New registrations this month
261.2K domains/month
- May 25 217.5K
- Jun 25 232.9K
- Jul 25 279.9K
- Aug 25 306.2K
- Sep 25 350K
- Oct 25 433.5K
- Nov 25 338.4K
- Dec 25 270.6K
- Jan 26 254.8K
- Feb 26 204.4K
- Mar 26 309.1K
- Apr 26 261.2K
Generic extension · Business
.shop Domains: prices, rules and registry
A compact retail-led extension that can make a commercial purpose easy to understand.
- RegistryGMO Registry, Inc.
- Registration from$0.88
- Reported metrics27
- With history20
Signal profile
- Brevity 88
- Namespace depth 23
- RDAP readiness 100
- DNSSEC 100
- NS breadth 50
- Registration scale 80
Choosing an extension
About .shop domains
.shop is a generic extension. Its registry manager is GMO Registry, Inc.. Recorded standard registration prices start at $0.88 for the first year; renewal rates are compared below.
Who can register a .shop domain?
Registration eligibility has not yet been verified in this directory. Check the registry’s current policy before registering; country-code and sponsored extensions can have specific requirements.
Registration and renewal costs
Cheapest places to register .shop in our comparison
Compare recorded standard retail rates in USD. Registrars are ordered by estimated five-year cost. This is one registration plus four renewals at today’s recorded renewal rate.
| Registrar | Register (1 year) | Renew (1 year) | 5-year cost | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceship | $0.90 | $31.25 | $125.90 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Porkbun | $2.06 | $31.41 | $127.70 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Regery | $1.99 | $31.99 | $129.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Dynadot | $1.99 | $32.32 | $131.27 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| RayName | $2.34 | $32.62 | $132.82 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Cosmotown | $0.88 | $33.00 | $132.88 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| DreamHost | $0.99 | $34.99 | $140.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| WordPress.com Domains | $1.40 | $35.00 | $141.40 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Pananames | $3.00 | $36.30 | $148.20 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| ConnectReseller | $2.29 | $36.89 | $149.85 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Cloudflare Registrar | $30.20 | $30.20 | $151.00 | 8 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Cloudean | $1.23 | $37.75 | $152.23 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| NameMart | $2.99 | $37.99 | $154.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| DonDominio | $9.89 | $36.83 | $157.21 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| NameSilo | $2.99 | $38.99 | $158.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| eDomains | $31.99 | $31.99 | $159.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| HOSTAFRICA | $4.05 | $39.33 | $161.37 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Atak Domain | $1.99 | $39.92 | $161.67 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
| Hostinger | $1.19 | $40.19 | $161.95 | 8 Oct 2026Outside refresh window; confirm rate |
| Sav | $2.99 | $39.99 | $162.95 | 8 Oct 2026Within recorded refresh window |
These are source-reported prices, not a guarantee of availability or checkout cost. Promotions and premium domains are excluded; tax, fees, eligibility and future renewal changes may affect your total. Open a registrar profile for its source details.
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- Domains
- 4.43M domains
- Active registrars
- 173 registrar accounts
- DNS queries
- 245.1B queries/month
Everything on record
27 reported metrics for .shop
Grouped as the registry reports them. Each figure carries its source, when it was observed and a quality grade, and any metric with a trend can be opened for its full history.
Attempted registrations
1.04M attempts/month
- May 25 953.1K
- Jun 25 776.4K
- Jul 25 775.2K
- Aug 25 917.5K
- Sep 25 1.27M
- Oct 25 1.15M
- Nov 25 1.71M
- Dec 25 1.17M
- Jan 26 938K
- Feb 26 1.05M
- Mar 26 1.21M
- Apr 26 1.04M
Deletions this month
198.8K domains/month
- May 25 273K
- Jun 25 341.3K
- Jul 25 264.3K
- Aug 25 201.7K
- Sep 25 191.9K
- Oct 25 267.9K
- Nov 25 210.4K
- Dec 25 284.1K
- Jan 26 273.3K
- Feb 26 206K
- Mar 26 255K
- Apr 26 198.8K
Multi-year registration share
0.41% ratio
Registered nameservers
120.8K nameservers
- May 25 122.8K
- Jun 25 123.3K
- Jul 25 123.3K
- Aug 25 122.8K
- Sep 25 121.9K
- Oct 25 122.1K
- Nov 25 121.8K
- Dec 25 122K
- Jan 26 122.2K
- Feb 26 121.6K
- Mar 26 121.2K
- Apr 26 120.8K
Renewals this month
35K domains/month
- May 25 30.8K
- Jun 25 28.2K
- Jul 25 29.7K
- Aug 25 29.6K
- Sep 25 32.4K
- Oct 25 31.8K
- Nov 25 43.8K
- Dec 25 31.3K
- Jan 26 34.9K
- Feb 26 30.6K
- Mar 26 34.5K
- Apr 26 35K
Restores this month
11 domains/month
- May 25 25
- Jun 25 24
- Jul 25 54
- Aug 25 28
- Sep 25 26
- Oct 25 33
- Nov 25 30
- Dec 25 12
- Jan 26 20
- Feb 26 14
- Mar 26 14
- Apr 26 11
Successful inbound transfers
949 transfers/month
- May 25 1,642
- Jun 25 712
- Jul 25 1,860
- Aug 25 1,166
- Sep 25 1,110
- Oct 25 705
- Nov 25 945
- Dec 25 975
- Jan 26 990
- Feb 26 910
- Mar 26 1,144
- Apr 26 949
Registered domains
4.43M domains
- May 25 3.84M
- Jun 25 3.73M
- Jul 25 3.75M
- Aug 25 3.87M
- Sep 25 4.03M
- Oct 25 4.22M
- Nov 25 4.32M
- Dec 25 4.31M
- Jan 26 4.29M
- Feb 26 4.3M
- Mar 26 4.35M
- Apr 26 4.43M
ICANN application ID
1-890-65213
Registry contract signed
8 Apr 2016 date
Registry contract terminated
No
Delegated to the root
23 May 2016 date
Contracted registry operator
GMO Registry, Inc.
Specification 13 brand TLD
No
Third-level registration
No
Registrar accounts with domains
173 registrar accounts
- May 25 160
- Jun 25 162
- Jul 25 164
- Aug 25 164
- Sep 25 165
- Oct 25 166
- Nov 25 167
- Dec 25 168
- Jan 26 171
- Feb 26 171
- Mar 26 171
- Apr 26 173
Registrar concentration
13.49% index
- May 25 9.5%
- Jun 25 9.43%
- Jul 25 9.3%
- Aug 25 9.34%
- Sep 25 9.69%
- Oct 25 10.93%
- Nov 25 11.5%
- Dec 25 12.2%
- Jan 26 12.69%
- Feb 26 12.91%
- Mar 26 13.59%
- Apr 26 13.49%
Reporting registrar accounts
241 registrar accounts
- May 25 226
- Jun 25 226
- Jul 25 226
- Aug 25 227
- Sep 25 227
- Oct 25 231
- Nov 25 234
- Dec 25 236
- Jan 26 236
- Feb 26 236
- Mar 26 238
- Apr 26 241
Top five registrar share
72.05% ratio
Largest registrar share
26.6% ratio
DNS queries received
245.1B queries/month
- May 25 147.33B
- Jun 25 152.72B
- Jul 25 152.72B
- Aug 25 171.77B
- Sep 25 174.21B
- Oct 25 205.36B
- Nov 25 296.06B
- Dec 25 388.86B
- Jan 26 323.95B
- Feb 26 292.82B
- Mar 26 256.98B
- Apr 26 245.1B
DNS response ratio
100% ratio
- May 25 100%
- Jun 25 100%
- Jul 25 100%
- Aug 25 100%
- Sep 25 100%
- Oct 25 100%
- Nov 25 100%
- Dec 25 100%
- Jan 26 100%
- Feb 26 100%
- Mar 26 100%
- Apr 26 100%
Operational registrars
256 registrars
- May 25 231
- Jun 25 232
- Jul 25 232
- Aug 25 233
- Sep 25 233
- Oct 25 235
- Nov 25 239
- Dec 25 241
- Jan 26 243
- Feb 26 252
- Mar 26 252
- Apr 26 256
Registration-data queries
97.9M queries/month
- May 25 157.07M
- Jun 25 160.4M
- Jul 25 186.24M
- Aug 25 210.78M
- Sep 25 239.36M
- Oct 25 265.2M
- Nov 25 295.1M
- Dec 25 363.84M
- Jan 26 311.56M
- Feb 26 137.4M
- Mar 26 131.92M
- Apr 26 97.9M
Registry availability checks
118.54M commands/month
- May 25 104.08M
- Jun 25 90.87M
- Jul 25 99.76M
- Aug 25 96.91M
- Sep 25 98.77M
- Oct 25 99.05M
- Nov 25 98.52M
- Dec 25 104.71M
- Jan 26 119.73M
- Feb 26 113.47M
- Mar 26 129.92M
- Apr 26 118.54M
Registry create commands
277.1K commands/month
- May 25 230.8K
- Jun 25 238.7K
- Jul 25 283.6K
- Aug 25 314.4K
- Sep 25 357.4K
- Oct 25 454.9K
- Nov 25 316.3K
- Dec 25 269.5K
- Jan 26 250.9K
- Feb 26 219.9K
- Mar 26 301.3K
- Apr 26 277.1K
Root zone and registry agreement
The facts that do not change monthly
Delegation, operator and protocol support, taken from the IANA root zone and the ICANN registry agreement data.
- Registry manager
- GMO Registry, Inc.
- Registry operator
- GMO Registry, Inc.
- Delegated to the root
- 23 May 2016
- Registry contract signed
- 8 April 2016
- Authoritative nameservers
- 4
- DNSSEC signed
- Yes
- RDAP available
- Yes
- Internationalised label
- No
- Third-level registration
- No
- Specification 13 brand TLD
- No
IANA Root Zone Database
ICANN registry agreement
ICANN gTLD contract data
ICANN gTLD contract data
IANA root zone
Root delegation DS record
IANA RDAP bootstrap registry
IANA root zone
ICANN registry agreement
ICANN registry agreement
Namespace beneath .shop
1 ICANN boundary rules Registration boundaries recognised beneath this TLD.
5 Private boundary rules Privately operated suffixes, such as hosting subdomains.
Where this comes from
Every figure is traceable
Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled. Each metric names the source it came from and the month it was observed, and a metric with no observation is shown as unknown rather than filled with a zero.
- ICANN gTLD Registry Agreement Data View source
- ICANN Monthly Registry Activity Reports View source
- ICANN Monthly Registry Reports View source
- TLD registry-published statistics View source
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