is charged at the regular price unit none; metered on none |
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| Price | USD 19.99 .com retail, or USD 12.00 at the Discount Program 0+ tier, registration and renewal alike; .de USD 5.99 flat; .uk USD 2.25 first year (regular USD 6.49) then USD 6.49; .top USD 1.88 then USD 4.88 |
| Limits |
Transfer in: the transfer price list has no entry for .de, .eu or .uk, while the registration and renewal lists carry all three. For the extensions in the transfer list, one year is added to the expiry at no extra charge on completion; the FAQ names two exceptions, a renewal at the previous registrar within 45 days and a registry maximum (typically 10 years) that the extra year would exceed. A .uk transfer needs no authorization code: the order is followed by an IPS tag change to NAMESILO at the previous registrar. What a cart charges for a .de, .eu or .uk transfer, and whether it adds a year, is unverified: behind a sign-up. |
| Binding | write-gated the renewal price decides what a name costs to keep; the first-year promotion and the Account Funds requirement are payment gates, not quotas |
| Identity | email sign-up asks an email address and a password behind a reCAPTCHA, or a Google or Facebook sign-in; each domain needs a contact profile with a name, an email address and a phone number, and the registrant email is verified by a link or a code within 15 days of the first notice, which is sent when a registration or transfer completes. No phone verification step is stated on the contact, email-verification, checkout, account-funding or API pages; the API lists the phone number as a required contact field with length and format rules. The checkout page lists the billing contact's name and address, an optional tax ID and the payment method. Payment by card, PayPal, Alipay, Venmo, Bitcoin or Account Funds, so no card is required. The crypto guide on NameSilo's blog documents the Bitcoin path as: log in, open the Account Funds Manager, add funds with Bitcoin or through the Nicky processor, wait for confirmation, then register from the balance at checkout; it lists no phone check or identity-document step and calls crypto purchases more private than card payments. The account-funding page lists Bitcoin without the 'verified' qualifier that the card, PayPal and Skrill sources carry, a card source is verified through the billing manager, and API orders are paid from a verified card or Account Funds. NameSilo's privacy page says proof of identification may be requested, its blog says new accounts making large purchases or registering from high-risk locations may meet payment holds or additional verification requirements, and its account-funding page says a balance can be withheld when the funding source is judged not legitimate; whether a Bitcoin or Account Funds order passes without a phone check or an identity-document review is unverified: behind a sign-up. A third-party report describes a card-payment fraud review that froze an account until a card photo and an identity document were supplied |
| Egress | not applicable to a registrar |
| Per-object cap | not applicable: the unit is a domain name |
| Retention | a registration runs for its paid term and renews at the renewal-list price; a domain whose registrant email is not verified within 15 days is placed on clientHold |
| Interface | rest a web dashboard and an HTTP API whose getPrices operation returns the price list; API access carries no extra charge, and the site menu links an MCP server at mcp.namesilo.com |
| Tooling | the NameSilo API, the dashboard, the MCP server at mcp.namesilo.com |
| Composes with | a registrar only: WHOIS privacy, email forwarding and DNS management are included at no charge, and the nameservers can point at any free DNS host; .de at USD 5.99 costs the same in the first year and every renewal; .uk is USD 2.25 in the first year and USD 6.49 at renewal |
| Reliability | a 2023 third-party report: an account was frozen after a failed virtual-card top-up and unblocked once a card photo and a passport were supplied; support said most virtual cards are not supported |
| Notes | Retail USD, first year / renewal / transfer-in: .com 19.99 / 19.99 / 11.50 (transfer normal price 11.50); .org 10.79 (regular 14.99) / 14.99 / 11.99; .net 15.95 / 15.95 / 11.35 (transfer normal price 15.95); .xyz 2.79 (regular 17.29) / 17.29 / 14.75; .top 1.88 (regular 4.88) / 4.88 / 4.78; .de 5.99 / 5.99 / not listed; .eu 5.49 (regular 9.99) / 9.99 / not listed; .uk 2.25 (regular 6.49) / 6.49 / not listed, moved in by changing the IPS tag to NAMESILO; .cc 4.19 (regular 9.99) / 9.99 / 9.49; .vip 4.99 (regular 19.49) / 19.49 / 16.50. Discount Program 0+ tier, first year / renewal: .com 12.00 / 12.00; .org 9.29 / 13.49; .net 11.85 / 11.85; .xyz 2.69 / 17.19; .top 1.78 / 4.78; .de 5.89 / 5.89; .eu 5.39 / 9.89; .uk 2.15 (regular 6.39) / 6.39; .cc 4.09 / 9.89; .vip 4.89 / 19.39. The .com transfer-in at 11.50 is below both .com renewal prices. Renewal is never above the regular registration rate except .mobi and promotions. |
| Evidence note | documented Prices and terms are read from NameSilo's own price lists, product lists, pricing page, transfer page, crypto guide and support pages. The transfer price list has no entry for .de, .eu or .uk, so their transfer price, and whether a transfer adds a year, are unverified: behind a sign-up (a cart read). Whether a Bitcoin or Account Funds order passes without a phone check or an identity-document review is unverified: behind a sign-up; the documented crypto path lists no phone check or identity-document step, and the card fraud-review gate is a third-party report. A signed-in cart read of a .de, .eu and .uk transfer, and a signed-in checkout paid with Bitcoin and with Account Funds, would move these up. The .com and .uk price fields were re-read from the current price lists. |
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Evidence 88
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | on the price list a crossed-out figure is the regular price that applies after the promotion ends |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | the public registration price list covers 462 TLDs, in three retail order-size columns and six Discount Program columns |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | each registration row lists three retail order-size tiers then six Discount Program tiers, each as a [charged, regular] pair |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | each renewal row lists the retail price first, then six Discount Program tiers |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .com registration, 1-49 domains: USD 17.29; Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 11.05 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .org registration, 1-49 domains: USD 10.79 (regular USD 14.99); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 9.29 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .net registration, 1-49 domains: USD 15.95; Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 11.85 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .xyz registration, 1-49 domains: USD 2.79 (regular USD 17.29); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 2.69 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .top registration, 1-49 domains: USD 1.88 (regular USD 4.88); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 1.78 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .de registration, 1-49 domains: USD 5.99; Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 5.89 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .eu registration, 1-49 domains: USD 5.49 (regular USD 9.99); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 5.39 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .uk registration, 1-49 domains: USD 6.49; Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 6.39 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .cc registration, 1-49 domains: USD 4.19 (regular USD 9.99); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 4.09 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .vip registration, 1-49 domains: USD 4.99 (regular USD 19.49); Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 4.89 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .com renewal: USD 17.29 retail; USD 11.05 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .org renewal: USD 14.99 retail; USD 13.49 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .net renewal: USD 15.95 retail; USD 11.85 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .xyz renewal: USD 17.29 retail; USD 17.19 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .top renewal: USD 4.88 retail; USD 4.78 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .de renewal: USD 5.99 retail; USD 5.89 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .eu renewal: USD 9.99 retail; USD 9.89 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .uk renewal: USD 6.49 retail; USD 6.39 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .cc renewal: USD 9.99 retail; USD 9.89 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .vip renewal: USD 19.49 retail; USD 19.39 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .com transfer-in: USD 10.80 (normal price USD 11.95) |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .org transfer-in: USD 11.99 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .net transfer-in: USD 11.35 (normal price USD 15.95) |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .xyz transfer-in: USD 14.75 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .top transfer-in: USD 4.78 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .cc transfer-in: USD 9.49 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .vip transfer-in: USD 16.50 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/about/our-unique-approa | renewal is never above the regular registration rate, except .mobi and promotions |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/ordering/discount-progr | Discount Program prices apply only to orders paid from Account Funds |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/ordering/discount-progr | an Account Funds top-up is at least USD 50.00 |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/ordering/discount-progr | Account Funds can be added by card, PayPal, AliPay, Skrill, wire transfer or cryptocurrency |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/sign-up | the sign-up form asks for an email address and a password |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/sign-up | the sign-up form carries a reCAPTCHA check |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/sign-up | an account can also be created through Google or Facebook sign-in |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/payment-options | orders can be paid by card, PayPal or cryptocurrency |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/payment-options | Bitcoin is an accepted payment method |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/account-options/contact | each domain needs a contact profile with a name, an email address and a phone number |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/general-terms/whois-ema | the registrant email must be verified within 15 days or the domain is placed on clientHold |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/api-reference/pages?uid=account%2Fget-price | an API operation, getPrices, returns the price list |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/support-guides/navigating-uk-domain | a .uk domain moves in by changing its IPS tag to NAMESILO at the losing registrar |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | WHOIS privacy, email forwarding and DNS management carry no charge |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | part of the text of Interface, above |
| 2026-10-30 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/about/our-unique-approa | API access is listed among the items with no extra charge |
| 2026-10-30 | en.xiaoz.org/post/18789 | a third-party report: after a failed virtual-card top-up the account was frozen until a card photo and an identity document were supplied |
| 2026-10-30 | en.xiaoz.org/post/18789 | a third-party report: support stated most virtual cards are not supported |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/domain/transfer-domains | the transfer page's alphabetical list of extensions has no entry for .de, .eu or .uk: .de would sit between .dating and .deal, .eu between .estate and .events, and .uk between .ua and .university |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/domain/transfer-domains | the transfer FAQ names two exceptions to the extra year: a renewal at the previous registrar within 45 days, and a registry maximum (typically 10 years) |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/general-terms/whois-ema | the registrant email must be verified within 15 days of the first notification or the domain is deactivated |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/sign-up | the sign-up form asks for an email address, and offers Google and Facebook sign-in beside it |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/domain/transfer-domains | the free year is stated for the transferred domains included in the transfer price list |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/domain/transfer-domains | the transfer FAQ states that one year is added to the expiry on transfer completion |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | the transfer product list holds 466 products, none of them for .de, .eu or .uk |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=1&active=true&pageS | the registration product list holds 472 products, including .de, .eu and .uk |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=2&active=true&pageS | the renewal product list holds 472 products, including .de, .eu and .uk |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/support-guides/navigating-uk-domain | a .uk transfer needs no authorization code: it is ordered, then completed by an IPS tag change to NAMESILO at the previous registrar |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/general-terms/whois-ema | the registrant verification email is sent when a registration or transfer completes |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/general-terms/whois-ema | the registrant email is verified by a link or by a code entered on a web page |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/ordering/shopping-cart | the checkout page shows the billing contact's name and address, an optional tax ID and the payment method |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/domain-name-search/can-you-buy-a-do | crypto is paid into Account Funds, with Bitcoin directly or other coins through the Nicky processor, and the balance then pays for the domain |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/domain-name-search/can-you-buy-a-do | the documented crypto path is log in, Account Funds Manager, choose Bitcoin or Nicky, send, wait for confirmation, register from the balance; none of the steps is a phone check or an identity-document step |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/domain-name-search/can-you-buy-a-do | NameSilo says no credit card is needed with crypto via Account Funds, and calls crypto purchases more private than card payments |
| 2026-11-02 | www.linkedin.com/posts/namesilo_crypto-domains-founders-acti | NameSilo's own LinkedIn post says Bitcoin and other coins are taken directly at checkout through BitPay, which differs from the guide and help pages that route crypto through Account Funds |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/account-options/account | Account Funds can be funded by Bitcoin, listed without the 'verified' qualifier that the card, PayPal and Skrill sources carry |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/popups/account_fund_terms.php | a card source is verified through the billing manager's verification icon before it funds Account Funds |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/popups/account_fund_terms.php | an Account Funds balance can be withheld when the funding source is judged not legitimate |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/support/v2/articles/general-terms/privacy-p | NameSilo's privacy page says proof of identification, financial information or other information may be requested |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/blog/en/domain-names/refunds-chargebacks-an | NameSilo's blog says new accounts making large purchases, or registering from high-risk locations, may meet payment holds or additional verification requirements |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/api-reference/pages?uid=domains%2Ftransfer- | API transfer orders are paid from a verified credit card or from Account Funds |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/api-reference/pages?uid=domains%2Ftransfer- | the transferDomain operation lists the phone number among its required contact fields, with a 32-character limit and a 10-digit rule for US and CA numbers |
| 2026-11-02 | www.nazhumi.com/registrar/namesilo/transfer | a third-party price aggregator, not a NameSilo page, lists NameSilo transfer-in at USD 5.79 for .de and USD 5.99 for .eu and .uk |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | .com on the pricing page: USD 19.99, 19.79 and 19.59 in the three retail order-size tiers and USD 12.00 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=2&active=true&pageS | .com renewal in the renewal product list: USD 19.99 |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .com transfer-in in the transfer product list: USD 11.50 (normal price USD 11.50) |
| 2026-11-02 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=1&active=true&pageS | .uk first-year registration in the registration product list: USD 2.25, with USD 6.49 as the regular price |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .com registration, 1-49 domains: USD 19.99; Discount Program 0+ tier: USD 12.00 |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/registrations | .uk registration, 1-49 domains: USD 2.25 (regular USD 6.49) |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .com renewal: USD 19.99 retail; USD 12.00 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .uk renewal: USD 6.49 retail |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .com transfer-in: USD 11.50 |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | .com registers at 19.99 retail and 12.00 at the Discount Program 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/pricing | .uk first year is 2.25 against a regular 6.49, and 2.15 against 6.39 at the 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .com renews at 19.99 retail and 12.0 at the 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/public/api/pricing/renewal | .uk renews at 6.49 retail and 6.39 at the 0+ tier |
| 2026-11-04 | www.namesilo.com/products/api?categoryId=4&active=true&pageS | .com transfer-in is 11.5, normal price 11.5 |