Internet is a competitive area where you should do your best to save on everything to stay competitive.

For instance, you can save a few dollars on domain names. It is OK if you run one website - you can easily afford paying the full price for one domain. And what if you run 10 or 100 websites? You are likely to ask yourself a question: where to buy domain names for cheap?

I have been always happy with GoDaddy.com services including the purchase of domain names. But as the number of my websites grows I think about the ways to wisely spend the marketing budget on every project – they do not generate crazy money so I have to think over cutting costs wherever possible.

My short research gave me a few companies that webmasters generally advise to use for new domain name registration:

1. NameCheap.com

No doubt, the most popular service with webmasters.

NameCheap Domain Registration Pricing

TLD Name	Price Per Year					ca	$15.95/yr	cc	$28.88/yr
cn	$28.88/yr
co.uk	$8.88/yr
com	$8.88/yr
com.cn	$28.88/yr
de	$17.88/yr
eu	$22.88/yr
in	$21.00/yr
info	$1.78/yr
net	$8.88/yr
net.cn	$28.88/yr
nu	$28.88/yr
org	$8.88/yr
org.cn	$28.88/yr
org.uk	$8.88/yr
tv	$42.95/yr
us	$8.88/yr
ws	$28.88/yr

2. My favorite GoDaddy domain name registrar comes #2 among the most popular registrars.

GoDaddy Domain Registration Pricing

Bulk Registration Pricing (per domain)
	1-5	6-20	21-49	50-100	101-200	201-500
Privacy	FREE**	FREE**	FREE**	FREE**	FREE**	FREE**
.com*	$8.95	$7.95	$7.25	$6.75	$6.65	$6.65
.net*	$8.99	$7.99	$7.29	$6.79	$6.69	$6.69
.org*	$8.99	$8.99	$7.29	$6.79	$6.69	$6.69
.biz*	$6.99	$6.99	$6.99	$6.79	$6.69	$6.69
.info*	$5.99	$5.99	$5.99	$5.99	$5.99	$5.99
.us	$7.99	$7.99	$7.29	$6.79	$6.69	$6.69
.ws	$9.99	$8.99	$8.29	$7.79	$7.69	$7.69
.name*	$9.99	$8.99	$8.29	$7.79	$7.69	$7.69

Pricing for 1-year registration

* Plus ICANN fee of 25 cents per domain name year. Certain TLD’s only.
** When you register 3 or more eligible domains.

3. eNom.com is the third most popular domain registrar

eNom.com Domain Registration Pricing

TLD	Registration /yr	Renewal /yr	Transfer
.com	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.net	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.org	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.us	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.info	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.biz	$29.95	$29.95	$29.95
.co.uk *	$14.99	$14.99	$14.99
.org.uk *	$14.99	$14.99	$14.99
.com.tw	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.org.tw	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.idv.tw	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.ca	$39.95	$39.95	$39.95
.cn	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.eu	$39.95	N/A	N/A
.name	$18.95	$18.95	N/A
.cc	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.ac	$95.00	$95.00	N/A
.io	$95.00	$95.00	N/A
.sh	$95.00	$95.00	N/A
.tv	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.bz	$49.95	$49.95	N/A
.nu *	$49.95	$49.95	N/A
.ws	$29.95	$29.95	N/A
.tm *	$149.90	N/A	N/A
.kids.us **	$95.00	N/A	N/A
.com.cn	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.net.cn	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.org.cn	$49.95	$49.95	$49.95
.de	$29.95	N/A	N/A
.tc	$85.00	$85.00	N/A
.vg	$85.00	$85.00	N/A
.ms	$85.00	$85.00	N/A
.gs	$85.00	$85.00	N/A
.jp	$99.95	$99.95	$99.95
.br.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.cn.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.eu.com *	$29.95	$29.95	N/A
.uk.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.uk.net *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.us.com *	$29.95	$29.95	N/A
.uy.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.hu.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.no.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.qc.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.ru.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.sa.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.se.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.se.net *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.za.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.de.com *	$59.95	$59.95	N/A
.in	$24.95	$24.95	$24.95
.me.uk	$14.99	$14.99	$14.99
.NAME registration and .NAME email forwarding $29.95

• * Names have a 2 year minimum registration.
• * .TM names have a 10 years only registration requirement.
• ** May require additional fees.
• *** .UK transfers prices vary according to the domain’s expiration date. See our Support Center for more information.

These are most popular, but not the only domain registrars available on the Internet. You can read much positive feedback about other sellers. I would recommend before you make your final decision who to buy domain names from to check this page:

Firstly, you will find a long list of domain name registrars
Secondly, you can run a comparison test: prices, services, etc
Thirdly and most importantly you can read the feedback from other users. There are no many feedbacks for each provider, but it is better than nothing.

Summary: I would definitely recommend using any service of three top rated. The prices are competitive and they are on the market for a few years. I am sure they will meet your requirements.

But never stop searching for deals – there are probably players on the market not covered in this post that can be a great fit for those seeking ways to save on domain name costs. As we talk about saving on domains names for those webmasters who run many more than one website then you should search and contact domain registrars asking some special price for your bulk registration.

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