Domain registrars
Cloudflare Registrar
At-cost renewals
At-cost domain renewals with no markup — where I keep the names I intend to hold for years.
- Pricing
- Wholesale registry price + ICANN fee. No markup, no promotional pricing.
- Best for
- Domains you plan to renew for years rather than flip this quarter.
Why I use it
Cloudflare Registrar charges what the registry charges. No first-year discount, no renewal spike. On a portfolio, that difference compounds every single year.
How I use it
- Long-term holds move here once they're out of the transfer lock.
- Names actively listed for sale stay at a registrar with faster push/escrow tooling.
It is deliberately minimal: no marketplace, no add-ons, no upsells.
What works
- + Cheapest renewals available
- + Free WHOIS privacy
- + DNS already lives in the same account
What doesn’t
- − Limited TLD support
- − No auctions or marketplace
- − Domain must use Cloudflare nameservers
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