.net Domain Names
.net domain names, registered properly
Born in the same January 1985 root file as .com and administered beside it ever since. For anything network-shaped, .net is description rather than compromise. Register from $15.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
.net
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The Extension
Why .net?
.net began as the ending for network operators, and it has aged better than almost any other early ending: nobody asks what it means, no spam wave ever stained it, and for infrastructure, connectivity, platforms and developer tools it still reads as the natural home. It is also the classic answer when the .com of a name is taken — same name, established ending, no credibility surrendered.
Technically it behaves exactly as .com does: open to anyone, no residency rules, standard auth-code transfers, the same sixty-day lock after registration. We register it in your details, include WHOIS privacy at no charge, and show the renewal beside the registration before you pay — the name-first house rules, applied to the network's own ending.
Good Fit
.net works best for
- Network, hosting and infrastructure companies
- SaaS, platforms and developer tooling
- A credible sibling when the .com is already held
- Long-lived projects that want an ending with four decades of standing
With Every Name
Included with every domain
Heritage without baggage
One of the original 1985 endings, with a clean reputation among mail receivers and reviewers that young endings spend years earning.
Identical machinery to .com
Same delegation rules, same transfer process, same registry calendar — everything you know about managing a .com applies unchanged.
Privacy and honest renewals
WHOIS privacy included free, and the renewal shown up front, so year two is a calendar entry rather than a surprise.
Common Questions
Questions about .net
Is .net a downgrade from .com?
Not for network-shaped work, where it reads as the more specific choice. The honest caveat is recall: people who half-remember an address finish it with .com, so a .net brand leaks some typed-from-memory traffic to its .com neighbour. Businesses found by search, referral and links feel that far less than businesses found by memory.
Should I register the .net alongside my .com?
For a brand worth defending, yes — the pair closes the commonest lookalike route and costs one extra routine renewal. Delegate both to the same zone and redirect the spare permanently to the main site so search signals consolidate instead of splitting.
How do .net transfers work?
By auth code, like any gTLD: unlock the name, request the code from the current registrar, present it to the new one and approve the confirmation. The registry's sixty-day locks after registration and after a previous transfer are the only legitimate waiting periods; for most gTLD transfers the term is extended as part of the move.
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