INWX vs WordPress.com Domains
On the 387 extensions both sell, WordPress.com Domains renews cheaper on 384, INWX on 3. Across the 20 most registered of them, a year of renewals adds up to $465.00 at WordPress.com Domains and $769.78 at INWX.
Who is cheaper, extension by extension
387 extensions both sell- Renewal 3 INWX WordPress.com Domains 384 none the same
- First year 276 INWX WordPress.com Domains 111 none the same
- Transferwhere both publish a transfer price 3 INWX WordPress.com Domains 384 none the same
1,121 extensions only at INWX · 1 extension only at WordPress.com Domains · a price within half a cent counts as the same
The extensions people hold
renewal a year, before ICANN's $0.20 where it applies · the 20 most registered both sell- .com INWX: $18.50 first year $13.50 WordPress.com Domains: $13.00 first year $13.00 $5.50 less at WordPress.com Domains 30% cheaper
- .net INWX: $18.72 first year $18.72 WordPress.com Domains: $14.00 first year $14.00 $4.72 less at WordPress.com Domains 25% cheaper
- .org INWX: $18.00 first year $9.50 WordPress.com Domains: $12.00 first year $12.00 $6.00 less at WordPress.com Domains 33% cheaper
- .xyz INWX: $30.60 first year $30.60 WordPress.com Domains: $15.00 first year $15.00 $15.60 less at WordPress.com Domains 51% cheaper
- .shop INWX: $48.00 first year $1.80 WordPress.com Domains: $35.00 first year $35.00 $13.00 less at WordPress.com Domains 27% cheaper
- .info INWX: $36.00 first year $4.03 WordPress.com Domains: $25.00 first year $25.00 $11.00 less at WordPress.com Domains 31% cheaper
- .online INWX: $49.80 first year $2.50 WordPress.com Domains: $32.00 first year $32.00 $17.80 less at WordPress.com Domains 36% cheaper
- .in INWX: $20.40 first year $20.40 WordPress.com Domains: $8.00 first year $8.00 $12.40 less at WordPress.com Domains 61% cheaper
- .site INWX: $48.00 first year $1.25 WordPress.com Domains: $32.00 first year $32.00 $16.00 less at WordPress.com Domains 33% cheaper
- .co INWX: $57.60 first year $28.80 WordPress.com Domains: $35.00 first year $35.00 $22.60 less at WordPress.com Domains 39% cheaper
- .cc INWX: $20.84 first year $20.84 WordPress.com Domains: $10.00 first year $10.00 $10.84 less at WordPress.com Domains 52% cheaper
- .store INWX: $63.60 first year $2.50 WordPress.com Domains: $48.00 first year $48.00 $15.60 less at WordPress.com Domains 25% cheaper
- .vip INWX: $37.20 first year $37.20 WordPress.com Domains: $18.00 first year $18.00 $19.20 less at WordPress.com Domains 52% cheaper
- .app INWX: $24.12 first year $9.50 WordPress.com Domains: $17.00 first year $17.00 $7.12 less at WordPress.com Domains 30% cheaper
- .sbs INWX: $30.60 first year $2.00 WordPress.com Domains: $8.00 first year $8.00 $22.60 less at WordPress.com Domains 74% cheaper
- .pro INWX: $51.00 first year $3.03 WordPress.com Domains: $25.00 first year $25.00 $26.00 less at WordPress.com Domains 51% cheaper
- .biz INWX: $29.40 first year $2.50 WordPress.com Domains: $22.00 first year $22.00 $7.40 less at WordPress.com Domains 25% cheaper
- .io INWX: $83.40 first year $32.27 WordPress.com Domains: $60.00 first year $60.00 $23.40 less at WordPress.com Domains 28% cheaper
- .bond INWX: $30.60 first year $3.00 WordPress.com Domains: $10.00 first year $10.00 $20.60 less at WordPress.com Domains 67% cheaper
- .lol INWX: $53.40 first year $53.40 WordPress.com Domains: $26.00 first year $26.00 $27.40 less at WordPress.com Domains 51% cheaper
Where the gap is widest
renewal a year, among the most registered extensionsCheaper at INWX
Nowhere: WordPress.com Domains renews every extension both sell for the same or less.
Beyond the most registered
Beyond the price
How the honesty score works| Fact | INWX | WordPress.com Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Honesty score | 85/100 | 79/100 |
| WHOIS privacy | varies by TLD or account | free on eligible TLDs |
| EU VAT | adds EU VAT for consumers | not established — assume it may be added |
| Accepts | Cards, PayPal, Bank transfer | not verified |
| Expired names | neutral — unprovenpre-release disposition is not proven | pre-release riska sale can end recovery before registry redemption |
| Extensions we price | 1,508 | 388 |
| Coupon codes | none we can verify | none we can verify |
| Based | Berlin, DE, since 2004 | San Francisco, US, since 2005 |
INWX
A German registrar with one of the strongest public price feeds in the market: an extensive catalogue, separate lifecycle terms, restore, trustee, privacy and promotion metadata in one anonymous response. Domain.Guru ranks only rows whose registration, renewal and transfer each buy a comparable one-year term; no-year transfers remain outside that ranking instead of masquerading as bargains.
Where it wins
- Official anonymous JSON feed with retail lifecycle prices
- Independent periods and prices for registration, renewal and transfer
- Promotion windows, privacy, trustee and restore metadata are explicit
Where it costs you
- Hundreds of transfers do not add a year and therefore are not mixed into the standard transfer ranking
- Volume tiers exist separately and are deliberately excluded
- EU VAT depends on buyer status and destination
WordPress.com Domains
Automattic's consumer domain service publishes a broad standard-price catalogue in selectable currencies. Its own documentation ties incoming transfer to the standard renewal price, allowing Domain.Guru to compare all three lifecycle legs without deriving one from an unrelated promotion.
Where it wins
- Large official USD catalogue with clear standard annual prices
- Domain privacy is included where the registry supports it
- Incoming transfer pricing is documented against the standard renewal cost
Where it costs you
- Optimised around the WordPress.com ecosystem rather than large portfolio trading
- Existing legacy domains may retain historical renewal pricing
- Registry-premium names require an individual quote and are not part of the standard board
Prices fetched from each shop's own published list — INWX's on 1 Nov 2026, WordPress.com Domains's on 1 Nov 2026 — in US dollars before tax; the currency switcher converts them. How prices are read
INWX and WordPress.com Domains, answered
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- one.com 19% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Hover 18% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Infomaniak 13% renewed cheaper by INWX
- OVHcloud 12% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Epik 12% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Hostinger 6% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Amazon Route 53 5% renewed cheaper by INWX
- DreamHost 4% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Sav.com 4% renewed cheaper by INWX
- NameSilo 1% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Dynadot 1% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Spaceship <1% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Porkbun <1% renewed cheaper by INWX
- Cloudflare 0% renewed cheaper by INWX
WordPress.com Domains against
- Gandi 99% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- 101domain 99% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Hover 99% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- IONOS 98% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- one.com 98% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Hostinger 96% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Amazon Route 53 92% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Squarespace 87% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- NameSilo 80% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- OVHcloud 80% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Infomaniak 56% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- DreamHost 53% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Epik 42% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Dynadot 9% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Sav.com 7% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Porkbun 5% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Spaceship 4% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains
- Cloudflare 1% renewed cheaper by WordPress.com Domains