.com pricing
| Term | Price |
|---|---|
| First year | $11.54 |
| Renewal | $12.42 |
| Transfer | $11.54 |
The neutral default: .com For a brand that needs the name itself, not the ending, to carry the meaning.
| Term | Price |
|---|---|
| First year | $11.54 |
| Renewal | $12.42 |
| Transfer | $11.54 |
Plan beyond the first year. The three-year total below combines the current first-year and renewal prices.
| Term | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 year | $11.54 |
| 3 years | $36.38 |
| 5 years | $61.22 |
| 10 years | $123.32 |
Get started
AiVikings.ai is a domain registrar that works inside your AI assistant. Ask ChatGPT or Claude to suggest names, check what is free, and register the one you want. You do not need a registrar website, a cart, or checkout upsells.
Open the verification email from AiVikings.ai and follow its confirmation link.
Copy/paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, or another MCP-compatible AI tool:
I want to be able to register domains using https://mcp.aivikings.ai/mcpFind your token in Dashboard: Tools > Connection, then copy/paste it into the designated sign-in field when ChatGPT asks for it. Never paste it into a chat.
Add funds in your AiVikings.ai dashboard. Registrations are paid from this prepaid balance.
Copy this prompt into your AI tool:
Find available .com names for [describe project]. Ask me which one I want to registerSourced facts
| TLD type | gTLD ↗ |
|---|
| Registry | VeriSign Global Registry Services ↗ |
|---|---|
| Technical backend | Verisign ↗ |
| Registration services | http://www.verisigninc.com ↗ |
|---|
| WHOIS server | whois.verisign-grs.com ↗ |
|---|---|
| RDAP server | https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/ ↗ |
| Authoritative name servers | 13 ↗ |
These figures differ because each source measures a different scope and reporting time. Zone-file counts cover names present in the published zone, while registry and aggregate counts can include names outside that view.
| Registry-reported count | 170,253,825 reported 2026-06 ↗ |
|---|---|
| Zone-file count | 167,164,684 observed 2026-10-05 ↗ |
These are dated third-party observations and do not replace sourced registry facts.
| 1-day registration change | +6,646 |
|---|---|
| 7-day registration change | +265,848 |
| 30-day registration change | +1,009,582 |
| Observed keep rate | 73.7% |
The .com field guide
The general-purpose choice when the name itself should carry the identity and the domain ending should stay familiar and unobtrusive.
A .com address is a strong home for a company site, product family, professional practice, store, or broad public brand. Its familiar ending lets your business name, product name, and message do the distinctive work in a first impression.
Use the domain wherever your organisation needs a stable public reference: your email, invoices, press coverage, recruitment, support, and customer links. A clear .com name can become the address people recall long after the first meeting or campaign.
.com is useful when the name itself needs to carry the whole identity. The ending stays in the background, leaving the brand, product, or organisation name to do the explanatory work.
That neutrality is a real trade-off. A descriptive ending can make a product category clearer at a glance, while .com asks the name and surrounding copy to do more work. Neither is automatically better: the right choice depends on whether the extension adds useful meaning or unnecessary noise.
A neutral ending does not solve a vague name. Test whether the second-level name is distinct enough to be remembered, easy enough to share, and appropriate for the product’s likely scope. The clearest naming work happens before an extension is selected.
Try the address in ordinary contexts: a homepage title, an email signature, a customer support reply, and a spoken introduction. That gives a more useful signal than choosing based on an abstract reputation or a temporary first-year price alone.
A domain can quietly become part of authentication, email, product URLs, documentation, integrations, and brand recognition. Decide who controls it, where the DNS configuration is documented, and how renewal is handled before those dependencies accumulate.
For a team that uses automation, keep the domain record alongside the deployment and ownership records. The goal is not ceremony: it is to make an ordinary change, renewal, or incident predictable for the people and systems responsible for it.
Built for
Use .com when you want the name itself to carry the identity across the many places your organisation may appear.
Put your core brand, services, contact details, and company story behind one familiar address.
Use a stable parent address for several products, regions, teams, or customer journeys that share the same brand.
Give customers, partners, and the press a conventional place to find information without asking the extension to explain the business.
Why .com works
Practical setup
Set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC before sending email. Use HTTPS, show clear contact and company details, and keep the name short and easy to read.
Extension context
Compare the practical fit, requirements, and current ownership costs before you decide.
| TLD | Use it when | Special requirements | First year | Renewal | 3-year cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com This page | You need a broad, neutral home for a company or brand. | None | $11.54 | $12.42 | $36.38 |
| .app | The address is specifically for a web application. | HTTPSRequired | $11.12 | $19.67 | $50.46 |
| .ai | AI is central to how the product should be understood. | None | $176.59 | $218.63 | $613.85 |
| .co | You want a compact company-style alternative. | None | $20.78 | $41.75 | $104.28 |
Register with AiVikings.ai
Set up once, then search and register the exact domain you choose without leaving your chat.
AiVikings.ai
Ask ChatGPT or Claude to find a .com name for your project, check what's free, and register the one you pick. You don't need a registrar website or a cart.
$11.54 for the first year, $12.42 to renew, shown before you register. No hosting, email or other add-ons at checkout.
The domain is registered in your name. You pay from a prepaid balance, so your assistant can't spend more than you've added. You can get your transfer code from your dashboard whenever you want.
| Compare | Typical registrar | AiVikings.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Finding a name | Search one .com name at a time | Describe your project, get available .com names |
| Checkout | Add-ons in the cart | The domain only |
| Renewal visibility | Renewal settings buried in your account | "When does myname.com expire?" |
| How you work | Open a registrar website and cart | Keep working in the ChatGPT or Claude chat you already use |
| Spend control | Enter card details at checkout | Use the prepaid balance you choose |
FAQ
Answers are limited to the current fact pack and AiVikings.ai product workflow.
.com is a gTLD and its registry is VeriSign Global Registry Services.
.com was delegated in 1985, which is when it entered the internet's root zone.
nTLDData observed 167,164,684 .com names in the zone file on 2026-10-05. Its registry-report observation is 170,253,825 for 2026-06. The figures can differ because the zone-file count is a daily view of names present in the published zone, while registry reporting follows a separate monthly clock.
.com is listed in the IANA root zone with VeriSign Global Registry Services as its registry operator. Its technical backend is Verisign.
Consider .com if you are building for businesses, especially small-business owners establishing a company website. The registry highlights businesses, small-business owners, company operators. Use that as a practical test: does it match the project, company, or organisation you are naming?
WHOIS is available at whois.verisign-grs.com. RDAP is available at https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/.
At AiVikings.ai, .com starts at $11.54 for the first year. Renewal is currently $12.42 and transfer is $11.54. Its registry record includes both WHOIS and RDAP lookup services. Review the live table before ordering.
The current .com renewal price is $12.42, compared with $11.54 for the first year. The ownership table also shows 3-year total: $36.38, 5-year total: $61.22, and 10-year total: $123.32 so the longer-term cost is visible upfront.
You can find, check and register .com names from ChatGPT or Claude, the price shown is the price you pay, and there are no add-ons at checkout.
Yes. It is registered in your name, and you can get the transfer code from your dashboard.
Yes. An agent can check a .com name and submit registration through MCP tools or the REST API. MCP lets ChatGPT, Claude, or your own AI-agent software call domain tools directly.